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MONTHYEARIR 05000361/20240042024-08-0909 August 2024 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2024004 and 05000362/2024004 ML24191A2472024-07-0202 July 2024 (Songs), Units 1, 2, and 3, and the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Revision to the ISFSI-Only Emergency Plan and Associated Changes to Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures ML24151A6482024-06-0303 June 2024 Changes in Reactor Decommissioning Branch Project Management Assignments for Some Decommissioning Facilities ML24141A0802024-05-15015 May 2024 (Songs), Units 1, 2 and 3 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 2023 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report ML24094A0642024-03-27027 March 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Decommissioning Funding Status Report 2023 ML24022A1492024-01-17017 January 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Revision 4 to the Physical Security Plan IR 05000361/20230062023-11-29029 November 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2023-006 and 05000362/2023-006 ML23333A0682023-11-22022 November 2023 (SONGS) Units 1, 2, 3 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Notification of Change in Nuclear Officer IR 05000361/20230052023-10-11011 October 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2023005 and 05000362/2023005 ML23276A5942023-09-28028 September 2023 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Supplement to Decommissioning Funding Status Reports ML23268A0922023-09-20020 September 2023 Generation Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, and the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility (ISFSI) - Re-Registration of Dry Fuel Storage Casks for Amended Certificate of Compliance No. 1040 IR 05000361/20230012023-09-13013 September 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000361 2023-001 and 05000362 2023-004 ML23240A5372023-08-18018 August 2023 Confirmatory Survey Activities Summary and Results for the Unit 2 and 3 Intake Structures at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station San Clemente CA ML23129A1802023-06-14014 June 2023 Cover Letter to State of CA on Draft EA Regarding San Onofre ISFSI Updated DFPs IR 05000361/20230032023-05-31031 May 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2023003 and 05000362/2023003 IR 05000361/20230022023-05-23023 May 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2023-002 and 05000362/2023-002 ML23137A1032023-05-11011 May 2023 (Songs), Units 1, 2 and 3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 2022 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report ML23123A0932023-04-28028 April 2023 (Songs), Units 1, 2 and 3, Submittal of Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report - 2022 ML23230A0882023-04-10010 April 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Decommissioning Quality Assurance Plan ML23094A1332023-03-29029 March 2023 Nuclear Property Insurance ML23094A1272023-03-29029 March 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(v and VII) and 10 CFR 72.30(c) Decommissioning Funding Status Report 2021 ML23062A1172023-02-28028 February 2023 Generation Station Units 1, 2 and 3, Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 2022 ML22361A1022023-02-24024 February 2023 Reactor Decommissioning Branch Project Management Changes for Some Decommissioning Facilities and Establishment of Backup Project Manager for All Decommissioning Facilities ML23046A3792023-02-22022 February 2023 NRC Inspection Report 050-00361/2023-001 and 050-00362/2023-001 ML23059A2812023-02-22022 February 2023 (Songs), Units 1, 2 and 3, 2022 Annual Turtle Incidental Take Report ML23045A2022023-02-0909 February 2023 Submittal of Annual Corporate Financial Reports for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Units 2 and 3 for Fy Ending June 30, 2022 ML22287A1352023-01-0505 January 2023 Issuance of Exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 72.106(B), Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Controlled Area Boundary (L-2021-LLE-0056) ML22348A0622023-01-0404 January 2023 NRC to SCE, Transmittal of the National Marine Fisheries Service'S December 12, 2022, Letter of Concurrence for Decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Statiion, Units 2 and 3 IR 05000206/20220062022-12-15015 December 2022 NRC Inspection Report 05000206/2022006, 05000361/2022-006, and 05000362/2022-006 ML22347A2122022-12-12012 December 2022 NMFS to NRC, Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Concurrence Letter for Decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ML22340A6652022-12-0505 December 2022 Letter from John Fassell, Chief; Re., State of California Department of Public Health Review and Comments on SONGS Draft Environmental Assessment ML22333A8192022-11-21021 November 2022 Submittal of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3, Defueled Safety Analysis Report, Revised November 2022 IR 05000361/20220052022-11-17017 November 2022 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2022-005 and 05000362/2022-005 ML22301A1462022-10-20020 October 2022 Report of Violations of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Songs), Units 2 and 3 ML22277A0162022-09-29029 September 2022 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 72.106(b) IR 05000361/20220042022-09-26026 September 2022 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2022-004 and 05000362/2022-004 ML22238A0552022-08-29029 August 2022 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S Analysis of Southern California Edison'S Decommissioning Funding Status Report for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 ML22234A1602022-07-31031 July 2022 Final Report Per 10 CFR Part 21, Degraded Snubber SF1154 Hydraulic Fluid Batch No. 18CLVS431 ML22207B8612022-07-26026 July 2022 NRC (Public) Inspection Report 05000361/2022003; 05000362/2022003 IR 05000361/20220032022-07-26026 July 2022 NRC Inspection Report (Public) 05000361-2022003 and 05000362-2022003 (002) IR 05000361/20220022022-05-12012 May 2022 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2022-002 and 05000362/2022-002 ML22136A0842022-05-12012 May 2022 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, 2021 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report ML22122A0402022-04-28028 April 2022 (Songs), Units 1, 2 and 3 - Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report - 2021 ML22105A5662022-04-0505 April 2022 20053 Letter - OI Closure to Licensee - Wrongdoing Signed ML22081A1692022-03-31031 March 2022 SONGS Application Acceptance Proposed Exemption from Title 10 of the