ML14245A317

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Perry Nuclear Power Plant

ML14245A317
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	09/02/2014
From:	Kunowski M A NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B5
To:	Harkness E FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 S ep t e m b e r 2 , 201 4 M r. E rnest H a r k ne s s Si t e Vi ce P r es i dent F i r s t E ne r g y N uc lear O p e r a t i n g C o m pany P e rr y N uc l ear P o w er Plant P. O. B ox 97, 10 C en t e r R oad, A-PY-A 290 P e rr y , O H 4408 1-0097 SUB J EC T: M I D-CYCL E ASSE SS M EN T L E T T E R F O R PE R R Y NUCLEA R P O W E R P L AN T D ear M r. H a r k n ess: O n A u g u s t 5 , 20 1 4 , t he U.S. N uc lear R e g u l a t o r y C o mm i ss i on (N R C) c o m p l e t ed i t s m i d-c y c l e pe r f o rmance r e v i ew of t h e P e rr y N uc lear P o w er Pl an t. T he NR C r e v i e w ed t he m o s t rece n t q u a rt e r l y pe r f o r mance i nd i ca t o r s (PIs) i n add i t i on t o inspe c t i on resu l t s and e n f o r c e ment a c t ions fr o m Ju l y 1, 2 0 1 3 , t h r o u gh June 3 0 , 2 0 1 4. T h i s l e tt e r i n f o r m s y ou o f t he N RC's assess m e n t of your f ac ili t y du r i ng t h i s p e r i od and it s p l ans f o r f u t u r e inspe c t i ons at your f ac ili t y. The NRC determined that overall, Perry Nuclear Power Plant was operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives.

T he NRC de t e rm i ned t he pe r f o r mance a t P e rr y d u r i ng t he m ost rece n t q u a r t e r w as w i t h i n t he L i censee Response C o l u m n (C o l u m n 1) o f t he NRC's R eac tor O v e r s i g h t P r ocess (R O P) A c t i on M atri x because a l l insp e c t i on f i nd i n g s had v e r y l o w (i.e., g reen) s a f e t y s i g n i f icanc e , and a l l P I s i nd i ca t ed t h a t y our pe r f o rmance w as w i t h i n t he no m i na l , e x p e c t ed r a n g e (i.e., g r ee n). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

As a result of the Safety Culture Common Language Initiative, the terminology and coding of cross-cutting aspects were revised. All cross

-cutting aspects identified during inspections conducted in calendar year 2014 reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310. Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology were converted to the latest revision in accordance with the cross-reference in IMC 0310 during the mid

-cycle assessment review and evaluated for cross

-cutting themes and potential substantive cross

-cutting issues in accordance with IMC 0305

. T he enc losed inspec t i on p l an li s t s t he inspe c t i ons s c h edu l ed t h r o u g h December 31 , 2 0 1 5. Ro u ti ne inspec t i ons pe r f o r m ed by r e s ident inspe c t o r s a r e n o t i nc l uded i n t he inspe c t i on p l an. T he inspec t i ons li s t ed du r i n g t he last n i ne m o n t hs o f t he inspec t i on p l an a r e t en t a t i v e and m ay be r e v ised at t he en d-o f-c y c l e pe r f o rmance r e v i e w. T h e NR C p r o v i des the inspec t i on p l an t o a ll ow for t he reso l u t i on o f any schedu li ng co n f li c t s and p e rsonnel a v a il ab i l i t y issues. T he NR C w ill con tact y ou as soon as po s s i b l e t o d iscuss cha n g es t o t he inspe c t i on p lan shou l d c i r cu m s t anc e s w a rr a n t any cha n g e s. T h i s inspec t i on p l an does n ot i nc lude sec u r i t y-r e l a t ed inspe c t ions, w h i c h w i ll be sent v i a sepa r a t e, no n-pub li c l y a v a il ab l e co rresponde nce.

E. H a r k ne s s T he NR C a l so p l ans t o condu c t n o n-r o u t i ne inspec t i ons a n d t e m po r a r y i ns tr u c t ions at your f ac ili t y , i nc l ud i n g: Inspec t i on P roce d u r e (I P) 7111 1.1 1(B), "L icen s ed O p e r a tor R e q u al i f i c a t i on P r o g r am an d L i c en s e d O pe r a t o r Pe r f o rm an c e (Bienn i a l)," and IP 7115 2 (B), "P r ob lem I de n t i f i ca t i on a nd Reso l u t i on (Bi enn i a l)." In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA 049, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond

-Design-Basis External Events," which requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond

-design-basis external event.

Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA 051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," which requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide

-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items.

This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of an ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site.

The date for the onsite component at your site is being coordinated with your staff.

A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter

and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

E. H a r k ne s s Please contact me at 630-829-9618, with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael Kunowski, Chief Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects D oc k e t N o. 5 0-440 L icense N o. NP F-58 E nc losu r e: P e rr y N uc l ear P o w er Pl a n t Insp e c t i o n/A c t i v i t y Pl a n cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

E. H a r k ne s s Please contact me at 630

-829-9618, with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely, /RA/

Michael Kunowski, Chief Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects D oc k e t N o. 5 0-440 L icense N o. NP F-58 E nc losu r e: P e rr y N uc l ear P o w er Pl a n t Insp e c t i o n/A c t i v i t y Pl a n cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV DISTRIBUTION w/enc l: Anthony Bowers RidsNrrPMPerry Resource

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-2 Resource RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Darrell Roberts Steven Orth Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Carmen Olteanu ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov DOCUMENT NAME: Perry MOC Letter Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive 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 MKunowski:rj DATE 08/26/14 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Page 1 of 2 08/22/2014 09:43:06 Report 22 Unit NumberPlanned Dates Start EndInspection ActivityTitle No. of Staff on Site PerryInspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2014

-12/31/2015 BI EPX-EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 1 IP Performance Indicator Verification71151 09/22/2014 09/26/2014 BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.03 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 1 IP Occupational Dose Assessment71124.04 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 EXERCISE-BIENNIAL EXERCISE 1 1 EXERCISE - PERRY - SEPT. 2014 - HAB - REGION ONLY W90324 09/23/2014 09/23/2014 BI OLRQ-BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B 12/01/2014 12/05/2014OL PREP-INIT EXAM/FEB 2015 3 1 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2015 FEB - PERRY W90333 01/12/2015 01/16/2015OL EXAM-INIT EXAM/FEB. 2015 3 1 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2015 FEB - PERRY W90333 02/02/2015 02/13/2015 BI ISI-ISI INSPECTION 1 1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR7111108G 02/16/2015 03/29/2015 BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.01 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment71124.06 05/04/2015 05/08/2015 BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program71124.07 06/08/2015 06/12/2015 1 IP71151-BI01 06/08/2015 06/12/2015 1 IP71151-OR01 06/08/2015 06/12/2015 1 IP71151-PR01 06/08/2015 06/12/2015 BI HS-TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 2 1 IP Heat Sink Performance7111107T 06/08/2015 06/12/2015 BI EPR-EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 2 1 IP A lert and Notification System Testing7111402 07/06/2015 07/10/2015 1 IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System7111403 07/06/2015 07/10/2015 1 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies7111405 07/06/2015 07/10/2015 1 IP Performance Indicator Verification71151 07/06/2015 07/10/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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-12/31/2015 BI PIR-BIENNIEL PROBLEM IDENT AND RESOLUTION 4 1 IP Problem Identification and Resolution71152B 07/13/2015 07/31/2015 BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 09/21/2015 09/25/2015 BI FIRE-FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION & BAG TRIP 3 1 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]7111105T 09/21/2015 10/23/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.