IR 05000220/2015006

2015 Annual Assessment Letter for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000220/2015006 and 05000410/2015006)

ML16061A201
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	03/02/2016
From:	Anthony Dimitriadis Reactor Projects Branch 1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
Dimitriadis A
References
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 March 2, 2016 Mr. Bryan Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000220/2015006 AND 05000410/2015006)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

On February 11, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of- cycle performance review of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. 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 that overall, Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process 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).

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2017. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. In addition to baseline inspections, the NRC will perform Inspection Procedure 60855.1, "Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants," and Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515-191, "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communications/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose A ssessment Plans." The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. 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." This Order requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation." This Order requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range spent fuel pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation

and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. The audit was completed for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Final Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing TI 2515-191, "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communications/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans."

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 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 me at 610-337-6953 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Anthony Dimitriadis, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket Nos. 50-220 and 50-410 License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69

Enclosure:

Nine Mile Point Inspection/Activity Plan

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ML16061A201 SUNSI Review Non-Sensitive Sensitive Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME ARosebrook/AAR ADimitriadis/AD DATE 02/23/2016 02/23/2016

Page 1 of 3 02/26/2016 12:10:24 Report 22 Unit NumberPlanned Dates Start EndInspection ActivityTitle No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile PointInspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2016

-12/31/2017 RS1234PI-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.01 04/24/2016 04/29/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 04/24/2016 04/29/2016 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.03 04/24/2016 04/29/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment71124.04 04/24/2016 04/29/2016 ISI-U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR7111108G 04/25/2016 04/29/2016 EP-EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP A lert and Notification System Testing711140207/11/2016 07/15/2016 1, 2 IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System711140307/11/2016 07/15/2016 1, 2 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies711140507/11/2016 07/15/2016 RS125-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.01 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.05 07/18/2016 07/22/201671124.08-RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation71124.08 07/25/2016 07/29/20167111107T-TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK 1 1, 2 IP Heat Sink Performance7111107T 08/15/2016 08/19/2016 RS56PI-EFFLUENTS AND PUBLIC PI 1 1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.05 08/22/2016 08/26/2016 1, 2 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment71124.06 08/22/2016 08/26/2016 1, 2 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences71151-PR01 08/22/2016 08/26/20162/6EXAM-NINE MILE POINT 1 INITIAL EXAM 4 1 FY17-NMP 1 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01941 01/03/2017 01/06/2017 1 FY17-NMP 1 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01941 02/06/2017 02/10/20177111117T-PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 4 1, 2 IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications7111117T 09/12/2016 09/16/2016 1, 2 IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications7111117T 09/26/2016 09/30/20167111111B-NMP1 REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS 2 1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B 10/24/2016 10/28/2016 RS1234-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.01 09/19/2016 09/23/2016 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 3 02/26/2016 12:10:24 Report 22 Unit NumberPlanned Dates Start EndInspection ActivityTitle No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile PointInspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2016

-12/31/2017 RS1234-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 09/19/2016 09/23/2016 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.03 09/19/2016 09/23/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment71124.04 09/19/2016 09/23/2016 1 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness71151-OR01 09/19/2016 09/23/2016TI-191-FUKUSHIMA LESSONS-LEARNED 1 1, 2 IP Inspection of Licensee's Responses to Order EA-12-049, EA-12-051 & EP Info Request March 12, 2012 2515/191 02/27/2017 03/03/20177111108G-U1 INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR7111108G 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 RS123-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.01 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.03 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 10/23EXM-NMP2 INITIAL EXAM (SROS)

3 2 FY 18 NINE MILE PT 2 EXAM (OCTOBER 2017)

U01955 09/25/2017 09/29/2017 2 FY 18 NINE MILE PT 2 EXAM (OCTOBER 2017)

U01955 10/23/2017 10/27/2017 RS7-REMP/PI 1 1, 2 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program71124.07 06/05/2017 06/09/2017 1 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences71151-PR01 06/05/2017 06/09/2017 ISFSI-ISFSI LOADING CAMPAIGN INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 06/19/2017 06/23/2017 1, 2 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 06/19/2017 06/23/2017 RS345-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.03 07/24/2017 07/28/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment71124.04 07/24/2017 07/28/2017 1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.05 07/24/2017 07/28/20177111111B-NMP2 REQUAL INSPECTION WITH P/F RESULTS 2 2 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B 10/16/2017 10/20/2017 EP-EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 4 1, 2 IP Exercise Evaluation7111401 10/23/2017 10/27/2017 1, 2 IP Performance Indicator Verification71151 10/23/2017 10/27/2017 RS12-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.01 09/18/2017 09/22/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 3 of 3 02/26/2016 12:10:24 Report 22 Unit NumberPlanned Dates Start EndInspection ActivityTitle No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile PointInspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2016

-12/31/2017 RS12-HP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.02 09/18/2017 09/22/2017 1 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness71151-OR01 09/18/2017 09/22/20177111121-CDBI 7 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection7111121 09/18/2017 09/22/2017 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection7111121 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection7111121 10/16/2017 10/20/201771152B-PI&R BIENNIAL TEAM INSPECTION 5 1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution71152B 10/30/201711/03/2017 1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution71152B11/13/201711/17/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.