IR 05000285/2009001

Annual Assessment Letter and Inspection Plan - Fort Calhoun Station (NRC Inspection Report 05000285/2009001)

ML090630450
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	03/04/2009
From:	Collins E Region 4 Administrator
To:	Reinhart J Omaha Public Power District
References
IR-09-001
Download: ML090630450 (6)

Text

rch 4, 2009

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - FORT CALHOUN STATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000285/2009001)

Dear Mr. Reinhart:

On February 10, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Fort Calhoun Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2008. 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-Related Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Fort Calhoun Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as the third quarter of the assessment cycle, 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). Therefore, we plan to condu ct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

While plant performance for the most recent quarter is within the Licensee Response Column of the Action Matrix, there were safety significant inspection findings affecting the first quarter of the assessment cycle. Plant performance for the first quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRC's Action Matrix based on two White findings associated with the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone. One White finding involved the improper installation of the valve disk of Containment Spray Header Isolation Valve HCV-345 (NRC EA-07-047; ADAMS ML071500074). The second White finding consisted of two separate violations associated with inadequate corrective actions and improper maintenance on the emergency diesel generators (NRC EA-07-194; ADAMS ML073410416). You took ac tions to correct these issues and the NRC conducted supplemental Inspection Procedure (IP) 95002 "Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area" during the first quarter of this assessment period. This inspection provided assurance that the root and contributing causes for the individual and collective risk significant performance issues were understood, independently assessed the extent of condition and the extent of cause, independently determined whether safety culture components caused or significantly contributed to the individual or collective risk significant performance issues, and provided assurance that the Omaha Public Power District - 2 - corrective actions were sufficient to address the root and contributing causes, as well as to prevent recurrence. Upon completion of the supplemental inspection the White findings were closed and Fort Calhoun Station returned to the Regulatory Response Column in the second quarter of this assessment period. Once the White finding involving the Emergency Diesel Generators had been input into the Action Matrix for four quarters it cleared, and Fort Calhoun Station returned to the Licensee Response Column in the third quarter of the assessment

period.

In our mid-cycle assessment letter, dated September 2, 2008 (ADAMS ML082460580), we advised you of a continuation of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of human performance involving a cross-cutting theme in the aspect of resources (failure to provide complete and accurate procedures and work packages H.2(c)). The end-of-cycle assessment of the cross-cutting issue included a review of inspection results from the 12-month period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. During this period, we observed improvement in the effectiveness of your corrective actions to address the issue. We have also observed a decrease in the number of findings in this area, dropping below the threshold of a theme.

Based on this observed improvement, the staff no longer has a concern with the scope of licensee efforts or progress in the cross-cutting area of human performance in the aspect of resources (failure to provide complete and accurate procedures and work packages H.2(c)). Therefore, we are closing the substantive cross-cutting issue in human performance.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except those related to physical protection, scheduled through June 30, 2010. 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 mid-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Jeff Clark at 817-860-8147 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Elmo E. Collins Regional Administrator

Docket No. 50-285 License No. DPR-40 Enclosure: Fort Calhoun Station Inspection/Activity Plan

Omaha Public Power District - 3 - cc w/Enclosure: Mr. Thomas C. Matthews Manager - Nuclear Licensing Omaha Public Power District

Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550

Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

Winston & Strawn Attn: David A. Repke, Esq.

1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3817

Chairman Washington County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 466Blair, NE 68008

Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Public Health Assurance

301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Ms. Melanie Rasmussen

Radiation Control Program Officer Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

Timothy F. Dunning, Sheriff Douglas County Sheriff's Department 3601 N. 156th Street Omaha, NE 68116

Clare Duda, Chairperson Douglas County Board of Commissioners, District 7 Civic Center

1819 Farnam LC2 Omaha, NE 68183

Paul W. Johnson, Director Douglas County Emergency Management Agency Civic Center, EOC, Room 114

1819 Farnam Street Omaha, NE 68183 Larry Oliver Emergency Management Agency Harrison County 111 South 1st Avenue

Logan, IA 51546-1305

Terry Baxter, Sheriff Harrison County Sheriff's Department 111 South 1st Avenue Logan, IA 51546

Robert Smith, Chairman Harrison County Board of Supervisors 111 North 2nd Avenue Logan, IA 51546

The Honorable Clint Sargent Mayor of Missouri Valley City Hall 223 E. Erie

Missouri Valley, IA 51555

Terry Hummel, Coordinator

Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Coordinator 227 S. 6th Street, Court House Council Bluffs, IA 51501

Delbert King, Chairman Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors

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Mike Robinson, Sheriff Washington County Courthouse 1535 Colfax Street

Blair, NE 68008

Keith Christiansen Council President Blair City Council, Ward 2

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Blair, NE 68008

The Honorable Paul Oestmann Mayor of Fort Calhoun 110 South 1 st Avenue Fort Calhoun, NE 68023

Omaha Public Power District - 4 - David Genoways Sewer Commissioner Fort Calhoun City Council

110 South 14 th Street Fort Calhoun, NE 68023

Bill Pook, Director Region 5/6 Emergency Management 435 N. Park Avenue, Suite 404

Fremont, NE 68025

Dick Hainje, Regional Administrator Federal Emergency Management Agency

Region VII 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

John Norris, Chairperson Department of Commerce Utilities Division Iowa Utilities Board

350 Maple Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0069

Melanie Rasmussen, Bureau Chief Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th floor 321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

Dr. Joann Schaefer, Director Nebraska Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South Lincoln, NE 68509-5026

John Blackhawk Tribal Chairman Winnebago Tribal Council P.O. Box 687 Winnebago, NE 68071-0687 Amen Sheridan

Chairperson Omaha Tribal Council P.O. Box 368 Macy, NE 68039-0368

Al Berndt, Assistant Director Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 1300 Military Road Lincoln, NE 68508-1090 Ron McCabe

Chief, Radiological Emergency

Preparedness FEMA Region VII 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114

David Miller, Administrator Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management 7105 NW 70th Avenue Camp Dodge Bldg. W-4 Johnston, IA 50131-2824

Omaha Public Power District - 5 - Electronic distribution by RIV:

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/RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ 2/20/2009 2/20/2009 2/20/2009 2/23/2009 3/4/2009 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax Inspection / Activity Plan Page 1 of 1 02/23/2009 12:41:54 Report 22 03/01/2009-06/30/2010 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Fort Calhoun EXAM-INITIAL EXAM 3 1 INITIAL EXAM -FC (3/2009)

X02412 03/30/2009 04/03/2009 PSB2-52B-BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 5 1 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 71152B 04/27/2009 05/01/2009 1 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 71152B 05/11/2009 05/15/2009 EB1-21-CDBI 6 1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 08/24/2009 08/28/2009 1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/08/2009 09/18/2009 RP-ORS4-OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 11/09/2009 11/13/2009 1 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 11/09/2009 11/13/2009 1 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 11/09/2009 11/13/2009 RP-ORS5-OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY - ALARA 1 1 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 7112101 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 1 IP A LARA Planning and Controls 7112102 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 1 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 11/16/2009 11/20/2009 EP-1-BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 IP A lert and Notification System Testing 7111402 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 7111403 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP ERO Drill Participation 71151-EP02 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 1 IP A lert & Notification System 71151-EP03 04/26/2010 04/30/2010 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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