ML072430947
| ML072430947 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/2007 |
| From: | David Lew Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Burritt A L RGN-I/DRP/PB3/610-337-5069 | |
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| Download: ML072430947 (7) | |
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This i s a de scri ptor w hi ch corre la tes to th is cro ss-cu ttin g aspe ct i n In spe cti on M anu al 1 C h a p te r 0 3 0 5 , "Op e ra ti n g R e a ct o r A ss e ss me n t P ro gra m." U N IT ED S T A T ES N U C L E A R R E GU L A TO R Y C OM M I S S I ON REG ION I 4 7 5 A L L EN D AL E R OA D KING OF PRU SSIA, PENNSYL VANIA 1 94 06-1 41 5 Au gust 31 , 20 07 M r. Thomas Jo y ce S e n i o r V i ce P re si d e n t PS EG N ucl ear LLC - N0 9 P.O. B ox 23 6 Ha nco cks Bri dge, N J 0 803 8 S U B JE C T:
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SALEM NUCLEAR GENERAT ING STAT IO N, UNIT NOS. 1 AN D 2 D e a r M r. J o y ce: On A ugust 1 4, 2 007 , the N RC sta f f co mpl eted i ts p erformance rev ie w of Sa le m Nu cl ear Genera tin g Stati on f or th e first hal f of the ca le nda r y ear 200 7 a sse ssmen t cy cl e. Our tech ni cal st a ff r e v i e w e d p e rfor ma n ce i n d i ca to rs (P Is) for th e mo st r e ce n t qua rt e r a n d i n sp e ct i o n r e su l ts ov er th e p rev io us tw el v e mo nths. The pu rpos e o f thi s l etter is to in f orm y ou of our ass ess ment of you r sa f et y per f or m an ce dur ing th is per iod and our pla ns f or f ut ur e in sp ec t ion s a t your f ac ilit y.Thi s p e rfor ma n ce r e v i e w a n d e n cl o se d i n sp e ct i o n p l a n d o n o t i n cl u d e s e cu ri ty i n form a ti o n. A sep arate l etter des igna ted and marked as "Of f ic ia l Use Onl y--Se curi ty Informati on" w il l in cl ude the sec uri ty co rners tone rev ie w an d re sul tant in spe cti on pl an.Pl ant performance for the most rece nt qua rter o f 20 07 at S al em U ni ts 1 an d 2 w as w ith in the Li cen see R esp ons e c ol umn of the NR C's A cti on M atri x , ba sed on al l in spe cti on f in di ngs be in g cl a ss i fie d a s h a v i n g v e ry l o w s a fety s i gni fic a n ce (Gre e n) a n d a l l P Is i n d i ca ti n g p e rfor ma n ce a t a l e v e l r e qui ri n g n o a d d i ti o n a l N R C o v e rs i ght (Gre e n). Therefore, w e p la n to co ndu ct re acto r ov ersi ght pro ces s (R OP) b ase li ne in spe cti ons at y our f aci li ty. W e a ls o p la n to co ndu ct a n in spe cti on of the Un it 2 s team genera tor re pl ace ment sch edu le d for th e S pri ng 20 08 refuel in g o u ta ge. The N R C h a s i d e n ti fie d a s u b st a n ti v e c ro ss-c u tt i n g i ss u e i n t h e a re a o f hu ma n p e rfor ma n ce w i th a c ross-cutti ng the me i n th e a spe ct o f pro ced ural co mpl ia nce (H.4(b)). D uri ng thi s a sse ssmen t 1 peri od there w ere si x i nsp ecti on f in di ngs as soc ia ted w ith mul tip le rea ctor safety co rners tone s th at w ere attri buta bl e to pro ced ural co mpl ia nce. The i nsp ecti on f in di ngs i nv ol v ed mai nten anc e o n safety-rel ated equi pmen t, fitnes s-f or-du ty sa mpl e p roce ssi ng, an d o pera tor re spo nse to degrad ed e qui p me n t. W e u nde rstan d th at P SE G ha s re cogni z ed the cros s-cu ttin g theme in pro ced ure compl ia nce an d imp le mented si te-w id e c orrec tiv e a cti ons focuse d o n p rov id