ML102440863

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan 2010

ML102440863
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Site:	Saint Lucie, 07200061
Issue date:	09/01/2010
From:	Reyes L Region 2 Administrator
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
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ML102440858	List: ML102440863 ML102440876
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 September 1, 2010 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Nazar:

On August 11, 2010, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only-Security Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for St. Lucie Unit 1 for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one Yellow Mitigating Systems finding issued in the fourth quarter of 2009. Your staff has informed us of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to assess your evaluation of the causes of and implementation of corrective actions for this finding. Therefore, we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95002, Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In a Strategic Performance Area, beginning September 27, 2010.

Plant performance for St. Lucie Unit 2 for the assessment period was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green).

In addition, the staff identified a cross cutting theme, in that 4 Green inspection findings were documented during the current 12 month assessment period with cross-cutting aspects in the area of Human Performance. The common aspect associated with these findings was adequate documentation and procedures (H.2(c)). All of the findings were of very low safety significance. In order to determine whether a substantive cross-cutting issue should be identified, the NRC evaluated Florida Power and Lights (FPL) actions to recognize and

FPL 2 investigate the causes of the cross-cutting theme, and to plan and implement corrective actions to minimize additional findings with a similar aspect. The NRC determined FPLs actions were timely in identifying the causes of these findings, and that planned corrective actions would adequately address the identified causes. Therefore the NRC determined that a substantive cross-cutting issue should not be identified.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 30, 2011. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite.

Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of cycle review. We also plan on conducting several infrequently performed inspections, which include: Inspection Procedure (IP) 60855.1, Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants; Initial Reactor Operator license examinations; Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/172, Reactor Coolant System Dissimilar Metal Butt Welds; TI-2515/177, Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray Systems; and TI-2515/179, Verification of Licensee Responses to NRC Requirement for Inventories of Materials Tracked in the National Source Tracking System (NSTS).

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made 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).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Dan Rich at (404) 997-4721 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Luis A. Reyes Regional Administrator Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 and 72-061 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure:

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan (09/01/10 - 12/31/11)

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FPL 3 cc w/encl: Ruben D. Almaguer, Director Richard L. Anderson Division of Emergency Preparedness Site Vice President Department of Community Affairs St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution J. Kammel Robert J. Hughes Radiological Emergency Planning Plant General Manager Administrator St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Gene St. Pierre Mano Nazar Vice President, Fleet Support Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Florida Power & Light Company Officer Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power & Light Company P. O. Box 14000 Ronnie Lingle, Operations Manager Juno Beach, FL 33408 St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Eric Katzman, Licensing Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission St. Lucie Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 6090 Electronic Mail Distribution Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010 Larry Nicholson, Director Seth B. Duston, Training Manager Licensing St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Faye Outlaw, County Administrator Alison Brown, Nuclear Licensing St. Lucie County Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Jack Southard, Director Mitch S. Ross Public Safety Department Vice President and Associate General St. Lucie County Counsel Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Marjan Mashhadi, Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution William A. Passetti, Chief Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution

FPL 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Daniel W. Rich dated September 1, 2010

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