ML052420590

Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML052420590
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	08/30/2005
From:	Satorius M Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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August 30, 2005 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Vice President-Nuclear, Davis-Besse FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN

Dear Mr. Bezilla:

On August 9, 2005, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station for the first half of the calendar year 2005 assessment cycle. Even though Davis-Besse oversight was not under the Reactor Oversight Program (ROP) during the time frame, our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve 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 the 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.

Davis-Besse was not under the ROP from January through June 2005, therefore an Action Matrix column designation is not appropriate. In our May 19, 2005, letter, we informed you that the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station would return to the ROP on July 1, 2005, in the Regulatory Response Column (Column II) of the NRCs Action Matrix. The Column II designation was based on the one White finding in the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone regarding siren testing (EA 04-231). Your staff has informed us that they will be ready for an Inspection Procedure (IP) 95001 supplemental inspection in October, therefore we have scheduled the inspection for the week of October 17, 2005. Please note that the delay in completing your assessment of the issue will result in the White finding being held open into a fifth quarter.

M. Bezilla On April 21, 2005, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties ($5,450,000) to Davis-Besse. The notice documented nine proposed violations of NRC regulations.

Five violations were considered for civil penalty action.

1. RED Significance Determination Process (SDP): The facility operated with reactor coolant system pressure boundary leakage for at least one operating cycle.

2. Severity Level (SL) I: Willfully maintaining incomplete and inaccurate information in documents. Specifically, documentation inaccurately indicated that accumulated boric acid deposits were removed from the reactor pressure vessel head and the entire head was inspected.

3. SL II: Willfully failing to ensure that a significant condition adverse to quality, the presence of boric acid on the vessel head, was evaluated and corrected.

4. SL II: Willfully failing to fully implement the boric acid corrosion control procedure.

5. SL I: Willfully providing incomplete and inaccurate information in two responses to the NRC relating to NRC Bulletin 2001-01.

Four violations were not assessed a civil penalty:

1. RED SDP: Failure to determine and take corrective action for significant conditions adverse to quality.

2. RED SDP: Inappropriate boric acid corrosion control program procedure.

3. SL III: Non-willful inaccurate or incomplete information regarding boric acid deposits on the head.

4. SL IV: Non-willful inaccurate or incomplete information regarding head inspection reports and head cleaning along with inaccuracies on the boric acid corrosion control checklists and condition reports.

The NRC granted the licensees request for a 120 day extension on the response to the Notice of Violation.

In addition to the issue discussed above, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (EA-04-224),

dated July 15, 2005, to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) addressing action FENOC committed to take as a result of discriminatory practices exhibited by one of its contractors, AVI Food Systems, Inc. The Confirmatory Order was issued following NRC investigative activities and the results of an Alternate Dispute Resolution activity.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2007. In addition to the program defined inspection activities, additional oversight activities will be conducted to follow up on your commitments and action plans to address the results from the independent assessments required by the March 8, 2004, Confirmatory Order (EA-03-214) in the areas of Operations, Engineering, Corrective Action Program, and Safety Culture/Safety Conscious Work Environment. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for the resolution of any

M. Bezilla 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 inspection 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 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 NRCs 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 Christine Lipa at (630) 829-9619 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by G. Shear Acting for/

Mark A. Satorius Director, Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME:G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2004 to 2005\MOC letters\davi.wpd G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII RIII RIII NAME GWright GWright for CLipa CPederson SRichards via GShear for email MSatorius DATE 08/26/05 08/26/05 08/29/05 08/29/05 08/30/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

M. Bezilla cc w/encl: The Honorable Dennis Kucinich G. Leidich, President - FENOC J. Hagan, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer Director, Plant Operations Manager - Regulatory Compliance D. Jenkins, Senior Attorney, FirstEnergy Ohio State Liaison Officer R. Owen, Administrator, Ohio Department of Health Public Utilities Commission of Ohio President, Board of County Commissioners of Lucas County President, Ottawa County Board of Commissioners Ottawa County Sheriff Director, Ottawa County EMA Lucas County Sheriff Director, Lucas County EMA Genoa Village Administrator Mayor of Clay Center Mayor of Elmore Mayor of Genoa Mayor of Oak Harbor Mayor of Toledo Mayor of Port Clinton Mayor of Marblehead Village of Rocky Ridge Village Administrator of Oak Harbor Mayor of Put-in-Bay INPO

M. Bezilla ADAMS Distribution:

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

Page 1 of 2 Davis-Besse 08/29/2005 11:01:03 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 93812 - '04 SC/SCWE ACTION PLAN EFFECTIVENESS 9 1 IP 93812 Special Inspection 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Event Response Insp 95001 - DISCREPANT PI FOLLOW UP - SIRENS 1 1 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 10/17/2005 10/21/2005 Supplemental Program 93812 - CONF. ORDER SC/SCWE IN-PROCESS '05 1 1 IP 93812 Special Inspection 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Event Response Insp 93812 - CONF. ORDER ENGR IN-PROCESS '05 1 1 IP 93812 Special Inspection 12/05/2005 12/09/2005 Event Response Insp MOD/5059 - MODIFICATIONS AND 50.59 2 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 01/23/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 01/23/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 02/13/2006 02/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 02/13/2006 02/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 02/13/2006 02/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/13/2006 02/17/2006 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI/TI-150 1 1 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC ORDER EA 03/06/2006 03/31/2006 Safety Issues 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 03/06/2006 03/31/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OUTAGE: ACCESS CONTROL & ALARA 2 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/06/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/06/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - REMP, ACCESS CONTROL 2 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 05/15/2006 05/19/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control P 05/15/2006 05/19/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - ACCESS CNTL, RADWASTE & TRANSPORTATION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/18/2006 09/22/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 09/18/2006 09/22/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/18/2006 09/22/2006 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/23/2006 10/27/2006 Baseline Inspections HS - HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 12/11/2006 12/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - EFFLUENTS, ACC CNTL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/08/2007 01/12/2007 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 Davis-Besse 08/29/2005 11:01:03 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 7112201 - EFFLUENTS, ACC CNTL 1 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 01/08/2007 01/12/2007 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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