ML070610601

Annual Assessment Letter - Fort Calhoun Station (NRC Inspection Report 05000458-07-001)

ML070610601
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	03/02/2007
From:	Clark J NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E
To:	Ridenoure R Omaha Public Power District
References
IR-07-001
Download: ML070610601 (7)

See also: IR 05000458/2007001

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY C O M M I S S I O N

REGION IV

6 1 1 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005

March 2, 2007

R. T. Ridenoure

Vice President

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - FORT CALHOUN STATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000458/2007001)

Dear Mr. Ridenoure:

On February 7, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Fort Calhoun Station. Our

technical staff reviewed performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection

results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2006. 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 physical protection

information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only - Security-Related

Information" will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Fort Calhoun Station, operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and

fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as

for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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 performance indicators indicating performance at a level

requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Although plant performance was within the

Licensee Response column, the significance of an inoperable train of the containment spray

system is still under review as part of the Significance Determination Process. The results of

our review will be provided by separate correspondence. This issue is not a current safety

concern because it was corrected during the recently completed refueling outage.

The NRC staff has identified a substantive crosscutting issue in the human performance area at

Fort Calhoun Station. There were a total of 13 Green findings with crosscutting aspects in the

human performance area. A crosscutting theme was identified in the area of Work Practices

(instances of ineffective use of human error prevention techniques). Five Green findings were

related to this theme, affecting the Mitigating Systems and Occupational Radiation Safety

cornerstones. These include: the inadvertent pump down of the intake bay resulting in less

than the minimum number of required raw water pumps being available, the overpressurization

of chemical and volume control system and high pressure safety injection piping, a failure to

maintain shutdown cooling in service, and a failure to obtain high radiation area access

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authorization before entering the area. To address these problems, we understand your staff

has conducted a root cause determination and formed a cross-disciplinary team to identify

potential recommendations for improvements in this area. However, full implementation of

these actions is not complete. Therefore, this substantive crosscutting issue will remain open

until we determine, through the implementation of focused baseline inspections, that corrective

actions implemented in accordance with your improvement initiative have addressed these

issues.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except those related to physical

protection, scheduled through September 30, 2008. 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 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and

may be revised at the midcycle 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 NRCs

document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at

htt P://www. nrc.CIov/ readinCI-rm/adams .ht mI (the PubIic EI ect ronic 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 me at (817) 860-8147 with any

questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

/Jeff Clark, Chief

Project Branch E

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket: 50-285

License: DPR-40

Enclosure:

Fort Calhoun Station Inspection/Activity Plan

cc w/enclosure:

Joe I. McManis, Manager - Licensing

Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

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David J. Bannister Kyle Hutchings, Chairperson

Manager - Fort Calhoun Station Douglas County Board of Commissioners

Omaha Public Power District Civic Center

Fort Calhoun Station FC-1-1 Plant 1819 Farnam LC2

P.O. Box 550 Omaha, NE 68183

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

Steve Lee, Director

James R. Curtiss Douglas County Emergency

Winston & Strawn Manage ment Agency

1700 K Street NW Civic Center, EOC, Room 114

Washington, DC 20006-3817 1819 Farnam Street

Omaha, NE 68183

Chairman

Washington County Board of Supervisors Larry Oliver

P.O. Box466 Emergency Management Agency

Blair, NE 68008 Harrison County

111 South 1st Avenue

Julia Schmitt, Manager Logan, IA 51546-1305

Radiation Control Program

Nebraska Health & Human Services Terry Baxter, Sheriff

Dept. of Regulation & Licensing Harrison County

Division of Public Health Assurance 111 South 1st Avenue

301 Centennial Mall, South Logan, IA 51546

P.O. Box 95007

Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Robert Smith, Chairman

Harrison County Board of Supervsiors

Daniel K. McGhee II 1 North 2nd Avenue

Bureau of Radiological Health Logan, IA 51546

Iowa Department of Public Health

Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor The Honorable Randy McHugh

321 East 12th Street Mayor of Missouri Valley

Des Moines, IA 50319 City Hall

223 E. Erie

Chief, Radiological Emergency Missouri Valley, IA 51555

Preparedness Section

Kansas City Field Office Terry Hummel, Coordinator

Chemical and Nuclear Preparedness Pottawattamie County Emergency

and Protection Division Management Coordinator

Dept. of Homeland Security 227 S. 6th Street, Court House

9221 Ward Parkway Council Bluffs, IA 51501

Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 641 14-3372 Loren Knauss, Chairman

Pottawattamie County Board of

Timothy F. Dunning, Sheriff Supervisors

Douglas County 227 South 6th Street

3601 N. 156th Street Council Bluffs, IA 51501

Omaha, NE 68116

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Mike Robinson, Sheriff Donald A. Flater, Chief

Washington County Courthouse Bureau of Radiological Health

1535 Colfax Street Iowa Department of Public Health

Blair, NE 68008 Lucas State Office Building, 5th floor

321 East 12th Street

Gary Fanoele, President Des Moines. IA 50319

Blair City Council

218 S. 16th Street Robert Leopold, Administrator

Blair, NE 68008 Nebraska Health and Human Services

Division of Public Health Assurance

The Honorable Jim Realph Department of Regulation and

Mayor of Blair Licensure

218 South 16th Street 301 Centennial Mall, South

Blair, NE 68008 P.O. Box 95007

Lincoln, NE 68509-5007

The Honorable Paul Oestmann

Mayor of Fort Calhoun John Blackhawk

P.O. Box 394 Tribal Chairman

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023 Winnebago Tribal Coucil

P.O. Box 687

David Genoways, President Winnebago, NE 68071-0687

Fort Calhoun City Council

P.O. Box 577 Gary Lasley

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023 Tribal Chairperson

Omaha Tribal Council

Bill Pook, Director P.O. Box 368

Region 5/6 Emergency Management Macy, NE 68039-0368

435 N. Park Avenue, Suite 400

Fremont, NE 68025 AI Berndt, Assistant Director

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency

Dick Hainje, Regional Director 1300 Military Road

Federa I Emergency Manage ment Agency Lincoln, NE 68508-1090

Region VI1

9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Ron McCabe

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372 Chief, Radiological Emergency

Preparedness

John Norris, Chairperson CNPPD, Kansas City Field Office

Department of Commerce 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 200

Utilities Division Kansas City, MO 641 14

Iowa Utilities Board

350 Maple Street Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Des Moines, IA 50319-0069 Records Center

700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100

Atlanta, GA 30339

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