ML18059A167

EOC Assessment Letter

ML18059A167
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/28/2018
From:	Joel Munday Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Myers D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR 2017006, IR 2017402, IR 2017501
Download: ML18059A167 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 February 28, 2018 Mr. Darin Myers Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 - NRC INSPECTION REPORTS 05000424/2017006 AND 05000425/2017006, 05000424/2017402 AND 05000425/2017402, 05000424/2017501 AND 05000425/2017501

Dear Mr. Myers:

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility.

The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility. During this assessment year, the plant was in Column 2 due to a White (Input). As stated in NRC Inspection Report 05000424/2017504 and 05000425/2017504, the plant returned to Column 1 on October 1, 2017, after completion of the supplemental inspection, Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area." The NRCs inspection is documented in inspection report (IR) 05000424/2017011 and 05000425/2017011, which is publically available in the Agency Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), Accession Number ML17286A120.

On February 20, 2018, the NRC issued two traditional enforcement violations that were characterized together as a Severity Level (SL) III problem. The violations were associated with system operators failing to complete operator rounds as prescribed by procedure and failing to provide complete and accurate information for the rounds. These violations were documented in Inspection Report 05000424/2018090 and 05000425/2018090. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental inspection to follow-up on these violations.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2019. This updated inspection plan now includes planned security inspections which were formerly transmitted under separate correspondence. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for

D. Myers 2 the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be 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).

Please contact Alan Blamey at 404-997-4415 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Joel T. Munday, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-424, 50-425 License Nos.: NPF-68 and NPF-81

Enclosure:

Vogtle Inspection/Activity Plan cc Distribution via ListServ

ML18059A167 OFFICE RII/DRP RII/DRP RII/DRP NAME DMas-Penaranda ABlamey JMunday DATE 2/8/2018 2/8/2018 2/27/2018 IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Vogtle 03/01/2018 - 12/31/2019 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count CYBER SECURITY 5 1, 2 02/26/2018 03/02/2018 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security EP EXERCISE 5 1, 2 05/14/2018 05/18/2018 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1, 2 05/14/2018 05/18/2018 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 05/14/2018 05/18/2018 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification MC&A INSPECTION 2 1, 2 06/04/2018 06/29/2018 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS AND EXPERIMENTS 3 1, 2 08/27/2018 08/31/2018 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments TARGET SET SUPPORTING PART 52 1 1, 2 08/27/2018 08/31/2018 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets RP OCCUPATIONAL - WEEK 1 2 1, 2 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 09/24/2018 09/28/2018 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR UNIT 1 SG IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 09/24/2018 09/28/2018 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR RP OCCUPATIONAL - WEEK 2 2 1, 2 10/01/2018 10/05/2018 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 10/01/2018 10/05/2018 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 10/01/2018 10/05/2018 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 10/01/2018 10/05/2018 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 10/01/2018 10/05/2018 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 10/01/2018 10/05/2018 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 1 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1, 2 10/15/2018 10/19/2018 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2 10/15/2018 10/19/2018 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1, 2 10/15/2018 10/19/2018 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training 1, 2 10/15/2018 10/19/2018 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification UNIT 2 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 03/18/2019 03/22/2019 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR UNIT 2 SG IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 03/18/2019 03/22/2019 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR RP RADHAZARDS 1 1, 2 03/18/2019 03/22/2019 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 04/22/2019 04/26/2019 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2 04/22/2019 04/26/2019 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 5 1, 2 04/22/2019 04/26/2019 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 3 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 IP 71114.05 000720 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification VOGTLE 1,2 INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 4 1, 2 05/06/2019 05/10/2019 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV) 1, 2 06/10/2019 06/21/2019 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISES 8 1, 2 05/20/2019 05/24/2019 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing 1, 2 06/10/2019 06/14/2019 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing RP PUBLIC & TRANSPORTATION 3 1, 2 06/17/2019 06/21/2019 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1, 2 06/17/2019 06/21/2019 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1, 2 06/17/2019 06/21/2019 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 1, 2 06/17/2019 06/21/2019 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report VOGTLE 1,2 REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1, 2 06/24/2019 06/28/2019 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance -

Biennial DESIGN BASES ASSURANCE INSPECTION (TEAM) 6 1, 2 10/21/2019 10/25/2019 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams) 1, 2 11/04/2019 11/08/2019 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 3 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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