ML12249A425

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2

ML12249A425
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	09/04/2012
From:	Shear G Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Molden J Northern States Power 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. Jim Molden Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Molden:

On August 7, 2012, the NRC completed its mid-cycle performance review of the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2. 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. The assessment reflects the integration of the Security Cornerstone into Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program.

The NRC determined the performance at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC=s Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because of one or more greater-than-green Security Cornerstone input(s) as described in NRC Inspection Report Number 05000282/2011408; 05000306/2011408, sent on February 16, 2012.

On May 16, 2012, your staff notified the NRC of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the performance issues.

Therefore, in addition to ROP baseline inspections, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area.

The NRC also plans to conduct non-routine inspections and temporary instructions at your facility, including: Inspection Procedure (IP) 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal; IP 71111.21, Component Design Basis Inspection; Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/182, Review of Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping and Tanks (Phase 2); 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.

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

The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. 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.

Additionally, the NRC identifies substantive cross-cutting issues (SCCIs) to communicate a concern with the licensees performance in a cross-cutting area and to encourage the licensee to take appropriate actions before more significant performance issues emerge. The NRC identified a cross-cutting theme in the Human Performance Decision-Making component.

Specifically, four or more green or safety-significant inspection findings for the current 12-month assessment period were assigned a cross-cutting aspect of H.1(b), Conservative Assumptions. The NRC determined that an SCCI exists because the NRC has a concern with your staffs effort and progress in addressing the cross-cutting theme. The NRC noted that your staff had not thoroughly evaluated the SCCI nor implemented effective corrective actions to address the SCCI.

The human performance SCCI will remain open until the number of findings with a cross-cutting aspect of H.1(b) is reduced, the corrective actions taken to mitigate the cross-cutting theme prove effective, and sustained performance improvement is observed in the human performance area. The NRC will monitor your staffs effort and progress in addressing the SCCI by evaluating your corrective action program, the root cause evaluation for the SCCI, and performance improvement initiatives to adequately assess if positive results are obtained.

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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS 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 (630) 829-9601 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gary L. Shear, Acting Division Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

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

The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. 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.

Additionally, the NRC identifies substantive cross-cutting issues (SCCIs) to communicate a concern with the licensees performance in a cross-cutting area and to encourage the licensee to take appropriate actions before more significant performance issues emerge. The NRC identified a cross-cutting theme in the Human Performance Decision-Making component.

Specifically, four or more green or safety-significant inspection findings for the current 12-month assessment period were assigned a cross-cutting aspect of H.1(b), Conservative Assumptions. The NRC determined that an SCCI exists because the NRC has a concern with your staffs effort and progress in addressing the cross-cutting theme. The NRC noted that your staff had not thoroughly evaluated the SCCI nor implemented effective corrective actions to address the SCCI.

The human performance SCCI will remain open until the number of findings with a cross-cutting aspect of H.1(b) is reduced, the corrective actions taken to mitigate the cross-cutting theme prove effective, and sustained performance improvement is observed in the human performance area. The NRC will monitor your staffs effort and progress in addressing the SCCI by evaluating your corrective action program, the root cause evaluation for the SCCI, and performance improvement initiatives to adequately assess if positive results are obtained.

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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS 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 (630) 829-9601 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gary L. Shear, Acting Division Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60

Enclosure:

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Letter to J. Molden from G. Shear dated September 4, 2012

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DISTRIBUTION:

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Page 1 of 2 Prairie Island 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 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 BI OLRQ - REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 09/24/2012 09/28/2012 IP 7111111A Licensed Operator Requalification Program - Annual Review ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION - SCHEDULE DEPENDENT 1 11/01/2012 11/30/2012 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants BI ISI - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 1 1 10/27/2012 11/30/2012 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR RENEWAL - LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION 71003 PHASE 1 2 10/27/2012 11/30/2012 IP 71003 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 2 11/05/2012 11/09/2012 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 11/05/2012 11/09/2012 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 11/05/2012 11/09/2012 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 11/26/2012 11/30/2012 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation STRIKE - STRIKE CONTINGENCY - OPS/MAINT/RP/QC 2 12/01/2012 12/31/2012 IP 92709 Licensee Strike Contingency Plans BI CDBI - COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION 6 03/18/2013 04/19/2013 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 01/28/2013 02/01/2013 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 01/28/2013 02/01/2013 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 01/28/2013 02/01/2013 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 01/28/2013 02/01/2013 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION - SCHEDULE DEPENDENT 1 03/04/2013 05/31/2013 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants TI 182 - TI 182 BURIED PIPING PHASE 2 1 1 02/25/2013 03/01/2013 IP 2515/182 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping

Page 2 of 2 Prairie Island Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2012 - 12/31/2013 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 2 02/25/2013 03/01/2013 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 05/06/2013 05/10/2013 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program RENEWAL - LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION 71003-PHASE 2 5 05/20/2013 06/14/2013 IP 71003 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal INSP - STEAM GENERATOR REPLACEMENT INSPECTION 2 07/01/2013 12/06/2013 IP 50001 Steam Generator Replacement Inspection BI EPR - EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 07/29/2013 08/02/2013 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 07/29/2013 08/02/2013 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 07/29/2013 08/02/2013 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 07/29/2013 08/02/2013 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification RENEWAL - LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION 71003 PHASE 1 2 09/20/2013 11/24/2013 IP 71003 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 09/16/2013 09/20/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls BI OLRQ - BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 09/16/2013 09/20/2013 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 10/07/2013 10/11/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls BI ISI - ISI BASELINE INSPECTION UNIT 2 1 10/28/2013 11/29/2013 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR