ML072430547

8/31/07 Clinton - Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan for 09/01/2007 - 12/31/2008

ML072430547
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	08/31/2007
From:	Pederson C Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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August 31, 2007 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

CLINTON POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Crane:

On August 14, 2007, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Clinton Power Station for the first half of the calendar year 2007 assessment cycle. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous 12 months. 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 was within the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one White Notice of Violation (NOV) of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, requirements. The White finding was issued as an apparent violation in November 2006 for failure to adequately address vortexing in the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) storage tank and its effect on operability of the high pressure core spray (HPCS) system. The NOV was issued on February 7, 2007.

In June 2007, we were notified by your staff of your readiness for the NRC to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the failure to adequately address vortexing in the RCIC storage tank and its effect on operability of the HPCS system.

Therefore, we began the Supplemental Inspection 95001 on August 28, 2007.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through December 31, 2008. 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.

C. Crane Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

Additional inspections scheduled include: component design bases inspection, triennial fire protection inspection, and mods/50.59 inspection. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

The NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures. 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 Mark A. Ring at (630) 829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by Anthony H. Hsia Acting for/

Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-461 License No. NPF-62

Enclosure:

Clinton Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page

C. Crane Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

Additional inspections scheduled include: component design bases inspection, triennial fire protection inspection, and mods/50.59 inspection. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

The NRC is currently evaluating the scope and frequency of all the baseline inspection procedures. 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 Mark A. Ring at (630) 829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by Anthony H. Hsia Acting for/

Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-461 License No. NPF-62

Enclosure:

Clinton Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:

See next page DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\ALL MOC\midcycle 2006 to 2007\Clinton\Clinton MOC Letter 2007.wpd G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-Sensitive

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Letter to C. Crane from C. Pederson dated August 31, 2007

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

CLINTON POWER STATION cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Clinton Power Station Plant Manager - Clinton Power Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Clinton Power Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Vice President - Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Manager Licensing - Clinton Power Station Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer, State of Illinois Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission Clinton Police Department Mayor of Clinton Mayor of Weldon DeWitt County Board Chairman DeWitt County Sheriff EMA Coordinator, DeWitt County Mayor of Wapella McLean County Board Chairman McLean County Sheriff EMA Coordinator, McLean County Piatt County Board Chairman Piatt County Sheriff EMA Coordinator, Piatt County Macon County Board Chairman Macon County Sheriff EMA Coordinator, Macon County INPO

Letter to C. Crane from C. Pederson dated August 31, 2007

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

CLINTON POWER STATION DISTRIBUTION:

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Clinton Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection spection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 001 - 95001 FOR RCIC/HPCS VORTEXING 2 P 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 08/28/2007 09/07/2007 Supplemental Program I EP - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 4 P 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections P 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections P 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections P 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 09/10/2007 09/14/2007 Baseline Inspections I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 P 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 09/17/2007 09/21/2007 Baseline Inspections P 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 09/17/2007 09/21/2007 Baseline Inspections I ENG - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION 5 P 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection 10/15/2007 11/16/2007 Baseline Inspections I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 P 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 11/05/2007 11/09/2007 Baseline Inspections P 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control P 11/05/2007 11/09/2007 Baseline Inspections I OL - BIENNIAL REQUAL. PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 P 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 11/05/2007 11/09/2007 Baseline Inspections I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPCETION 1 P 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 11/26/2007 11/30/2007 Baseline Inspections P 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/26/2007 11/30/2007 Baseline Inspections I ENG - ENGINEERING INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 P 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 01/14/2008 02/08/2008 Baseline Inspections I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 P 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/28/2008 02/01/2008 Baseline Inspections P 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/28/2008 02/01/2008 Baseline Inspections I EP - EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION 1 P 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/17/2008 03/21/2008 Baseline Inspections P 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/17/2008 03/21/2008 Baseline Inspections P 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/17/2008 03/21/2008 Baseline Inspections P 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 03/17/2008 03/21/2008 Baseline Inspections P 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 03/17/2008 03/21/2008 Baseline Inspections P 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System 03/17/2008 03/21/2008 Baseline Inspections I ENG - BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 2 P 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 03/31/2008 04/04/2008 Baseline Inspections

Clinton Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2007 - 12/31/2008 No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection spection Activity Title on Site Start End Type I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 P 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 04/07/2008 04/11/2008 Baseline Inspections I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 P 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/16/2008 06/20/2008 Baseline Inspections P 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/16/2008 06/20/2008 Baseline Inspections I ENG - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 P 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial] 09/15/2008 10/03/2008 Baseline Inspections I RP - RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 1 P 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 Baseline Inspections P 71151-BI01 Reactor Coolant System Activity 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 Baseline Inspections P 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 Baseline Inspections P 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 10/20/2008 10/24/2008 Baseline Inspections I ENG - ENGINEERING MODIFICATIONS / 50.59 INSP. 2 P 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 12/01/2008 12/19/2008 Baseline Inspections P 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 12/01/2008 12/19/2008 Baseline Inspections