ML14245A106

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

ML14245A106
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/02/2014
From:	Jamnes Cameron Reactor Projects Region 3 Branch 4
To:	Lieb R FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 2, 2014 Mr. Raymond Lieb Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

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

Dear Mr. Lieb:

On August 5, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 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, 2013 through June 30, 2014. 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 that overall, Davis-Besse was operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 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.

During the fourth quarter of 2013, of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs ROP Action Matrix because of one or more greater-than-green Security Cornerstone inputs described in NRC Inspection Reports 05000346/2012405 and 05000346/2012403 dated November 8, 2012, and September 7, 2012, respectively. In response to these Action Matrix inputs, the NRC informed you that a supplemental inspection would be required. On September 6, 2013, you informed the NRC that the station was ready for the supplemental inspection.

NRC Inspection Report 05000346/2013408, dated December 19, 2013, advised you that the supplemental inspection was satisfactorily completed and that the NRC determined that completed or planned corrective actions were sufficient to address the performance that led to the one or more greater-than-green Security Cornerstone inputs. As a result, the NRC determined that the inputs would be closed and the performance issues would not be

R. Lieb considered as Action Matrix inputs as of December 19, 2013. Thus, the NRC determined the performance at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station was considered to be in the Licensee Response Column of the ROP Action Matrix as of December 19, 2013.

As a result of the Safety Culture Common Language Initiative, the terminology and coding of cross-cutting aspects were revised. All cross-cutting aspects identified during inspections conducted in calendar year 2014 reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310.

Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology were converted to the latest revision in accordance with the cross-reference in IMC 0310 during the mid-cycle assessment review and evaluated for cross-cutting themes and potential substantive cross-cutting issues in accordance with IMC 0305.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2015.

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 enclosed plan does include a triennial Evaluations of Changes, Tests and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications inspection per procedure 71111.17T, triennial Component Design Basis inspection per procedure 71111.21, and biennial Problem Identification and Resolution inspection per procedure 71152.

In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, which requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, which requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items. This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of an ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. The date for the onsite component at your site is being coordinated with your staff. A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations.

R. Lieb In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) 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 630-829-9833 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

R. Lieb In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) 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 630-829-9833 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3

Enclosure:

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV DISTRIBUTION w/encl:

Anthony Bowers Carole Ariano RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 Resource Linda Linn RidsNrrPMDavisBesse Resource DRPIII RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource DRSIII Cynthia Pederson Patricia Buckley Darrell Roberts Carmen Olteanu Steven Orth ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov Allan Barker DOCUMENT NAME: Davis-Besse 2014 Mid-Cycle Letter 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 NAME BBartlett for JCameron JRutkowski:mt DATE 08/21/14 08/25/14 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Page 1 of 2 Davis-Besse 08/22/2014 09:35:21 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site BI MODS - MODIFICATIONS/50.59 INSPECTION 3 1 11/03/2014 11/21/2014 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 09/08/2014 09/12/2014 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 09/08/2014 09/12/2014 IP 71151-BI01 1 09/08/2014 09/12/2014 IP 71151-OR01 1 09/08/2014 09/12/2014 IP 71151-PR01 ISFSI - ISFSI OPERATION AT A REACTOR SITE 1 1 11/01/2014 11/30/2014 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 12/01/2014 12/05/2014 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation BI OLRQ - BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1 12/08/2014 12/12/2014 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program BI ENG - COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION 6 1 01/26/2015 02/27/2015 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection BI EPX - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 1 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 IP 7111407 Exercise Evaluation - Hostile Action (HA) Event 1 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 02/23/2015 02/27/2015 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71152B - BIENNIAL PI&R 4 1 03/23/2015 04/10/2015 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 04/20/2015 04/24/2015 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 04/20/2015 04/24/2015 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 IP 71151-BI01 1 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 IP 71151-OR01 1 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 IP 71151-PR01 OL PREP - INIT EXAM/JUNE 2015 2 1 05/18/2015 05/22/2015 W90327 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2015 JUN-JUL - DAVIS-BESSE This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Davis-Besse 08/22/2014 09:35:21 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site OL EXAM - INIT EXAM/JUNE 2015 3 1 06/15/2015 06/26/2015 W90327 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2015 JUN-JUL - DAVIS-BESSE BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 11/02/2015 11/06/2015 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 11/02/2015 11/06/2015 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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