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-assessments were then compared with the inspectors' independent observations and assessments to assess the licensee's ability to adequately critique its exercise performance. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report. | -assessments were then compared with the inspectors' independent observations and assessments to assess the licensee's ability to adequately critique its exercise performance. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report. | ||
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, which are listed in the Attachment to this report. This inspection activity satisfied one inspection sample for the exercise evaluation on a biennial basis. | , which are listed in the Attachment to this report. This inspection activity satisfied one inspection sample for the exercise evaluation on a biennial basis. | ||
This review of the exercise objectives and scenario constituted one sample as defined in IP 71114.08 | This review of the exercise objectives and scenario constituted one sample as defined in IP | ||
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| ML13240A353 | |
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| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 08/28/2013 |
| From: | Skokowski R A Plant Support Branch II |
| To: | Fili K D Northern States Power Co |
| Rick Skokowski | |
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| IR-13-503 | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532
-4352 August 28, 2013 Ms. Karen Fili Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362
-9637
SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT BASELINE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION REPORT 05000 263/20 13503
Dear M s. Fili:
On July 26, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed a n inspection at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The enclosed report documents the results of this inspection, which were discussed on July 26, 2013, with Mr. K. Jepson and other members of your staff.
The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license. The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel.
No findings were identified during this inspection.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its Enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading
-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,/RA/ Richard A. Skokowski, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50
-263 License No. DPR-22
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 05000 263/20 13503;
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Supplemental Information cc w/encl:
Distribution via ListServŽ
Enclosure U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III Docket No: 50-263 License N o: DPR-22 Report No: 0500263/20 13503 Licensee: Northern States Power Company, Minnesota Facility: Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Location: Monticello, MN Dates: July 22 through 26, 2013 Inspectors:
R. Jickling, Senior Emergency Preparedness Inspector J. Beavers, Emergency Preparedness Inspector P. Voss, Resident Inspector Approved by:
R. Skokowski, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety 1 Enclosure
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
IR 05000 263/201 3503; 0 7/22/2013 - 0 7/26/2013; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
- Baseline Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise Inspection.
This report covers a one-week period of announced baseline inspection by two regional inspectors and one resident inspector. The significance of most findings is indicated by their color (Green, White, Yellow, Red) using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, "Significance Determination Process" (SDP). Findings for which the SDP does not apply may be Green or be assigned a severity level after NRC management review. The NRC's program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors is described in NUREG-1649, "Reactor Oversight Process," Revision 4, dated December 2006.
A. NRC-Identified
and Self-Revealed Findings
Cornerstone: Emergency Preparedness
No findings were identified.
B. Licensee-Identified Violations
No violations were identified.
REPORT DETAILS
REACTOR SAFETY
Cornerstone:
Emergency Preparedness 1EP1 Exercise Evaluation (71114.01)
.1 Exercise Evaluation
a. Inspection Scope
The inspectors reviewed the July 23, 2013, Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise objectives and scenario to ensure the exercise would acceptably test major elements of the licensee's emergency plan and to verify that the exercise's simulated problems provided an acceptable framework to support demonstration of the licensee's capability to implement its plan. The inspectors also reviewed records of other drills and exercises conducted in 2011, 2012, and 2013, to verify that those drills' scenarios were sufficiently different from the scenario used in the July 23, 2013, exercise.
The inspectors evaluated the licensee's exercise performance, focusing on the risk-significant activities of emergency classification, notification, and protective action decision making, implementation of accident mitigation strategies, and correction of past exercise weaknesses in the following emergency response facilities: Control Room Simulator (CRS);
Technical Support Center (TSC);
and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)
The inspectors also assessed the licensee's recognition of abnormal plant conditions, transfer of responsibilities between facilities, internal communications, interfaces with offsite officials, readiness of emergency facilities and related equipment, and overall implementation of the licensee's emergency plan.
The inspectors attended post
-exercise critiques in the CRS, TSC, and EOF to evaluate the licensee's initial self
-assessment of its exercise performance. The inspectors later met with the licensee's lead exercise evaluators and managers to obtain the licensee's findings and assessments of its exercise participants' performances. These self
-assessments were then compared with the inspectors' independent observations and assessments to assess the licensee's ability to adequately critique its exercise performance. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report.
This exercise evaluation inspection constituted one sample as defined in Inspection Procedure (IP)
71114.01 - 06.
b. Findings
No findings were identified.
3 Enclosure
1EP 8 Exercise Evaluation
- Scenario Review (71114.08)
a. Inspection Scope
Prior to the inspection activity, the inspectors conducted an in
-office review of the exercise objectives and scenario submitted to the NRC using IP 71114.08, "Exercise Evaluation
- Scenario Review," to determine if the exercise would test major elements o f the Emergency Plan , as required by 10 CFR 50.47(b)(14). This inspection activity represents one sample on a biennial cycle.
The inspectors reviewed various documents
, which are listed in the Attachment to this report. This inspection activity satisfied one inspection sample for the exercise evaluation on a biennial basis.
This review of the exercise objectives and scenario constituted one sample as defined in IP
71114.08 - 06.
b. Findings
No findings were identified.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Cornerstone:
4OA1 Performance Indicator Verification
(71151)
.1 Drill/Exercise Performance
a. Inspection Scope
The inspectors sampled licensee submittals for the Drill/Exercise Performance Indicator (PI) for the period from the second quarter 2012 through the first quarter 201 3. To determine the accuracy of the PI data reported during those periods, PI definitions and guidance contained in the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Document 99
-02, "Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline," Revision 6, was used. The inspectors reviewed the licensee's records associated with the PI to verify that the licensee accurately reported the indicator in accordance with relevant procedures and the NEI guidance. Specifically, the inspectors reviewed licensee records and processes including procedural guidance on assessing opportunities for the PI, assessments of
PI opportunities during pre
-designated control room simulator training sessions, and performance during other drills. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report.
This inspection constituted one Drill/Exercise Performance (DEP) sample as defined in IP 71151-05.
b. Findings
No findings were identified.
4 Enclosure
.2 Emergency Response Organization Drill Participation
a. Inspection Scope
The inspectors sampled licensee submittals for the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Drill Participation PI for the period from the second quarter 2012 through the first quarter 201 3. To determine the accuracy of the PI data reported during those periods, PI definitions and guidance contained in the NEI Document 99
-02, "Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline," Revision 6, was used. The inspectors reviewed the licensee's records associated with the PI to verify that the licensee accurately reported the indicator in accordance with relevant procedures and the NEI guidance. Specifically, the inspectors reviewed licensee records and processes including procedural guidance on assessing opportunities for the PI, performance during the 2012 and 2013 drills, and revisions of the roster of personnel assigned to key ERO positions. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report.
This inspection constituted one ERO Drill Participation sample as defined in
b. Findings
No findings were identified.
.3 Alert and Notification System
a. Inspection Scope
The inspectors sampled licensee submittals for the Alert and Notification System (ANS) PI for the period from the second quarter 2012 through the first quarter 201 3. To determine the accuracy of the PI data reported during those periods, PI definitions and guidance contained in the NEI Document 99
-02, "Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline," Revision 6, was used. The inspectors reviewed the licensee's records associated with the PI to verify that the licensee accurately reported the indicator in accordance with relevant procedures and the NEI Guidance. Specifically, the inspectors reviewed licensee records and processes including procedural guidance on assessing opportunities for the PI and results of periodic scheduled ANS operability tests. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report.
This inspection constituted one ANS sample as defined in IP 71151-05.
b. Findings
No findings were identified.
4OA6 Management Meetings
.1 Exit Meeting Summary
On July 26, 2013, the inspectors presented the biennial exercise inspection results to Mr. K. Jepson and other members of the licensee staff. The licensee acknowledged the issues presented.
5 Enclosure The inspectors confirmed that none of the potential report input discussed was considered proprietary.
.2 Public and Media Briefing
On July 26, 201 3, the inspector summarized the NRC's preliminary exercise inspection conclusions at a public and media briefi ng hosted by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region V Field Office staff at the Wright County Government Center in Buffalo , Minnesota. ATTACHMENT:
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Attachment
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION KEY POINTS OF CONTAC
T Licensee
- K. Jepson, Acting Site Vice President
- L. Anderson, Emergency Preparedness Manager
- D. Bosnic, Production Manger
- J. Callahan, Corporate Emergency Preparedness Manager
- D. Crofoot, Nuclear Oversight Supervisor
- K. Hougen, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
- M. Kelly, Performance Assessment Manager
- P. Kissinger, Regulatory Affairs Manager
- N. Knapp, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
- L. Narikawa, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
- S. O'Connor, Regulatory Affairs Analyst
- K. Petersen, Chemistry Manager
- T. Shortell, Training Manager
- J. Sternisha, Fleet General Manager
- K. Thomas, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
- K. VanGrinsven, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
- E. Weinkam, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Director
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- P. Voss, Resident Inspector
- M. Ziolkowski, Reactor Engineer
LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUS
SED Opened, Closed, and Discussed
None
Attachment
LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED The following is a partial list of documents reviewed during the inspection. Inclusion on this list does not imply that the NRC inspector reviewed the documents in their entirety, but rather that selected sections or portions of the documents were evaluated as part of the overall inspection effort. Inclusion of a document on this list does not imply NRC acceptance of the document or any part of it, unless this is stated in the body of the inspection report.
