IR 05000277/2009001

Annual Assessment Letter - Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (05000277/2009001 and 05000278/2009001)

ML090620792
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	03/04/2009
From:	Paul Krohn Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4
To:	Pardee C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
KROHN, PG
References
IR-09-001
Download: ML090620792 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-1415 March 4, 2009

Mr. Charles Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear

4300 Winfield Rd.

Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION (REPORT 05000277/2009001 AND 05000278/2009001)

Dear Mr. Pardee:

On February 10, 2009, the NRC Staff completed its performance review of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. Our technical staff reviewed Peach Bottom performance indicators (PIs)

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 Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 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 for the first three quarters 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 conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

The staff identified four inspection findings for the current twelve month assessment period with a documented cross-cutting theme in the aspect of document and procedure adequacy (H.2(c))1. The NRC first identified this theme in our mid-cycle assessment letter dated September 2, 2008 [ML082470454]

2 and concluded that a substantive crosscutting issue did not exist because you recognized the theme and had taken or had scheduled to take appropriate corrective actions. During this assessment peri od, we reviewed your corrective action plan and identified no concerns with your implementation. Furthermore, in the last six months of this assessment period, the staff identified no inspections findings with this aspect, which reflects an 1 This is a descriptor which correlates to the cross cutting aspect in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program".

2 Designation in parentheses refers to an ADAMS ascension number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly available using the ascension number in ADAMS

. improving trend. Therefore, the NRC determined that a substantive crosscutting issue in the area of Human Performance does not exist at this time. The NRC will continue to monitor Exelon's progress in addressing the human performance cross-cutting theme through baseline inspections.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through June 30, 2010. In addition to the baseline inspections, we plan on conducting inspections 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 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the changes as soon as possible. Please contact me at 610-337-5120 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Paul G. Krohn, Chief Division of Reactor Projects Projects Branch 4 Docket Nos. 50-277, 50-278 License Nos. DPR-44, DPR-56

Enclosure: Peach Bottom Inspection/Activity Plan

cc w/encl:

C. Crane, President and Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Corporation M. Pacilio, Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Nuclear W. Maguire, Site Vice President, Peach Bottom R. DeGregorio, Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic R. Hovey, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Oversight

G. Stathes, Plant Manager, Peach Bottom

J. Armstrong, Regulatory Assurance Manager, Peach Bottom J. Bardurski, Manager, Financial Control & Co-Owner Affairs R. Franssen, Director, Operations P. Cowan, Director, Licensing D. Helker, Licensing K. Jury, Vice President, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

J. Bradley Fewell, Associate General Counsel, Exelon