ML091980297

BC Input to Oc 2008-07, NRC License Renewal Follow-Up IR 05000219-08-007

ML091980297
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	06/17/2009
From:	Division of Reactor Safety I
To:	Pardee C Exelon Generation Co
References
FOIA/PA-2009-0070
Download: ML091980297 (3)

See also: IR 05000219/2008007

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COVER LETTER

Mr. Charles G. Pardee

Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) and Senior Vice President

Exelon Generation Company, LLC

200 Exelon Way

Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT: OYSTER CREEK GENERATING STATION - NRC LICENSE RENEWAL

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION REPORT 05000219/2008007

Dear Mr. Pardee

On December 23, 2008, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an

inspection at your Oyster Creek Generating Station. The enclosed report documents the

inspection results, which were discussed on December 23, 2008, with Mr. T. Rausch, Site Vice

President, Mr. M. Gallagher, Vice President License Renewal, and other members of your staff.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and

compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license.

In addition, an appeal of a licensing board decision regarding the Oyster Creek application for a

renewed license is pending before the Commission. The NRC staff concluded Oyster Creek

should not enter the extended period of operation without directly observing continuing license

renewal activities at Oyster Creek. Therefore, the NRC staff performed an inspection using

Inspection Procedure (IP) 71003 "Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal" and

observed Oyster Creek license renewal activities during the last refuel outage prior to entering

the period of extended operation.

IP 71003 verifies license conditions added as part of a renewed license, license renewal

commitments, selected aging management programs, and license renewal commitments

revised after the renewed license was granted, are implemented in accordance with Title 10 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFP Part 54, "Requirements for the Renewal of Operating

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activities, and intervie ed personnel. The enclosed report records the inspector's observations,

absent any conclusions of adequacy, pending the final decision of the Commissioners on the

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

IR 05000219/2008007; 10/27/2008 - 12/23/2008; Exelon, LLC, Oyster Creek

Generating Station; License Renewal Follow-up

The report covers a multi-week inspection of license renewal follow-up items. It was conducted

by five region based engineering inspectors and the Oyster Creek resident inspector. The

inspection was conducted in accordance with Insoection Procedure 71003 "Post-Approval Site

In.-ni.r.tinn fnr I ir.pnse Renewal.'E (b)(5)

(b)((5)

(b)(5) "]In accordance with the NRC's agreement with the State of New Jersey, state

engineers-bbserved portions of the NRC's staff review. The report documents inspection

observations, absent any conclusions of adequacy, pending the final decision of the

Commissioners on the appeal of the renewed license.

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BODY OF REPORT -- SAMPLE SELECTION PROCESS

1. Inspection Sample Selection Process

This inspection was conducted in order to observe AmerGen's continuing license

renewal activities during the last refueling outage prior to Oyster Creek (OC) entering the

extended period of operation. The inspection team selected a number of inspection

samples for review, using the NRC accepted guidance based on their importance in the

license renewal a~j~lication process, as an opportunity to make observations on license

renewal activitie s( (b)(5)

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(b)(5)

Accordingly, the inspectors recorded observations, without any assessment of

implementation adequacy or safety significance. Inspection observations were

considered, in light of pending 10 CFR 54 license renewal commitments and license

conditions, as documented in NUREG-1875, "Safety Evaluation Report (SER) Related to

the License Renewal of Oyster Creek Generating Station," as well as programmatic

performance under on-going implementation of 10 CFR 50 current licensing basis (CLB)

requirements.

The reviewed SER proposed commitments and license conditions were selected based

on several attributes including: the risk significance using insights gained from sources

such as the NRC's "Significance Determination Process Risk Informed Inspection

Notebooks," revision 2; the extent and results of previous license renewal audits and

inspections of aging management programs; the extent or complexity of a commitment;

and the extent that baseline inspection programs will inspect a system, structure, or

component (SSC), or commodity group.

For each commitment and on a sampling basis, the inspectors reviewed supporting

documents including completed surveillances, conducted interviews, performed visual

inspection of structures and components including those not accessible during power

operation, and observed selected activities described below. The inspectors also

reviewed selected corrective actions taken as a consequence of previous license

renewal inspections.

At the time of the inspection, AmerGen Energy Company, LLC was the licensee for

Oyster Creek Generating Station. As of January 8, 2009, the OC license was

transferred to Exelon Generating Company, LLC by license amendment No. 271

(ML082750072).