ML13127A106

Q13 Assessment Followup Letter

ML13127A106
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	05/06/2013
From:	Croteau R Division Reactor Projects II
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 May 6, 2013 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER FOR TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 3

Dear Mr. Nazar:

As a result of its quarterly review of plant performance, which was completed on April 26, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) updated its assessment of Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Unit 3. The NRCs evaluation consisted of a review of performance indicators and inspection results. This letter informs you of the results of the NRCs assessment and of the NRCs plans for a future inspection at your facility. This letter supplements, but does not supersede, the annual assessment letter issued on March 4, 2013.

The NRCs review of Turkey Point Unit 3 identified that the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours performance indicator has crossed the Green-to-White threshold. The change in the performance indicator was due to three Unit 3 reactor trips that occurred in the first quarter of 2013.

The NRC determined the performance at Turkey Point Unit 3 to be in the Regulatory Response Column of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix beginning the first quarter of 2013.

Therefore, 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, to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk-significant performance issues are understood, that the extent of cause is identified, and that your corrective actions for risk-significant performance issues are sufficient to address the root and contributing causes and prevent recurrence. The NRC requests that your staff provide notification of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the White performance indicator.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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 is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

M. Nazar 2 Please contact Mr. Dan Rich at (404) 997-4721 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard P. Croteau, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No: 50-250 License No: DPR-31 cc: (See page 3)

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NAME SSandal DRich DATE 4/29/2013 4/29/2013 5/ /2013 5/ /2013 5/ /2013 5/ /2013 5/ /2013 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO M. Nazar 3 cc: Cynthia Becker Alison Brown (Acting) Chief Nuclear Licensing Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Florida Power & Light Company Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Larry Nicholson Attorney General Director Department of Legal Affairs Licensing The Capitol PL-01 Florida Power & Light Company Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 Electronic Mail Distribution James Petro Michael Kiley Managing Attorney-Nuclear Site Vice President Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution County Manager of Miami-Dade County 111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor Niel Batista Miami, FL 33128 Emergency Management Coordinator Department of Emergency Management George Gretsas and Homeland Security City Manager Electronic Mail Distribution City of Homestead Electronic Mail Distribution Paul Freeman Vice President Organizational Effectiveness Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Peter Wells Vice President Outage Support CFAM Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Tomonto Licensing Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Eric McCartney Plant General Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

M. Nazar 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Richard Croteau dated May 6, 2013.

SUBJECT:

ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER FOR TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 3 Distribution:

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