IR 05000335/2017006

Annual Assessment Letter for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 and Unit 2 - Report 05000335/2017006 and 05000389/2017006, Report 05000335/2017402 and 05000389/2017402, Report 05000335/2017501 and 05000389/2017501

ML18059A240
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	02/28/2018
From:	Munday J T NRC/RGN-II
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR 2017006, IR 2017402, IR 2017501
Download: ML18059A240 (6)

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February 28, 2018

Mr. Mano Nazar President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Division Florida Power & Light Co. Mail Stop: EX/JB 700 Universe Blvd. Juno Beach, FL 33408

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 - REPORT 05000335/2017006 AND 05000389/2017006, REPORT 05000335/2017402 AND 05000389/2017402, REPORT 05000335/2017501 AND 05000389/2017501

Dear Mr. Nazar:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. This letter informs you of the NRC's 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 St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2 during the most recent quarter, was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRC's 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, Unit 1 was in the Regulatory Response Column (Column 2), due to a White finding input. As stated in NRC Supplemental Inspection Report 05000335/2017012 and Assessment Followup Letter (Agency Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17263A055), Unit 1 returned to the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) on October 1, 2017, after completion of the supplemental inspection. 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 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 12 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. The NRC will perform Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, "Inspection of the Licensees' Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerabilities in Electric Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01)." In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC's "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 Mr. Randall A. Musser at 404-997-4603 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,/RA/ Joel T. Munday, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure:

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