ML023030590
| ML023030590 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 10/30/2002 |
| From: | Dyer J Region 3 Administrator |
| To: | Myers L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
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| Download: ML023030590 (8) | |
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October 30, 2002 Mr. Lew Myers Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
SUBJECT:
DAVIS-BESSE OVERSIGHT PANEL RESTART CHECKLIST, REVISION 1
Dear Mr. Myers:
By our "05000346/LER-2002-002, Reactor Coolant System Pressure Boundary Leakage Due to Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking of [[system" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid. Drive Mechanism Nozzles and Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Degradation|letter dated April 29, 2002]], we informed you of our planned actions to provide focused and coordinated regulatory oversight of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station as a result of the reactor pressure vessel head degradation discovered on March 6, 2002. We enhanced NRC monitoring of corrective actions at Davis-Besse, as described in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0350, Oversight of Operating Reactor Facilities in a Shutdown Condition with Performance Problems. NRC Region III manager, John A. Grobe, has been assigned as the Chairman of the NRCs Davis-Besse Oversight Panel.
The Oversight Panel for Davis-Besse was implemented to enhance the agencys strategic goals of maintaining safety, enhancing public confidence, increasing efficiency and effectiveness, and minimizing unnecessary regulatory burden by coordinating and focusing agency resources. In accordance with IMC 0350, the Davis-Besse Oversight Panel developed a Restart Checklist, which is a listing of issues requiring resolution before the Oversight Panel could consider a recommendation for facility restart. The Restart Checklist was issued on August 16, 2002. We have held several productive public meetings with you and other FirstEnergy representatives to discuss progress toward resolving those issues. These meetings will continue to be held on a regular frequency.
The Davis Besse Oversight Panel has the responsibility to modify the Restart Checklist to address issues of significance that emerge during its ongoing oversight. As a result of several recent licensee activities and NRC inspections, the NRC is revising the Restart Checklist adding issues concerning the containment sump modification and the radiation protection program.
This Checklist will continue to be reevaluated and revised, if necessary, by the Davis-Besse Oversight Panel, based on the results of follow-up inspections, your continuing evaluation, and any new insights gained from your management and human performance root cause analyses.
L. Myers IMC 0350 directs the suspension of the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) with the initiation of the Oversight Panel. The inspection program for Davis-Besse will be directed by the oversight panel utilizing existing inspection procedures to the maximum extent practicable and the Panel will use the significance determination process and action matrix as guidance for determining agency response to identified performance problems. You should continue to monitor and submit appropriate performance indicators consistent with the facility configuration. The NRCs inspections will be focused on resolving the issues contained in the Restart Checklist and scheduled consistent with your completion of work in each area.
If you have questions regarding the NRC actions discussed above, please contact John A.
Grobe at 630/829-9637 or Christine A. Lipa at 630/829-9619.
Sincerely,
/RA by J. Caldwell Acting for/
J. E. Dyer Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3
Enclosure:
Restart Checklist, Revision 1
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manual Chapter 0350 Oversight Panel Davis-Besse Restart Checklist, Revision 1 Item Number/
Cornerstone*
Description 1.
Adequacy of Root Cause Determinations 1.a IE Penetration Cracking and Reactor Pressure Vessel Corrosion 1.b IE Organizational, Programmatic and Human Performance Issues 2.
Adequacy of Safety Significant Structures, Systems, and Components 2.a IE Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Replacement 2.b BI Containment Vessel Restoration Following Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Replacement 2.c IE, MS, BI Structures, Systems, and Components Inside Containment 2.c.1 MS, BI Emergency Core Cooling System and Containment Spray System Sump 2.d IE, MS, BI Systems Outside Containment 3.
Adequacy of Safety Significant Programs 3.a ALL Corrective Action Program 3.b ALL Operating Experience Program 3.c ALL Quality Audits and Self-Assessments of Programs 3.d IE, MS, BI Boric Acid Corrosion Management Program 3.e IE, MS, BI Reactor Coolant System Unidentified Leakage Monitoring Program
3.f IE, MS, BI In-Service Inspection Program 3.g ALL Modification Control Program 3.h ORS, PRS Radiation Protection Program 4.
Adequacy of Organizational Effectiveness and Human Performance 4.a ALL Adequacy of Root Cause 4.b ALL Adequacy of Corrective Actions 4.c ALL Effectiveness of Corrective Actions 5.
Readiness for Restart 5.a IE, MS Systems Readiness for Restart 5.b IE Operations Readiness for Restart 5.c IE, MS, BI Test Program Development and Implementation 6.
Licensing Issue Resolution 6.a IE, BI Verification that Relief Requests A8 and A12 regarding the Shell to Flange Weld (previously submitted by letter dated September 19, 2000) is not Impacted by the Midland RPV Head 6.b IE, BI American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code Relief Request for Failure to Maintain Original Radiographic Tests of the Midland Head to Flange Weld (Planned Relief Request A26) 6.c IE, BI ASME Code Relief Request for Inability to Radiographically Test 100% of the Midland Reactor Pressure Vessel Head to Flange Weld (Planned Relief Request A27) 6.d IE, BI Resubmit Relief Request A2 (previously submitted by letter dated September 19, 2000) for ASME Code for Inability to Perform 100% volumetric and surface examination of Head to Flange Weld
6.e IE, BI Reconciliation Letter that Demonstrates How the New Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Correlates With the ASME Code and QA Index for Section III and Section XI - Commitments 6.f IE, BI Verification Letter of Technical Specification Pressure/Temperature Curves for New Vessel Head -
Commitment 7.
Confirmatory Action Letter Resolution 7.a ALL Verification that Confirmatory Action Letter Items are Resolved, Including a Public Meeting to Discuss Readiness for Restart
- Cornerstones:
IE - Initiating Events MS - Mitigating Systems BI - Barrier Integrity EP-Emergency Preparedness ORS - Occupational Radiation Safety PRS - Public Radiation Safety PP - Physical Protection ALL - Affects all cornerstones