ML082460795

2008 Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Hope Creek Generating Station

ML082460795
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	09/02/2008
From:	Arthur Burritt Reactor Projects Branch 3
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
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September 2, 2008 Mr. William Levis President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC 80 Park Plaza, T4B Newark, NJ 07102

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION

Dear Mr. Levis:

On August 6, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review for Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek). Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008.

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 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 was within the Licensee Response column of the NRC=s 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 your facility. We also plan to conduct an independent spent fuel storage installation inspection and a power up-rate inspection.

The staff identified that there were more than three findings for the current assessment period with documented cross-cutting aspects in the area of human performance, and there is a cross-cutting theme in the aspect of complete, accurate and up-to-date procedures (H.2(c)). In evaluating your scope of efforts and progress in addressing the cross-cutting theme, the staff determined that you identified the problems with procedure adequacy, recognized these problems affected multiple areas and developed comprehensive corrective actions. Based on the results of our baseline inspection activities completed in the first half of 2008, we have determined that you have made substantial progress in completing your corrective actions and that there have been no new findings with a procedure adequacy cross-cutting aspect since the fourth quarter of 2007. Therefore, the staff has concluded that a substantive cross-cutting issue in human performance does not exist at this time.

W. Levis 2 The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, 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 ARules 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 the 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 that cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 610-337-5069 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Arthur L. Burritt, Chief Division of Reactor Projects Projects Branch 3 Docket Nos. 50-354 License Nos. NPF-57

Enclosure:

Hope Creek Generating Station Inspection/ Activity Plan cc w/encl:

T. Joyce, Senior Vice President, Operations G. Barnes, Site Vice President P. Davison, Director, Nuclear Oversight J. Spears, Acting Director of Finance J. Perry, Hope Creek Plant Manager J. Keenan, General Solicitor, PSEG M. Wetterhahn, Esquire, Winston and Strawn, LLP Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate, Commonwealth of PA L. Peterson, Chief of Police and Emergency Management Coordinator P. Baldauf, Assistant Director, NJ Radiation Protection Programs P. Mulligan,Chief, NJ Bureau of Nuclear Engineering H. Otto, Ph.D., Adminstrator, DE Division of Water Resources N. Cohen, Coordinator - Unplug Salem Campaign E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance

Page 1 of 2 Hope Creek 08/28/2008 17:22:20 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 08/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71004 - POWER UPRATE 5 1 IP 71004 Power Uprate 03/01/2008 12/31/2008 Other Routine ISFSI - ISFSI ANNUAL DRY CASK LOADING CAMPAIGN 1 1 IP 60855 Operation Of An ISFSI 07/28/2008 08/01/2008 Other Routine 1 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 07/28/2008 08/01/2008 Other Routine 7111111B - REQUAL INSPECTION +P/F REVIEW 3 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/06/2008 10/10/2008 Baseline Inspections 7111107T - HEAT SINK INSP 1 1 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Baseline Inspections TI 171 - TI 171 3 1 IP 2515/171 Verification of Site Specific Implementation Of B.5.b Phase 2 & 3 Mitigating Strategies 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 Generic Safety Inspectio 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections 2/2EXAM - INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM 4 1 U01693 FY09 - HOPE CREEK INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM 01/05/2009 01/09/2009 Not Applicable 1 U01693 FY09 - HOPE CREEK INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM 02/02/2009 02/13/2009 Not Applicable TI 176 - TI 176 1 1 IP 2515/176 Emergency Diesel Generator Tech Spec Surveillance Requirements Re: Endurance & Margin 12/08/2008 12/12/2008 Generic Safety Inspectio Testing 71004 - POWER UPRATE 5 1 IP 71004 Power Uprate 01/01/2009 05/03/2009 Other Routine 71152B - PI&R BIENNIAL TEAM 4 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 01/26/2009 01/30/2009 Baseline Inspections TI 173 - GROUNDWATER TI 1 1 IP 2515/173 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 03/09/2009 03/13/2009 Generic Safety Inspectio EP PROGR - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/15/2009 03/20/2009 EP Baseline Inspection 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/15/2009 03/20/2009 EP Baseline Inspection 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 03/15/2009 03/20/2009 EP Baseline Inspection 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/15/2009 03/20/2009 EP Baseline Inspection 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/15/2009 03/20/2009 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 Hope Creek 08/28/2008 17:22:20 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 08/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 04/20/2009 04/24/2009 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/27/2009 05/01/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/27/2009 05/01/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 04/27/2009 05/01/2009 Baseline Inspections ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION - ANNUAL SAMPLE 1 1 IP 60855 Operation Of An ISFSI 07/01/2009 09/30/2009 Other Routine 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - CDBI 6 1 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 09/14/2009 09/18/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 09/28/2009 10/02/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 10/05/2009 10/09/2009 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 09/14/2009 09/18/2009 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/28/2009 10/02/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/28/2009 10/02/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/28/2009 10/02/2009 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/28/2009 10/02/2009 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 12/07/2009 12/18/2009 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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