ML052420411

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Dresden Nuclear Power Station

ML052420411
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Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	08/30/2005
From:	Ring M NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB1
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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August 30, 2005 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Crane:

On August 9, 2005, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station for the first half of the calendar year 2005 assessment cycle. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous 12 months. 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.

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 a resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Dresden Units 2 and 3 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). Therefore, we plan to conduct only reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2007.

In our Mid-Cycle Performance Review letter dated August 30, 2004, we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of human performance. In our Annual Assessment Letter dated March 2, 2005, we advised you that human performance issues had continued and we were continuing the substantive human performance cross-cutting issue pending a reduction in the number, significance, and common causality. You responded to the Annual Assessment Letter with a letter dated April 29, 2005, describing your assessment of human performance at Dresden, the causal factors that had resulted in the human performance issues, and the Human Performance Improvement Plan that you had developed. We understand that you have now achieved site-wide implementation of the Human Performance Improvement Plan. We also noted that only one finding was identified in the last half of the assessment period (2005) having aspects of the substantive cross-cutting area of human performance.

C. Crane Therefore, since the number and significance of human performance findings decreased and the 2004 findings were already addressed, we no longer have a concern with the scope and progress of your efforts in addressing this cross-cutting area performance deficiency, and we are discontinuing the substantive cross-cutting issue in human performance.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through March 31, 2007. Please note that the biennial Problem Identification and Resolution inspection is planned for January 2006. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well 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 end-of-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be 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 the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 630-829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark A. Ring, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-237; 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19; DPR-25

Enclosure:

Dresden Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2004 to 2005\MOC letters\dres.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII E NAME MRing:dtp DATE 08/25/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

C. Crane cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Dresden Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - Dresden Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Dresden and Quad Cities Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission Will County Executive Will County Sheriff Director, Will County Emergency Management Agency Mayor of Joliet City Manager Kendall County Board Chairman Kendall County Sheriff Grundy County Board Chairman Grundy County Sheriff Director, Grundy County Emergency Management Agency Mayor of Morris Minooka Village President Mayor of Coal City Mayor of Carbon Hill Mayor of Diamond Mayor of Braidwood Mayor of Wilmington Channahon Village President Channahon Village Administrator Mayor of Shorewood Shorewood Village Administrator Mayor of Elwood INPO

C. Crane ADAMS Distribution:

GYS DWW Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG KGO RML2 SRI Dresden DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1

Page 1 of 2 Dresden 08/29/2005 11:01:36 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2005 - 03/31/2007 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type INSPECTI - ISFSI INSPECTION - CASK LOADING 2 2 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 08/18/2005 09/28/2005 Other Routine ISI - UNIT 2 ISI INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 11/07/2005 11/11/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OUTAGE ALARA 1 2, 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 2, 3 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - DRESDEN INIT PREP 01/2006 3 2 W90124 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DRESDEN - JAN/FEB 2006 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Not Applicable 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 2 2, 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 01/09/2006 01/27/2006 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - DRESDEN INIT EXAM 02/2006 3 2 W90124 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DRESDEN - JAN/FEB 2006 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Not Applicable 7112103 - RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION 1 2, 3 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections HS - HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections ISFSI - OPERATION OF AN ISFSI 1 2, 3 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 05/01/2006 06/30/2006 Other Routine INSPECTI - ISFSI INSPECTION 2 2 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 05/01/2006 07/30/2006 Other Routine 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 2, 3 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 05/15/2006 05/19/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112101 - RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL 1 2, 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/17/2006 07/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/17/2006 07/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - REMP & RAD MATL CONTROL 1 2, 3 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control P 09/25/2006 09/29/2006 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/25/2006 09/29/2006 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 Dresden 08/29/2005 11:01:36 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2005 - 03/31/2007 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ISI - DRESDEN UNIT 3 ISI INSPECTION 1 3 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 10/16/2006 10/20/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - ALARA OUTAGE INSP 1 2, 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/13/2006 11/17/2006 Baseline Inspections M50.59 - MOD 50.59 INSPECTION 2 2, 3 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 11/13/2006 11/30/2006 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111117A Permanent Plant Modifications 11/13/2006 12/15/2006 Baseline Inspections ME - MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS INSPECTION 1 2, 3 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 12/11/2006 12/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EP EXERCISE & PI INSP 1 2, 3 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 03/19/2007 03/23/2007 Baseline Inspections 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/19/2007 03/23/2007 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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