ML062430365

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML062430365
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie, 07200061
Issue date:	08/31/2006
From:	Joel Munday NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To:	Stall J Florida Power & Light Co
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August 31, 2006 Florida Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. J. A. Stall, Senior Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Scarola:

On August 2, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant for the first half of the calendar year 2006 assessment cycle. 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.

Overall, both St. Lucie Units operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 for the most recent quarter was in 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 reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility. In addition to the ROP baseline inspections, we plan to conduct non-baseline inspections involving containment sump blockage, verification of Mitigating Systems Performance Index, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2008. 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 twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review meeting.

FP&L 2 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 the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (404) 562-4560 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Joel T. Munday, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389, 72-61 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure:

St. Lucie Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: (See page 3)

ML062430365 OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE SON NAME SNinh DATE 08/29/2006 9/ /2006 9/ /2006 9/ /2006 9/ /2006 9/ /2006 9/ /2006 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO FP&L 3 cc w/encl:

William E. Webster William A. Passetti Vice President, Nuclear Operations Bureau of Radiation Control Florida Power & Light Company Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Gordon L. Johnston Craig Fugate, Director Acting Vice President Division of Emergency Preparedness St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Community Affairs Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution J. Kammel Christopher R. Costanzo Radiological Emergency Acting Plant General Manager Planning Administrator St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Bill Parks Douglas Anderson Acting Operations Manager County Administrator St. Lucie Nuclear Plant St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution 2300 Virginia Avenue Ft. Pierce, FL 34982 Terry L. Patterson Licensing Manager Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Mark Warner, Vice President Nuclear Operations Support Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Rajiv S. Kundalkar Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Marjan Mashhadi, Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

FP&L 4 Letter to J. A. Stall from Joel T. Munday dated August 31, 2006

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution w/encl:

B. Moroney, NRR C. Evans L. Slack, RII EICS OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC