ML102440046
| ML102440046 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2010 |
| From: | Khadijah West Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Pacilio M Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
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| Download: ML102440046 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 1, 2010 Mr. Michael Pacilio Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO), Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION
Dear Mr. Pacilio:
On August 5, 2010, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. 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 at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station was within the Licensee Response column of the NRC=s Action Matrix for Unit 2 and within the Regulatory Response column for Unit 3. This is based on all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green) for both units and all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) for Unit 2. For Unit 3, we issued a preliminary White inspection finding on August 19, 2009, related to an inadvertent rod withdrawal event that occurred at Dresden on November 3, 2008 (ML092320164). On May 24, 2010, we completed our supplemental inspection for the White finding and, as a result, are returning Unit 3 to the licensee response column, effective at the beginning of July 2010. Therefore, we plan to conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.
In our annual assessment letter dated March 3, 2010 (ML100610336), we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting issue (SCCI) in the area of Human Performance (HP) with a cross-cutting theme in the aspect of Work PracticesHuman Error Prevention Techniques, H.4(a). There were no new findings with a cross-cutting component of work practices identified in the last 6 months. However, during this assessment period, there were 14 findings documented with cross-cutting aspects in the HP area. While your facility continues to have problems in the area of HP as a whole, you have taken significant corrective actions in the aspect of human error prevention techniques, including: dedicating an SRO to reviewing operations procedures for quality, identifying a focus on the Electrical Maintenance Department for maintenance procedures, and developing corrective actions for decision making. Therefore, the SCCI in the aspect of H.4(a) will be closed.
M. Pacilio The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through December 31, 2011. The inspections scheduled include: licensed operator initial qualification, emergency preparedness, outage related inspections, post-approval license renewal, triennial fire protection, and triennial heat sink. 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 9 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 NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website 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 Ring at (630) 829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/ By Gary L. Shear Acting For/
Steven West, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-237; 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19; DPR-25
Enclosure:
Dresden Nuclear Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:
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M. Pacilio The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through December 31, 2011. The inspections scheduled include: licensed operator initial qualification, emergency preparedness, outage related inspections, post-approval license renewal, triennial fire protection, and triennial heat sink. 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 9 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 NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website 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 Ring at (630) 829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/ By Gary L. Shear Acting For/
Steven West, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-237; 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19; DPR-25
Enclosure:
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Letter to M. Pacilio from S. West dated September 1, 2010
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION DISTRIBUTION:
Susan Bagley RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 RidsNrrPMDresden Resource RidsNrrDirslpab Resource Steven Reynolds Steven Orth Jared Heck Allan Barker DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak ROPreports Resource
Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2010 - 12/31/2011 Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Dresden RENEWAL
- LICENSE RENEWAL 71003 - PHASE 2 - U3 4
IP Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal 71003 10/18/2010 10/29/2010 RENEWAL
- LICENSE RENEWAL 71003 - PHASE 1 - U3 3
IP Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal 71003 11/01/2010 11/19/2010 BI ENG
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 1
IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 11/01/2010 11/19/2010 BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 11/08/2010 11/19/2010 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 11/08/2010 11/19/2010 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 11/08/2010 11/19/2010 OL PREP
- DRESDEN INIT PREP - 02/2011 3
OL - INITIAL EXAM - MARCH 2011 - DRES W90229 02/14/2011 02/18/2011 BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1
IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 02/21/2011 02/25/2011 IP Reactor Coolant System Activity 71151-BI01 02/21/2011 02/25/2011 OL EXAM
- DRESDEN INIT EXAM - 03/2011 3
OL - INITIAL EXAM - MARCH 2011 - DRES W90229 03/07/2011 03/18/2011 BI EP
- EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 3
IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 03/21/2011 03/25/2011 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 03/21/2011 03/25/2011 IP ERO Drill Participation 71151-EP02 03/21/2011 03/25/2011 IP Alert & Notification System 71151-EP03 03/21/2011 03/25/2011 BI ENG
- TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 2
IP Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray System 2515/177 03/28/2011 04/08/2011 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 03/28/2011 04/08/2011 BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1
IP Verification of Licensee Responses to NRC Requirement for Inventories of Materials Tracked in NSTS 2515/179 06/06/2011 06/10/2011 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 06/06/2011 06/10/2011 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 06/06/2011 06/10/2011 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 06/06/2011 06/10/2011 BI ENG
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3
IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 07/25/2011 07/29/2011 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 08/08/2011 08/12/2011 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 08/29/2011 09/02/2011
Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2010 - 12/31/2011 Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Dresden BI ENG
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 1
IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 10/24/2011 11/23/2011 BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1
IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/31/2011 11/04/2011 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 10/31/2011 11/04/2011 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 10/31/2011 11/04/2011 BI RP
- RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1
IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 12/12/2011 12/16/2011 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 71151-PR01 12/12/2011 12/16/2011