IR 05000387/2015006
| ML16061A135 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2016 |
| From: | Michael Scott Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Rausch T Susquehanna |
| Schroeder D | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML16039A095 | List: |
| References | |
| IR 2015006 | |
| Download: ML16061A135 (5) | |
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March 2, 2016
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000387/2015006 AND 05000388/2015006)
Dear Mr. Rausch:
On February 11, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES) Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. 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 SSES Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter (i.e., fourth quarter of 2015) was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix in Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, because of one white finding in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone as described in the NRC Inspection Report (IR) Nos.
05000387/2015503 and 05000388/2015503, dated April 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15105A471). The significance of this issue was finalized in NRC IR 05000387/2015504 and 05000388/2015504 (ML15173A297), Final Significance Determination for a White Finding with Assessment Follow-Up and Notice of Violation, dated June 22, 2015. As of January 1, 2016, Units 1 and 2 transitioned to the Licensee Response column after a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, for the White finding was successfully completed on November 6, 2015. The results of this inspection are documented in NRC Supplemental IR 05000387/2015505 and 05000388/2015505 (ML15352A230) dated December 17, 2015. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2017.
Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. In addition to ROP baseline inspections, the NRC will perform Inspection Procedure (IP) 60855.1, Operation of an ISFSI Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants. 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 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. This Order 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. This Order 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. The audit was completed for SSES Units 1 and 2, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Final Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing TI 2515-191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communications/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
During the assessment period, the NRC issued one Severity Level IV traditional enforcement violation to SSES, related to security. However, in accordance with IMC 0305, Section 13.02.b, the NRC will not conduct Inspection Procedure 92702, Follow-up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders, because the issue has already been reviewed in a previous inspection.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (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). Please contact Daniel Schroeder at 610-337-5262 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Michael L. Scott, Director Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.
50-387 and 50-388 License Nos. NPF-14 and NPF-22
Enclosure: Susquehanna Inspection/Activity Plan
cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ
SUNSI Review
Non-Sensitive Sensitive
Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available
OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP
NAME JGreives/JG via email ATurilin/AT DSchroeder/DS MScott/MLS
DATE 02 /24/16 02 /25/16 02 /29/16 02/29/16
Page 1 of 2 02/24/2016 16:01:17 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Susquehanna Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 ISI
- U1 INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 03/21/2016 03/25/2016 RS1234PI
- HP INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 71152B
- PI&R BIENNIAL
1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 06/06/2016 06/10/2016 1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 06/20/2016 06/24/2016 RS6PI
- EFFLUENTS PUBLIC PI
1, 2 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 06/13/2016 06/17/2016 1, 2 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 06/13/2016 06/17/2016 11/14EXM
- SUSQUEHANNA INITIAL EXAM
1 FY17-SUSQUEHANNA INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01931 10/17/2016 10/21/2016
FY17-SUSQUEHANNA INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01931 11/14/2016 11/25/2016 ISFSI
- ISFSI LOADING CAMPAIGN INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 1, 2 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 EP
- EP EXERCISE EVALUATION
1, 2 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 10/17/2016 10/21/2016 RS5
- RP INSTRUMENTS
1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 09/12/2016 09/16/2016 7111121
- CDBI
1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/19/2016 09/23/2016 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/17/2016 10/21/2016 RS1234
- HP INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/10/2016 10/14/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 10/10/2016 10/14/2016 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 10/10/2016 10/14/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 10/10/2016 10/14/2016
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 10/10/2016 10/14/2016 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 02/24/2016 16:01:17 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Susquehanna Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 71124.08
- RADWASTE
1, 2 IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 10/17/2016 10/21/2016 7111108G
- U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION
2 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 RS1234
- HP INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 RS7PIP
- REMP/PUBLIC PI
1, 2 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 07/10/2017 07/14/2017
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 7111105T
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION
1, 2 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 08/14/2017 08/18/2017 1, 2 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 08/28/2017 09/01/2017 7111111B
- SQ REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS
1, 2 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 EP
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 1, 2 IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 1, 2 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 1, 2 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 RS1234
- HP INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 10/02/2017 10/06/2017
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.