CFR, Part 72.106(b), ISFSI Controlled Boundary IR 05000206/20214022022-03-24024 March 2022 Notice of Violation, NRC Inspection Report 05000206/2021402, 05000361/2021402, 05000362/2021402, and 07200041/2021401; and Investigation Report 4-2021-004- Public- Cover Letter ML22084A0552022-03-23023 March 2022 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8Xv and VII) and 10 CFR 72.30(c) Decommissioning Funding Status Report 2021 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation IR 05000361/20220012022-03-14014 March 2022 NRC Inspection Report 05000361/2022-001; 05000362/2022-001 ML22066B0242022-03-0303 March 2022 (Songs), Units 1, 2, and 3, and the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Revision 2 to the ISFSI-Only Emergency Plan and Associated Changes to Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures ML22062B0282022-02-28028 February 2022 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Isfsi), Response to Request for Supplemental Information Regarding Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 72.106(b) 2024-08-09
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September 24, 2012
Ms. Dawn Papaila P.O. Box 4451 Idyllwild, CA 92549
Dear Ms. Papaila:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter to Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko, dated July 13, 2012, in which you conveyed concerns about the safety of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
As you noted in your letter, SONGS, Units 2 and 3, are currently shut down due to excessive steam generator tube wear. On March 15, 2012, the NRC sent an augmented inspection team (AIT) to the site in response to the January 31, 2012, steam generator tube leak in Unit 3 and the subsequent discovery of significant tube-to-tube wear on both of the Unit 3 steam generators and significantly less tube-to-tube wear on one of the two Unit 2 steam generators.
For several months, this team of NRC inspectors, with assistance from other NRC experts, has been closely following the licensee's actions to evaluate the causes of the excessive tube wear and to develop corrective actions to prevent further tube degradation. On June 18, 2012, NRC personnel met with representatives of Southern California Edison (SCE) in San Juan Capistrano, California, to present the NRC's issues and observations resulting from the AIT inspection. As discussed in that meeting, the NRC understands the steam generator thermal hydraulic conditions that resulted in the tube degradation, that these conditions were not accurately predicted during design, and that the licensee is evaluating and developing additional actions to fix and prevent any additional tube-to-tube degradation due to excessive vibration.
On March 27, 2012, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) to SCE, identifying the specific actions the licensee has committed to take prior to returning the units to power operation. The CAL can be viewed on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov , in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), at Accession No. ML12087A323. Under the terms of the CAL, each unit will remain shut down until the licensee provides its written evaluations and responses to all of the CAL items for that unit. The NRC will perform additional related inspections and reviews of that information. The NRC will not allow the plant to restart if we are not satisfied it can be operated without undue risk to public health and safety. The NRC will take as much time as needed in determining the appropriate actions to ensure the safety of the public, and will communicate its determinations to SCE regarding the restart of SONGS, Units 2 and 3, in writing.
In your letter, you mentioned a report concerning the effect of a major seismic event on sensors in emergency diesel generators. The NRC is aware of this issue and is completing an inspection related to it. The results of the inspection will be docketed in a future inspection report.
Seismic and flooding hazards are being addressed for all U.S. nuclear plants as part of the lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi event in Japan. In March 2011, the NRC established a senior level agency Near-Term Task Force to conduct a methodical and systematic review of NRC processes and regulations to determine additional improvements that could be made to the agency's regulatory system. In October 2011, the NRC staff provided its proposed plan of action and prioritization of the task force recommendations, including actions beyond those recommended in the task force report. That plan is publicly available in ADAMS, at Accession No. ML11272A111, and on the NRC Web site at:
http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collection s/commission/secys/2011/2011-0137scy.pdf. The agency has been proceeding to address all Tier 1 recommendations from the Near-Term Task Force report. Tier 1 recommendations are those recommendations which the NRC staff determined should be started without unnecessary delay. On March 12, 2012, the NRC issued three orders requiring nuclear power plants to implement safety enhancements related to (1) mitigating strategies to respond to extreme natural events resulting in the loss of electric power at plants, (2) ensuring reliable hardened containment vents (applicable only to boiling-water reactors with Mark 1 or Mark 2 containments), and (3) enhancing spent fuel pool instrumentation. All operating nuclear power plants are required to begin implementation of the safety enhancements and to complete implementation within two refueling outages, or by December 31, 2016, whichever comes first. In addition, the NRC issued a formal request for information to all operating reactor licensees to (1) reevaluate seismic and flooding hazards (including tsunami hazards) at their sites using applicable current methods and information, (2) conduct walkdowns of their facilities to ensure protection against the hazards in their current design basis, and (3) reevaluate their emergency communications systems and staffing levels. The NRC will evaluate SCE's response to the request for information in determining the need for plant modifications or further enhancements to address seismic and flooding hazards at SONGS. These orders and requests for information, as well as other information on the
agency's response to the Fukushima event, are accessible on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/japan-info.html. Thank you for conveying your concerns about these matters.
Sincerely, /RA/
Douglas A. Broaddus, Chief San Onofre Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362
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