ML092440253

Mid-Cycle Performance Assessment Letter - Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station

ML092440253
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	09/01/2009
From:	Paul Krohn Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4
To:	Pardee C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
KROHN P, RI/DRP/PB4/610-337-5120
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-1415 September 1, 2009

Mr. Charles G. Pardee Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear

4300 Winfield Rd Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT LETTER - PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Pardee:

On August 13, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS). Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. 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.

The performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked "Official Use Only-Security Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 was within the Licensee Response column of the NRC's Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

In our annual assessment letter dated March 4, 2009 (ML090620792) 1, we informed you of an existing cross-cutting theme in the aspect of Human Performance-Resources-Procedure

Adequacy (H.2(c))

2. During the past six months, the NRC staff reviewed your plans and corrective actions for this cross-cutting theme. To date, these actions appear to be adequate and effective given there has been only been one new finding with a cross-cutting aspect of H.2(c) in the last two quarters. Since there is one inspection finding for the current twelve month assessment period with a cross-cutting aspect in H.2(c), the cross-cutting theme no longer exists.

1 Designation in parenthesis refers to an ADAMS accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly available using the accession number in ADAMS.

2 This is a descriptor that correlates to this cross-cutting aspect in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program."

C. Pardee 2 Additionally, on January 6, 2009, the staff issued a severity level III Notice of Violation (NOV), with a $65,000 civil penalty, in accordance with the NRC's Enforcement Policy (ML083530084). This NOV and civil penalty were the final NRC actions with regard to the inattentive security officer issue which was discovered in September 2007. No further followup actions are planned, since your corrective actions and NRC's assessment thereof have already been completed, documented, and are available to the public (ML073090061, ML073550590, ML072920283, ML080440012, ML081970338, ML082410183, and ML082420606).

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through December 31, 2010. 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 Part 2.390 of the NRC

=s A 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).

As you may know, the NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures as part of our biennial review of the ROP. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (610) 337-5120 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Paul G. Krohn, Chief Division of Reactor Projects Projects Branch 4

Docket Nos. 50-277, 50-278

License Nos. NPF-44, NPF-56

Enclosure:

Peach Bottom Inspection/ Activity Plan

cc w/encl:

C. Crane, President and Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Corporation M. Pacilio, Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Nuclear W. Maguire, Site Vice President, Peach Bottom J. Grimes, Acting Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic R. Hovey, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Oversight

G. Stathes, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom

J. Armstrong, Regulatory Assurance Manager, Peach Bottom J. Bardurski, Manager, Financial Control & Co-Owner Affairs C. Pardee 3 R. Franssen, Director, Operations P. Cowan, Director, Licensing D. Helker, Licensing K. Jury, Vice President, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

J. Bradley Fewell, Associate General Counsel, Exelon T. Wasong, Director, Training

Correspondence Control Desk D. Allard, Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection, PA Department of Environmental Protection S. Gray, Administrator, Maryland Power Plant Research Program S. Pattison, Secretary, SLO, Maryland Department of the Environment M. Griffen, Maryland Department of Environment Public Service Commission of Maryland, Engineering Division Board of Supervisors, Peach Bottom Township B. O'Connor, Council Administrator of Harford County Council Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hiebert, Peach Bottom Alliance E. Epstein, TMI - Alert J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee, Sierra Club Mr. & Mrs. Kip Adams R. Fletcher, Dir, MD Environmental Program Manager, Radiological Health Program

Director, Nuclear Safety Project, Union of Concerned Scientists R. Ayers, Deputy Mgr, Harford County Div of Emergency Operations E. Crist, Harford County Div of Emergency Operations S. Ayers, Emergency Planner, Harford County Div of Emergency Operations R. Brooks, Cecil County Dept of Emergency Services

Inspection / Activity Plan Page 1 of 2 08/31/2009 16:39:03 Report 22 07/01/2009

-12/31/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Peach Bottom EP-EP ANNUAL REPORT 3 2, 3 IP Drill Evaluation 7111406 01/01/2009 12/31/2009 CLOSEOUT-NOV FOLLOWUP AND CLOSEOUT INSPECTION 2 2, 3 IP Followup On Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations 92702 06/01/2009 12/31/2009 71152B-PI&R BIENNIAL TEAM 5 2, 3 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 71152B 08/03/2009 08/07/2009 EP PROGR-EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 2, 3 IP A lert and Notification System Testing 7111402 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 2, 3 IP Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 7111403 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 2, 3 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 2, 3 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 2, 3 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 71122-REMP 2 2, 3 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 7112203 07/27/2009 07/31/2009 12/7EXAM-PEACH BOTTOM EXAM 5 2 FY 10 - PEACH BOTTOM INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01792 11/02/2009 11/06/2009 2 FY 10 - PEACH BOTTOM INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01792 12/07/2009 12/16/2009 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY 2 2, 3 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 08/17/2009 08/21/2009 2, 3 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 08/17/2009 08/21/2009 2, 3 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 7112103 08/17/2009 08/21/2009 7111108G-U3 INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 3 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY 2 2, 3 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 2, 3 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 2, 3 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 7112103 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY & ISFSI 1 2, 3 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 2, 3 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 2, 3 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 2, 3 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 7112103 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 2, 3 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 06/07EXM-LSRO OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM 3 2 FY-10 PEACH BOTTOM LSRO INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01795 06/07/2010 06/18/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Inspection / Activity Plan Page 2 of 2 08/31/2009 16:39:03 Report 22 07/01/2009

-12/31/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Peach Bottom MODS-PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 6 2, 3 IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111117T 03/01/2010 03/05/2010 7111107T-TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK 1 2, 3 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 05/17/2010 05/21/2010 RETS-EFFULENTS 1 2, 3 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 7112201 06/14/2010 06/18/2010 TI-173-GROUND WATER TI 1 2, 3 IP Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 2515/173 06/14/2010 06/18/2010 EP EX-EP EXERCISE EVALUATION 4 2, 3 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 06/21/2010 06/25/2010 2, 3 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 06/21/2010 06/25/2010 2, 3 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 06/21/2010 06/25/2010 2, 3 IP ERO Drill Participation 71151-EP02 06/21/2010 06/25/2010 2, 3 IP A lert & Notification System 71151-EP03 06/21/2010 06/25/2010 7111108G-U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 09/20/2010 09/24/2010 12/6EXAM-OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 4 2 FY11 - PEACH BOTTOM UNITS 2&3 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01769 12/20/2010 12/24/2010 TI-177-MANAGING GAS ACCUMULATION IN ECCS 5 2, 3 IP Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray System 2515/177 11/29/2010 12/03/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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