ML062430329

8/31/06 Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 - Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML062430329
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Site:	Perry
Issue date:	08/31/2006
From:	Caldwell J Region 3 Administrator
To:	Pearce L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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August 31, 2006 Mr. L. William Pearce Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Perry Nuclear Power Plant 10 Center Road, A290 Perry, OH 44081

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Pearce:

On August 7, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Perry 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.

Overall, Perry operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter remained within the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone column of the Action Matrix. This is based on two White findings in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone that have been open since 2003.

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) was initially notified that Perry had entered the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone column in our August 12, 2004, letter. The NRC will continue to closely monitor Perrys performance consistent with the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operational Assessment Program.

In response to Perrys transition to the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone column, the NRC conducted an Inspection Procedure (IP) 95003 supplemental inspection, which you responded to by letters dated August 8 and August 17, 2005. These letters provided actions that FENOC committed to perform to address issues in the areas of Corrective Action Program Effectiveness, Human Performance, IP 95002 Issue Followup, and Emergency Preparedness, and described your Performance Improvement Initiative (PII). To confirm the agencys understanding of these and other specific improvement actions, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) on September 28, 2005.

L. Pearce In addition to the routine NRC inspection and mid-cycle and end-of-cycle assessment activities, Perry performance is being evaluated quarterly. Consistent with IMC 0305, plants in the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column are given consideration at each quarterly performance assessment review for: (1) declaring plant performance to be unacceptable in accordance with the guidance in IMC 0305; (2) transferring to the IMC 0350 Oversight of Operating Reactor Facilities in a Shutdown Condition with Performance Problems process; and (3) taking additional regulatory actions, as appropriate. Our quarterly assessment results, to date, have concluded that Perry has been operated in a manner that preserved the public health and safety; therefore, the plant will remain in Column IV of the NRC Action Matrix.

The NRC is in the process of conducting CAL followup inspections, which began in November 2005, in addition to the normal Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program. The purpose of these followup inspections is to assess the adequacy of your development of corrective actions in the four areas specified in the CAL, review the implementation of those corrective actions, and finally, review the effectiveness of those actions toward realizing sustained plant performance improvements. The NRC has previously reviewed the development and implementation of your corrective actions to address the four areas of the CAL and is currently in the process of assessing the effectiveness of those actions. We will continue to assess your performance in these areas through the implementation of the ROP baseline inspection program and CAL followup inspection activities.

In our end-of-cycle assessment letter, dated March 2, 2006, we advised you of the continuation of substantive cross-cutting issues in the areas of problem identification and resolution (PI&R),

and human performance. During this assessment period, there were six inspection findings that were attributed to weaknesses in PI&R, and ten inspection findings that were attributed to weaknesses in human performance. Based on these findings satisfying the criteria for the continuance of a substantive cross-cutting issue as specified in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, we have concluded that both substantive cross-cutting issues will remain open.

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 scheduled within 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). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

L. Pearce If circumstances arise which cause us to revise the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Eric Duncan at (630) 829-9628 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Perry Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION See next page

L. Pearce If circumstances arise which cause us to revise the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Eric Duncan at (630) 829-9628 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Perry Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION See next page DOCUMENT NAME:G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2005 to 2006\perry\Perry 2006 MOC ltr.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 RIII RIII NAME EDuncan:dtp MSatorius JCaldwell DATE 08/21/06 08/25/06 08/29/06 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

L. Pearce cc w/encl: G. Leidich, President and Chief Nuclear Officer - FENOC J. Hagan, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer - FENOC D. Pace, Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering - FENOC L. Pearce, Vice President - FENOC J. Rinckel, Vice President, Fleet Oversight Director, Site Operations Director, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Fleet Licensing Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance D. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Ohio State Liaison Officer R. Owen, Ohio Department of Health President, Geauga County Board Director, Department of Emergency Services Geauga County Sheriff President, Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners Ashtabula County Sheriff Director, Ashtabula County Emergency Management Agency Mayor, Village of Genoa Genoa Village Administrator President, Lake County Board of Commissioners Lake County Sheriff Painesville City Manager Lake County Administrator Director, Lake County Emergency Management Agency President, Village of Fairport Harbor Mayor, City of Eastlake Mayor, City of Wickliffe President, Geneva City Council City Manager, Geneva Mayor, City of Kirtland Mayor, City of Mentor City Manager, Mentor Mayor, City of Mentor on the Lake Administrative Director Mayor, City of Willoughby Hills Mayor, City of Willoughby Mayor, City of Willowick Mayor, Village of Madison Village Administrator, Village of Madison Chairman, Board of Madison Township Trustees Mayor, Village of Kirtland Hills Mayor, Village of Geneva-on-the-Lake Mayor, Lakeline Village Mayor, Village of Timberlake Mayor, Village of Grand River INPO

L. Pearce ADAMS Distribution:

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Page 1 of 2 Perry 08/30/2006 13:02:24 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 MAINRULE - MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71114 - EP EXERCISE BASELINE 2 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/23/2006 10/27/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/23/2006 10/27/2006 Baseline Inspections CAL HP - HUMAN PERFORMANCE-EFFECTIVENESS REVIEW 7 1 IP 95003 Inspection For Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple 10/23/2006 11/03/2006 Supplemental Program CAL-CAP - CAP EFFECTIVENESS REVIEW 4 1 IP 95003 Inspection For Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple 11/06/2006 11/17/2006 Supplemental Program FPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial] 11/27/2006 12/15/2006 Baseline Inspections ROUTINE - ACCESS CONTROL, ALARA 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 11/06/2006 11/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/06/2006 11/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 11/06/2006 11/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 12/04/2006 12/08/2006 Baseline Inspections FY 2007 - PERRY INIT PREP 01/2007 3 1 W90151 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PERRY - JAN/FEB 2007 01/29/2007 02/02/2007 Not Applicable FY 2007 - PERRY INIT EXAM 02/2007 3 1 W90151 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PERRY - JAN/FEB 2007 02/19/2007 03/02/2007 Not Applicable HEATSINK - HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 02/26/2007 03/02/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - ALARA OUTAGE 2 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/26/2007 03/30/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/26/2007 03/30/2007 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - EFFLUENTS 1 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 06/04/2007 06/08/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/04/2007 06/08/2007 Baseline Inspections 71121.03 - INSTRUMENTATION 1 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 07/30/2007 08/03/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/30/2007 08/03/2007 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 Perry 08/30/2006 13:02:24 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 MOD5059 - MODIFICATIONS/50.59 INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 09/10/2007 09/28/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 09/10/2007 09/28/2007 Baseline Inspections EP BI - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 10/16/2007 10/20/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 10/16/2007 10/20/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 10/16/2007 10/20/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 10/16/2007 10/20/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 10/16/2007 10/20/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 10/16/2007 10/20/2007 Baseline Inspections 7112101 - ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/24/2007 09/28/2007 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/24/2007 09/28/2007 Baseline Inspections 71122.02 - TRANSPORTATION & RADWASTE 1 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 01/14/2008 01/18/2008 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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