IR 05000454/2002001
| ML020700076 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2002 |
| From: | Ann Marie Stone NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB3 |
| To: | Skolds J Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
| References | |
| IR-02-001 | |
| Download: ML020700076 (5) | |
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March 4, 2002
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - BYRON STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 50-454/02-01; 50-455/02-01)
Dear Mr. Skolds:
On January 30, 2002, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2. The end-of-cycle review for Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from April 1 through December 31, 2001. 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 which may conflict with your plant activities.
As discussed in our previous annual assessment letter dated May 31, 2001, this inspection and assessment cycle consisted of three quarters (i.e., the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of calendar year 2001) instead of the usual four quarters. This change was implemented in order to align the inspection and assessment cycle with the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2002.
Overall, the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first two quarters of the assessment cycle, was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2003.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2003. 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 inspection plan for the last 6 months is tentative and may be revised at the Mid-Cycle Review meeting. In addition to the baseline inspection program, the NRC issued safeguards advisories recommending that nuclear power plant licensees go to the highest level of security immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all promptly did so. With continued uncertainty about the possibility of additional terrorist activities, the Nation's nuclear power plants, including the Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, remain at a high level of security. On February 25, 2002, the NRC issued an Order to all nuclear power plant licensees, requiring them to take certain additional interim compensatory measures to address the generalized high-level threat environment. These additional compensatory requirements will provide the NRC with reasonable assurance that public health and safety and the common defense and security continue to be adequately protected in the current generalized high-level threat environment. These requirements will remain in effect pending notification from the Commission that a significant change in the threat environment occurs, or until the Commission determines that other changes are needed following a more comprehensive re-evaluation of current safeguards and security programs. To date, we have monitored Exelon's actions in response to the terrorist attacks through a series of audits. With the issuance of the Order, we will evaluate Exelon's compliance with these interim requirements.
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/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
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 me at 630-829-9729 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ann Marie Stone, Chief Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66 Enclosure: Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\EOC Ltrs\\2002\\Byr-eoc02.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box:"C" = Copy without enclosure "E"= Copy with enclosure"N"= No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME TTongue:co AMStone DATE 03/ /02 03/ /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY cc w/encl:
J. Skolds, Chief Operating Officer C. Crane, Senior Vice President, Midwest ROG J. Benjamin, Vice President Licensing H. Stanley, Vice President, Midwest ROG Operations K. Jury, Licensing Director, Midwest ROG R. Helfrich, Senior Counsel, Nuclear DCD - Licensing R. Lopriore, Site Vice President S. Kuczynski, Station Manager W. Grundmann, Regulatory Assurance Manager M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission Distribution:
AJM DFT H. Nieh, OEDO T. Boyce, NRR Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb J. Caldwell, RIII G. Grant, RIII B. Clayton, RIII R. Lickus, RIII SRI Byron DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1
Byron Inspection / Activity Plan 03/04/2002 - 03/31/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/08/2002 06:48:01 Report 22
7111120
- REFUELING AND OUTAGE ACTIVITIES Baseline Inspections 02/12/2002 03/31/2002 Refueling and Outage Activities IP 7111120
1 IP 71121
- OUTAGE RP ALARA & ACCESS CTRL INSP Baseline Inspections 03/11/2002 03/15/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/11/2002 03/15/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/11/2002 03/15/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
- INSERVICE INSPECTION UNIT 1 Baseline Inspections 03/18/2002 03/29/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108
2 71111.06
- FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES Baseline Inspections 04/01/2002 05/18/2002 Flood Protection Measures IP 7111106 1, 2
MOD50.59
- BIENNIAL PLANT MODS AND 50.59 Baseline Inspections 04/15/2002 04/19/2002 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 04/15/2002 04/19/2002 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1, 2
- RAM PROC/SHIPPING INSP Baseline Inspections 05/06/2002 05/10/2002 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 05/06/2002 05/10/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
- ADVERSE WEATHER HOT Baseline Inspections 05/19/2002 06/30/2002 Adverse Weather Protection IP 7111101 1, 2
- HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE Baseline Inspections 05/19/2002 06/30/2002 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107A 1, 2
MAINT B
- BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 06/24/2002 06/28/2002 Maintenance Rule Implementation IP 7111112B 1, 2
- EP BASELINE INSPECTION (NON-EXERCISE)
Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
7111120
- REFUELING AND OUTAGE ACTIVITIES Baseline Inspections 08/18/2002 09/30/2002 Refueling and Outage Activities IP 7111120
1 IP 71121
- OUTAGE RP ALARA & ACCESS CTRL INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Byron Inspection / Activity Plan 03/04/2002 - 03/31/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/08/2002 06:48:01 Report 22
- INSERVICE INSPECTION UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 09/30/2002 10/11/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108
3 7111120
- REFUELING AND OUTAGE ACTIVITIES Baseline Inspections 10/01/2002 11/13/2002 Refueling and Outage Activities IP 7111120
2 71111.01
- ADVERSE WEATHER COLD Baseline Inspections 10/01/2002 11/16/2002 Adverse Weather Protection IP 7111101 1, 2
- LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION Baseline Inspections 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 Licensed Operator Requalification IP 7111111B 1, 2
71130
- SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION-AA/AC/PI/PC Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)
IP 7113001 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
IP 7113002 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Security Plan Changes IP 7113004 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
- RAD INSTRUMENTATION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation IP 7112103 1, 2
- RAD INSTRUMENTATION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
HTSINKB
- BIENNIAL HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 03/31/2003 04/04/2003 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.