ML050620446

Annual Assessment Letter - Palisades, 03/02/05

ML050620446
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	03/02/2005
From:	Lerch R NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB6
To:	Domonique Malone Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-05-001
Download: ML050620446 (6)

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March 2, 2005 Mr. Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - PALISADES NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000255/200501)

Dear Mr. Malone:

On February 8, 2005, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. The end-of-cycle review for Palisades involved the participation of the reactor technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2004. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, the Palisades operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green).

While plant performance for the most recent three quarters was within the licensee response column of the Action Matrix, plant performance for the first quarter (01/01/04 - 03/31/04) was in the Regulatory Response Column of the Action Matrix. This was based on one White inspection finding in the Initiating Events Cornerstone that was identified in the second quarter of 2003. The White inspection finding was closed based upon a satisfactory completion of Inspection Procedure (IP) 95001 Supplemental Inspection, Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area, in March 2004.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006, including inspection of your independent spent fuel storage facility. The specific dates of these inspections will be coordinated with your staff.

D. Malone The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Eric Duncan, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 6 at (630) 829-9628 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert M. Lerch, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosure:

Palisades Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: J. Cowan, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer R. Fenech, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Fossil and Hydro Operations D. Cooper, Senior Vice President - Group Operations Manager, Regulatory Affairs J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel and Secretary A. Udrys, Esquire, Consumers Energy Company Director of Nuclear Assets, Consumers Energy Company Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor Michigan Department of Environmental Quality -

Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Michigan Department of Attorney General

D. Malone The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Eric Duncan, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 6 at (630) 829-9628 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert M. Lerch, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosure:

Palisades Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: J. Cowan, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer R. Fenech, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Fossil and Hydro Operations D. Cooper, Senior Vice President - Group Operations Manager, Regulatory Affairs J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel and Secretary A. Udrys, Esquire, Consumers Energy Company Director of Nuclear Assets, Consumers Energy Company Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor Michigan Department of Environmental Quality -

Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Michigan Department of Attorney General DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\EOC Ltrs\eoc 030205\Palisades.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy w ithout att achment/enclosure "E" = Copy w ith attachment/enclosure "N "

= No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME RRuiz:co RLerch DATE 03/02/05 03/02/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

D. Malone ADAMS Distribution:

WDR JFS2 RidsNrrDipmIipb GEG KGO JAL3 CAA1 DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1 ROPreports@nrc.gov (inspection reports, final SDP letters, any letter with an IR number)

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Page 1 of 2 Palisades 02/28/2005 08:19:17 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type IP 71121 - RP ACCESS CTRL/ALARA INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - PALISADES INIT PREP 04/2005 4 1 W90126 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PALISADES - APR/MAY 2005 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Not Applicable FY 2005 - PALISADES INIT EXAM 05/2005 4 1 W90126 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PALISADES - APR/MAY 2005 05/23/2005 06/03/2005 Not Applicable 71114 - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections MAINT - BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Baseline Inspections ISFI - OPERATION OF AN ISFSI 1 1 IP 60855 Operation Of An ISFSI 10/01/2005 12/31/2005 Other Routine ROUTINE - EFFLUENTS, REMP, PI VERIFICATION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections HEATSKB - BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 11/28/2005 12/02/2005 Baseline Inspections PI&R - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 3 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/20/2006 03/10/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - RADWASTE PROCESSING & TRANSPORTATION 1 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 03/06/2006 03/10/2006 Baseline Inspections ISI - PALISADES ISI INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 04/10/2006 04/14/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - RP OUTAGE ACCESS CTRL & ALARA INSP 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/10/2006 04/14/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/10/2006 04/14/2006 Baseline Inspections MOD/5059 - MODIFICATION/50.59 INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 05/22/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Palisades 02/28/2005 08:19:17 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type MOD/5059 - MODIFICATION/50.59 INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 05/22/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - RP INSTRUMENTATION & PPE INSP 1 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 06/12/2006 06/16/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/12/2006 06/16/2006 Baseline Inspections SSDPC - SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE 5 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 08/28/2006 09/01/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71114 - EP EXERCISE BASELINE 2 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 09/18/2006 09/22/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/18/2006 09/22/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.