ML12249A427

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

ML12249A427
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Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/04/2012
From:	Shear G Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Meyer L Point Beach
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 4, 2012 Mr. Larry Meyer Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Meyer:

On August 8, 2012, the NRC completed its mid-cycle performance review of Point Beach 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 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 Point Beach Nuclear 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 inspection finding in the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone being classified as having low to moderate safety significance (White) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). The White finding, effective the second quarter of 2012, involved a failure to develop and have in place guidelines for the choice of protective actions during an emergency that were consistent with Federal guidance.

Once the NRC is notified of your readiness for it to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the performance issues, 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. This inspection is conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk-significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition and extent of cause of risk-significant performance issues are identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.

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 71111.05, Fire Protection; IP 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution; 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.

L. Meyer 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 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. This inspection plan does not include security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence.

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), 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 by Kenneth OBrien, Acting for/

Gary L. Shear, Acting Division Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

L. Meyer 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 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. This inspection plan does not include security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence.

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), 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 by Kenneth OBrien, Acting for/

Gary L. Shear, Acting Division Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

See next page DOCUMENT NAME: PTBH MOC 2012 Letter.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 E RIII RIII RIII NAME MKunowski:rj KOBrien for GShear DATE 08/24 /12 08/27/12 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to L. Meyer from G. Shear dated September 4, 2012

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MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DISTRIBUTION:

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Page 1 of 2 Point Beach Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2012 - 12/31/2013 Planned Dates No. of Staff Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site INSP - POWER UPRATE INSPECTION 3 01/01/2012 09/30/2012 IP 71004 Power Uprate 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 BI ISI - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 1 11/01/2012 12/05/2012 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR RENEWAL - LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION 71003 PHASE 1 2 11/01/2012 12/05/2012 IP 71003 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 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 OL PREP - POINT BEACH INIT PREP - 11/2012 3 11/05/2012 11/09/2012 W90268 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2012 DEC - POIN STRIKE - STRIKE CONTINGENCY - SECURITY 2 12/01/2012 12/31/2012 IP 92709 Licensee Strike Contingency Plans BI HS - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 2 11/26/2012 11/30/2012 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance OL EXAM - POINT BEACH INIT EXAM - 12/2012 3 12/03/2012 12/14/2012 W90268 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2012 DEC - POIN LIC RENW - LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION 71003 PHASE 2 3 01/22/2013 02/08/2013 IP 71003 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 02/11/2013 02/15/2013 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 02/11/2013 02/15/2013 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 02/11/2013 02/15/2013 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 02/11/2013 02/15/2013 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent ISI BI - ISI INSPECTION 2 03/18/2013 04/05/2013 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR

Page 2 of 2 Point Beach 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 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls BI EPR - EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 04/29/2013 05/03/2013 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 04/29/2013 05/03/2013 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 04/29/2013 05/03/2013 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 04/29/2013 05/03/2013 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification TI 182 - TI 182 BURIED PIPE PHASE 2 2 06/17/2013 06/21/2013 IP 2515/182 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping BI PI&R - BIENNIAL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RES 4 07/15/2013 08/02/2013 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 07/15/2013 07/19/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 07/15/2013 07/19/2013 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program BI OLRQ - BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 07/22/2013 07/26/2013 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 08/19/2013 08/23/2013 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation BI FIRE - FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION & BAG TRIP 3 10/14/2013 11/15/2013 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 10/21/2013 10/25/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 10/21/2013 10/25/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls OL PREP - POINT BEACH INIT PREP - 10/2013 3 10/28/2013 11/01/2013 W90291 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2013 OCT-NOV - POINT BEACH OL EXAM - POINT BEACH INIT EXAM - 11/2013 3 11/18/2013 11/29/2013 W90291 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2013 OCT-NOV - POINT BEACH