ML080630008
| ML080630008 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Mcguire, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 02/03/2008 |
| From: | Kathy Weaver NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB1 |
| To: | Brandi Hamilton Duke Energy Corp, Duke Power Co |
| References | |
| IR-08-001 | |
| Download: ML080630008 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000369/2008001
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
March 3, 2008
Duke Power Company LLC
d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
ATTN: Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton
Site Vice President
McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road
Huntersville, NC 28078-8985
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000369/2008001 AND 05000370/2008001)
Dear Mr. Hamilton:
On February 5, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the McGuire Nuclear
Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2007. 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, McGuire Units 1 and 2 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. We also plan on conducting several non-ROP inspections, which include: containment sump blockage; implementation of B.5.b mitigating strategies; reactor coolant system dissimilar metal butt welds; hydrogen igniter backup power
verification (not yet scheduled); and operator licensing examinations.
Additionally, the staff considered whether a substantive cross-cutting issue exists in the area of problem identification and resolution. Inspection reports issued during the period document four
separate findings, each with a cross-cutting aspect of "appropriate and timely corrective
actions." However, two of the findings represent the identical performance deficiency
discovered on separate units. These two findings concerned foreign material that had been in
the sump for over 10 years, found in both Unit 1 and Unit 2 Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) sumps during sump replacement. Refueling outage inspections of the inside of each sump were credited to prevent clogging of the ECCS throttle valves, as a compensatory
DPC 2measure for a design deficiency discovered in 1996. The cause of the inadequate previous inspections to find the debris was the same for both units. This one shared performance deficiency was documented on each unit, during the unit's refueling outage, but was separated
in time by about 6 months. Consequently, the agency's plant issue numbering system indicates
two separate report numbers for this shared performance deficiency. For the purpose of
evaluating whether a substantive cross-cutting issue existed, we treated this common issue for
each unit as one performance deficiency. Additionally, you have addressed this trend in problem identification and resolution by entering it into your corrective action program with plans to perform a full root cause analysis in order to prevent future recurrence. Accordingly, we do
not believe a substantive cross-cutting issue exists at this time.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through June 30, 2009. 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 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).
If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to
discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (404) 562-4647 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/ Kathy D. Weaver, Acting Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 1
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-369, 50-370, 72-38
Enclosure: McGuire Inspection/Activity Plan
cc w/ encl: (See page 3)
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DPC 3cc w/encls:
C. J. Thomas
Regulatory Compliance Manager (MNS)
Duke Power Company LLC
d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Electronic Mail Distribution
R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues
and Industry Affairs
Duke Power Company LLC
d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
526 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Lisa F. Vaughn
Associate General Counsel
and Managing Attorney Duke Energy Corporation
526 South Church Street-EC 07H
Charlotte, NC 28202
Kathryn B. Nolan
Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation
526 South Church Street-EC 07H
Charlotte, NC 28202
David A. Repka
Winston & Strawn LLP
Electronic Mail Distribution
Beverly Hall, Chief, Radiation
Protection Section N. C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
County Manager of Mecklenburg County
720 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
DPC 4Letter to Bruce H. Hamilton from Kathy D. Weaver dated March 3, 2008
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000369/2008001 AND 05000370/2008001)
Distribution w/encl
- J. Stang, NRR
C. Evans, RII L. Slack, RII
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ROP Reports
INPO RIDSNRRDIRS
PUBLIC
NRC Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
12700 Hagers Ferry Rd
Huntersville, NC 28078
McGuire Inspection / Activity Plan
03/01/2008
-06/30/2009
Inspection
Type Inspection Activity
Planned Dates
Start End
No. of Staff
on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2
03/03/2008
06:28:33 Report 22 2 PSB1-RP-RADIATION PROTECTION OCCUPATIONAL WK1
Other Routine
Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants
