ML25156A024
| ML25156A024 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 06/05/2025 |
| From: | Jason Schussler Division of Operating Reactors |
| To: | Mcfeaters C Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| IR 2025010 | |
| Download: ML25156A024 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000354/2025010
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June 5, 2025
Charles McFeaters
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
P.O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
FOR A BIENNIAL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION
INSPECTION; INSPECTION REPORT 05000354/2025010
Dear Charles McFeaters:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Region I staff will conduct a biennial problem identification and resolution inspection at
Hope Creek Generating Station. Daniel Beacon, a Senior Project Engineer from the NRCs
Region I office, will lead the inspection team. The inspection will be conducted in accordance
with Inspection Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution, dated October 31,
2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23214A284).
The inspection will assess the effectiveness of your problem identification and resolution
program in identifying, prioritizing, evaluating, and correcting problems, including the use of
operating experience, assessments, and audits. This inspection will also assess your program
for raising concerns under the established safety conscious work environment.
The onsite inspection is scheduled for the weeks of August 4 and August 18, 2025.
To minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both
parties, we have enclosed a request for information needed for the inspection. It is important
that all of these documents are up-to-date and complete in order to minimize the number of
additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the
inspection. Insofar as possible, this information should be provided electronically to the lead
inspector by July 4, 2025.
If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested in the enclosure,
please contact the lead inspector at 610-337-5372 or via e-mail at daniel.beacon@nrc.gov.
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection
requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control Number 3150-
0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,
a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting
document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget Control Number.
C. McFeaters
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This letter and its enclosure will be made available for public inspection and copying at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in
accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2.390, Public
Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Sincerely,
Jason Schussler, Team Leader
Technical Support and Administrative Team
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000354
License No. NPF-57
Enclosure:
Request for Information for Biennial
Problem Identification and Resolution
Inspection
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JASON
SCHUSSLER
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SCHUSSLER
Date: 2025.06.05
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DATE
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6/4/2025
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
BIENNIAL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION
Enclosure
Inspection Report: 05000354/2025010
Team Lead Information Week of June 16, 2025
Gathering Visit:
Onsite Inspection Dates:
August 4, through August 8, 2025; and
August 18, through August 22, 2025
Inspection Procedure:
71152, Problem Identification and Resolution,
dated October 31, 2023
Lead Inspector:
Daniel Beacon, Senior Project Engineer
610-337-5372
daniel.beacon@nrc.gov
The following information is requested by July 4, 2025, or sooner, to facilitate inspection
preparation. The requested information is for the period from June 1, 2023 through
June 1, 2025 (Present), which covers the timeframe since the previous problem identification
and resolution (PI&R) inspection. The inspection procedure also specifies a five-year review for
a subset of selected program, system, or component issues. The selected samples for this five-
year review will be provided at a future date.
An information gathering trip is currently scheduled for the week of June 16, 2025. The purpose
of this trip is for the team lead to familiarize their self with the site organization including
meetings with department managers and overview of the corrective action program and to
finalize remaining administrative arrangements for the inspection.
Feel free to contact the lead inspector as soon as possible if you have any questions regarding
this information request. Please provide the information electronically in pdf files, Excel, or
other searchable formats, preferably on an internet database system (e.g., OneDrive). The files
should contain descriptive names, be indexed, and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.
Information in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood by someone
who has knowledge of light water reactor technology.
I. General
1. Organization charts, phone list, and list of system engineers.
2. List of system numbers/designations and a list of system engineers assigned to those
systems.
3. Access to a hardcopy set of system prints (P&IDs) and operator training manuals for the
team room. These will be returned at the end of the inspection.
4. Technical Requirements Manual (TRM) including the bases.
5. Copy of the Quality Assurance Manual and Quality Assurance Topical Report.
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6. A schedule of the date/time/location of meetings associated with implementation of the
correction action program such as Plan-of-the-Day, Station Ownership Committee
(SOC), Management Review Committee (MRC), etc.
7. Probability risk assessment (PRA) risk-ranking of systems, including a chart with highest
risk systems/components.
II. Corrective Actions
1. Copy of procedures related to the corrective action program, including issue
identification, cause evaluations, corrective actions, trending, self-assessments, audits,
operability determinations, work management, operating experience, etc.
2. List of all corrective action program deficiency reports (Notifications) initiated after
June 1, 2023 (last PI&R inspection) - in electronic spreadsheet format - include the
following (as applicable): system number/designation, date initiated, significance level,
status (open or closed), title/short description, department, date closed or due, and if
possible, the number of due date extensions.
