ML062430596

8/31/06 Quad Cities - Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML062430596
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	08/31/2006
From:	Satorius M Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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August 31, 2006 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Crane:

On August 7, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 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 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 resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Quad Cities Unit 1 was within the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one inspection finding being classified as having low to moderate safety significance (White) in the mitigating systems cornerstone.

The White finding and related violation were finalized in a letter dated June 29, 2006, and related to the failure to verify that the electromatic relief valve (ERV) actuator design was suitable for operation at the increased vibration levels experienced at extended power uprate (EPU) power levels. As a result, in addition to conducting the reactor oversight process baseline inspection at Unit 1, a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, is tentatively planned to be conducted in the first quarter of 2007, pending the completion of your planned corrective actions, described in your response letter as scheduled for the end of 2006.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Unit 2 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 reactor oversight process baseline inspections at Unit 2.

C. Crane The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through March 31, 2008. The inspection plan is provided 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.

In addition, the resident inspectors plan to perform Temporary Inspection 2515/169, Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI) Verification, before the end of calendar year 2006. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.

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), 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 Mark A. Ring at 630-829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark A. Satorius, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265;72-053 License Nos. DPR-29; DPR-30

Enclosure:

Quad Cities Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page

C. Crane The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through March 31, 2008. The inspection plan is provided 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.

In addition, the resident inspectors plan to perform Temporary Inspection 2515/169, Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI) Verification, before the end of calendar year 2006. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.

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), 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 Mark A. Ring at 630-829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark A. Satorius, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265;72-053 License Nos. DPR-29; DPR-30

Enclosure:

Quad Cities Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page DOCUMENT NAME:G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2005 to 2006\quad cities\QuadC MOC Letter 2006.wpd X Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive X 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 NAME MRing:sls MSatorius DATE 08/31/2006 08/31/2006 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

C. Crane cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 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 Vice President - Law and Regulatory Affairs Mid American Energy Company Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer, State of Illinois State Liaison Officer, State of Iowa Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission D. Tubbs, Manager of Nuclear MidAmerican Energy Company Chairman, Rock Island County Board Rock Island County Sheriff Coordinator, Rock Island Emergency Services and and Disaster Chairman, Whiteside County Board Whiteside County Sheriff Coordinator, Whiteside County Emergency Services Chairman, Board of Supervisors Clinton County Sheriff Coordinator, Clinton County Emergency Management Scott County Administrator Scott County Sheriff Coordinator, Scott County Emergency Management Mayor of Albany Mayor of Rapids City President, Village of Port Byron President, Village of Cordova Mayor of Camanche Mayor of Clinton Clinton City Administrator Mayor of Low Moor Mayor of LeClaire LeClaire City Administrator Mayor of Princeton Mayor of McCausland INPO

C. Crane ADAMS Distribution:

DXC1 TEB MXB JXH11 RidsNrrDirslpab JLC1 GEG KGO RML2 SRI Quad Cities DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 TXN ROPreports@nrc.gov (inspection reports, final SDP letters, any letter with an IR number)

Page 1 of 2 Quad Cities 08/30/2006 15:03:25 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2006 - 03/31/2008 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type CDBI - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 08/14/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control P 10/09/2006 10/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/09/2006 10/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 4 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/27/2006 12/15/2006 Baseline Inspections BI - HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 12/18/2006 12/22/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112103 - INSTRUMENTATION & SCBA 1 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 02/05/2007 02/09/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/05/2007 02/09/2007 Baseline Inspections EP BI - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - OUTAGE: ACC CNTL & ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 05/07/2007 05/11/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 05/07/2007 05/11/2007 Baseline Inspections FY 2007 - QUAD CITIES INIT PREP 05/2007 3 1 W90150 OL - INITIAL EXAM - QUAD CITIES - MAY/JUNE 2007 05/14/2007 05/18/2007 Not Applicable FY 2007 - QUAD CITIES INIT EXAM 06/2007 3 1 W90150 OL - INITIAL EXAM - QUAD CITIES - MAY/JUNE 2007 06/04/2007 06/15/2007 Not Applicable MOD5059 - MODIFCATION/50.59 INSPECTION 2 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 08/20/2007 09/07/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 08/20/2007 09/07/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - RADWASTE & TRANSPORTATION 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 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 Quad Cities 08/30/2006 15:03:25 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2006 - 03/31/2008 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 09/01/2007 10/30/2007 Other Routine MAINRULE - MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 09/24/2007 09/28/2007 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/29/2007 11/03/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - ALARA & PI VERIFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 11/26/2007 11/30/2007 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 11/26/2007 11/30/2007 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/03/2008 03/28/2008 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OUTAGE ALARA & ACCESS CTRL 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/10/2008 03/14/2008 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/10/2008 03/14/2008 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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