ML032400062

D.C. Cook 50-315/04-01; 50-316/04-01 - Mid-cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML032400062
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	08/27/2003
From:	Dyer J Region 3 Administrator
To:	Powers R American Electric Power Co
References
IR-04-001
Download: ML032400062 (6)

See also: IR 05000315/2004001

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August 27, 2003

Mr. Robert P. Powers

Executive Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Nuclear Generation Group

American Electric Power Company

500 Circle Drive

Buchanan, MI 49107

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN

D.C. COOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 50-315/04-01; 50-316/04-01)

Dear Mr. Powers:

On July 30, 2003, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the

D.C. Cook nuclear power plant. The mid-cycle review for D.C. Cook involved the participation

of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter

and inspection results for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1 -

December 31, 2003. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your

safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that

you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned

inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, the D.C. Cook nuclear power plant operated in a manner that preserved public health

and safety and met all cornerstone objectives with moderate degradation in safety

performance.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Unit 2 was within the Degraded Cornerstone

Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on two White inspection findings in the Mitigating

Systems Cornerstone and one White Performance Indicator in the Scrams With Loss of Normal

Heat Removal area of the Initiating Events Cornerstone. The first White finding was identified

in the first quarter of the 2002 annual assessment period and involved turbine-driven auxiliary

feedwater pump start failures. The second White finding was identified in the second quarter of

the 2002 annual assessment period and involved degraded essential service water system

performance. A supplemental inspection was conducted in accordance with inspection

procedure (IP) 95002 Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in

a Strategic Performance Area for the two White findings and concluded that your evaluation of

these findings was incomplete because an adequate extent of condition review for the root and

contributing causes had not yet been performed. This was considered to be a significant

weakness with your evaluation and resulted in both of the White findings that contributed to the

Degraded Cornerstone remaining open beyond four quarters. Subsequently, a followup

IP 95002 inspection was conducted and closed out the open issues. At the time these

inspections were completed, the White performance indicator had not been identified and

therefore, no additional inspection had been accomplished. Therefore, a supplemental

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inspection to review the circumstances and corrective actions to address this White

performance indicator will be accomplished following the completion of your own reviews of the

root and contributing causes which led to this indicator crossing the Green/White threshold.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Unit 1 was within the Regulatory Response

Column of the Action Matrix based on the White inspection finding associated with the

degraded essential service water system. All other inspection findings and PIs for the most

recent quarter for Unit 1 were Green.

In our Annual Assessment Letter dated March 4, 2003, we discussed a substantive

cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution. In addition to the

inadequate extent of condition review for the root and contributing causes for the two White

findings, a number of other issues associated with the implementation of corrective actions

were identified. Based on the continued identification of problems associated with poor

corrective actions, the NRC is concerned that your performance in this area has not improved.

Your performance in this area will continue to be monitored via the baseline inspection

program which includes a Problem Identification and Resolution inspection scheduled for

December 2003. In addition, because Unit 2 has a degraded cornerstone and because your

performance in this cross-cutting area has not improved, the NRC intends to also conduct a

Problem Identification and Resolution inspection in 2004.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2004.

The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for

scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival

onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last 6 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at

the end-of-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosure will be made 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).

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If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to

discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Eric Duncan at (630) 829-9628 with

any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by G. Grant acting for/

J. E. Dyer

Regional Administrator

Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316

License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74

Enclosure: D. C. Cook Inspection/Activity Plan

cc w/encl: M. Finissi, Plant Manager

R. Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Emergency Management Division

MI Department of State Police

D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists

B. Witkowski, County Board Chairman

J. M. Henry, Berrien County Coordinator

Sheriff L. Paul Bailey

M. Bradley, Berrien County Emergency Management Coordinator

The Honorable Charles Yarbrough

C. Roberts, Benton Harbor City Manager

The Honorable Mary Goff

F. Walsh, St. Joseph City Manager

The Honorable William Skiba

A. Anthony, City Manager

The Honorable David Hagey

M. Hughes, City Manager

M. Getz, President, Village of Stevensville

J. Choudoir, President, Village of Berrien Springs

L. Larsen, President, Village of Shoreham

INPO

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If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to

discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Eric Duncan at (630) 829-9628 with

any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA by G. Grant acting for/

J. E. Dyer

Regional Administrator

Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316

License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74

Enclosure: D. C. Cook Inspection/Activity Plan

cc w/encl: M. Finissi, Plant Manager

R. Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Emergency Management Division

MI Department of State Police

D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists

B. Witkowski, County Board Chairman

J. M. Henry, Berrien County Coordinator

Sheriff L. Paul Bailey

M. Bradley, Berrien County Emergency Management Coordinator

The Honorable Charles Yarbrough

C. Roberts, Benton Harbor City Manager

The Honorable Mary Goff

F. Walsh, St. Joseph City Manager

The Honorable William Skiba

A. Anthony, City Manager

The Honorable David Hagey

M. Hughes, City Manager

M. Getz, President, Village of Stevensville

J. Choudoir, President, Village of Berrien Springs

L. Larsen, President, Village of Shoreham

INPO

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08/25/2003 13:14:50 Inspection / Activity Plan

Report 22

09/01/2003 - 09/30/2004

Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection

Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type

71111.08 - ISI AND TI-150 FOR UNIT 1 2

1 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-0 10/20/2003 10/31/2003 Safety Issues

1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/20/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections

BIP - ID AND RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS 1

1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 12/08/2003 12/19/2003 Baseline Inspections

FY 2004 - D. C. COOK INIT PREP 02/2004 3

1 W90075 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DC COOK - FEB/MAR 2004 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Not Applicable

71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2

1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections

71122.02 - TRANSPORTATION & RADWASTE 1

1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections

FY 2004 - D. C. COOK INIT EXAM 03/2004 3

1 W90075 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DC COOK - FEB/MAR 2004 03/15/2004 03/26/2004 Not Applicable

HT SNK B - HEAT SINK BIENNIAL (DRS) 1

1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 Baseline Inspections

71114 - 7111402/03/05 1

1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Baseline Inspections

1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Baseline Inspections

1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Baseline Inspections

INSP - EMER. PREP. INSPECTION 1

1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Baseline Inspections

71121.03 - RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION & EQUIP 1

1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 05/10/2004 05/14/2004 Baseline Inspections

1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/10/2004 05/14/2004 Baseline Inspections

MOD/5059 - MODIFICATIONS & 50.59 3

1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections

1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Baseline Inspections

MR - MAINTENANCE RULE 1

1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 07/19/2004 07/23/2004 Baseline Inspections

71121.01 - RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL 1

1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections

1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.