3. Separate list of all corrective action program documents (Notifications) initiated before
June 1, 2023 (last PI&R inspection) that remain open - in electronic spreadsheet
format - include the following (as applicable): system number/designation, date initiated,
significance level, status (open or closed), title/short description, department, date
closed or due, and if possible, the number of due date extensions.
4. List of all root cause evaluations (RCE), apparent cause evaluations (ACE), common
cause evaluations (CCE), and work group evaluations (WGE), performed after June 1,
2023 (last PI&R inspection) - include number, title, eval type, and date completed.
5. Matrix of the total number of condition report Notifications generated annually and
monthly for all of 2023 and 2024, and to date for 2025 by department.
6. For all notice of violations, non-cited violations, and findings issued since
June 1, 2023 (last PI&R inspection) - provide copies of the associated Notifications
including all supporting information such as closeout documentation.
7. For all licensee event reports (LERs) issued since June 1, 2023 (last PI&R inspection) -
provide copies of the associated Notifications including all supporting information such
as closeout documentation.
8. List of open temporary modifications, operability determinations, control room
deficiencies and operator workarounds\\challenges, and adverse condition monitoring
plans - in electronic spreadsheet format - include tracking no., system id., title/short
description, date initiated, and date corrective action(s) due/work order(s) scheduled.
9. List of rework and repeat maintenance items, and a list of maintenance performance
metrics including the backlog of corrective and elective maintenance issues - include
tracking no., unit/system id, work order no., title/short description, date initiated, date
corrective action(s) due/work order(s) scheduled, and department.
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10. Copies of the system health reports for all (a)(1) systems and all systems pending
maintenance rule expert panel review for (a)(1) status determination.
11. List of all maintenance rule systems, include risk significance of system (high or low) and
whether the system is considered an (a)(1) or (a)(2). The list should indicate the trend in
overall system performance since the last PI&R inspection. For all (a)(1) systems,
please include a copy of the Action Plan and expert panel minutes.
III. Operating Experience
1. List of operating experience reviews, including Part 21s and NRC generic
communications (i.e., Information Notices, Generic Letters, Bulletins) initiated since the
last PI&R inspection. Provide tracking number, title/short description, date initiated, date
due or closed, significance level, evaluation class/type, status, department, and, if
possible, the number of due date extensions.
2. List of industry operating experience issues (nuclear steam supply system vendor
reports, EPRI Reports, and OPEX reports from other facilities) entered into the
corrective action program for review since the last PI&R inspection. Provide tracking
number, title/short description, date initiated, date due or closed, significance level,
evaluation class/type, status, department, and, if possible, the number of due date
extensions.
3. List of correction action program tracking items generated as a result of issues identified
during the operating experience (OE) reviews and assessment. Provide tracking
number, title/short description, date initiated, date due or closer, significance level,
evaluation class/type, status, department, and, if possible, the number of due date
extensions.
IV. Audits and Assessments
1. Copy of all Quality Assurance (QA) reviews (audits, assessments, etc.) and self-
assessments of the corrective action program performed, and safety culture reviews
since the last PI&R inspection.
2. Copy of the corrective action program trend reports and performance indicators used by
management since the last PI&R inspection.
3. A list of Notifications generated as a result of identified trends (either by station or
department) initiated since the last PI&R inspection. Provide IR number, title, and
open/closed status.
4. List of reports or specific issues identified by safety review committees (such as PORC,
NSRB, etc.) or other management oversight mechanisms since the last PI&R inspection.
Indicate whether these items are being tracked in the corrective action program or other
means.
5. Most recent PI&R functional area self-assessment (FASA) that was performed in
preparation for the upcoming PI&R inspection.
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6. Last completed Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) evaluation and assistance
report. (Hard copy only. Will be reviewed onsite to maintain confidentiality.)
V. Safety Conscious Work Environment and Employee Concern Program (ECP)
1. Procedures related to the ECP.
2. Procedures related to the Safety Conscious Work Environment and the stations
management of related issues.
3. Access to a list of all ECP cases and contacts initiated since the last PI&R inspection.
Include a list of IRs generated as a result of these reviews. (Will be reviewed onsite to
maintain confidentiality)
4. All safety culture reviews (audits, assessments, surveys, trend review, etc.) initiated
since the last PI&R inspection. Include a list of any Notifications generated as a result of
these reviews. (Hard copy only. Will be reviewed onsite to maintain confidentiality.)