IR 05000387/2014006

Susquehanna ROP-15 Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan Report 05000387-14-006 and 0500388-14-006

ML14239A210
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	09/02/2014
From:	Dean W M Region 1 Administrator
To:	Rausch T S Susquehanna
bower, fl
References
IR-2014-006
Download: ML14239A210 (5)

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September 2, 2014

Mr. Timothy Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Boulevard, NUCSB3 Berwick, PA 18603

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000387/2014006 AND 05000388/2014006)

Dear Mr. Rausch:

On August 12, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (Susquehanna) Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. This letter informs you of inspections at your facility. The NRC determined the performance at Susquehanna Unit 1 during the most recent quarter Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all PIs demonstrated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections at Susquehanna Unit 1. The NRC determined that performance at Susquehanna Unit 2 at the end of the second quarter white PIs (for unplanned scrams (shutdowns) per 7,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of operation and for unplanned scrams with complications) existed in the initiating events cornerstone in the third quarter of 2013. Although these two white PIs returned to the nominal, expected range (i.e., green) in the fourth quarter of 2013, completion of a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection d the conduct of a public regulatory performance meeting are required to return Susquehanna Unit 2 performance to the Licensee Response Column. On May 29, 2014, your staff notified NRC of your readiness for this IP 95002 inspection. On July 31, 2014, the NRC satisfactorily completed the IP 95002 inspection and communicated the results of this inspection to your staff. After a public exit and regulatory performance meeting, scheduled for September 3, 2014, the NRC will provide you a follow-up assessment of Susquehanna Unit 2 for the third quarter of 2014. As a result of the Safety Culture Common Language Initiative, the terminology and coding of cross-cutting aspects were revised. All cross-cutting aspects identified during inspections conducted in calendar year 2014 will reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310. Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology were converted to the latest revision in accordance with the cross-reference in IMC 0310 during the mid-cycle assessment review and evaluated for cross-cutting themes and potential substantive cross-cutting issues in accordance with IMC 0305. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2015. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle performance review. In addition to baseline inspections, the NRC NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. From January 1 to December 31, 2013, the NRC issued three severity level IV traditional enforcement violations associated with willfulness. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct IP -up Inspection of Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violations in the Same Area in a 12-llow-up on these violations when your staff notifies the NRC of your readiness. Additionally, during this assessment period the NRC issued an inspection report dated August 1, 2014, (ADAMS Accession No. ML14216A216) which documented a Green violation re As a result, the NRC plans to conduct IP Followup on Corrective Actions for Violations and Deviations," to follow-up on your actions related to the Notice of Violation. The NRC plans to perform IP 92702 when your staff has notified us of your readiness for this inspection. In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items. This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of an ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. The date for the onsite component at your site has been coordinated with your staff and has been scheduled for the week of December 8, 2014. A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2.390 of the inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management 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 Fred L. Bower, III at (610) 337-5200 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,/RA/ William M. Dean Regional Administrator Docket Nos.: 50-387; 50-388 License Nos.: NPF-14, NPF-22

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