ML072430487
| ML072430487 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/2007 |
| From: | Pederson C Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Schwarz C Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| References | |
| Download: ML072430487 (7) | |
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August 31, 2007 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT
Dear Mr. Schwarz:
On August 14, 2007, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Palisades Nuclear Plant for the first half of the calendar year 2007 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 security information. A separate letter designated and marked as Official Use Only - Security-Related Information will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Palisades 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 (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.
Additionally, the staff has identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R). There were six inspection findings in the cross-cutting area of PI&R. Four of these findings share a common cross-cutting aspect of inadequate evaluations within the corrective action program which is described in Manual Chapter 0305 as aspect P.1(c). The documented issues included concerns for the extent of condition evaluations for an injection valve failure, waterhammer conditions, defective parts on an emergency diesel generator and past operablility and reportability for a startup transformer control circuit problem. The threshold for a substantive cross-cutting theme was reached in the last quarter; therefore, your staff has only recently initiated efforts to address this area and efforts to date are too recent to evaluate for effectiveness. This substantive cross-cutting issue will remain open until the number of findings with the same cross-cutting aspect is reduced or when the NRC gains confidence in the performance of your corrective action program to evaluate and correct problems.
C. Schwarz The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2008. Significant inspections planned include a component design bases inspection in January 2008 and a PI&R inspection in April 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. 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 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
The NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, 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 A. H. Hsia for/
Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20
Enclosure:
Palisades Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:
See next page
C. Schwarz The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2008. Significant inspections planned include a component design bases inspection in January 2008 and a PI&R inspection in April 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. 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 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
The NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, 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 A. H. Hsia for/
Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20
Enclosure:
Palisades Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:
See next page DOCUMENT NAME:G:\\Branch TSS\\ALL MOC\\midcycle 2006 to 2007\\Palisades\\Palisades MOC Letter 2007.wpd G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-Sensitive
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Letter to C. Schwarz from C. Pederson dated August 31, 2007
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT cc w/encl:
M. Kansler, President and Chief Executive Officer/
Chief Nuclear Officer J. Herron, Senior Vice President Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services M. Balduzzi, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Regional Operations, NE O. Limpias, Vice President, Engineering J. Ventosa, General Manager, Engineering J. DeRoy, Vice President, Operations Support Director, NSA J. McCann, Director, Nuclear Safety & Licensing E. Harkness, Director of Oversight General Manager, Plant Operations C. Faison, Manager, Licensing L. Lahti, Manager, Licensing W. Dennis, Assistant General Counsel W. DiProfio W. Russell G. Randolph Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor State Liaison Officer, State of Michigan Michigan Department of Environmental Quality -
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Letter to C. Schwarz from C. Pederson dated August 31, 2007
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT DISTRIBUTION:
MLC TEB RidsNrrDirslpab JLC1 MAS KGO JKH3 RML2 SAM9 SRI Palisades DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 TXN ROPreports@nrc.gov (inspection reports, final SDP letters, any letter with an IR number)
Palisades Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title 1
BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 09/10/2007 09/21/2007 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 09/10/2007 09/21/2007 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls 2
BI ENG
- ENGINEERING INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 09/10/2007 10/05/2007 7111108P IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 3
OL EXAM
- PALISADES INIT EXAM 09/2007 Not Applicable 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 W90163 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PALISADES - AUG/SEP 2007 1
BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 11/12/2007 11/16/2007 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 2
BI ENG
- ENGINEERING MODIFICATIONS / 50.59 INSP.
Baseline Inspections 11/26/2007 12/14/2007 7111102 IP Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments Baseline Inspections 11/26/2007 12/14/2007 7111117B IP Permanent Plant Modifications 1
BI ENG
- BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 12/03/2007 12/07/2007 7111107B IP Heat Sink Performance 1
BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/14/2008 01/18/2008 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls 2
BI OL
- BIENNIAL REQUAL. PROGRAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 02/04/2008 02/08/2008 7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 5
BI ENG
- COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/28/2008 02/29/2008 7111121 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 1
- ISFSI INSPECTION Other Routine 03/01/2008 03/30/2008 60855.1 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 3
BI PI&R
- BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/31/2008 04/18/2008 71152B IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 1
BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 7112202 IP Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 71151-BI01 IP Reactor Coolant System Activity Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 71151-OR01 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 71151-PR01 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 1
BI ENG
- BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS INSP.
Baseline Inspections 06/16/2008 06/20/2008 7111112B IP Maintenance Effectiveness 3
BI EP
- EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 7111401 IP Exercise Evaluation Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 71151-EP01 IP Drill/Exercise Performance Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 71151-EP02 IP ERO Drill Participation
Palisades Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title 3
BI EP
- EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 71151-EP03 IP Alert & Notification System 3
OL EXAM
- INITIAL LIC OP EXAM PREP PALISADES 2008 Not Applicable 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 W90188 PALISADES - INITIAL EXAM - SEPT/OCT 2008 3
OL EXAM
- INITIAL LIC OP EXAM PALISADES 2008 Not Applicable 10/20/2008 10/31/2008 W90188 PALISADES - INITIAL EXAM - SEPT/OCT 2008 1
BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 12/08/2008 12/12/2008 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas