ML042450483

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan for Physical Protection - Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant

ML042450483
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	08/30/2004
From:	Caldwell J Region 3 Administrator
To:	Nazar M American Electric Power Co
References
IR-05-001
Download: ML042450483 (8)

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August 30, 2004 Mr. Mano Nazar 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 DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 50-315/05-01; 50-316/05-01)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

On August 11, 2004, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant. The mid-cycle review for the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance for the first half of the 2004 assessment cycle. The process included a review of performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve months. 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.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Unit 1 was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one White inspection finding in the Public Radiation Safety cornerstone. This White finding was identified in the first quarter of the 2004 assessment cycle and involved the failure to prepare a shipment of radioactive waste such that Department of Transportation radiation limits were not exceeded. A supplemental inspection was conducted for this White finding and concluded that your staff performed an adequate evaluation of the specific performance issues and that comprehensive corrective actions were completed to address each of the specific causes. Otherwise, all inspection findings for Unit 1 were classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all performance indicators indicated performance at a level requiring no additional oversight (Green).

Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Unit 2 was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on the White inspection finding in the Public Radiation Safety cornerstone discussed above and one White PI in the Scrams With Loss of Normal Heat Removal area of the Initiating Events Cornerstone. This PI crossed the Green-to-White threshold in the third quarter of the 2002 assessment cycle. Unit 2 transitioned from the Degraded Cornerstone Column to the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix in the most recent quarter, as a White PI in the Unplanned Scrams Per 7000 Critical Hours area of the Initiating Events cornerstone transitioned the White-to-Green threshold and was Green.

M. Nazar Otherwise, all inspection findings for Unit 2 were classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all performance indicators indicated performance at a level requiring no additional oversight (Green).

In our 2002 mid-cycle assessment letter, we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution. In particular, weak corrective action program implementation resulted in several findings associated with the failure to promptly and effectively resolve conditions adverse to quality. In our 2002 annual assessment letter, we indicated that this cross-cutting issue would remain open because we continued to identify corrective action implementation issues. In our 2003 mid-cycle assessment letter, this cross-cutting issue remained open due to the continued identification of examples where the corrective action program failed to promptly correct conditions adverse to quality. In our 2003 annual assessment letter, we determined that some positive observations in the implementation of your corrective action program had been noted. However, because some corrective action program improvements had only recently been implemented and their effectiveness could not be fully assessed, and to assure ourselves that positive corrective action program results could be sustained, this cross-cutting issue remained open. During this assessment period, we noted both a decline in the number of findings in the Problem Identification and Resolution area as well as your satisfactory review of issues which were the subject of NRC supplemental inspections. Therefore, this Problem Identification and Resolution substantive cross-cutting issue was closed.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2006. 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 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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).

M. Nazar 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/

James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74

Enclosure:

D. C. Cook Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution

M. Nazar 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/

James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74

Enclosure:

D. C. Cook Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\midcycle2004\Midcycle Ltrs\DCC.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII NAME EDuncan:rj SReynolds JCaldwell DATE 08/24/04 08/24/04 08/25/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY M. Nazar cc w/encl: J. Jensen, Site Vice President M. Finissi, Plant Manager G. White, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Emergency Management Division MI Department of State Police D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists

M. Nazar ADAMS Distribution:

WDR DFT JGL1 DWW Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG HBC RML2 SRI Cook DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1

Page 1 of 2 D.C. Cook 08/27/2004 11:17:49 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type MOD/5059 - MODIFICATIONS & 50.59 3 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections ISI 2 - INSERVICE INSP/TI-150/TI-152 UNIT 2 3 2 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02) 10/04/2004 10/22/2004 Safety Issues 2 IP 2515/152 Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2003-02) 10/04/2004 10/22/2004 Safety Issues 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/04/2004 10/22/2004 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - ALARA (OUTAGE) 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Baseline Inspections RENEWAL - AGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM INSPECTION 5 1, 2 IP 71002 License Renewal Inspection 11/01/2004 11/19/2004 License Renewal Inspectio PI&R - PI&R INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 71152 Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/29/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 71122.01 - RADIOLOGICAL EFFLUENT CONTROL 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 01/10/2005 01/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 01/10/2005 01/14/2005 Baseline Inspections ISI - UNIT 1 ISI/TI-150 INSPECTION 1 1 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02) 03/28/2005 04/08/2005 Safety Issues 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 03/28/2005 04/08/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OUTAGE ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 Baseline Inspections SSDPC - SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN & PERFORMANCE 5 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 07/25/2005 08/12/2005 Baseline Inspections 71122.03 - REMP & RAD MTL CONTROL 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections HEATSKB - BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 10/03/2005 10/07/2005 Baseline Inspections 71114 - EP EXERCISE & EP PI INSP 2 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121.01 - RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/10/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 D.C. Cook 08/27/2004 11:17:49 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121.01 - RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL 1 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/10/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2006 - D. C. COOK INIT PREP 01/2006 3 1 W90130 OL - INITIAL EXAM - D.C. COOK - JAN/FEB 2006 01/16/2006 01/20/2006 Not Applicable FY 2006 - D. C. COOK INIT EXAM 02/2006 3 1 W90130 OL - INITIAL EXAM - D.C. COOK - JAN/FEB 2006 02/06/2006 02/17/2006 Not Applicable FIREPROT - FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION TRIENNIAL 1 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 03/06/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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