03/03/2008
03/07/2008
1, 2 60855.1 IP Baseline Inspections
A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas
03/03/2008
03/07/2008
1, 2 7112101 IP Baseline Inspections
A LARA Planning and Controls
03/03/2008
03/07/2008
1, 2 7112102 IP Baseline Inspections
Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation
03/03/2008
03/07/2008
1, 2 7112202 IP Baseline Inspections
Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness
03/03/2008
03/07/2008
1, 2 71151-OR01
IP Baseline Inspections
RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent
03/03/2008
03/07/2008
1, 2 71151-PR01
IP 3 EB3ISI-U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION
Baseline Inspections
Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR
03/10/2008
03/14/2008
2 7111108P IP 3 PSB1-RP-RADIATION PROTECTION OCCUPATIONAL WK2
Baseline Inspections
A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas
03/17/2008
03/21/2008
1, 2 7112101 IP Baseline Inspections
A LARA Planning and Controls
03/17/2008
03/21/2008
1, 2 7112102 IP Baseline Inspections
Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation
03/17/2008
03/21/2008
1, 2 7112202 IP Baseline Inspections
Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness
03/17/2008
03/21/2008
1, 2 71151-OR01
IP Baseline Inspections
RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent
03/17/2008
03/21/2008
1, 2 71151-PR01
IP 1 EB1-SUMP-TI 2515/166 CONTAINMENT SUMP INSPECTION
Safety Issues
Pressurized Water Reactor Containment Sump Blockage [NRC GENERIC LETTER 2004-02]
03/31/2008
04/04/2008
2 2515/166 IP 1 EB3TI172-TI-172 Generic Safety Inspecti
o Reactor Coolant System Dissimiliar Metal Butt Welds
04/07/2008
04/11/2008
1, 2 2515/172 IP 4 OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM PREP
Not Applicable
MCGUIRE/MAY 2008 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES
04/21/2008
04/25/2008
1 V23282 3 OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM
Not Applicable
MCGUIRE/MAY 2008 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES
05/12/2008
05/23/2008
1 V23282 2 OL RQ-REQUAL INSPECTION
Baseline Inspections
Licensed Operator Requalification Program
06/09/2008
06/13/2008
1, 2 7111111B IP 1 PI&R-PREP TRIP-PROBLEM ID AND RESOL
Baseline Inspections
Identification and Resolution of Problems
06/30/2008
07/03/2008
1, 2 71152B IP 5 PI&R-PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION
Baseline Inspections
Identification and Resolution of Problems
08/11/2008
08/15/2008
1, 2 71152B IP Baseline Inspections
Identification and Resolution of Problems
08/25/2008
08/29/2008
1, 2 71152B IP 1 EB3ISI-U1 ISI Baseline Inspections
Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR
09/29/2008
10/03/2008
1 7111108P IP 1 EB3SGISI-U1 SG ISI Baseline Inspections
Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR
10/02/2008
10/06/2008
1 7111108P IP This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
McGuire Inspection / Activity Plan
03/01/2008
-06/30/2009
Inspection
Type Inspection Activity
Planned Dates
Start End
No. of Staff
on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2
03/03/2008
06:28:33 Report 22 1 PSB1-EP-EP INSP EP Baseline Inspection
A lert and Notification System Testing
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 7111402 IP EP Baseline Inspection
Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 7111403 IP EP Baseline Inspection
Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 7111404 IP EP Baseline Inspection
Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 7111405 IP Baseline Inspections
Drill/Exercise Performance
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 71151-EP01
IP Baseline Inspections
ERO Drill Participation
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 71151-EP02
IP Baseline Inspections
A lert & Notification System
10/06/2008
10/10/2008
1, 2 71151-EP03
IP 3 TI-171-B.5.B PHASE 2&3
Generic Safety Inspecti
o Verification of Site Specific Implementation Of B.5.b Phase 2 & 3 Mitigating Strategies
11/03/2008
11/07/2008
1, 2 2515/171 IP 5 TFPI-TFPI INSP Baseline Inspections
Fire Protection-NFPA 805 Transition Period [Triennial]
03/09/2009
03/13/2009
1, 2 7111105P IP Baseline Inspections
Fire Protection-NFPA 805 Transition Period [Triennial]
03/23/2009
03/27/2009
1, 2 7111105P IP 3 OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM PREP
Not Applicable
MCGUIRE/MAY 2009 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES
04/20/2009
04/24/2009
1 V23306 9 EB1-CDBI-COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION
Baseline Inspections
Component Design Bases Inspection
05/04/2009
05/08/2009
1, 2 7111121 IP Baseline Inspections
Component Design Bases Inspection
05/18/2009
05/22/2009
1, 2 7111121 IP Baseline Inspections
Component Design Bases Inspection
06/01/2009
06/05/2009
1, 2 7111121 IP Baseline Inspections
Component Design Bases Inspection
06/15/2009
06/19/2009
1, 2 7111121 IP 3 OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - WEEK 1
Not Applicable
MCGUIRE/MAY 2009 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES
05/11/2009
05/15/2009
1 V23306 3 OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - WEEK 2
Not Applicable
MCGUIRE/MAY 2009 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES
05/18/2009
05/22/2009
1 V23306 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.