ML16062A270

Annual Assessment Letter

ML16062A270
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	03/02/2016
From:	Steven Rose NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB5
To:	Lippard G South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
References
IR 2015006
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 2, 2016 Mr. George A. Lippard Vice President - Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000395/2015006

Dear Mr. Lippard:

On February 11, 2016, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1 through December 31, 2015. 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 determined that overall, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, 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, 2017.

Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan.

The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence.

Additionally, the NRC plans on conducting three non-ROP baseline inspections, which include two Operating License Initial Examinations and an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Dry Runs and Initial Loading.

G. Lippard 2 In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events. This Order 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-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation. This Order 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. The audit was completed for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing TI 191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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 (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document 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).

Please contact me at 404-997-4609 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Steven D. Rose, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-395 License No.: NPF-12

Enclosure:

Virgil C. Summer Inspection/Activity Plan (03/01/2016 - 12/31/2017) cc Distribution via ListServ

ML16062A270 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE DRP:RII DRP:RII DRP:RII SIGNATURE BDB3 SON SDR2 NAME B. Bishop S. Ninh S. Rose DATE 2/22/2016 2/21/2016 2/29/2016 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO G. Lippard 3 Letter to George A. Lippard from Steven D. Rose dated March 2, 2016

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000395/2015006 DISTRIBUTION:

D. Gamberoni, RII L. Gibson, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMSummer Resource ROPassessment Resource ROPreports Resource Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Page 1 of 2 Summer 03/02/2016 08:11:41 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site ISFSI - ISFSI DRY RUNS AND INITIAL LOADING 6 1 01/25/2016 03/04/2016 IP 60854 Preoperational Testing Of An ISFSI 1 03/15/2016 03/18/2016 IP 60854 Preoperational Testing Of An ISFSI 1 03/21/2016 04/04/2016 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM PREP 3 1 05/09/2016 05/13/2016 V23471 SUMMER U1/JUNE 2016 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 3 1 06/06/2016 06/10/2016 V23471 SUMMER U1/JUNE 2016 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES HS - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE 1 1 06/20/2016 06/24/2016 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance RP - RP PUBLIC RAD SAFETY BASELINE 4 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification PI&R - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 7 1 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution 1 09/12/2016 09/16/2016 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution TFPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 9 1 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 IP 7111105X Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial) 1 10/17/2016 10/21/2016 IP 7111105X Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)

EP - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 6 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification MODS - PLANT MODIFICATIONS INSPECTION 3 1 11/14/2016 11/18/2016 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 1 12/05/2016 12/09/2016 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications ISI - UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION & RVH EXAM 2 1 04/17/2017 04/21/2017 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Enclosure

Page 2 of 2 Summer 03/02/2016 08:11:41 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site RP - RP OCCUPATIONAL INSPECTION WEEK 1 3 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification SGISI - UNIT 1 SG IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR RP - RP OCCUPATIONAL INSPECTION WEEK 2 2 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification OL RQ - REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1 08/14/2017 08/18/2017 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM PREP 3 1 08/28/2017 09/01/2017 V23499 SUMMER U1/SEPTEMBER 2017 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILLITIES OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 3 1 09/25/2017 09/29/2017 V23499 SUMMER U1/SEPTEMBER 2017 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILLITIES CDBI - COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION 7 1 09/25/2017 09/29/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 10/16/2017 10/20/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection EP - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 3 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111408 Exercise Evaluation - Scenario Review 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 2, 2016 Mr. George A. Lippard Vice President - Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000395/2015006

Dear Mr. Lippard:

On February 11, 2016, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1 through December 31, 2015. 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 determined that overall, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, 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, 2017.

Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan.

The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence.

Additionally, the NRC plans on conducting three non-ROP baseline inspections, which include two Operating License Initial Examinations and an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Dry Runs and Initial Loading.

G. Lippard 2 In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events. This Order 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-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation. This Order 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. The audit was completed for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing TI 191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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 (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document 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).

Please contact me at 404-997-4609 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Steven D. Rose, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-395 License No.: NPF-12

Enclosure:

Virgil C. Summer Inspection/Activity Plan (03/01/2016 - 12/31/2017) cc Distribution via ListServ

ML16062A270 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE DRP:RII DRP:RII DRP:RII SIGNATURE BDB3 SON SDR2 NAME B. Bishop S. Ninh S. Rose DATE 2/22/2016 2/21/2016 2/29/2016 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO G. Lippard 3 Letter to George A. Lippard from Steven D. Rose dated March 2, 2016

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000395/2015006 DISTRIBUTION:

D. Gamberoni, RII L. Gibson, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMSummer Resource ROPassessment Resource ROPreports Resource Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Page 1 of 2 Summer 03/02/2016 08:11:41 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site ISFSI - ISFSI DRY RUNS AND INITIAL LOADING 6 1 01/25/2016 03/04/2016 IP 60854 Preoperational Testing Of An ISFSI 1 03/15/2016 03/18/2016 IP 60854 Preoperational Testing Of An ISFSI 1 03/21/2016 04/04/2016 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM PREP 3 1 05/09/2016 05/13/2016 V23471 SUMMER U1/JUNE 2016 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 3 1 06/06/2016 06/10/2016 V23471 SUMMER U1/JUNE 2016 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES HS - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE 1 1 06/20/2016 06/24/2016 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance RP - RP PUBLIC RAD SAFETY BASELINE 4 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification PI&R - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 7 1 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution 1 09/12/2016 09/16/2016 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution TFPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 9 1 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 IP 7111105X Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial) 1 10/17/2016 10/21/2016 IP 7111105X Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)

EP - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 6 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1 09/26/2016 09/30/2016 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification MODS - PLANT MODIFICATIONS INSPECTION 3 1 11/14/2016 11/18/2016 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 1 12/05/2016 12/09/2016 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications ISI - UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION & RVH EXAM 2 1 04/17/2017 04/21/2017 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Enclosure

Page 2 of 2 Summer 03/02/2016 08:11:41 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site RP - RP OCCUPATIONAL INSPECTION WEEK 1 3 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification SGISI - UNIT 1 SG IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR RP - RP OCCUPATIONAL INSPECTION WEEK 2 2 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification OL RQ - REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1 08/14/2017 08/18/2017 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM PREP 3 1 08/28/2017 09/01/2017 V23499 SUMMER U1/SEPTEMBER 2017 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILLITIES OL EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 3 1 09/25/2017 09/29/2017 V23499 SUMMER U1/SEPTEMBER 2017 INITIAL EXAM AT POWER FACILLITIES CDBI - COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION 7 1 09/25/2017 09/29/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 10/16/2017 10/20/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection EP - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 3 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 7111408 Exercise Evaluation - Scenario Review 1 10/30/2017 11/03/2017 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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