ML052420251

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Kewaunee Power Station

ML052420251
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	08/30/2005
From:	Satorius M Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Christian D Dominion Energy Kewaunee
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August 30, 2005 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

KEWAUNEE POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Christian:

On August 9, 2005, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Kewaunee Power Station for the first half of the calendar year 2005 assessment cycle. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve 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 the 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 a resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one White finding within the Barrier Integrity cornerstone.

This finding was associated with the inability to expeditiously close the containment hatch during reactor vessel head replacement activities during the fall 2004 refueling outage.

Although plant performance was within the Regulatory Response column, the significance of findings associated with design control of the Auxiliary Feedwater System and for protection against damage from internal flooding events are still under review as part of the Significance Determination Process which, when finalized, may change our assessment of your plants safety performance.

On August 15, 2005, we were notified by your staff of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the containment hatch finding.

Therefore, in accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 2515 and Inspection Procedure 95001, a supplemental inspection will be conducted beginning on September 6, 2005, at Kewaunee Power Station to review the causes, extent of condition, and corrective actions taken associated with this finding.

D. Christian Additionally, the substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R), identified in our Annual Assessment Letter dated March 2, 2005, continued as a regulatory concern during the mid-cycle assessment. Plant performance in this cross-cutting area was assessed by expending efforts to review PI&R issues during routine baseline inspections and during the conduct of the Functional Review of Low Margin/Risk Significant Components and Human Actions inspection (TI 2515/158). Our staff identified five Green findings with cross-cutting aspects in the area of PI&R. Examples of the failure to take effective corrective actions were evident regarding prompt corrective actions to resolve several degraded and non-conforming conditions, recurrence of storage of unauthorized combustible materials above analyzed levels, non-conformance with the design basis of the containment sump screens, and recurring explosive mixtures in the waste gas system under known conditions.

In response to the identification of PI&R deficiencies, you committed to take actions to improve the overall effectiveness of your corrective action program. However, the effectiveness of these corrective actions is still indeterminate, as evidenced by the continued occurrence of PI&R issues at Kewaunee Power Station.

We will continue to closely monitor the implementation of your PI&R programs during the course of routine baseline and plant status inspection activities to more thoroughly assess your corrective action program and its effectiveness in correcting issues. In accordance with Inspection Procedure 71152, Identification and Resolution of Problems, a biennial PI&R inspection will be conducted beginning November 28, 2005, that will focus on the noted weaknesses in developing effective corrective actions for known deficiencies. This substantive cross-cutting issue will not be cleared until sustained, improved performance is demonstrated through the identification of fewer findings related to the effectiveness of corrective actions implemented for known performance deficiencies.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2007. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and 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 end-of-cycle review meeting.

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/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

D. Christian If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Tom Kozak at 630-829-9866 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark A. Satorius, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43

Enclosure:

Kewaunee Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: M. Gaffney, Site Vice President C. Funderburk, Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support T. Breene, Manager, Nuclear Licensing L. Cuoco, Esq., Senior Counsel D. Molzahn, Nuclear Asset Manager, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation L. Weyers, Chairman, President and CEO, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation D. Zellner, Chairman, Town of Carlton J. Kitsembel, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Mayor of Kewaunee President of City Council Chair, Manitowoc County Board County Executive Chair, Kewaunee County Board Director, Manitowoc County Emergency Management Agency Director, Kewaunee County Emergency Government City Manager Village President INPO

DOCUMENT NAME:G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2004 to 2005\MOC letters\Kewrev.wpd 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 TKozak:sls MSatorius DATE 08/29/2005 08/29/2005 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

D. Christian ADAMS Distribution:

GYS DWW JFS2 Project Director, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG KGO RML2 SRI Kewaunee DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1

Page 1 of 2 Kewaunee 08/29/2005 11:02:49 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2005 - 03/31/2007 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121.01 - RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Baseline Inspections MOD/5059 - MODIFICATIONS AND 5059 1 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 10/17/2005 10/21/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 10/17/2005 10/21/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2006 - KEWAUNEE INIT PREP 10/2005 3 1 W90125 OL - INITIAL EXAM - KEWAUNEE - OCT/NOV 2005 10/17/2005 10/21/2005 Not Applicable 71114 - EP EXERCISE & EP PI INSP 2 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2006 - KEWAUNEE INIT EXAM 11/2005 3 1 W90125 OL - INITIAL EXAM - KEWAUNEE - OCT/NOV 2005 11/07/2005 11/18/2005 Not Applicable PI&R - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTION INSP 3 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/28/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - GAS AND LIQUID EFFLUENT 2 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 04/24/2006 04/28/2006 Baseline Inspections MAINRULE - MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 05/01/2006 05/05/2006 Baseline Inspections BI - REMP AND RAD MATERIAL CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control P 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections HEATSINK - BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections ISI - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 09/04/2006 09/29/2006 Baseline Inspections BI - RAD MATERIAL TRANSPORT 1 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/09/2006 10/13/2006 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 Kewaunee 08/29/2005 11:02:49 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2005 - 03/31/2007 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type SSDPC - SAFETY SYS DESIGN & PERFORMANCE CAPABILI 5 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 11/13/2006 12/15/2006 Baseline Inspections BI - ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/30/2006 11/03/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121.03 - INSTRUMENTATION 1 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 01/08/2007 01/12/2007 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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