ML082460206

Mid-cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Units 1 & 2

ML082460206
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	09/02/2008
From:	Pederson C Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Pardee C Exelon Generation Co
References
FOIA/PA-2010-0209
Download: ML082460206 (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 -

BYRON STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Pardee:

On August 14, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Byron 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 Related Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Byron Units 1 and 2 were within the Regulatory Response column of the NRC=s Action Matrix, based on one inspection finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) within the Initiating Events cornerstone. This White finding, from the first quarter of 2008, involved failure to take timely corrective actions for the degradation of the Essential Service Water (SX) risers. Additionally, another inspection finding regarding the inadvertent entry into an elevated risk condition for Unit 2 in April 2008 was preliminarily determined to be of low to moderate safety significance (White) for Unit 2 within the Mitigating Systems cornerstone.

We were notified by your staff that you will be ready in November 2008 for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the White finding regarding the degradation of the Essential Service Water (SX) risers. An appropriate inspection date is not yet scheduled and, therefore, is not included in the enclosure.

Additionally, the staff has identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of human performance with a cross-cutting theme of decision making in the aspect of H.1 (b). There were 17 documented findings of low (Green) and low to moderate (White) safety significance

C. Pardee as well as SL-IV violation with cross cutting aspects in the area of Human Performance. Six of these findings in the Human Performance Decision-Making area shared the common cross-cutting aspect of failure to make conservative assumptions and demonstrating proposed action is safe (H.1 (b)). In addition, these findings were from more than one cornerstone (Mitigating Systems and Initiating Events). This substantive cross-cutting issue will remain open until the NRC gains confidence in the performance of your corrective action program to evaluate and correct human performance problems.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, including baseline and other infrequently conducted 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. 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 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).

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 Richard Skokowski at 630-829-9620 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66

Enclosure:

Byron Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION See next page

C. Pardee as well as SL-IV violation with cross cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance. Six of these findings in the Human Performance Decision-Making area shared the common cross-cutting aspect of failure to make conservative assumptions and demonstrating proposed action is safe (H.1 (b)). In addition, these findings were from more than one cornerstone (Mitigating Systems and Initiating Events). This substantive cross-cutting issue will remain open until the number of findings with the same cross-cutting aspect is reduced or when the NRC gains confidence in the performance of your corrective action program to evaluate and correct problems.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, including baseline and other infrequently conducted 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. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-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).

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 Richard Skokowski at 630-829-9620 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely, Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66

Enclosure:

Byron Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION See next page See Previous Concurrences DOCUMENT NAME: G:\1-secy\2008 Mid-cycle letters final.doc 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 NAME RJones:dtp RSkokowski CPederson DATE 08/22/08 08/26/08 08/26/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to C. Pardee from Cynthia Pederson dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

ASSESSMENT LETTER - BYRON STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Byron Station Plant Manager - Byron Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Byron 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, State of Illinois P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission B. Quigley, Byron Station President, Village of Leaf River President, Village of Davis Junction President, Village of Stillman Valley Ogle County Board Chairman Ogle County Sheriff/EMA Coordinator EMA Coordinator, Winnebago County Winnebago County Board Chair Winnebago County Sheriff/ESDA Mayor of Oregon Mayor of Byron President, Village of Mt. Morris Mayor of Rochelle G. Mortensen, INPO

Letter to C. Pardee from Cynthia Pederson dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

ASSESSMENT LETTER - BYRON STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DISTRIBUTION:

RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 Tamara Bloomer RidsNrrPMByron Resource RidsNrrDirslpab Resource James Caldwell Mark Satorius Kenneth OBrien Allan Barker DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak ROPreports@nrc.gov (inspection reports, final SDP letters, any letter with an IR number)

Byron 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 INSPECTION 1 IP 60853 On-Site Fabrication Of Components And Construction On An ISFSI 07/01/2008 09/30/2008 Other Routine IP 60856 Review of 10 CFR 72.212(b) Evaluations 07/01/2008 09/30/2008 Other Routine BI OL - BIENNIAL REQUAL. PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 09/22/2008 09/26/2008 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/06/2008 10/10/2008 Baseline Inspections IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/06/2008 10/10/2008 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - ENGINEERING INSERVICE INSPECTION/ TI 172 2 IP 2515/172 Reactor Coolant System Dissimiliar Metal Butt Welds 10/06/2008 10/31/2008 Generic Safety Inspectio IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/06/2008 10/31/2008 Baseline Inspections SP - SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION 95001 2 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 01/20/2009 01/23/2009 Supplemental Program 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 ENG - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 6 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 03/02/2009 04/03/2009 Baseline Inspections ISFSI - ISFSI - CRANE, DRY RUN, INITIAL LOAD 1 IP 60854.1 Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installation at Operating Plants 03/01/2009 08/31/2009 Other Routine IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 03/01/2009 08/31/2009 Other Routine BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 2515/173 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 05/11/2009 05/22/2009 Generic Safety Inspectio IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 05/11/2009 05/22/2009 Baseline Inspections BI EP - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 EP Baseline Inspection IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 Baseline Inspections BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 08/03/2009 08/07/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 08/03/2009 08/07/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 08/03/2009 08/07/2009 Baseline Inspections IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 08/03/2009 08/07/2009 Baseline Inspections

Byron Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2008 - 12/31/2009 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type BI PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 4 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 08/10/2009 08/28/2009 Baseline Inspections BI ENG - ENGINEERING INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 09/14/2009 10/03/2009 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 BI RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 Baseline Inspections