ML062430336

8/31/06 Fermi, Unit 2 - Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML062430336
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	08/31/2006
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB4
To:	Cobb D Detroit Edison
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August 31, 2006 Mr. Donald K. Cobb Assistant Vice President Nuclear Generation Detroit Edison Company 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

FERMI POWER PLANT, UNIT 2

Dear Mr. Cobb,

On August 7, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Fermi 2 for the first half of the calendar year 2006 assessment cycle. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous 12 months.

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 physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Fermi 2 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.

Additionally, the staff has identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution (PI&R). There were ten inspection findings in the cross-cutting area of PI&R. Nine of these findings share a common cross-cutting aspect of ineffective evaluations within the corrective action program. These issues encompass the Mitigating Systems, Initiating Events, and Public Radiation Safety cornerstones and were all of very low safety significance.

Although you have taken a number of steps to improve the corrective action program, several recent inspection findings were attributed to ineffective evaluation. For example, the repeated lack of controls over transient combustibles, the repetitive problems with drywell cooler gaskets, and ineffective evaluation regarding installation of scaffolding near safety-related equipment indicate that the scope of efforts and progress in addressing the cross-cutting area performance deficiencies remains a concern. This substantive cross-cutting issue will remain open until the number of findings with the same causal factor is reduced or when the NRC has more confidence in the performance of your corrective action program to

D. Cobb evaluate and correct problems. We will monitor your performance in the PI&R cross-cutting area through the baseline inspection program and evaluate the results in our review at the end-of-cycle for the calendar year 2006.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2008. 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 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-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), 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 me at 630/829-9619 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief, Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-341 License No. NPF-43

Enclosure:

Fermi Inspection/ Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

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D. Cobb evaluate and correct problems. We will monitor your performance in the PI&R cross-cutting area through the baseline inspection program and evaluate the results in our review at the end-of-cycle for the calendar year 2006.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2008. 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 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-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), 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 me at 630/829-9619 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief, Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-341 License No. NPF-43

Enclosure:

Fermi Inspection/ Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page DOCUMENT NAME:G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2005 to 2006\fermi\Fermi MOC letter 2006.wpd X Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive X Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII N RIII NAME RLerch:dtp CLipa DATE 08/17/06 08/30/06 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

D. Cobb cc w/encl: K. Hlavaty, Plant Manager R. Gaston, Manager, Nuclear Licensing D. Pettinari, Legal Department Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division M. Yudasz, Jr., Director, Monroe County Emergency Management Division Supervisor - Electric Operators State Liaison Officer, State of Michigan Wayne County Emergency Management Division Chair, Wayne County Board of Commissioners Wayne County Sheriff Director, Wayne County Emergency Management Agency Mayor of Flat Rock Mayor of Gibraltar City Administrator of Gibraltar Monroe County Board Chairman Monroe County Sheriff Director, Monroe County Emergency Management Agency Director, Monroe County Health Department Mayor of Monroe Monroe City Manager Carleton Village President Mayor of Rockwood Rockwood City Administrator Supervisor, Frenchtown Charter Township INPO

C. Cobb ADAMS Distribution:

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Page 1 of 2 Fermi 08/30/2006 12:58:34 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2006 - 03/31/2008 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type SIT - FERMI SPECIAL INSPECTION 4 2 IP 93812 Special Inspection 08/28/2006 09/29/2006 Event Response Insp 7112201 - EFFLUENTS 1 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 11/27/2006 12/01/2006 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 11/27/2006 12/01/2006 Baseline Inspections EP BI - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/05/2007 03/09/2007 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/05/2007 03/09/2007 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/05/2007 03/09/2007 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/05/2007 03/09/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112103 - INSTRUMENTATION & ACCESS CONTROL 1 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 02/12/2007 02/16/2007 Baseline Inspections HEATSINK - HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 03/19/2007 03/23/2007 Baseline Inspections MAINT EF - MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS BIENNIAL 1 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 Baseline Inspections FY 2007 - FERMI INIT PREP 06/2007 3 2 W90161 OL - INITIAL EXAM - FERMI 2 - JUN/JUL 2007 06/25/2007 06/29/2007 Not Applicable CDBI - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 5 2 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 06/25/2007 07/27/2007 Baseline Inspections FY 2007 - FERMI INIT EXAM 07/2007 3 2 W90161 OL - INITIAL EXAM - FERMI 2 - JUN/JUL 2007 07/16/2007 07/27/2007 Not Applicable 7112101 - ACCESS CONTROL 1 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/23/2007 07/27/2007 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/23/2007 07/27/2007 Baseline Inspections PI&R - PI&R BIENNIAL INSP 3 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 08/27/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI BASELINE INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 10/01/2007 10/05/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS (OUTAGE) 1 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/15/2007 10/19/2007 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/29/2007 11/03/2007 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Fermi 08/30/2006 12:58:34 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2006 - 03/31/2008 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7112202 - RAD MATERIAL PROCESSING / TRANSPORTATION 1 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 12/03/2007 12/07/2007 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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