in g cl ear ex pec tati ons , emp lo y ee tr a i n i n g, s ta n d a rd s re i n forc e me n t b y ma n a gem e n t o b se rv a ti o n s, a n d p e rs o n a l a cc o u n ta b i l i ty. Nonet heless, w e are conce rned that actions ta k en to dat e have not yet proven ef f ect iv e in su b st a n ti a l l y mi ti gat i n g th e c ro ss-c u tt i n g th e me a s e v i d e n ce d b y t h e n u mb e r o f pr o ce d u re com pliance issues that continue to be i dent if ied. Specif ically , the re has been an incre ase in T. Joy ce 2the numb er o f find in gs w ith the co mmon th eme of proce dura l compl ia nce from f our duri ng the 200 6 a nnu al as ses sment to s ix i n o ur c urren t as ses sment. There f ore, the staff ha s c onc lu ded that a s ubs tanti v e c ross-cutti ng i ssu e i n h uman pe rf ormanc e d oes ex is t at thi s ti me.W e w il l moni tor y our progress i n th is are a th rough the bas el in e i nsp ecti on program, i ncl udi ng compl eti on of a p robl em i den tifica tio n a nd reso lu tio n i nsp ecti on sampl e to rev ie w y our progress in thi s a rea duri ng the fourth quarter o f 20 07, in ac cord anc e w ith Ins pec tio n P roce dure 71 152 ,"Iden tifica tio n a nd Re sol uti on of Prob le ms." The N RC w il l cl ear thi s s ubs tanti v e c ross-cutti ng is sue w hen P SE G ha s d emon strate d s usta in abl e p erformance imp rov emen t as ev id enc ed by e ff e ct i v e i mp l e me n ta ti o n o f an a p p ro p ri a te c o rr e ct i v e a ct i o n p l a n t h a t re su l ts i n n o s a fety si gnifica nt i nsp ecti on f in di ngs an d a no tabl e re duc tio n i n th e o v eral l numb er o f i nsp ecti on fin d i n gs w i th t h e s a me c a u sa l fac to r. The e ncl ose d i nsp ecti on pl an deta il s th e i nsp ecti ons , l ess tho se rel ated to sec uri ty , sc hed ul ed throu gh De cembe r 31 , 20 08. The in spe cti on pl an is pro v id ed to a ll ow for the res ol uti on of any sch edu li ng con f li cts and pe rson nel av ai la bi li ty i ssu es w el l in ad v anc e o f i nsp ecto r arri v al on si te.Ro uti ne resi den t i nsp ecti ons are no t l is ted due to thei r on goin g and co nti nuo us natu re. The in spe cti ons i n th e l ast ni ne months of the i nsp ecti on pl an are tenta tiv e a nd may be rev is ed at t h e en d-o f-c yc le r e vi e w.The N RC i s c urren tly ev al uati ng the sc ope an d frequenc y of al l the bas el in e i nsp ecti on p r o c e d u r e s. I f t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e e v a l u a t i o n , o r a n y o t h e r c i r c u ms t a n c e s , c a u s e u s t o c h a n ge the in spe cti on pl an, w e w il l con tact y ou to d is cus s th e c han ge as soo n a s p oss ib le. P le ase co n ta ct A rt h u r B u rr i tt at 6 10-3 37-5 069 w ith an y questi ons y ou may ha v e re gardi ng thi s l etter or the in spe cti on pl an.In a cc o rd a n ce w i th 1 0 C F R 2.3 9 0 o f th e N R C's "R u l e s o f P ra ct i ce ," a c o p y o f th i s l e tt e r a n d i ts enclosur e w ill be made avail able electr onically f or public inspect ion in the NRC Public D o cu me n t R o o m o r from t h e P u b l i cl y A v a i l a b l e R e co rd s (P A R S) co mp o n e n t o f N R C's doc umen t sy stem (A DA M S). A DA M S is ac ces si bl e from the N RC W eb si te a t h tt p://w w w.n rc.go v/r e a d i n g-rm/a d a ms.h tml (th e P u b l i c E l e ct ro n i c R e a d i n g R o o m).
