ML102440632

Mid Cycle Letter

ML102440632
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Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	09/01/2010
From:	Reyes L Region 2 Administrator
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 September 1, 2010 Mr. Dennis R. Madison Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - EDWIN I.

HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Madison:

On August 10, 2010, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. 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, marked as "Official Use Only - Security Related Information," will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for Unit 1 for the most recent quarter 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).

Plant performance for Unit 2 for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRCs Action matrix based on a previous White finding in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone associated with the 1B Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) coupling failure issued in the first quarter of 2009 and remained on the action matrix for the 2009 calendar year. This, combined with a White finding issued in the fourth quarter of 2009 for failure to establish and perform preventive maintenance activities to replace aged electrolytic capacitors, resulted in two White findings in the same cornerstone during the fourth quarter of 2009. In accordance with Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, a supplemental inspection (Inspection Procedure 95002) is required. As the White finding associated with the 1B EDG coupling failure has already received a supplemental inspection (Inspection Procedure 95001),

the NRC has taken this into account when we defined the scope of the required 95002.

SNC 2 On June 22, 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 1B EDG coupling failure and the aged electrolytic capacitor issues. We conducted supplemental inspection 95002 the week of August 23, 2010. This inspection reviewed the white inspection finding issued in the May 12, 2010, final significance determination letter as well as any commonalities with the White finding associated with the 1B EDG coupling failure. This inspection procedure was conducted to provide assurance that the root and contributing causes for the individual and collective risk significant performance issues were understood, to independently assess the extent of cause, to provide assurance that the corrective actions were sufficient to prevent recurrence, and to independently determine if safety culture components caused or significantly contributed to individual and collective risk-significant performance issues. The results of this inspection will be documented in inspection report 50-321 and 50-366/2010007.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection 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 nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review. We also plan on conducting Operator Licensing Examinations, Temporary Instruction 2515/179 Verification of Licensee Responses for Inventories of Materials Tracked in National Source Tracking System, and an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation inspection.

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). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.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 Scott Shaeffer at (404) 997-4521 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Luis A. Reyes Regional Administrator Docket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366 License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

Enclosure:

Hatch Inspection/ Activity Plan (09/01/2010 - 12/31/2011) cc w/encl: (See page 3)

_________________________ G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:ORA RII:ORA SIGNATURE TXL /RA/ SDR /RA for/ JTM /RA for/ LAR /RA for/ LAR /RA/

NAME TLighty SShaeffer LWert VMcCree LReyes DATE 08/31/2010 08/31/2010 08/31/2010 09/01/2010 09/01/2010 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO SNC 3 cc w/encl: Moanica Caston B. D. McKinney, Jr. Vice President and General Counsel Regulatory Response Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Steven B. Tipps Jeffrey T. Gasser Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing Chief Nuclear Officer Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Ken Rosanski M. J. Ajluni Resident Manager Nuclear Licensing Director Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt Chris Clark Regulatory Response Supervisor Commissioner Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution L. Mike Stinson Lee Foley Vice President Manager of Contracts Generation Fleet Operations Support Oglethorpe Power Corporation Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

R. D. Baker Troutman Sanders Licensing Supervisor Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution James C. Hardeman Environmental Radiation Program Manager E. G. Anners Environmental Protection Division Licensing Engineer Georgia Department of Natural Resources Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Ted V. Jackson Paula Marino Emergency Response and Radiation Vice President Program Manager Engineering Environmental Protection Division Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution R. E. Varnadore Mr. Reece McAlister Site Support Manager Executive Secretary Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Georgia Public Service Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl continued next page)

SNC 4 (cc w/encl continued)

F. Allen Barnes Director Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Cynthia A. Sanders Radioactive Materials Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution James A. Sommerville Program Coordination Branch Chief Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman Appling County Commissioners County Courthouse 69 Tippins Street, Suite 201 Baxley, GA 31513

SNC 5 Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Leonard D. Wert, Jr. dated September 1, 2010

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - EDWIN I.

HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMHatch Resource ROP Reports Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)