ML102440198

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant

ML102440198
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Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/01/2010
From:	Khadijah West Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Allen B FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 1, 2010 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 4, 2010, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle performance review of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators 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.

Overall, Davis-Besse operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding associated with the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone being classified as having low-to-moderate safety significance (White). This White finding, from the fourth quarter of 2009, involved your failure to classify an actual Alert in a timely manner during a June 2009 switchyard event. This finding caused Davis-Besse to transition from the Licensee Response column to the Regulatory Response column in the fourth quarter of 2009.

On March 29, 2010, we were notified by your staff of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the White finding. The supplemental inspection was performed during the week of August 16, 2010, in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area. In addition to this supplemental inspection, we plan to conduct reactor oversight program (ROP) baseline inspections at Davis-Besse.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2011. 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.

B. Allen 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 Jamnes Cameron at 630-829-9833 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by Gary L. Shear for/

Steven West, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis-Besse Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

Davis-Besse Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2010 - 12/31/2011 Planned Dates No. of Staff Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION 1 9/01/2010 10/31/2010 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 9/13/2010 09/17/2010 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 9/13/2010 09/17/2010 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1/15/2010 11/19/2010 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1/15/2010 11/19/2010 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity BI OL - LIC. OPERATOR REQUAL. PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1/15/2010 11/19/2010 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 2/13/2010 12/17/2010 IP 2515/179 Verification of Licensee Responses to NRC Requirement for Inventories of Materials Tracked in NSTS 2/13/2010 12/17/2010 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 2/13/2010 12/17/2010 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 2/13/2010 12/17/2010 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness BI ENG - MODIFICATIONS / 50.59 INSPECTION 1 1/10/2011 01/28/2011 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1/24/2011 01/28/2011 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1/24/2011 01/28/2011 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1/24/2011 01/28/2011 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity STRIKE - STRIKE CONTINGENCY - CLERICAL 2 2/01/2011 03/10/2011 IP 92709 Licensee Strike Contingency Plans BI PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 4 2/14/2011 03/04/2011 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems RENEWAL - LICENSE RENEWAL 71002 4 4/25/2011 05/13/2011 IP 71002 License Renewal Inspection BI EP - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 5/09/2011 05/13/2011 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 5/09/2011 05/13/2011 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 5/09/2011 05/13/2011 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 5/09/2011 05/13/2011 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System BI ENG - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 6/20/2011 06/24/2011 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance

Davis-Besse Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2010 - 12/31/2011 Planned Dates No. of Staff Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site HEAD - HEAD REPLACEMENT INSPECTION 1 07/01/2011 11/30/2011 IP 71007 Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 08/08/2011 08/12/2011 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 08/08/2011 08/12/2011 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 08/08/2011 08/12/2011 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 09/12/2011 09/16/2011 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 09/12/2011 09/16/2011 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 10/17/2011 10/21/2011 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program STRIKE - STRIKE CONTINGENCY - OPS/MAINT/RP 2 10/15/2011 11/15/2011 IP 92709 Licensee Strike Contingency Plans 0L PREP - INITIAL EXAM FOR DECEMBER 2011 2 11/14/2011 11/18/2011 W90244 OL - INITIAL EXAM - AUG 2011 - DAVI BI OL - BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 11/14/2011 11/18/2011 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program OL EXAM - DAVIS-BESSE INIT EXAM - 08/2011 2 12/05/2011 12/16/2011 W90244 OL - INITIAL EXAM - AUG 2011 - DAVI

B. Allen 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 Jamnes Cameron at 630-829-9833 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by Gary L. Shear for/

Steven West, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis Besse Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2010 to 2011\midcycle letters\Davis Besse 2010 MOC Letter.docx 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 RIII RIII NAME AGarmoe:dtp JCameron SWest*GLS for DATE 08/18/10 08/19/10 08/20/10 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

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