ML110630130
| ML110630130 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2011 |
| From: | McCree V M Region 2 Administrator |
| To: | Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co |
| Shared Package | |
| ML110630127 | List: |
| References | |
| IR-11-001 | |
| Download: ML110630130 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000335/2011001
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March 4, 2011
Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000335/2011001 AND 05000389/2011001)
Dear Mr. Nazar:
On February 8, 2011, the NRC completed its end-of-cycle performance review of St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010. This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan does not include security information. A separate letter will include the NRC's assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone and its security-
related inspection plan. The NRC determined that overall, St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (Green), and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility. St. Lucie Unit 1 was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRC's Action Matrix for the first three quarters of the assessment period based on the issuance of one finding classified as having moderate safety significance (Yellow), which originated in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009. The Yellow finding was finalized in a letter dated April 19, 2010, and involved failure to identify and correct a significant condition adverse to quality affecting the Unit 1 component cooling water system. On September 30, 2010, the NRC completed a supplemental inspection, and determined that the licensee adequately addressed the Yellow finding. The results of the inspection were documented in inspection report 05000335/2010009, issued on November 3, 2010 (ML103070200). The NRC determined the performance at St. Lucie Unit 1 returned to the Licensee Response Column of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2010.
The staff identified a cross cutting theme for St. Lucie Units 1 and 2. Four inspection findings were documented during the current 12 month assessment period with cross-cutting aspects in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution. The common aspect associated with these FPL 2 findings was failure to take appropriate and timely corrective actions (P.1(d)). All of the findings were of very low safety significance (Green). In order to determine whether a substantive cross-cutting issue should be identified, the NRC evaluated Florida Power and Light's actions to identify and investigate the causes of the cross-cutting theme, and to plan and implement corrective actions to minimize additional findings with a similar aspect. The NRC determined that a substantive cross-cutting issue does not exist because your staff took prompt action to assess the common and root causes of the issues involved. Your staff recognized the potential for a cross-cutting theme in November 2010 after a total of three findings with similar aspects were identified and initiated a Root Cause Evaluation (RCE). This RCE generated new corrective actions, but also found that several of the corrective actions initiated as a result of the Yellow finding described above would effectively address the issues involved. Those corrective actions were focused on improved screening and resolution of corrective action program issues and improved operability and root cause evaluations. The NRC reviewed the implementation of many of those corrective actions during the supplemental inspection conducted in accordance with inspection procedure 95002 in September 2010. As a result of the supplemental inspection and recent review of the RCE, NRC found that your planned corrective actions and effectiveness reviews should be effective in addressing the issues involved in the cross-cutting theme. Since the scope and progress of your efforts in addressing the cross cutting theme were adequate, the NRC determined a substantive cross-cutting issue does not exist.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2012. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. Please note the planned Initial Reactor Operator License Examinations. The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's 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/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 Dan Rich at (404) 997-4721 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,/RA/
Victor M. McCree Regional Administrator Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16
Enclosure:
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan (03/01/11 - 06/30/12) cc w/encl.: (See page 4)
FPL 2 findings was failure to take appropriate and timely corrective actions (P.1(d)). All of the findings were of very low safety significance (Green). In order to determine whether a substantive cross-cutting issue should be identified, the NRC evaluated Florida Power and Light's actions to identify and investigate the causes of the cross-cutting theme, and to plan and implement corrective actions to minimize additional findings with a similar aspect. The NRC determined that a substantive cross-cutting issue does not exist because your staff took prompt action to assess the common and root causes of the issues involved. Your staff recognized the potential for a cross-cutting theme in November 2010 after a total of three findings with similar aspects were identified and initiated a Root Cause Evaluation (RCE). This RCE generated new corrective actions, but also found that several of the corrective actions initiated as a result of the Yellow finding described above would effectively address the issues involved. Those corrective actions were focused on improved screening and resolution of corrective action program issues and improved operability and root cause evaluations. The NRC reviewed the implementation of many of those corrective actions during the supplemental inspection conducted in accordance with inspection procedure 95002 in September 2010. As a result of the supplemental inspection and recent review of the RCE, NRC found that your planned corrective actions and effectiveness reviews should be effective in addressing the issues involved in the cross-cutting theme. Since the scope and progress of your efforts in addressing the cross cutting theme were adequate, the NRC determined a substantive cross-cutting issue does not exist. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2012. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. Please note the planned Initial Reactor Operator License Examinations. The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's 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/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 Dan Rich at (404) 997-4721 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,/RA/ Victor M. McCree Regional Administrator Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16
Enclosure:
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan (03/01/11 - 06/30/12)
cc w/encl.: (See page 4) *For Previous Concurrence See Attached Sheet X PUBLICLY AVAILABLE G NON-PUBLICLY AVAILABLE G SENSITIVE X NON-SENSITIVE ADAMS: X Yes ACCESSION NUMBER:_Letter: ML110630130 Pkg: ML110630127________ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:RA RII:RA SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ VMM NAME *SNinh *THoeg *DRich *RCroteau *LWert VMcCree DATE 02/17/2011 02/16/2011 02/18/2011 02/22/2011 03/01/2011 03/03/2011 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO OFFICIAL RECORD COPY DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRPII\RPB3\MID & EOC INFO\2010\ST. LUCIE-EOC-2010-PACKAGE\PROPOSED-ST LUCIE EOC- LETTER-2010.DOCX FPL 3 cc w/encl: Richard L. Anderson Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Hughes Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Gene St. Pierre Vice President, Fleet Support Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Ronnie Lingle, Operations Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Eric Katzman Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Larry Nicholson, Director Licensing Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Alison Brown Nuclear Licensing Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Mitch S. Ross Vice President and Associate General Counsel Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution William A. Passetti, Chief Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Byron Koons, Director Florida Division of Emergency Management 2555 Shumard Oaks Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32399 J. Kammel Radiological Emergency Planning Administrator Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Division Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010 Seth B. Duston, Training Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Faye Outlaw County Administrator St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution Jack Southard, Director Public Safety Department St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution FPL 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Victor M. McCree dated March 4, 2011
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - (NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000335/2011001 AND 05000389/2011001) Distribution w/encl: C. Evans, RII EICS L. Douglas, RII EICS OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMStLucie Resource ROP Reports Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)