IR 05000298/2019006

Annual Assessment Letter for Cooper Nuclear Station (Report 05000298/2019006)

ML20055E104
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	03/03/2020
From:	Jason Kozal NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Dent J Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
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Download: ML20055E104 (6)

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March 3, 2020

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000298/2019006)

Dear Mr. Dent:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Cooper Nuclear Station, reviewing performance indicators, inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at Cooper Nuclear Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green) and all performance indicators were within the expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2021.

This updated inspection plan now includes planned security inspections which were formerly transmitted under separate correspondence. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. You should be aware that the agency is pursuing potential changes to the ROP, including changes to engineering inspections (SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspections), and other changes to the baseline inspection program described in SECY-19-0067, Recommendations for Enhancing the Reactor Oversight Process. Should these changes to the ROP be implemented, the engineering and other region-based inspections are subject to change in scope, as well as schedule. The inspections listed during the last 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. Additionally, during this period the NRC will schedule an additional inspection per a revised version of Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerability in Electrical Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01) for any sites who elect to implement the guidance of the Industry Initiative on Open Phase Condition, Revision 3 (Agency Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19163A176), which included an option for relying on annunciation and operator manual actions instead of automatic protective features to isolate a power supply affected by an open phase condition. Licensees will be individually notified when the NRC schedules these inspections.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be 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).

Please contact me at (817) 200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jason W. Kozal, Chief Reactor Projects Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 05000298 License No. DPR-46 Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/ encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report 07200066 - Cooper Nuclear Station (ISFSI)

01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Cooper ISFSI Routine Inspection (1 week in June) 2 1 06/01/2020 06/30/2020 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI 1 06/01/2020 06/30/2020 IP 60857 001004 Review of 10 CFR 72.48 Evaluations This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 1 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Cooper 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count 1Q Emergency Plan Change Review 3 1 01/06/2020 02/21/2020 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes CNS Special Inspection Team - Service Water Clogging 3 1 01/13/2020 02/29/2020 IP 93812 000933 Special Inspection Team Cooper - Power Operated Valves Inspection 3 1 01/27/2020 01/31/2020 IP 71111.21N.02 001645 Design-Basis Capability of Power-Operated Valves Under 10 CFR 50.55a Requirements 1 02/10/2020 02/14/2020 IP 71111.21N.02 001645 Design-Basis Capability of Power-Operated Valves Under 10 CFR 50.55a Requirements Security Access Control .02 1 1 03/22/2020 03/27/2020 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 03/22/2020 03/27/2020 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification CNS 2020 INITIAL EXAM 1 4 1 03/22/2020 03/28/2020 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1 04/26/2020 05/02/2020 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

RS24 Radiation Safety 2 1 04/27/2020 05/01/2020 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 04/27/2020 05/01/2020 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment EP Exercise and PI Inspection 4 1 05/04/2020 05/08/2020 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 05/04/2020 05/08/2020 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 05/04/2020 05/08/2020 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE WEEKS - CNS 6 1 06/01/2020 06/05/2020 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing Security Equipment .04 and Training .07 2 1 08/17/2020 08/21/2020 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1 08/17/2020 08/21/2020 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training CNS 2020 INITIAL EXAM 2 8 1 08/23/2020 08/29/2020 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Cooper 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count CNS 2020 INITIAL EXAM 2 8 1 09/20/2020 09/26/2020 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Inservice Inspection RF31 - CNS 1 1 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RS12PI Radiation Safety 2 1 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls Design Bases Assurance (Team) 21M - Cooper 6 1 04/05/2021 04/23/2021 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

Security FFD .08 1 1 04/19/2021 04/23/2021 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program EP Program 1 1 05/17/2021 05/21/2021 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 05/17/2021 05/21/2021 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 05/17/2021 05/21/2021 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 05/17/2021 05/21/2021 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1 05/17/2021 05/21/2021 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification Biennial PI&R Inspection 4 1 06/14/2021 06/18/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 06/28/2021 07/02/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution RP 5,6,7,8 PS Team 4 1 07/19/2021 07/23/2021 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 07/19/2021 07/23/2021 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 07/19/2021 07/23/2021 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 07/19/2021 07/23/2021 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation CNS 2021 BRQ 2 1 08/08/2021 08/14/2021 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 3 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Cooper 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count RP 1,3,PI 2 1 09/20/2021 09/24/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 09/20/2021 09/24/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 w/PIV 2 1 09/20/2021 09/24/2021 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1 09/20/2021 09/24/2021 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 09/20/2021 09/24/2021 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 4 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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