ML13246A231

2013 Monticello MOC Letter Combined

ML13246A231
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	09/03/2013
From:	Pederson C NRC/RGN-III
To:	Fili K 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 3, 2013 Ms. Karen Fili Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (REPORT 05000263/2013006)

Dear Ms. Fili:

On August 14, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. 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 NRC determined the performance at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant during the most recent quarter, ending June 30, 2013, was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix. On August 28, 2013, the NRC sent you the Final Significance Determination of a Yellow Finding with Assessment Follow-up and Notice of Violation (Adams Ascension Number ML13240A435). This letter finalized the significance of one safety significant (i.e. Yellow) finding (with corresponding violation) in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone. This Yellow finding was associated with the failure to maintain a procedure addressing all of the effects of an external flooding scenario on the plant.

Specifically, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello) failed to maintain flood Procedure A.6, Acts of Nature, such that it could support the timely implementation of flood protection activities within the 12 day timeframe credited in the design basis as stated in the updated safety analysis report. As we stated in Inspection Report 005000263/2013008, your staff has since completed actions to reduce the flood mitigation plan timeline by developing an alternate plan for flood protection features, pre-staging equipment and materials, and revising the associated procedures. These actions were considered sufficient to address the Violation and prevent recurrence. Therefore, this finding does not represent a current safety concern.

Due to having one open Yellow finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone in the second quarter of 2013, the August 28, 2013, Assessment Follow-Up letter advised you that Monticello Nuclear Generating plant was assessed as being in the Degraded Cornerstone Column (Column 3) of NRCs Action Matrix, effective the second quarter of 2013.

K. Fili Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95002, Supplemental Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, in addition to ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The NRC also plans on conducting Temporary Instructions 2515/177 Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems (NRC Generic Letter 2008-01), and 2515/182 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping and Tanks. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2014. 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 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 Systems (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 Mr. Ken Riemer at 630-928-9628 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cynthia D. Pederson Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22

Enclosure:

Monticello Nuclear Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServTM

K. Fili Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95002, Supplemental Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, in addition to ROP baseline inspections at your facility The NRC also plans on conducting Temporary Instructions 2515/177 Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems (NRC Generic Letter 2008-01), and 2515/182 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping and Tanks. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2014. 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 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 Systems (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 Mr. Ken Riemer at 630-928-9628 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cynthia D. Pederson Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22

Enclosure:

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Letter to K. Fili from C. Pederson dated September 3, 2013

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (REPORT 05000263/2013006)

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Page 1 of 1 Monticello 08/26/2013 07:12:38 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2013 - 12/31/2014 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 09/09/2013 09/20/2013 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 09/09/2013 09/20/2013 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 09/09/2013 09/20/2013 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 1 09/09/2013 09/20/2013 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 1 09/09/2013 09/20/2013 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent BI MODS - TRIENNIAL PERM MODS/50.59 3 1 11/04/2013 11/22/2013 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications BI OLRQ - BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1 10/28/2013 11/01/2013 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 01/13/2014 01/17/2014 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls BI ENG - FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION & BAG TRIP 5 1 02/17/2014 03/28/2014 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 03/24/2014 03/28/2014 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls BI EPR - EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 1 07/07/2014 07/11/2014 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 07/07/2014 07/11/2014 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 07/07/2014 07/11/2014 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1 07/07/2014 07/11/2014 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 08/04/2014 08/08/2014 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 1 1 09/22/2014 10/10/2014 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 10/27/2014 10/31/2014 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 10/27/2014 10/31/2014 IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 1 10/27/2014 10/31/2014 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 1 10/27/2014 10/31/2014 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 12/08/2014 12/12/2014 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.