ML022380482
| ML022380482 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2002 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Shriver B Susquehanna |
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| Download: ML022380482 (6) | |
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August 26, 2002 Mr. Bryce L. Shriver Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Susquehanna Steam Electric Station PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Berwick, PA 18603-0035
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION
Dear Mr. Shriver:
On August 7, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Susquehanna Steam Electric Station. In accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0305 Operating Reactor Assessment Program, the mid-cycle review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating the performance of Susquehanna for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1 - December 31, 2002. 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 which may conflict with your plant activities.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter continues to be within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on a previous inspection finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone. The inspection finding was a result of lapses in maintaining minimum on-shift staffing in accordance with PPLs Emergency Plan. On January 25, 2002, we performed a supplemental inspection of PPLs response to the inspection finding. We could not conclude that PPLs actions were acceptable because your staff had not evaluated the issue in sufficient detail to understand the root causes and performance problems in order to establish lasting corrective actions. The finding will continue to be considered in our assessment process until the appropriate supplemental inspection has been completed and we have determined that your actions relative to root cause determination, extent of condition and corrective actions are appropriate.
We understand you have taken additional actions to resolve this issue and we plan to repeat the supplemental inspection in September 2002.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2003.
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 last six months of the inspection plan is tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.
Bryce L. Shriver 2 In addition, the NRC is in the process of finalizing a Temporary Instruction (TI) that will be used to review implementation of the Interim Compensatory Measures required by the Agencys Security Order to all commercial nuclear power plants dated February 25, 2002. Schedules have not yet been finalized, but it is anticipated that these inspections will begin within the next calendar quarter. Once finalized, the details will be communicated by separate correspondence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 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 the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Dr. Mohamed Shanbaky, Chief, Projects Branch 4 at 610-337-5209 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388 Licensee Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22
Enclosure:
Susquehanna Inspection/Activity Plan
Bryce L. Shriver 3 cc w/encl: J. H. Miller, President - PPL Generation, LLC R. Anderson, Vice President - Nuclear Operations for PPL Susquehanna LLC R. A. Saccone, General Manager - Nuclear Engineering A. J. Wrape, III, General Manager, Nuclear Assurance T. L. Harpster, General Manager - Plant Support W. W. Hunt, Manager, Nuclear Training G. F. Ruppert, Manager, Nuclear Operations J. D. Shaw, Manager, Station Engineering T. P. Kirwin, Manager, Nuclear Maintenance R. M. Paley, Manager, Work Management R. E. Smith, Jr., Manager, Radiation Protection W. F. Smith, Jr., Manager, Corrective Action & Assessments D. F. Roth, Manager, Quality Assurance R. R. Sgarro, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs M. M. Golden, Manager - Nuclear Security C. D. Markley, Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs M. H. Crowthers, Supervising Engineer G. DallaPalu, PPL Nuclear Records H. D. Woodeshick, Special Office of the President B. A. Snapp, Esquire, Associate General Counsel, PPL Services Corporation R. W. Osborne, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
D. Allard, Director, PA Bureau of Radiation Protection R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, PA Bureau of Radiation Protection Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Bryce L. Shriver 4 Distribution w/encl: H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRS J. Clifford, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS M. Shanbaky, DRP DRS Branch Chief (5)
D. Florek, DRP J. Talieri, DRP S. Iyer, DRP R. Junod, DRP S. Hansell, DRP - SRI Susquehanna P. Kaufman, DRS J. Noggle, DRS P. Frechette, DRS N. McNamara, DRS D. Screnci, ORA N. Sheehan, ORA H. Nieh, RI EDO Coordinator S. Richards, NRR (RidsNrrDipmlpdi)
E. Thomas, PM, NRR D. Skay, PM, NRR (Backup)
Ridsnrrdipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\BRANCH 4\ROP 3 Mid-cycle\Susmidcycle_letter2002rev0.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public. 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 RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME SHansell /MMS for/ DFlorek /DJF/ MShanbaky /MMS/ ABlough /ARB/
DATE 08/21/02 by phone 08/26/02 08/21/02 08/26/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Page 1 of 2 Susquehanna 08/26/2002 14:08:36 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7111105T - FIRE PROTECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/26/2002 08/30/2002 Baseline Inspections 8/11EXM - INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM 4 1 U01429 SUSQUEHANNA 1 & 2 O/L INITIAL EXAM 08/13-17/2002 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Not Applicable 1 U01429 SUSQUEHANNA 1 & 2 O/L INITIAL EXAM 08/13-17/2002 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Not Applicable 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Baseline Inspections 95001 - SUPPLEMENTAL FOLLOWUP 1 1, 2 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 09/23/2002 09/28/2002 Supplemental Program 7111401 - EP EXERCISE & EP PI VERIFICATION 5 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Baseline Inspections 71151 - PUB RAD SAFETY PI VERIFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 12/09/2002 12/13/2002 Baseline Inspections 71130 - SECURITY 1 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only) 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization) 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111108 Inservice Inspection Activities 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/14/2003 04/18/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 7 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 Susquehanna 08/26/2002 14:08:36 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71130.03 - SECURITY 2 1, 2 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy) 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections 71122.03 - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 7/28+EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3 1 U01501 SUSQUEHANNA 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/28/03) 07/14/2003 07/17/2003 Not Applicable 1 U01501 SUSQUEHANNA 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/28/03) 08/11/2003 08/22/2003 Not Applicable 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 07/28/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 71122.02 - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121.01 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/29/2003 10/03/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.