Sin ce r ely,/R A/
D a v i d C. L e w , D i re ct o r D i v i si o n o f R e a ct o r P ro je ct s Do cket No s:
50-2 72; 50-3 11 Li cen se No s:
DP R-7 0; D PR-75 En cl osu re: Sa le m Nu cl ear Genera tin g Stati on Insp ecti on/ Acti v ity P la n cc w/enc l: W. L e v i s, P re si d e n t a n d C h i e f N u cl e a r Off i ce r K. Ch ambl is s, V ic e P resi den t, N ucl ear Ov ersi ght R. B ra u n , V i ce P re si d e n t S a l e m T. Joy ce 3B. Cl ark, Di recto r of Fi nan ce G. Gel lri ch, Sa le m Pl ant M ana ger J. Keena n, G ener al Sol icitor , PSEG M. W etterh ahn , E squire , W in ston an d S traw n, L LP L. P eters on, Ch ie f of Po li ce and E mergency M ana gement C oord in ator P. B a l d a u f, A ss i st a n t D i re ct o r, N J R a d i a ti o n P ro te ct i o n P ro gra ms P. M ul li gan, A cti ng-M ana ger, NJ B urea u o f N ucl ear En gine eri ng H. Otto, P h.D., A dmi ni strato r, D E Intera gency P rograms, D NR EC D iv of W ater Re sou rces , Consum er Advocate, Of f ice of Consum er Advocate, Comm onweal th of Pennsyl vania N. C o h e n , C o o r d i n a t o r - U n p l u g S a l e m C a mp a i gn E. Zob ia n, C oord in ator - Je rsey S hore A nti N ucl ear Al li anc e In st i tu te o f N u cl e a r P o w e r Op e ra ti o n s (I N P O)
T. Joy ce 2the numb er o f find in gs w ith the co mmon th eme of proce dura l compl ia nce from f our duri ng the 200 6 a nnu al as ses sment to s ix i n o ur c urren t as ses sment. There f ore, the staff ha s c onc lu ded that a s ubs tanti v e c ross-cutti ng i ssu e i n h uman pe rf ormanc e d oes ex is t at thi s ti me.W e w il l moni tor y our progress i n th is are a th rough the bas el in e i nsp ecti on program, i ncl udi ng compl eti on of a p robl em i den tifica tio n a nd reso lu tio n i nsp ecti on sampl e to rev ie w y our progress in thi s a rea duri ng the fourth quarter o f 20 07, in ac cord anc e w ith Ins pec tio n P roce dure 71 152 ,"Iden tifica tio n a nd Re sol uti on of Prob le ms." The N RC w il l cl ear thi s s ubs tanti v e c ross-cutti ng is sue w hen P SE G ha s d emon strate d s usta in abl e p erformance imp rov emen t as ev id enc ed by e ff e ct i v e i mp l e me n ta ti o n o f an a p p ro p ri a te c o rr e ct i v e a ct i o n p l a n t h a t re su l ts i n n o s a fety si gnifica nt i nsp ecti on f in di ngs an d a no tabl e re duc tio n i n th e o v eral l numb er o f i nsp ecti on fin d i n gs w i th t h e s a me c a u sa l fac to r. The e ncl ose d i nsp ecti on pl an deta il s th e i nsp ecti ons , l ess tho se rel ated to sec uri ty , sc hed ul ed throu gh De cembe r 31 , 20 08. The in spe cti on pl an is pro v id ed to a ll ow for the res ol uti on of any sch edu li ng con f li cts and pe rson nel av ai la bi li ty i ssu es w el l in ad v anc e o f i nsp ecto r arri v al on si te.Ro uti ne resi den t i nsp ecti ons are no t l is ted due to thei r on goin g and co nti nuo us natu re. The in spe cti ons i n th e l ast ni ne months of the i nsp ecti on pl an are tenta tiv e a nd may be rev is ed at t h e en d-o f-c yc le r e vi e w.The N RC i s c urren tly ev al uati ng the sc ope an d frequenc y of al l the bas el in e i nsp ecti on p r o c e d u r e s. I f t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e e v a l u a t i o n , o r a n y o t h e r c i r c u ms t a n c e s , c a u s e u s t o c h a n ge the in spe cti on pl an, w e w il l con tact y ou to d is cus s th e c han ge as soo n a s p oss ib le. P le ase co n ta ct A rt h u r B u rr i tt at 6 10-3 37-5 069 w ith an y questi ons y ou may ha v e re gardi ng thi s l etter or the in spe cti on pl an.In a cc o rd a n ce w i th 1 0 C F R 2.3 9 0 o f th e N R C's "R u l e s o f P ra ct i ce ," a c o p y o f th i s l e tt e r a n d i ts enclosur e w ill be made avail able electr onically f or public inspect ion in the NRC Public D o cu me n t R o o m o r from t h e P u b l i cl y A v a i l a b l e R e co rd s (P A R S) co mp o n e n t o f N R C's doc umen t sy stem (A DA M S). A DA M S is ac ces si bl e from the N RC W eb si te a t h tt p://w w w.n rc.go v/r e a d i n g-rm/a d a ms.h tml (th e P u b l i c E l e ct ro n i c R e a d i n g R o o m).
