ML20197E573
| ML20197E573 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 12/23/1997 |
| From: | Mccormickbarge NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Wadley M NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9712300033 | |
| Download: ML20197E573 (3) | |
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USLE. ILUNOls 60532-4351 December 23, 1997-Mr. M. Wadley, Vice President Nuclear Generation Northerre 9tates Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401
SUBJECT:
MONTICELLO PLANT PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INf 'I OTION PLAN
Dear Mr. Wadley:
On October 23,1997, the NRC staff completed the semiannual Plant Performance Review (PPR) of the Monticello Nuclear Plant. The staff conducts these reviews for all operating nuclear power plants to develop an integrated understanding of safety perfomiance. The results are used by NRC managemant for planning and allocation ofinspection resources. The PPR for Monticello involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating inspection results and safety performance information for the period April 1997 through September 1997. PPRs provide NRC management with a current summary of licensee perfonnance and serve as inputs to the NRC Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) and senior management meeting
- reviews, in the current PPR, we iden'.ified that overall plant performance was strong, in the operations area, performance improved over the previous period and was excellent overall. A configuration control issue with a service water pump operating for 46 hours5.324074e-4 days <br />0.0128 hours <br />7.60582e-5 weeks <br />1.7503e-5 months <br /> unbeknownst to control room operators indicated a need to reinforce the expectation that proper equipment configuration be known and maintnined and that thorough control panel v.alkdowns be conducted. Performance in the maintenance area remained excellent, while performance in engineering continued to be good. The strong support by engineering of the torus suction strainer replacement effort was overshadowed by inappropriately taking credit for contairement overprossure to ensure net positive suction head for emergency core cooling pumos during an accident and in the failure to submit relief requests for limited inservice inspection examinations. In plant support, performance remained very good with strong support by radiation protection during the strainer replacement effort and good overall performance in security.
Our specialist inspections scheduled for the next six months are shown on the enclosed inspection plan. Resident inspections, including inspections from visiting residents, are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature, nor are the inspections of the Region-based project engineer, who will be regularly assisting the resident inspecto.s.
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i M. Wadley- 0 We willinform you of any major changes to the enclosed inspection plan. If you have any questions, please contact me at (630) 829-9872.
Sincerely,
/s/ JNcB J. W. McCormick-Barger, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR 22
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i ENCLOSURE MONTICELLO INSPECTION PLAN INSPECTION TITLE /
NUMBER OF PLANNED TYPE OF INSPECTION -
PROGRAM AREA INSPECTOF.3 INSPECTION COMMENTS DATES IP 81110 Security / Plant Support 6
10/20-24/97 Operational Safeguards Response Completed Evaluation (RI) j IP 83750 Radiation Protection /
1 11/17-21/97 Radiation Protection (Cl)
Plant Support Completed IP 82301 Emergency Preparedness / Plant 4
11/17-21/97 Annual Exercise (Cl)
Comoleted Support lP 86750 Radiation Protection / Plant 2
2/9-13/98 Solid Radwaste and Shipping l
inspection (Cl) i l
Support IP 81700 Security / Plant Support 1
3/2-6/98 Security inspection (Cl)
IP 73753 ISI/ Maintenance 1
3/23-28/98 Inspection of Inservice inspection Program (Cl)
IP 837S0 Radiation Protection /
1 3/30-4/3/98 Radiation Protection (Cl)
Plant Support IPs 37550 E&TS/ Engineering 4
5/11-29/98 Engineering and Technical Support; Corrective Actinns (CD 40500 f
IP - Inspection Procedure Cl - Core inspection - Minimum NRC Program (mandatory all plants)
RI - Regions! Initiative L