IR 05000327/2016005

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, NRC Inspection Report 05000327/2016005, 05000328/2016005

ML16245A189
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/31/2016
From:	Joel Munday Division Reactor Projects II
To:	Shea J W Tennessee Valley Authority
References
IR 2016005
Download: ML16245A189 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303

-1257 August 31, 2016 Mr. Joseph Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D

-C Chattanooga, TN 37402

-2801

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2, NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000327/201 6 00 5, 05000328/201 6 00 5

Dear Mr. Shea:

On August 10, 201 6, the NRC completed its mid-cycle performance review of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 201 5 , through June 30 , 201 6. This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility.

The NRC determined the performance at Sequoyah Unit 1 during the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC

's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix due to one White performance indicator for unplanned scrams which crossed the green

-to-white threshold in the third quarter of 2015. All inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all other performance indicators for Unit 1 were within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green)

during this assessment period. The NRC conducted a supplemental inspection using inspection procedure 95001 for Unit 1 after the end of the assessment period. The results of this inspection and any follow

-up assessment will be communicated in separate correspondence.

The NRC determined that overall, Sequoyah Plant Unit 2 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives.

The NRC determined the performance at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Unit 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC

's R O P 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.

Although plant performance was within the Regulatory Response Column for Unit 1 and Licensee Response Column for Unit 2, the NRC has not yet finalized the significance of AV 05000327, 328/2016002

-01: Isolation of Fire Suppression System to a Significant Portion of the Plant Site. The final safety significance determination may affect the NRC's assessment of plant performance and the enclosed inspection plan. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 201 8. 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 end-of-cycle performance review. 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.

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," and Order EA

-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation." The NRC conducted audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 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 Staff Requirements Memorandum

- SECY 16-0009, "Recommendations Resulting from the Integrated Prioritization and Re

-Baselining of Agency Activities," the Commission approved the NRC staff recommendation to discontinue the formal mid

-cycle assessment process beginning in calendar year 2017. This will be the final mid

-cycle assessment letter. The staff will continue to conduct quarterly assessment meetings and communicate changes in the assessment of licensee performance in accordance with the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program."

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure

," a copy of this letter will be 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).

Please contact Alan Blamey at (404) 997-4415 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Joel Munday Division Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.

50-327, 50-328 License Nos.

DPR-77, DPR-79 Enclosure:

Sequoyah Inspection/Activity Plan (0 9/01/201 6 - 06/3 0/201 8) c c: Distribution via List S er

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