IR 05000373/2006011

IR 05000373/2006011(DRS); 05000374/2006011(DRS); 11/13/2006 - 11/17/2006; LaSalle County Station; Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report

ML063540516
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	12/15/2006
From:	Riemer K R Plant Support Branch II
To:	Crane C M Exelon Generation Co
References
IR-06-011
Download: ML063540516 (3)

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December 15, 2006

Mr. Christopher M. CranePresident and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT: LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTION REPORT 05000373/2006011(DRS); 05000374/2006011(DRS)

Dear Mr. Crane:

On November 17, 2006, the NRC completed an inspection at your LaSalle County Station,Units 1 and 2. The enclosed report documents the inspection findings, which were discussed on November 17, 2006, with Mr. D. Enright and other members of your staff.The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety andcompliance 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. Specifically, this inspection focused on emergency preparedness, including your staff's determinations of performance indicators for the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone.On the basis of the results of this inspection, no findings of significance were identified.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letterand its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC PublicDocument Room, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's C. Crane-2-document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,/RA/Kenneth Riemer, ChiefPlant Support Branch Division of Reactor SafetyDocket Nos. 50-373; 50-374License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

Inspection Report 05000373/2006011(DRS); 05000374/2006011(DRS)

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Supplemental Informationcc w/encl:Site Vice President - LaSalle County StationLaSalle County Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Clinton and LaSalle Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission W. King, DHS, Region V

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

IR 05000373/2006011(DRS); 05000374/2006011(DRS); 11/13/2006 - 11/17/2006;LaSalle County Station; Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report.The report covers a 1 week baseline inspection by two regional emergency preparednessinspectors, a resident inspector, and a licensed operator examiner. The inspection focused on the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone in the Reactor Safety strategic performance area during the biennial emergency preparedness exercise. This inspection also included a review of records related to the three emergency preparedness performance indicators for the period January 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006.The NRC's program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors isdescribed in NUREG-1649, "Reactor Oversight Process," Revision 3, dated July 2000.A.Inspector-Identified and Self-Revealed Findings None.

B.Licensee-Identified Violations

None.

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REPORT DETAILS

1.REACTOR SAFETYCornerstone: Emergency Preparedness1EP1Exercise Evaluation (71114.01)

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the November 15, 2006, biennial emergency preparednessexercise's objectives and scenario to ensure that 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 quarterly drills and exercises conducted in 2005 and 2006, to verify that those drills' scenarios were sufficiently different from the scenario used in the November 15, 2006 exercise.The inspectors evaluated the licensee's exercise performance, focusing on therisk-significant activities of emergency classification, notification, and protective action decision making, as well as implementation of accident mitigation strategies in the following emergency response facilities:*Control Room Simulator (CRS);*Technical Support Center (TSC);

• Operations Support Center (OSC); 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, OSC, and EOFto evaluate the licensee's initial self-assessment of its exercise performance. The inspectors later met with the licensee's lead exercise evaluators to obtain the licensee's refined 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.These activities completed one of one inspection sample.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA1 Performance Indicator (PI) Verification

Cornerstone: Emergency Preparedness.1Reactor Safety Strategic Area

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the licensee's records associated with each of the threeemergency preparedness PIs to verify that the licensee's program was implemented consistent with the industry guidelines in the applicable revision of Nuclear Energy Institute Publication No. 99-02, "Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline," and related licensee procedures. Specifically, licensee records related to the performance of the Alert and Notification System (ANS), key Emergency Response Organization (ERO) members' drill participation, and Drill and Exercise Performance (DEP) were reviewed to verify the accuracy and completeness of the PI data submitted to NRC for the period from January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006. The following three PIs were reviewed:Common

• ANS*ERO Drill Participation

• DEPThese activities completed three of three PI samples.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.4OA6Meetings.1Exit MeetingAn exit meeting was conducted for:

• Emergency Preparedness with Mr. D. Enright and other members of licenseemanagement and staff at the conclusion of the inspection on November 17, 2006. The licensee acknowledged the information presented. No proprietary information was identified.

4.2Public and Media Briefing*On November 17, 2006, an inspector summarized NRC's preliminary exerciseinspection conclusions at a public and media briefing hosted by Department of Homeland Security Region V Field Office staff in Ottawa, Illinois.ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee

J. Barichello, Security

J. Bashor, Engineering Director

R. Bassett, Emergency Preparedness Manager

J. Bearden, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

L. Blunk, Operations

R. Chrzanowski, Chemistry Manager

D. Collins, Radiation Protection

T. Conner, Maintenance Director

P. Dohm, Corporate Emergency Preparedness

D. Enright, Plant Manager

S. Erickson, Corporate Emergency Preparedness

S. Marik, Work Control Director

S. McCain, Corporate Emergency Preparedness Manager

J. Rappeport, Nuclear Oversight Manager

S. Shields, Regulatory AssuranceIllinois Emergency Management Agency

J. Yesinowski, Resident Inspector

LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

Opened, Closed, and

Discussed

None.

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LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

The following is a list of documents reviewed during the inspection.

Inclusion on this list doesnot imply that the NRC inspectors reviewed the documents in their entirety but rather that selected sections of 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.

1EP1Exercise EvaluationLaSalle County Station Exercise Scenario Manual, dated November 15, 2006

Assessment AT#

518178; LaSalle Station Corrective Action Items List; datedOctober 29, 2006LaSalle 3 rd Quarter PI Drill Findings and Observation Report; dated October 21, 2006LaSalle Station 2006 Pre-Exercise Drill Manual; Scenario Narrative and Time Line;dated October 4, 2006LaSalle Station 2005 Off-Year Exercise Manual; dated September 14, 2006

LaSalle June 22, 2006, PI Drill Findings and Observation Report; dated September 13, 2006LaSalle 1 st Quarter 2006 PI Drills Findings and Observation Report; dated March 6, 2006LaSalle Station 2005 Off-Year Exercise Findings and Observation Report; datedOctober 5, 2005EP-MW-114-100-F-01; Nuclear Accident Reporting System (NARS) Forms; datedNovember 15, 20064OA1Performance Indicator VerificationLaSalle Station Off-Site Siren Test Plan; Revision 4

LaSalle Station Emergency Planning Zone Sirens' Daily and Monthly OperabilityReports; dated January 2005 through September 2006NRC Alert and Notification System Performance Indicator Reliability Data; datedJanuary 2005 through September 2006Emergency Response Organization Participation Performance Indicator Data; datedJanuary 2005 through September 2006

3Drill and Exercise Performance Indicator Data; dated January 2005 through September

2006

LIST OF ACRONYMS

USEDADAMSNRC's Document SystemANSAlert and Notification System

ARAction Request

CFRCode of Federal Regulations

CRSControl Room Simulator

DEPDrill and Exercise Performance

EALEmergency Action Level

EOFEmergency Operations Facility

EROEmergency Response Organization

NCVNon-Cited Violation

NRCUnited States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NUREGNuclear Regulatory Guide

OSCOperations Support Center

PARSPublicly Available Records

PIPerformance Indicator

TSCT echnical Support Center