ML092440317

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Seabrook Station, Unit 1

ML092440317
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	09/01/2009
From:	Arthur Burritt Reactor Projects Branch 3
To:	St.Pierre G NextEra Energy Seabrook
BURRITT, AL
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-1415 September 1, 2009 Mr. Gene St. Pierre

Site Vice President NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC.

Seabrook Station

c/o Mr. Michael O'Keefe P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - SEABROOK STATION,UNIT NO. 1

Dear Mr. St. Pierre:

On August 13, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook). Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. 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 Only--Security Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Seabrook 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). Although plant performance was in the Licensee Response column, the significance of a finding associated with the B emergency diesel generator failure on February 25, 2009 is still under review. We determined that this failure occurred because you did not establish adequate design control measures when you modified a flange on the diesel cooling water supply. When finalized, this finding may change our assessment of your performance at Seabrook and the facility inspection plan. However, based on our current assessment results, we plan to conduct reactor oversight (ROP) baseline inspections at your

facility.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through December 31, 2010. In addition to the baseline inspections, we plan to conduct an inspection of your independent spent fuel storage installation. 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.

G. St. Pierre 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC

=s A Rules 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).

As you may know, the NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures as part of our biennial review of the reactor oversight process. If the results of the evaluation, or any other circumstances, cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 610-337-5069 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely, /RA/ Arthur L. Burritt, Chief

Division of Reactor Projects Projects Branch 3 Docket Nos. 50-443 License Nos. NPF-86

Enclosure:

Seabrook Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: M. Nazar, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer A. Khanpour, Vice President, Engineering Support M. Warner, Vice President, Nuclear Plant Support M. Mashhadi, Senior Attorney, Florida Power & Light Company M. Ross, Managing Attorney, Florida Power & Light Company M. O'Keefe, Manager, Licensing Manager P. Freeman, Plant General Manager K. Wright, Manager, Nuclear Training, Seabrook Station S. Colman, FEMA, Region I Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Mass K. Ayotte, Attorney General, State of NH O. Fitch, Deputy Attorney General, State of NH P. Brann, Assistant Attorney General, State of Maine R. Walker, Director, Radiation Control Program, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of MA C. Pope, Director, Homeland Security & Emergency Management, State of NH R. Hughes, Director, Licensing and Performance Improvement J. Giarrusso, MEMA, Commonwealth of Mass D. O'Dowd, Administrator, Radiological Health Section, DPHS, DHHS, State of NH J. Roy, Director of Operations, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company T. Crimmins, Polestar Applied Technology R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, NH Town of Exeter, State of New Hampshire Board of Selectmen, Town of Amesbury S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff M. Metcalf, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Inspection / Activity Plan Page 1 of 2 08/31/2009 16:36:21 Report 22 07/01/2009

-12/31/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Seabrook 7111118-B EDG GLYCOL SYSTEM FAILURE 4 1 IP Perm Mods 7111118-Perm Mod 02/25/2009 09/30/2009 7111107T-HEAT SINK INSP 1 1 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 07/06/2009 07/10/2009 EP PROGR-EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1 IP A lert and Notification System Testing 7111402 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 1 IP Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 7111403 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 1 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 1 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 1 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 1 IP ERO Drill Participation 71151-EP02 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 1 IP A lert & Notification System 71151-EP03 08/09/2009 08/14/2009 7111111B-BIENNIAL REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS 4 1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 12/14/2009 12/18/2009 71122.03-PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 2515/173 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 1 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program 7112203 09/21/2009 09/25/2009 7111108P-INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 10/05/2009 10/09/2009 TI-172-TI-172 RCS DISSIMILAR METAL WELDS 1 1 IP Reactor Coolant System Dissimiliar Metal Butt Welds 2515/172 10/13/2009 10/16/2009 7111108P-INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 10/19/2009 10/23/2009 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 10/19/2009 10/23/2009 71122.01-PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1 IP Review of the Implementation of the Industry Ground Water Protection Voluntary Initiative 2515/173 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 1 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 1 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 7112201 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 12/07/2009 12/11/2009 1 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 12/07/2009 12/11/2009 1 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 71151-PR01 12/07/2009 12/11/2009 TI-177-MANAGING GAS ACCUMULATION IN ECCS 2 1 IP Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray System 2515/177 01/11/2010 01/15/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Inspection / Activity Plan Page 2 of 2 08/31/2009 16:36:21 Report 22 07/01/2009

-12/31/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Seabrook 71121-OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 01/25/2010 01/29/2010 1 IP A LARA - Required 7112102-7112102R 01/25/2010 01/29/2010 7111121-COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 6 1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 05/10/2010 05/21/2010 EP EX-EP EXERCISE EVALUATION 4 1 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 1 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 1 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 1 IP ERO Drill Participation 71151-EP02 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 1 IP A lert & Notification System 71151-EP03 05/03/2010 05/07/2010 71152B-PI&R 4 1 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 71152B 07/26/2010 07/30/2010 1 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 71152B 08/09/2010 08/13/2010 11/29 EX-INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM 5 1 FY11 - SEABROOK INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM U01694 11/01/2010 11/05/2010 1 FY11 - SEABROOK INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM U01694 11/29/2010 12/10/2010 7112202-PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1 IP Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 7112202 09/27/2010 10/01/2010 1 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 09/27/2010 10/01/2010 7112103-OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTS 1 1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 7112103 11/01/2010 11/05/2010 7112102-OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 1 IP A LARA - Required 7112102-7112102R 12/06/2010 12/10/2010 1 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 12/06/2010 12/10/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.