IR 05000237/2017006

Annual Assessment Letter for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Report 05000237/2017006 and 05000249/2017006)

ML18058B260
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	03/02/2018
From:	Louden P Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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ML18057B053	List: IR 05000237/2017006
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IR 2017006
Download: ML18058B260 (6)

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UNITED STATES rch 2, 2018

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 (REPORT 05000237/2017006 AND 05000249/2017006)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. This letter informs you of the NRCs 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 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs 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. Also, during this assessment year, the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3, was in Column 2 due to a White finding. As stated in our assessment follow-up letter dated October 12, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Number ML17285B324), the unit returned to Column 1 on October 1, 2017, after a successful 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 enclosed inspection plan includes, among other inspections, a biennial problem identification and resolution team inspection in April 2018 conducted in accordance with inspection procedure (IP) 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution. The plan also includes a July 2018 team inspection in accordance with Tempory Instruction 193, Inspection of the Implementation of EA-13-109: Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Hardened Containment Vents Capable of Operation Under Severe Accident Conditions. This letter and its enclosure will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Patrick L. Louden, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-237; 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19; DPR-25 Enclosure:

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