ML040641205

End-of-Cycle Letter

ML040641205
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	03/04/2004
From:	Caldwell J Region 3 Administrator
To:	Kanda W FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-04-001
Download: ML040641205 (7)

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March 4, 2004 Mr. William R. Kanda Vice President - Nuclear FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P. O. Box 97, A200 Perry, OH 44081

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - PERRY NUCLEAR POWER STATION (REPORT 50-440/04-01)

Dear Mr. Kanda:

On February 11, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Perry Nuclear Power Station. The end-of-cycle review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2003. 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 so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, Perry operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives with moderate degradation in safety performance. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on two White findings in the mitigating systems cornerstone and one White finding in the emergency preparedness cornerstone. One White finding involved the failure of the high pressure core spray pump to start on October 23, 2002. A supplemental inspection was conducted in July 2003 which identified significant deficiencies with regard to your extent of condition evaluation which resulted in the issue remaining open. A follow-up supplemental inspection conducted in December 2003 determined that the issue was adequately addressed.

As a result, the finding was removed from the action matrix on December 31, 2003. A second White finding involved the failure of the Division 1 emergency service water pump on September 1, 2003. A third White finding involved the failure on April 24, 2003, to declare an Alert in a timely manner following damage to irradiated fuel. Because the emergency preparedness White finding has few similarities with, and is in a different cornerstone than the first two White findings, supplemental inspection 95002 will be conducted for the mitigating systems cornerstone and supplemental inspection 95001 will be conducted for the emergency preparedness cornerstone. Both inspections are scheduled for May 2004.

While plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the Action Matrix, there was an additional safety significant PI during the first three quarters of the assessment cycle. The PI for Occupational Exposure was reported as White in the second quarter of 2003. A supplemental inspection was conducted in January 2004 which concluded that adequate root cause evaluations had been completed.

W. Kanda The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005.

The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting. As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2004, we plan to continue inspections of Order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.

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). 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 Mark Ring at 630/829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-440 License Nos. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Perry Inspection/Activity Plan

W. Kanda The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005.

The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting. As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2004, we plan to continue inspections of Order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.

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). 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 Mark Ring at 630/829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-440 License Nos. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Perry Inspection/Activity Plan DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\EOC Ltrs\eoc 030404\Perry EOC ltr 2004.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII N RIII E RIII RIII NAME PPelke:co MRing SReynolds JCaldwell DATE 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/04/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

W. Kanda cc w/encls: G. Leidich, President - FENOC V. Higaki, Manager, Regulatory Affairs T. Lentz, Director, Nuclear Engineering Department T. Rausch, General Manager Nuclear Power Plant Department M. OReilly, Attorney K. Cimorelli, Acting Director, Maintenance Department J. Messina, Director Nuclear Services Department Public Utilities Commission of Ohio State Liaison Officer, State of Ohio R. Owen, Ohio Department of Health W. Repke, President, Geauga County Board D. Wedge, Executive Director, Department of Emergency Services D. McClelland, Acting Geauga County Sheriff D. Newcomb, President, Ashtabula County Commissioner W. Johnson, Ashtabula County Sheriff E. Somppi, Emergency Management Coordinator The Honorable Joseph Verkin G. Adams, Genoa Village Administrator R. Aufuldish, Lake County Board President D. Dunlap, Lake County Sheriff R. McMahon, City Manager, Painesville K. Gauntner, Jr., County Administrator The Honorable Frank J. Sarosy The Honorable Dan DiLiberto The Honorable Thomas Ruffner T. Neuman, President, Geneva City Council J. Pearson, Geneva City Manager The Honorable Edward J. Podojil The Honorable Robert M. Shiner J. Suso, Mentor City Manager The Honorable John M. Rogers K. Molenaar, Administrative Director The Honorable Mort ORyan The Honorable David E. Anderson The Honorable Lorraine M. Fende The Honorable Mike Evangelista J. Sample, Administrator, Village of Madison P. Brunner, Chairman, Madison Board of Trustees The Honorable John Turben The Honorable Georgette Allison The Honorable Joseph Dudas The Honorable Sam Santangelo, Jr.

The Honorable Alan DiLiberto INPO

W. Kanda ADAMS Distribution:

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Page 1 of 2 Perry 03/01/2004 08:03:00 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71122 - EFFLUENTS, ACCESS CONTROL, ALARA 2 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/29/2004 04/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/29/2004 04/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 03/29/2004 04/02/2004 Baseline Inspections SG BASE - SG BASELINE 2004 2 1 IP 7113001 Access Authorization 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113002 Access Control 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113008 Fitness For Duty Program 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Baseline Inspections 95002 - SUPPLEMENTAL INSP - DEGRADED CORNERSTONE 4 1 IP 95002 Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In A Strategic Perform 05/10/2004 05/21/2004 Supplemental Progra 95001 - EP SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION 2 1 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 05/24/2004 05/28/2004 Supplemental Progra 7112203 - REMP, ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections SSDI - SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN INSPECTION 6 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 08/09/2004 08/27/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112103 - INSTRUMENTATION, ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections MR - MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL (DRS) 1 1 IP 71111.EP Equipment Availability and Functional Capability 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PRPOGRAM EVALUATION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP EXERCISE INSP 2 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - PERRY INIT PREP 11/2004 4 1 W90111 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PERRY - NOV/DEC 2004 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Not Applicable FY 2005 - PERRY INIT EXAM 11/12/2004 4 1 W90111 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PERRY - NOV/DEC 2004 11/29/2004 12/10/2004 Not Applicable This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Perry 03/01/2004 08:03:00 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type PI&R - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 3 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 01/10/2005 01/28/2005 Baseline Inspections MOD5059 - MODIFICATIONS/50.59 INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 01/17/2005 02/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 01/17/2005 02/04/2005 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections OUTAGE - ALARA AND ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/22/2005 02/28/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/22/2005 02/28/2005 Baseline Inspections HEATSKB - BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 71122.02 - TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.