IR 05000333/2017006

Annual Assessment Letter for James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant (Reports 05000333/2017006, 05000333/2017402, and 05000333/2017501)

ML18058B215
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	02/28/2018
From:	Anthony Dimitriadis Reactor Projects Branch 2
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
Dimitriadis A
References
IR 2017006, IR 2017402, IR 2017501
Download: ML18058B215 (7)

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February 28, 2018

Mr. Bryan Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORTS 05000333/2017006, 05000333/2017402, AND 05000333/2017501)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (FitzPatrick), 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 our plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined that the performance at FitzPatrick 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.

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 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 addition to the baseline inspections, the NRC plans to conduct Inspection Procedure 60855.1, "Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants," at your facility. 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 System (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 me at (610)337-6953 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,/RA/ Anthony Dimitriadis, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-333 License No. DPR-59

Enclosure:

Inspection Activity Plan Report

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