ML082460242

Davis-Besse - Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML082460242
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/02/2008
From:	Jamnes Cameron NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B6
To:	Allen B FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
References
EA-03-0214, FOIA/PA-2010-0209
Download: ML082460242 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 2, 2008 EA-03-0214 Mr. Barry Allen Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2, Mail Stop A-DB-3080 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Allen:

On August 14, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant. 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 Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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, with the exception of the March 2004 Confirmatory Order required annual independent assessment reviews and follow-up on the August 2007 Confirmatory Order required actions, we plan to conduct only reactor oversight process baseline inspections at your facility.

The staff identified that there were more than three green inspection findings for the current 12 month assessment period with documented cross-cutting aspects in the area of human performance, and there are two cross-cutting themes associated with these findings. The first theme is in the aspect of complete, accurate, and up-to-date design documentation, procedures, and work packages, and correct labeling of components (H.2(c)). The other theme is in the aspect of maintaining design margins (H.2(a)). We understand that FENOC has recognized the site-wide cross-cutting theme in work planning and has developed and implemented a formal process to identify, track, and develop apparent cause(s) and corrective actions for cross-cutting issues identified by the NRC and through the site corrective action program. In evaluating your

B. Allen scope of efforts and progress in addressing the cross-cutting themes, the staff determined that we have no concerns with your scope of efforts in addressing the cross-cutting area performance deficiencies. Therefore, the staff has concluded that a substantive cross-cutting issue in human performance does not exist at this time.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, including baseline and other infrequently conducted inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2009.

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 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 630-829-9833 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by Geoffrey C. Wright for/

Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis Besse Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION See next page

B. Allen scope of efforts and progress in addressing the cross-cutting themes, the staff determined that we have no concerns with your scope of efforts in addressing the cross-cutting area performance deficiencies. Therefore, the staff has concluded that a substantive cross-cutting issue in human performance does not exist at this time.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, including baseline and other infrequently conducted inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2009.

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 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 630-829-9833 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely, Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis Besse Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION See next page Document Name: G:\1-Secy\2008 Mid-cycle final letters/Davis Besse MOC Letter.doc Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive 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 NAME JCameron:dtp

• GCW for DATE 08/29/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to B. Allen from J. Cameron dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

DAVIS BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION cc w/encl: Honorable Dennis Kucinich J. Hagan, President and Chief Nuclear Officer - FENOC J. Lash, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer - FENOC Manager - Site Regulatory Compliance - FENOC D. Pace, Senior Vice President of Fleet Engineering - FENOC J. Rinckel, Vice President, Fleet Oversight - FENOC P. Harden, Vice President, Nuclear Support D. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy Corp.

Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs - FENOC Manager - Fleet Licensing - FENOC C. OClaire, State Liaison Officer, Ohio Emergency Management Agency R. Owen, Administrator, Ohio Department of Health Public Utilities Commission of Ohio President, Lucas County Board of Commissioners 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 Mayor of Rocky Ridge Village Administrator of Oak Harbor Mayor of Put-in-Bay G. Mortensen, INPO

Letter to B. Allen from J. Cameron dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION DISTRIBUTION:

Tamara Bloomer RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 RidsNrrPMDavisBesse Resource RidsNrrDirslpab Resource James Caldwell Mark Satorius Kenneth Obrien Allan Barker DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak ROPreports@nrc.gov (inspection reports, final SDP letters, any letter with an IR number)

Davis-Besse Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 92702 - INDEP OPS ASSESSMENT F/U 1 IP 95003 Inspection For Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow 04/01/2008 09/30/2008 Supplemental Program Inp 92702 - INDP ENGR ASSESS. F/U 1 IP 92702 Followup On Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations 04/01/2008 09/30/2008 Other Routine 92702 - INDEP CAP ASSESS. F/U 1 IP 92702 Followup On Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations 07/01/2008 12/31/2008 Other Routine TI - TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION 2515/172 1 IP 2515/172 Reactor Coolant System Dissimiliar Metal Butt Welds 09/08/2008 09/12/2008 Generic Safety Inspectio 92702 - '08 INDEP. SC/SCWE OBSERVATION 1 IP 92702 Followup On Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations 10/01/2008 10/30/2008 Other Routine BI OL - BIENNIAL REQUAL. PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 11/03/2008 11/07/2008 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 11/17/2008 11/21/2008 Baseline Inspections 92702 - 07 CONFIRMATORY ORDER F/U 1 IP 92702 Followup On Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations 01/01/2009 01/31/2009 Other Routine BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 Baseline Inspections PWR UPR - POWER UPRATE INSPECTION 2 IP 7111104 Equipment Alignment (Quarterly) 01/26/2009 01/30/2009 Baseline Inspections BI PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/23/2009 04/10/2009 Baseline Inspections BI EP - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 EP Baseline Inspection IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 Baseline Inspections OL EXAM - OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM 3 W90206 OL - INITIAL EXAM - JULY 2009 - DAVI 06/15/2009 06/19/2009 Not Applicable W90206 OL - INITIAL EXAM - JULY 2009 - DAVI 07/13/2009 07/24/2009 Not Applicable BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 2515/173 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 08/25/2009 08/28/2009 Generic Safety Inspectio IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 08/25/2009 08/28/2009 Baseline Inspections

Davis-Besse Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection nspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/14/2009 09/18/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/14/2009 09/18/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 09/14/2009 09/18/2009 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 6 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 10/19/2009 11/20/2009 Baseline Inspections