IR 05000275/2016005

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000275/2016005 and 05000323/2016005)

ML16239A253
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	08/31/2016
From:	Groom J R NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-A
To:	Halpin E D Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Groom J R
References
IR 2016005
Preceding documents:	ML16256A234 (12 September 2016)
Download: ML16239A253 (6)

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August 31, 2016

Mr. Edward D. Halpin, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000275/2016005 AND 05000323/2016005)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

On August 10, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of Diablo Canyon Power Plant, 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, 2015 through June 30, 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 determined that overall, Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., Green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility. As discussed in our annual assessment letter dated March 2, 2016, Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, transitioned to the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) of the NRC's ROP Action Matrix as of December 28, 2015, following our completion of a supplemental inspection in late 2015 for a previously identified White finding in the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2018. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the second half of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle performance review. The 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. In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events," and Order EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation." The NRC conducted audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 191, "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans." In Staff Requirements Memorandum - SECY 16-0009, "Recommendations Resulting from the Integrated Prioritization and Re-Baselining of Agency Activities," the Commission approved the NRC staff recommendation to discontinue the formal mid-cycle assessment process beginning in calendar year 2017. This will be the final mid-cycle assessment letter. The staff will continue to conduct quarterly assessment meetings and communicate changes in the assessment of licensee performance in accordance with the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program." 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 Agencywide Documents 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 me at 817-200-1148 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,/RA/ Jeremy R. Groom, Chief Projects Branch A Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-275, 50-323 License Nos. DPR-80, DPR-82

Enclosure:

Diablo Canyon Inspection/Activity Plan Page 1 of 208/30/201609:34:20Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteDiablo CanyonInspection / Activity Plan07/01/2016-06/30/2018EXAM-INITIAL EXAM31 2ND INITIAL EXAM DC U1 (09/2016)X0259909/19/201609/23/20162 2ND INITIAL EXAM DC U2 (09/2016)X0260009/19/201609/23/20161 2ND INITIAL EXAM DC U1 (09/2016)X0259910/17/201610/21/20162 2ND INITIAL EXAM DC U2 (09/2016)X0260010/17/201610/21/2016TSB 52B-BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION41, 2 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B06/27/201607/01/20161, 2 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B07/11/201607/15/2016EB1-07T-DC TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE11, 2 IPHeat Sink Performance7111107T08/01/201608/05/2016RS 5678-RADIATION SAFETY - TEAM41, 2 IPRadiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.0508/08/201608/12/20161, 2 IPRadioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment71124.0608/08/201608/12/20161, 2 IPRadiological Environmental Monitoring Program71124.0708/08/201608/12/20161, 2 IPRadioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation71124.0809/12/201609/16/2016EB2-05XT-TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION41, 2 IPFire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)7111105X10/03/201610/07/20161, 2 IPFire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)7111105X10/17/201610/21/2016ISFSI-LOADING INSPECTION11, 2 IPOperation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants60855.109/19/201609/23/2016EP-2-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS11 IPDrill/Exercise Performance71151-EP0110/31/201611/04/20161 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0210/31/201611/04/20161 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0310/31/201611/04/2016EP-3-BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE INSPECTION41 IPExercise Evaluation711140110/31/201611/04/20161 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140410/31/201611/04/2016INSP-BRQ-BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION21, 2 IPLicensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B04/03/201704/07/2017RS 13 PI-RADIATION SAFETY31, 2 IPRadiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.0105/08/201705/12/20171, 2 IPIn-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.0305/08/201705/12/20171, 2 IPOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness71151-OR0105/08/201705/12/20171, 2 IPRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences71151-PR0105/08/201705/12/2017This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 208/30/201609:34:20Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteDiablo CanyonInspection / Activity Plan07/01/2016-06/30/201871111.08-INSERVICE INSPECTION11 IPInservice Inspection Activities - PWR7111108P05/08/201705/19/2017EB1-17T-DC PERMANENT PLANT MODS & 50.5931, 2 IPEvaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications7111117T06/12/201706/16/20171, 2 IPEvaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications7111117T06/26/201706/30/2017RS 24-RADIATION SAFETY21, 2 IPOccupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.0207/31/201708/04/20171, 2 IPOccupational Dose Assessment71124.0407/31/201708/04/2017EXAM-INITIAL EXAM61 INITIAL EXAM DC U1 (10/2017)X0259512/11/201712/15/20172 INITIAL EXAM DC U2 (10/2017)X0259612/11/201712/15/20171 INITIAL EXAM DC U1 (10/2017)X0259501/22/201802/05/20182 INITIAL EXAM DC U2 (10/2017)X0259601/22/201802/05/2018EP-1-BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION11, 2 IPAlert and Notification System Testing711140210/30/201711/03/20171, 2 IPEmergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System711140310/30/201711/03/20171, 2 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140410/30/201711/03/20171, 2 IPCorrection of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies711140510/30/201711/03/2017EP-2-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION11, 2 IPDrill/Exercise Performance71151-EP0110/30/201711/03/20171, 2 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0210/30/201711/03/20171, 2 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0310/30/201711/03/2017This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

ML16239A253 SUNSI ReviewBy: JRG ADAMS Yes NoPublicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword: NRC-002 OFFICE: RIV SPE: DRP/A D: DRS D: DRP C: DRP/A NAME RAlexander AVegel TWPruett JGroom SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA-JClark for /RA/ /RA/ DATE 8/22/16 8/19/16 8/22/16 8/26/16 Letter to Edward Halpin from Jeremy Groom dated August 31, 2016 SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000275/2016005 AND 05000323/2016005) DISTRIBUTION: Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov) Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov) DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov) DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov) DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov) DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov) Senior Resident Inspector (Christopher.Newport@nrc.gov) Resident Inspector (John.Reynoso@nrc.gov) Administrative Assistant (Madeleine.Arel-Davis@nrc.gov) Branch Chief, DRP/A (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov) Project Engineer, DRP/A (Matthew.Kirk@nrc.gov) Project Engineer, DRP/A (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov) Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov) Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov) ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov) Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov) Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov) Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov) RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov) RIV/ETA: OEDO (Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov) RIV RSLO (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov) Director, DIRS, NRR (Chris.Miller@nrc.gov) Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (Shana.Helton@nrc.gov) Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov) Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov) Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov) Director, DPR, NSIR (Marissa.Bailey@nrc.gov) DRP Branch Chiefs (R4DRPBC@nrc.gov) DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRSBC@nrc.gov) ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov