ML063040411

Ltr. 10/30/06 Brdwd Units 1 and 2 Supplemental Inspection Scheduling

ML063040411
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	10/30/2006
From:	Steven Orth Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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FOIA/PA-2010-0209
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October 30, 2006 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION SCHEDULING

Dear Mr. Crane:

This letter supplements our mid-cycle performance review issued on August 31, 2006. As documented in the mid-cycle performance review we have assessed Braidwood Station Plant, Units 1 and 2, performance to be in the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one inspection finding being classified as having low to moderate significance (White) in the public radiation safety cornerstone. On October 20, 2006, we were notified by Mr. Dale Ambler of your staff that you will have completed your applicable actions for that finding by December 22, 2006, and following that date will be ready for the NRC to conduct our supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the White finding. That finding and related violations were finalized in a letter dated June 29, 2006, and involved multiple failures by your staff to adequately evaluate the radiological hazards associated with the leaks from the circulating water blowdown line vacuum breaker valves and to assess the environmental impact of the resultant onsite and offsite tritium contamination. Therefore, we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection beginning on January 29, 2007, using Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area. This inspection procedure is conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from

C. Crane 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).

Please contact me at (630) 829-9827 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Steven K. Orth, Health Physics Program Manager Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-456; 50-457 License Nos. NPF-72; NPF-77 cc: Site Vice President - Braidwood Station Plant Manager - Braidwood Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Braidwood Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Vice President - Operations Support Director Licensing Manager Licensing - Braidwood and Byron Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

C. Crane 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).

Please contact me at (630) 829-9827 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Steven K. Orth, Health Physics Program Manager Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-456; 50-457 License Nos. NPF-72; NPF-77 cc: Site Vice President - Braidwood Station Plant Manager - Braidwood Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Braidwood Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Vice President - Operations Support Director Licensing Manager Licensing - Braidwood and Byron Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission DOCUMENT NAME: C:\FileNet\ML063040411.wpd G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII RIII NAME JCassidy RSkokowski SOrth DATE 10/30/06 10/30/06 10/30/06 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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