1EP1 Exercise Evaluation
A.2-001; Emergency Organization; Revision 54
A.2-101; Classification of Emergencies; Revision 46
A.2-103; Alert; Revision 20
A.2-104; Site Area Emergency; Revision 20
A.2-105; General Emergency; Revision 20
A.2-106; Activation and Operation of the TSC; Revision 34
A.2-107; Activation and Operation of the OSC; Revision 107
A.2-201; On site Protective Action; Revision 18
A.2-204; Offsite Protective Action Recommendations; Revision 25
A.2-205; Personnel Accountability; Revision 16
A.2-208; Core Damage Assessment; Revision 10
A.2-406; Offsite Dose Projection; Revision 23
A.2-802; Activation and Operation of the EOF; Revision 15
A.2-807; Offsite Dose Assessment & Protective Action Recommendations; Revision 22
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Emergency Plan Exercise Manual
- July 23, 2013
Two Year List of Corrective Action Program Drill Issues; August 2011
- July 2013 Two Years of Drill and Exercise Reports; August 2011
- July 2013 AR 01391539; Accountability
is Tied to Evacuation
i n the Emergency Plan
AR 01391537; Exercise
-Control of Operators Outside the Control Room Question
AR 01391529; Exercise
-Simulator
and Field Team Communications Improvements
AR 01391518; Exercise
-Radiological Data Realism Issues
AR 01391400; Exercise
-Core Damage Not Conducted
for All Available Indications
Attachment
AR 01391285; Exercise-SAE News Release Incorrectly Stated No Radiation Release
AR 01391171; Exercise
-Accountability Not Completed
in 30 Minutes
or Maintained
AR 01391166; Exercise
-OSC Chemistry Coordinator Position Not Staffed
in 60 Minutes
AR 01391160; Exercise
-TSC Contamination Controls Delay
AR 01391142; Exercise
-Inaccurate Press Releases
AR 01391102; Exercise
-Scenario Confusing
for Radiation
Release Rate
s and Hydrogen
AR 01391089; Exercise
-Mock Media Did Not Provide
Challenging Questions
AR 01391073; Exercise
-Majority of JIC Personnel Did Not Receive Dialogics Callout
1EP8 Exercise Evaluation
- Scenario Review
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
Evaluated Exercise Scenario; April 2013
4OA1 Performance Indicator Verification
EPWI-01.06; Emergency Plan Performance Indicator Program; Revision 13
ANS Siren Data; 2nd quarter 2012
- 1st quarter 2013
DEP Opportunity Data; 2nd quarter 2012
- 1st quarter 2013
ERO Personnel Participation Data; 2nd quarter 2012
- 1st quarter 2013
AR 01391514; DEP Performance Indicator Incorrectly Counted Wind Speed
as Accurate
Attachment
LIST OF ACRONYMS USE
D ADAMS Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
ANS Alert and Notification System
AR Action Request
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
C RS Control Room Simulator
DEP Drill and Exercise Performance
DRS Division of Reactor Safety
EOF Emergency Operations Facility
ERO Emergency Response Organization
IP Inspection Procedure
IR Inspection Report
JIC Joint Information Center NEI Nuclear Energy Institute
NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OSC Operations Support Center
PAR Protective Action Recommendation
PARS Publicly Available Records System
PI Performance Indicator
SAE Site Area Emergency
SDP Significance Determination Process
Ms. Karen Fili
Site Vice President
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
Northern States Power Company, Minnesota
2807 West County Road 75
Monticello, MN 55362
-9637 SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT
BASELINE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BIENNIAL
EXERCISE INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2013503 Dear Ms. Fili:
On July 26, 2013, the
were discussed on July 26, 2013, with Mr. K. Jepson and other members of your staff.
The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license. The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel. No findings
were identified during this inspection.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
Enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public
Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS)
component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site
-rm/adams.html
(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
/RA/ Richard
- A. Skokowski, Chief
Plant Support Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50
-263 License No. DPR
-22 Enclosure:
Inspection Report 05000263/2013503;
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Letter to Karen Fili from Richard Skokowski dated August 28, 2013
SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT
BASELINE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BIENNIAL
EXERCISE INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2013503