ML080180337

Assessment F/U Letter

ML080180337
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	01/18/2008
From:	James Shea Division Reactor Projects II
To:	Waldrep B Carolina Power & Light Co
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January 18, 2008 Carolina Power & Light Company ATTN: Mr. Ben Waldrep Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT:

ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT-UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Waldrep:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our plans for a future inspection at your facility based on our previous letter dated November 7, 2007. This letter supplements, but does not supersede, our mid cycle assessment letter issued on August 31, 2007.

As you are aware, Brunswick Unit 1 crossed the threshold from Green to White for the Cooling Water Systems Mitigating Systems Performance Indicator (PI) for Unit 1 for the third quarter of calendar year (CY) 2007. As a result, Brunswick Unit 1 performance continued to be in the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRCs Action Matrix. Unit 1 performance in the Degraded Cornerstone Column is attributed to: (1) The White PI for the Emergency AC Power Systems, (2) The White PI for the Cooling Water Systems, and (3) a White finding associated with emergency diesel generators. Following your entry into the Degraded Cornerstone column at the end of the second quarter 2007, the NRC conducted a 95002 inspection (Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area). This inspection was completed on August 30, 2007. On January 8, 2008, Mr. Randall A. Musser of my staff informed Ms. Annette Pope that we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection.

Because we recently completed this 95002 inspection, which included an independent analysis of safety culture components and independent extent of condition review, the NRC has determined that a 95001 inspection (Inspection For One Of Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area) will be conducted to review the circumstances involving the Cooling Water Systems Mitigating Systems Performance Indicator crossing the Green to White threshold. This inspection will be conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.

We understand that your root cause analyses have been finalized, and we have scheduled the inspection for the week of January 28, 2008.

2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rmadams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Please contact Randall A. Musser at 404-562-4603 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Joseph W. Shea, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-325 License No.: DPR-71 cc: (See page 3)

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3 cc: John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Director, Site Operations Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Brunswick Steam Electric Plant 2300 N. Street, NW Carolina Power & Light Company Washington, DC 20037-1128 Electronic Mail Distribution Beverly Hall, Chief, Radiation J. Paul Fulford, Manager Protection Section Performance Evaluation and N. C. Department of Environment Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 and Natural Resources Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Peggy Force Terry D. Hobbs, Plant General Manager Assistant Attorney General Brunswick Steam Electric Plant State of North Carolina Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution P. O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission Donald L. Griffith c/o Sam Watson, Staff Attorney Manager - Training Electronic Mail Distribution Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Robert P. Gruber Electronic Mail Distribution Executive Director Public Staff NCUC Randy C. Ivey 4326 Mail Service Center Manager - Support Services Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Public Service Commission Electric Mail Distribution State of South Carolina P. O. Box 11649 Garry D. Miller, Manager Columbia, SC 29211 License Renewal Progress Energy David R. Sandifer Electronic Mail Distribution Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Annette H. Pope, Supervisor P. O. Box 249 Licensing/Regulatory Programs Bolivia, NC 28422 Carolina Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Warren Lee Emergency Management Director David T. Conley New Hanover County Department of Associate General Counsel - Legal Dept. Emergency Management Progress Energy Service Company, LLC 230 Government Center Drive Electronic Mail Distribution Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403 James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute Electronic Mail Distribution

4 Letter to Ben Waldrep from Joseph W. Shea dated January 18, 2008

SUBJECT:

ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT-UNIT 1 Distribution w/encl:

S. Bailey, NRR R. Pascarelli, NRR C. Evans, RII L. Slack, RII RIDSNRRDIRS OE Mail PUBLIC NRC Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8470 River Road, SE Southport, NC 28461