ML082460586

Mid Cycle Letter Regarding Performance Review and Inspection Report

ML082460586
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/02/2008
From:	Marvin Sykes NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To:	Stall J Florida Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 September 2, 2008 Florida Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. J. A. Stall, Senior Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

MID CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Stall:

On August 13, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review of St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, 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 twelve 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 OnlySecurity Related Information" will include the Physical Protection/Security cornerstone performance review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter at St. Lucie, Units 1 and 2 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 addition, TI 2515/173, Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative, will be performed at your facility prior to August 30, 2010. In the near term, we will contact you to assess your readiness for this inspection and then finalize our schedule accordingly.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection 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 NRC=s ARules 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).

FP&L 2 If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 404-562-4629 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Marvin D. Sykes, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Inspection / Activity Plan Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-31, DPR-41

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NAME SNinh MSykes DATE 08/29/2008 08/29/2008 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO FP&L 3 cc w/encl: Craig Fugate Gordon L. Johnston Director Site Vice President Division of Emergency Preparedness St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Community Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Michael Page J. Kammel Operations Manager (Acting) Radiological Emergency Planning St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Administrator Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Christopher R. Costanzo Plant General Manager Douglas Anderson St. Lucie Nuclear Plant County Adminstrator Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Terry L. Patterson Ft. Pierce, FL 34982 Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Mano Nazar Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer Abdy Khanpour Florida Power & Light Company Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Engineering Support Florida Power and Light Company Senior Resident Inspector P.O. Box 14000 St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Don E. Grissette Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010 Vice President, Nuclear Operations - South Region Peter Wells Florida Power & Light Company (Acting) Vice President, Nuclear Electronic Mail Distribution Training and Performance Improvement Florida Power and Light Company M. S. Ross P.O. Box 14000 Managing Attorney Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Mark E. Warner Vice President Marjan Mashhadi Nuclear Plant Support Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution William A. Passetti Chief Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution

FP&L 4 Letter to J. Art Stall from Marvin D. Sykes dated September 2, 2008

SUBJECT:

MID CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII EICS L. Slack, RII EICS OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC B. Mozafari, NRR Institute of Nuclear Power (INPO)