ML14245A231

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2

ML14245A231
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	09/02/2014
From:	Boland A T Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Pacilio M J Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 September 2, 2014 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio Senior VP, Exelon Generation Co., LLC President and CNO, Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR LASALLE COUNTY STATION UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Pacilio:

On August 5, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of LaSalle County Station. 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 the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC determined the performance at LaSalle County Station, Unit 1, during the most recent quarter, and for the previous three quarters, was within the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) 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).

The NRC determined the performance at LaSalle County Station, Unit 2, for the most recent quarter, and for the three previous quarters was within the Regulatory Response Column (Column 2) of the NRC's ROP Action Matrix because of a White Inspection Finding in the Initiating Events Cornerstone. The Inspection Finding correlated to one of the scrams included in the White PI for Unplanned Scrams with Complications that crossed the green to white threshold in the second quarter of 2013. The White PI was not considered an Action Matrix input in this assessment period since one of the scrams was attributed to the event that resulted in the White Inspection Finding. In our annual assessment letter, the NRC informed you that it would complete a supplemental inspection at your facility for both the White PI and White Inspection Finding. On March 21, 2014, the NRC completed a 95001 supplemental inspection at your facility to evaluate the corrective actions taken by members of your staff to prevent recurrence and address the white performance indicator and white inspection finding. The NRC determined you met the objectives of that inspection and documented the results in NRC Inspection Report and Assessment Follow-up Letter 05000374/2014009 (ADAMS Accession Number ML14122A124). In that letter, the NRC also updated its assessment of LaSalle County Station, Unit 2, and informed you that LaSalle Unit 2 would transition back to the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) of the ROP Action Matrix, beginning 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 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. 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. The NRC also plans on performing special and infrequently performed inspections including: Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.05T, "Fire Protection (Triennial)," IP 71152B, "Problem Identification and Resolution (Biennial)," and IP 71111.17T, "Evaluations of Changes, Tests and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications (Triennial)," and IP 71002, "License Renewal Inspection." 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," which requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance 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-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," which requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring 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 is being coordinated with your staff. 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 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure 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 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 Mr. Michael Kunowski, Branch 5 Chief, Division of Reactor Projects, at 630-829-9618 with any questions you may have regarding this letter. Sincerely, /RA/ Anne T. Boland, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure 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 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 Mr. Michael Kunowski, Branch 5 Chief, Division of Reactor Projects, at 630-829-9618 with any questions you may have regarding this letter. Sincerely, /RA/ Anne T. Boland, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV DISTRIBUTION w/encl: Anthony Bowers RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 Resource RidsNrrPMLaSalle RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Darrell Roberts Steven Orth Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Carmen Olteanu ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov DOCUMENT NAME: LaSalle MOC Letter Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII RIII NAME MKunowski:rj ABoland DATE 08/26/14 09/02/14 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Page 1 of 208/22/201409:40:13Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteLaSalleInspection / Activity Plan09/01/2014-12/31/2015BI FIRE-FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION AND BAG TRIP31, 2 IPFire Protection [Triennial]7111105T11/03/201412/05/2014BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION11 IPRadioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation71124.0809/29/201410/03/2014OL PREP-INITIAL EXAM - 10/201431 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2014 JULY-MAR - LASAW9030609/29/201410/03/2014OL EXAM-INIT EXAM FOR 10/201431 OL - INITIAL EXAM - 2014 JULY-MAR - LASAW9030610/20/201410/31/2014BI EPR-EP ROUTINE INSPECTION / PI VERIFICATION21 IPAlert and Notification System Testing711140203/23/201503/27/20151 IPEmergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System711140303/23/201503/27/20151 IPCorrection of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies711140503/23/201503/27/20151 IPPerformance Indicator Verification7115103/23/201503/27/2015BI ISI-ISI INSPECTION UNIT 21 2 IPInservice Inspection Activities - BWR7111108G02/02/201502/20/2015BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION11 IPRadiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.0503/16/201503/20/20151 IP71151-BI0103/16/201503/20/2015BI HS-TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION21, 2 IPHeat Sink Performance7111107T04/20/201504/24/2015BI PIR-BIENNIAL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RES41, 2 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B05/04/201505/22/2015ISFSI-ISFSI OPERATION INSPECTION21, 2 IPOperation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants60855.105/01/201505/31/2015BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION11 IPRadiological Environmental Monitoring Program71124.0706/22/201506/26/20151 IP71151-PR0106/22/201506/26/2015BI MODS-MODIFICATIONS / 50.59 INSPECTION31, 2 IPEvaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications7111117T06/29/201507/17/2015BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION11 IPRadiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.0108/31/201509/04/20151 IPOccupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.0208/31/201509/04/20151 IP71151-OR0108/31/201509/04/2015This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 208/22/201409:40:13Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteLaSalleInspection / Activity Plan09/01/2014-12/31/2015RENEWAL-LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION 7100271, 2 IPLicense Renewal Inspection7100209/21/201510/09/2015BI RP-RADIATION PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION11 IPRadiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.0109/28/201510/02/20151 IPRadiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.0509/28/201510/02/2015BI OLRQ-BIENNIAL REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION21, 2 IPLicensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B11/16/201511/20/2015This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.