IR 05000298/2016006

Annual Assessment Letter for Cooper Nuclear Station (Report 05000298/2016006)

ML17059D506
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	03/01/2017
From:	Greg Warnick NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Higginbotham K Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
GREG WARNICK
References
IR 2016006
Download: ML17059D506 (5)

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March 1, 2017

Mr. Ken Higginbotham Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000298/2016006)

Dear Mr. Higginbotham:

On February 15, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Cooper Nuclear Station, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. 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 Cooper Nuclear Station 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, 2018. 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. This inspection plan does not include the plan for security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. As indicated in our 2016 annual assessment letter (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16061A312) dated March 2, 2016, from January 1 to December 31, 2015, the NRC issued three Severity Level IV traditional enforcement violations associated with impeding the regulatory process. The NRC conducted Inspection Procedure (IP) 92723, "Follow up Inspection for Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violations in the Same Area in a 12-Month Period," in June 2016, to assess your evaluation of these violations and review the adequacy of associated corrective actions. Based on the results of this inspection, as documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000298/2016005 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16211A197) dated July 29, 2016, the NRC concluded that the inspection objective involving identification of extent of condition and extent of cause of the violations was not met. In January 2017, the NRC was notified of your readiness for reperformance of this inspection. The NRC has scheduled this inspection for the week of June 26, 2017. 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 me at 817-200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,/RA/ Greg Warnick, Branch Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-298 License No. DPR-46

Enclosure:

Cooper Nuclear Station Inspection Plan

SUNSI Review By: GWarnick/dll ADAMS Yes No Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword: NRC-002 OFFICE RIV/C RIV/DRS/D RIV/DRP:DD NAME GWarnick AVegel RLantz SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA JClark for/ /RA/ DATE 2/27/17 2/23/17 2/27/17 CooperInspection / Activity Plan01/01/2017-12/31/2018UnitNumberReport 22No. of Staffon SitePlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitlePage 1 of 202/23/2017 11:44:40192723-IP 92723 FOLLOWUP FOR 2015 SLIV TE VIOS1 06/27/201706/30/2017IP92723Follow Up Inspection for Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violations in the S1ISFSI-LOADING INSPECTION (ONE WEEK IN MONTH)1 05/01/201705/30/2017IP60855.1Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants2RS 12 PI-RADIATION SAFETY1 05/22/201705/26/2017IP71124.01Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls1 05/22/201705/26/2017IP71124.03In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation1 05/22/201705/26/2017IP71151-OR01Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness1 05/22/201705/26/2017IP71151-PR01RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences4TSB 52B-BIENNIAL PI&R1 06/12/201706/16/2017IP71152BProblem Identification and Resolution1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP71152BProblem Identification and Resolution1EP-1-BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP7111402Alert and Notification System Testing1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP7111403Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP7111404Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP7111405Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies1EP-2-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP71151-EP01Drill/Exercise Performance1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP71151-EP02ERO Readiness1 06/26/201706/30/2017IP71151-EP03Alert & Notification System Reliability3BRQ-BRQ INSPECTION1 10/02/201710/06/2017IP7111111BLicensed Operator Requalification Program3EB1-21N-CNS DESIGN BASIS PROGRAMS INSPECTION1 08/14/201709/01/2017IP7111121NComponent Design Bases Inspection (Programs)4RS 5678-RS TEAM1 10/02/201710/06/2017IP71124.05Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation1 10/02/201710/06/2017IP71124.06Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment1 10/02/201710/06/2017IP71124.07Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program1 10/02/201710/06/2017IP71124.08Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation2RS 24-RAD SAFETY1 02/12/201802/16/2018IP71124.02Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls1 02/12/201802/16/2018IP71124.04Occupational Dose AssessmentThis report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

CooperInspection / Activity Plan01/01/2017-12/31/2018UnitNumberReport 22No. of Staffon SitePlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitlePage 2 of 202/23/2017 11:44:404EXAM-INITIAL EXAM1 08/13/201808/17/2018X02624INITIAL EXAM COOPER (12/18)1 09/10/201809/14/2018X02624INITIAL EXAM COOPER (12/18)6EB1-21M-COOPER DESIGN BASES INSPECTION TEAMS1 04/09/201804/27/2018IP7111121MComponent Design Bases Inspection (Teams)4EP-1-EP EXERCISE INSPECTION1 07/30/201808/03/2018IP7111401Exercise Evaluation1 07/30/201808/03/2018IP7111404Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes1 07/30/201808/03/2018IP71151-EP01Drill/Exercise Performance1 07/30/201808/03/2018IP71151-EP02ERO Readiness1 07/30/201808/03/2018IP71151-EP03Alert & Notification System Reliability2EB1-07T-CNS HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE1 08/20/201808/24/2018IP7111107THeat Sink Performance17111108-INSERVICE INSPECTION RF301 10/08/201810/19/2018IP7111108GInservice Inspection Activities - BWR2RS 12PI-RAD SAFETY1 10/15/201810/19/2018IP71124.01Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls1 10/15/201810/19/2018IP71124.02Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls1 10/15/201810/19/2018IP71151-OR01Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness1 10/15/201810/19/2018IP71151-OR01Occupational Exposure Control EffectivenessComments:This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.