ML082460280

LaSalle, Units 1 and 2 - Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML082460280
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	09/02/2008
From:	Kenneth Riemer NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B2
To:	Pardee C Exelon Generation Co
References
FOIA/PA-2010-0209
Download: ML082460280 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 2, 2008 Mr. Charles G. Pardee Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

LASALLE COUNTY STATION UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Pardee:

On August 14, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 for the first half of the calendar year 2008 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 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 the most recent quarter at LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 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.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2009. 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. Of note, the plan includes a triennial fire protection inspection, a biennial PI&R inspection, and an engineering modifications inspection. The inspections in the last nine 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

C. Pardee 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).

The NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (630) 829-9628 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kenneth Riemer, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page

Letter to C. Pardee from K. Riemer dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

LASALLE COUNTY STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 cc w/encl: Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station Plant Manager - LaSalle County Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President Senior Vice President - Midwest Operations Senior Vice President - Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Manager Licensing - Braidwood, Byron and LaSalle Associate General Counsel Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General J. Klinger, State Liaison Officer Illinois Emergency Management Agency Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission Grundy County Board Chairman Mayor of Ottawa Mayor of Streator City Manager of Streator Director, Grundy County Emergency Management Agency Mayor of Seneca Mayor of Grand Ridge Mayor of Ransom Sheriff, LaSalle County LaSalle County Board Chairman Director, LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Mayor of Marseilles Mayor of Verona Mayor of Kinsman G. Mortensen, INPO

C. Pardee 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).

The NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (630) 829-9628 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kenneth Riemer, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page DOCUMENT NAME: G:\1-SECY\2008 MID-CYCLE FINAL LETTERS\LASALLE MOC LETTER 2008.DOC G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G 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 RIII NAME KRiemer:cms DATE 8/ /08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to C. Pardee from K. Riemer dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

LASALLE COUNTY STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 DISTRIBUTION:

Tamara Bloomer RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 RidsNrrPMLaSalle Donna Williams RidsNrrDirsIpab Resource James Caldwell Mark Satorius Kenneth Obrien Jared Heck Allan Barker DRPIII RSIII Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak ROPreports@nrc.gov

LaSalle Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ISFSI - PAD CONSTRUCTION 1 IP 60856.1 Review of 10 CFR 72.212(b) Evaluations at Operating Plants 08/01/2008 10/31/2008 Other Routine TI - TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION 2515/171 2 IP 2515/171 Verification of Site Specific Implementation Of B.5.b Phase 2 & 3 Mitigating Strategies 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Generic Safety Inspectio OA - OTHER ROUTIINE - RPV HEAD DROP 1 IP 7111120 Refueling and Other Outage Activities 09/29/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - FIRE PROTECTION INFO GATHERING TRIP 3 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial] 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 4 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial] 11/03/2008 11/17/2008 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 12/08/2008 12/12/2008 Baseline Inspections BI EP - EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 EP Baseline Inspection IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 EP Baseline Inspection IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 EP Baseline Inspection IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 01/12/2009 01/16/2009 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - ENGINEERING INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 01/18/2009 01/22/2009 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/26/2009 01/30/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/26/2009 01/30/2009 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 2515/173 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 03/09/2009 03/13/2009 Generic Safety Inspectio IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 03/09/2009 03/13/2009 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - ENGINEERING MODIFICATIONS / 50.59 INSP. 3 IP 7111117B Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments & Permanent Plant Modifications 09/15/2009 10/02/2009 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 Baseline Inspections

LaSalle Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ISFSI - ISFSI - DRY RUN & INITIAL LOADING 1 IP 60854.1 Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installation at Operating Plants 10/01/2009 12/31/2009 Other Routine IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 10/01/2009 12/31/2009 Other Routine BI PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 4 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/02/2009 11/20/2009 Baseline Inspections BI OL - BIENNIAL REQUAL. PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 2515/173 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 11/30/2009 12/04/2009 Generic Safety Inspectio IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 11/30/2009 12/04/2009 Baseline Inspections