ML040630156

Annual Assessment Letter - FitzPatrick

ML040630156
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/02/2004
From:	Meyer G Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Ted Sullivan Entergy Nuclear Northeast
References
IR-04-001
Download: ML040630156 (6)

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March 2, 2004 Mr. Theodore Sullivan Vice President - Operations Entergy Nuclear Northeast James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Post Office Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000333/2004001)

Dear Mr. Sullivan:

On February 5, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. The end-of-cycle review for FitzPatrick involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003. 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.

Overall, FitzPatrick 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 previous three quarters, 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 perform only reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2005.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005. 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 twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.

As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2004, we plan to continue inspections of order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.

2 Mr. Theodore Sullivan 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/reading-rm/adams.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 (610) 337-5211 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Glenn Meyer, Chief Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects, Region 1 Docket No.

50-333 License No.

DPR-59

Enclosure:

FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Inspection/ Activity Plan

3 Mr. Theodore Sullivan cc w/encl:

G. Taylor, CEO, Entergy Operations K. Mulligan, General Manager, Plant Operations B. OGrady, VP Operations Support M. Colomb, Director of Oversight A. Halliday, Manager, Regulatory Compliance M. Kansler, President, Entergy D. Pace, VP Engineering J. Fulton, Assistant General Counsel Supervisor, Town of Scriba S. Lyman, Oswego County Administrator C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law P. Eddy, Electric Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York P. Smith, President, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority J. Spath, SLO Designee, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority S. Lousteau, Treasury Department T. Judson, Central New York Citizens Awareness Network Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

4 Mr. Theodore Sullivan Distribution w/encl: (VIA E-Mail)

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

RidsNrrDipmIipb L. Cline, DRP - NRC Senior Resident Inspector D. Dempsey, Resident Inspector H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA G. Meyer, DRP S. Barber, DRP C. ODaniell, DRP N. Sheehan, PAO W. Lanning, DRS R. Crlenjak, DRS R. Conte, DRS J. White, DRS R. Lorson, DRS J. Rogge, DRS L. Doerflein, DRS J. Joliceur, OEDO R. Laufer, NRR G. Vissing, PM, NRR R. Clark, NRR P. Tam, NRR DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\BRANCH3\\ROP4 Annual Assess Ltrs\\Fitz AA Letter.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

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FitzPatrick Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/02/2004 12:49:46 Report 22 2

7111111B

- LO REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 04/26/2004 04/30/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 1

1 7112103

- OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTATION Baseline Inspections 05/24/2004 05/28/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

4 71152B

- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 07/19/2004 07/23/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1

Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1

1 71114

- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

2 71130

- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1

Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

1 7111108

- INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR IP 7111108G 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 7112102

- OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA Baseline Inspections 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

3 71111.05

- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

FitzPatrick Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/02/2004 12:49:46 Report 22 3

71111.05

- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1

1 7111401

- EXERCISE & EP PI INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1

Baseline Inspections 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 7112201

- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1

3 5/16 EXM

- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 FITZPATRICK INITIAL EXAM (8/23-27/04)

U01525 1

Not Applicable 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 FITZPATRICK INITIAL EXAM (2/23-3/1/04)

U01516 1

1 7112202

- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 05/02/2005 05/06/2005 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1

1 7111107B

- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1

6 7111121

- SSDI Baseline Inspections 08/01/2005 08/05/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1

Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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