Sin ce r ely,/R A/
D a v i d C. L e w , D i re ct o r D i v i si o n o f R e a ct o r P ro je ct s Do cket No s:
50-2 72; 50-3 11 Li cen se No s:
DP R-7 0; D PR-75 En cl osu re: Sa le m Nu cl ear Genera tin g Stati on Insp ecti on/ Acti v ity P la n cc w/enc l: W. L e v i s, P re si d e n t a n d C h i e f N u cl e a r Off i ce r K. Ch ambl is s, V ic e P resi den t, N ucl ear Ov ersi ght R. Bra un, Vi ce Pre si den t S al em Dis tr ibut ion: s ee ne xt pa ge SU N SI R EVI EW C OMPL ET E:__A LB__(R e v ie wer's I ni t ia ls)Af te r d e cl a r in g t h is d o cu men t "An O ff ic ia l Ag e n cy R e co r d" i t will b e r e le a se d t o t h e P u b li c.DOC UM ENT NAM E: S:\R OP 8 M id Cy cle Re vi ew\Le tter s for M id Cy cle\Br an ch 3 M id-cycle le tter s\Salem 20 07 M id-cycle le tter.w pd To rec eiv e a co py of this do cu me nt, ind ica te in the bo x: " C" = Co py wi t hou t at t ac hme nt/enc l os ur e " E" = Co py wi t h at t ac hme nt/enc l os ur e " N" = No c opy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP NAM E SM cCarver/SM
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Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2007
-12/31/2008 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 08/27/2007 13:54:06 Report 22 4 7111111B-L.O. REQUAL. PROG. + P/F REVIEW Baseline Inspections 07/29/2007 08/03/2007 1, 2 7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 1, 2 7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 3 MODS-MODS AND 50.59 Baseline Inspections 07/16/2007 07/20/2007 1, 2 7111102 IP Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments Baseline Inspections 07/16/2007 07/20/2007 1, 2 7111117B IP Permanent Plant Modifications 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 1, 2 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 1, 2 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007 1, 2 71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification 1 7112203-PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP Baseline Inspections 09/17/2007 09/21/2007 1, 2 7112203 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 2 S/G-U2 S/G REPLACEMENT Other Routine 11/13/2007 12/21/2007 2 50001 IP Steam Generator Replacement Inspection 1 7112202-PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 12/03/2007 12/14/2007 1, 2 7112202 IP Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation Baseline Inspections 12/03/2007 12/14/2007 1, 2 71151-PR01 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 1 7112201-PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 01/07/2008 01/11/2008 1, 2 7112201 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 7 7111121-CDBI Baseline Inspections 01/14/2008 01/18/2008 1, 2 7111121 IP Component Design Bases Inspection Baseline Inspections 01/28/2008 02/01/2008 1, 2 7111121 IP Component Design Bases Inspection Baseline Inspections 02/04/2008 02/08/2008 1, 2 7111121 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 2 S/G-S/G REPLACEMENT - SALEM UNIT 2 Other Routine 01/07/2008 05/06/2008 2 50001 IP Steam Generator Replacement Inspection 1 7111108P-U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/10/2008 03/21/2008 2 7111108P IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY Other Routine 04/07/2008 04/11/2008 2 50001 IP Steam Generator Replacement Inspection Baseline Inspections 04/07/2008 04/11/2008 1, 2 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 04/07/2008 04/11/2008 1, 2 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 04/07/2008 04/11/2008 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment Other Routine 04/21/2008 04/25/2008 2 50001 IP Steam Generator Replacement Inspection Baseline Inspections 04/21/2008 04/25/2008 1, 2 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2007
-12/31/2008 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 08/27/2007 13:54:06 Report 22 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 04/21/2008 04/25/2008 1, 2 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 04/21/2008 04/25/2008 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 4 08/25EXM-INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM Not Applicable 07/21/2008 07/25/2008 1 U01686 FY08 - SALEM 1 & 2 INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM Not Applicable 08/25/2008 08/29/2008 1 U01686 FY08 - SALEM 1 & 2 INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM 4 EP-EP EXERCISE EVALUATION Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 1, 2 7111401 IP Exercise Evaluation Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 1, 2 7111404 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 1, 2 71151-EP01 IP Drill/Exercise Performance Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 1, 2 71151-EP02 IP ERO Drill Participation Baseline Inspections 05/19/2008 05/23/2008 1, 2 71151-EP03 IP Alert & Notification System 1 7111107B-HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 06/09/2008 06/13/2008 1, 2 7111107B IP Heat Sink Performance 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 1, 2 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 1, 2 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 1, 2 71151-OR01 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness Baseline Inspections 09/15/2008 09/19/2008 1, 2 71151-PR01 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 1 71121-OCC RDA SAFETY Baseline Inspections 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 1, 2 7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 1, 2 7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 1 7111108-U1 INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 10/20/2008 10/31/2008 1 7111108P IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.