IR 05000285/2009001

Annual Assessment Letter and Inspection Plan - Fort Calhoun Station (NRC Inspection Report 05000285/2009001)

ML090630450
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	03/04/2009
From:	Collins E Region 4 Administrator
To:	Reinhart J Omaha Public Power District
References
IR-09-001
Download: ML090630450 (6)

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UNITED STATES NU C LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N rch 4, 2009

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - FORT CALHOUN STATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000285/2009001)

Dear Mr. Reinhart:

On February 10, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Fort Calhoun Station.

Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2008. 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-Related Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Fort Calhoun Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as the third quarter of the assessment cycle, was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, 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). Therefore, we plan to conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

While plant performance for the most recent quarter is within the Licensee Response Column of the Action Matrix, there were safety significant inspection findings affecting the first quarter of the assessment cycle. Plant performance for the first quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRC's Action Matrix based on two White findings associated with the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone. One White finding involved the improper installation of the valve disk of Containment Spray Header Isolation Valve HCV-345 (NRC EA-07-047; ADAMS ML071500074). The second White finding consisted of two separate violations associated with inadequate corrective actions and improper maintenance on the emergency diesel generators (NRC EA-07-194; ADAMS ML073410416). You took actions to correct these issues and the NRC conducted supplemental Inspection Procedure (IP) 95002 Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area during the first quarter of this assessment period. This inspection provided assurance that the root and contributing causes for the individual and collective risk significant performance issues were understood, independently assessed the extent of condition and the extent of cause, independently determined whether safety culture components caused or significantly contributed to the individual or collective risk significant performance issues, and provided assurance that the

Omaha Public Power District -2-corrective actions were sufficient to address the root and contributing causes, as well as to prevent recurrence. Upon completion of the supplemental inspection the White findings were closed and Fort Calhoun Station returned to the Regulatory Response Column in the second quarter of this assessment period. Once the White finding involving the Emergency Diesel Generators had been input into the Action Matrix for four quarters it cleared, and Fort Calhoun Station returned to the Licensee Response Column in the third quarter of the assessment period.

In our mid-cycle assessment letter, dated September 2, 2008 (ADAMS ML082460580), we advised you of a continuation of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of human performance involving a cross-cutting theme in the aspect of resources (failure to provide complete and accurate procedures and work packages H.2(c)). The end-of-cycle assessment of the cross-cutting issue included a review of inspection results from the 12-month period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. During this period, we observed improvement in the effectiveness of your corrective actions to address the issue. We have also observed a decrease in the number of findings in this area, dropping below the threshold of a theme.

Based on this observed improvement, the staff no longer has a concern with the scope of licensee efforts or progress in the cross-cutting area of human performance in the aspect of resources (failure to provide complete and accurate procedures and work packages H.2(c)).

Therefore, we are closing the substantive cross-cutting issue in human performance.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except those related to physical protection, scheduled through June 30, 2010. 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 mid-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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 Jeff Clark at 817-860-8147 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Elmo E. Collins Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-285 License No. DPR-40 Enclosure: Fort Calhoun Station Inspection/Activity Plan

Omaha Public Power District -3-cc w/Enclosure: Larry Oliver Mr. Thomas C. Matthews Emergency Management Agency Manager - Nuclear Licensing Harrison County Omaha Public Power District 111 South 1st Avenue Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm. Logan, IA 51546-1305 P.O. Box 550 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550 Terry Baxter, Sheriff Harrison County Sheriffs Department Winston & Strawn 111 South 1st Avenue Attn: David A. Repke, Esq. Logan, IA 51546 1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3817 Robert Smith, Chairman Harrison County Board of Supervisors Chairman 111 North 2nd Avenue Washington County Board of Supervisors Logan, IA 51546 P.O. Box 466Blair, NE 68008 The Honorable Clint Sargent Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Mayor of Missouri Valley Radiation Control Program City Hall Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L 223 E. Erie Public Health Assurance Missouri Valley, IA 51555 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Terry Hummel, Coordinator Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Coordinator Ms. Melanie Rasmussen 227 S. 6th Street, Court House Radiation Control Program Officer Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Delbert King, Chairman Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Pottawattamie County Board of 321 East 12th Street Supervisors Des Moines, IA 50319 227 South 6th Street Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Timothy F. Dunning, Sheriff Douglas County Sheriffs Department Mike Robinson, Sheriff 3601 N. 156th Street Washington County Courthouse Omaha, NE 68116 1535 Colfax Street Blair, NE 68008 Clare Duda, Chairperson Douglas County Board Keith Christiansen of Commissioners, District 7 Council President Civic Center Blair City Council, Ward 2 1819 Farnam LC2 218 South 16th Street Omaha, NE 68183 Blair, NE 68008 Paul W. Johnson, Director The Honorable Paul Oestmann Douglas County Emergency Mayor of Fort Calhoun Management Agency 110 South 1st Avenue Civic Center, EOC, Room 114 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023 1819 Farnam Street Omaha, NE 68183

Omaha Public Power District -4-David Genoways Sewer Commissioner John Blackhawk Fort Calhoun City Council Tribal Chairman 110 South 14th Street Winnebago Tribal Council Fort Calhoun, NE 68023 P.O. Box 687 Winnebago, NE 68071-0687 Bill Pook, Director Region 5/6 Emergency Management Amen Sheridan 435 N. Park Avenue, Suite 404 Chairperson Fremont, NE 68025 Omaha Tribal Council P.O. Box 368 Dick Hainje, Regional Administrator Macy, NE 68039-0368 Federal Emergency Management Agency Region VII Al Berndt, Assistant Director 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Kansas City, MO 64114-3372 1300 Military Road Lincoln, NE 68508-1090 John Norris, Chairperson Department of Commerce Ron McCabe Utilities Division Chief, Radiological Emergency Iowa Utilities Board Preparedness 350 Maple Street FEMA Region VII Des Moines, IA 50319-0069 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114 Melanie Rasmussen, Bureau Chief Bureau of Radiological Health David Miller, Administrator Iowa Department of Public Health Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Lucas State Office Building, 5th floor Management 321 East 12th Street 7105 NW 70th Avenue Des Moines, IA 50319 Camp Dodge Bldg. W-4 Johnston, IA 50131-2824 Dr. Joann Schaefer, Director Nebraska Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South Lincoln, NE 68509-5026

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Page 1 of 1 Fort Calhoun 02/23/2009 12:41:54 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2009 - 06/30/2010 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site EXAM - INITIAL EXAM 3 1 03/30/2009 04/03/2009 X02412 INITIAL EXAM -FC (3/2009)

PSB2-52B - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 5 1 04/27/2009 05/01/2009 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 1 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems EB1-21 - CDBI 6 1 08/24/2009 08/28/2009 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 09/08/2009 09/18/2009 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection RP-ORS4 - OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1 11/09/2009 11/13/2009 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 1 11/09/2009 11/13/2009 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 1 11/09/2009 11/13/2009 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification RP-ORS5 - OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY - ALARA 1 1 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 1 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 1 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification EP-1 - BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 1 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.