ML12248A343

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station

ML12248A343
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/04/2012
From:	Jamnes Cameron NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B6
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 4, 2012 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 ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Allen:

On August 7, 2012, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle performance review of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This assessment reflects the integration of the Security Cornerstone into the Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program.

The NRC determined the performance at Davis-Besse 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.

Performance at the Davis-Besse Power Plant during the assessment period demonstrated improvement in the area of human performance. Although the total number of findings with documented cross-cutting aspects in human performance remained at 11 from the previous assessment period, the number of findings in H.2(c) has decreased from 5 to 3, and the NRC is confident that current corrective actions, if correctly implemented and sustained, will mitigate the human performance cross-cutting findings. Therefore, the substantive cross-cutting issue in H.2(c) in human performance will be closed.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2013.

Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan.

The inspections listed during the last 9 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. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. The NRC

B. Allen also plans on performing special and infrequently performed inspections: Inspection Procedure 60854.1, Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants, Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/187, Inspection of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Flooding Walkdowns, and TI 2515/188, Inspection of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Seismic Walkdowns.

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 me at 630-829-9833 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

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

B. Allen also plans on performing special and infrequently performed inspections: Inspection Procedure 60854.1, Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants, Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/187, Inspection of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Flooding Walkdowns, and TI 2515/188, Inspection of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Seismic Walkdowns.

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 me at 630-829-9833 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis-Besse Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ TM DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRPIII\1-Secy\1-Work In Progress\2012 MOC Letters\Davis-Besse 2012 MOC Letter to Licensee.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 NAME PSmagacz:dtp JCameron DATE 08/21/12 08/23/12 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to B. Allen from J. Cameron dated September 4, 2012.

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MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION DISTRIBUTION:

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Page 1 of 2 Davis-Besse Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2012 - 12/31/2013 Planned Dates No. of Staff Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site TI-187 - TI-187 FLOODING WALKDOWN 2 07/01/2012 12/30/2012 IP 2515/187 Inspection of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Flooding Walkdowns BI CDBI - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 6 08/13/2012 09/14/2012 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection TI-188 - TI-188 SEISMIC WALKDOWN 2 07/02/2012 12/31/2012 IP 2515/187 Inspection of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Flooding Walkdowns INSP - SHIELD BLDG CRACKING FOLLOWUP AS NEEDED 1 09/01/2012 12/31/2012 IP 71152 Problem Identification and Resolution TI-177 - TI-2515/177 - GAS VOIDING IN ECCS PIPING 2 10/15/2012 11/02/2012 IP 2515/177 Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray System ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION - SCHEDULE DEPENDENT 1 10/01/2012 11/30/2012 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants STRIKE - STRIKE CONTINGENCY - OPS/MAINT/RP 3 10/15/2012 11/01/2012 IP 92709 Licensee Strike Contingency Plans BI OLRQ - BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 11/26/2012 11/30/2012 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program BI FIRE - FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION & BAG TRIP 3 02/25/2013 03/29/2013 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 01/07/2013 01/11/2013 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation INSP - SHIELD BLDG CRACKING FOLLOWUP AS NEEDED 1 01/01/2013 06/30/2013 IP 71152 Problem Identification and Resolution TI INSP - TI 182 BURIED PIPING PHSE 2 1 01/28/2013 02/01/2013 IP 2515/182 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 02/25/2013 03/01/2013 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 04/22/2013 04/26/2013 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 04/22/2013 04/26/2013 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment BI EPX - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification

Page 2 of 2 Davis-Besse Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2012 - 12/31/2013 Planned Dates No. of Staff Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 05/06/2013 05/10/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 05/06/2013 05/10/2013 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 05/06/2013 05/10/2013 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 05/06/2013 05/10/2013 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent OL PREP - DAVIS-BESSE INIT PREP - 05/2013 3 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 W90284 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2013 MAY-JUNE - DAVIS-BESSE OL EXAM - DAVIS-BESSE INIT EXAM - 06/2013 3 06/03/2013 06/14/2013 W90284 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2013 MAY-JUNE - DAVIS-BESSE BI PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R TEAM INSPECTION 4 10/07/2013 10/25/2013 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution INSP - STEAM GENERATOR REPLACEMENT INSPECTION 2 08/26/2013 12/31/2013 IP 50001 Steam Generator Replacement Inspection BI HP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 11/04/2013 11/08/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls BI OLRQ - REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 11/11/2013 11/15/2013 IP 7111111A Licensed Operator Requalification Program - Annual Review