ML120650218

Annual Assessment Letter for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2 2011007

ML120650218
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	03/05/2012
From:	Rich D NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 5, 2012 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 UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2011007 AND 05000389/2011007)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

On February 15, 2012, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011.

This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter will include the NRCs 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 plant performance during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2013. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-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 ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter 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). ADAMS

FPL 2 is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at (404) 997-4721 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel W. Rich, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure:

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Inspection/

Activity Plan (03/01/12 - 06/30/13)

__PKG: ML120650215____ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE X FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE DWR1 for MGD1 TLH4 DWR1 NAME GWilson MDonithan THoeg DRich DATE 03/05/12 03/01/12 03/01/12 03/05/12 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO FPL 3 cc w/encl: William A. Passetti Richard L. Anderson Chief Site Vice President Florida Bureau of Radiation Control St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Hughes Bryan Koon Plant General Manager Director St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Division of Emergency Management Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Gene St. Pierre Donna Calabrese Vice President, Fleet Support Emergency Preparedness Manager Florida Power & Light Company St. Lucie Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Daniel D. DeBoer J. Kammel Operations Site Director Radiological Emergency Planning St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Administrator Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Eric Katzman Licensing Manager Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Nuclear Plant St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Larry Nicholson Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010 Director Licensing Seth B. Duston Florida Power & Light Company Training Manager Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Alison Brown Nuclear Licensing Faye Outlaw Florida Power & Light Company County Administrator Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution Mitch S. Ross Vice President and General Counsel Jack Southard Nuclear Director Florida Power & Light Company Public Safety Department Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

FPL 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Daniel W. Rich dated March 5, 2012

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2011007 AND 05000389/2011007)

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)