ML060610182

Annual Assessment Letter - St. Lucie Nuclear Plant (NRC Inspection Report 05000335/2006001 and 05000389/2006001)

ML060610182
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	03/02/2006
From:	Joel Munday NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To:	Stall J Florida Power & Light Co
Shared Package
ML060610175	List: IR 05000335/2006001 ML060610182
References
IR-06-001
Download: ML060610182 (4)

See also: IR 05000335/2006001

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March 2, 2006

Florida Power and Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. A. Stall, Senior Vice President

Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

P. O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2006001 AND 05000389/2006001)

Dear Mr. Stall:

On February 8, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of St. Lucie Nuclear

Plant. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and

inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2005. 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.

This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection

information. A separate letter designated and marked as Official Use Only - Security-Related

Information, will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, St. Lucie 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 three quarters of the assessment cycle, was within the Licensee Response

column of the NRCs Action Matrix. We base this conclusion on the fact that all inspection

findings were classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicated

performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to

conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility. We also plan to

conduct a non-ROP inspection involving a pressurized water reactor (PWR) containment sump

blockage temporary instruction (TI).

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection,

scheduled through September 30, 2007. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the

resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of

inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and

continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative

and may be revised at the mid-cycle review. Although our intent is to maintain the enclosed

inspection plan fixed for the first nine months, a need may arise to conduct one or more

unanticipated inspections prior to issuing an updated inspection plan with the 2006 assessment

cycle mid-cycle letter. If an inspection of this type becomes necessary, we will notify you of the

planned inspection dates as soon as possible to resolve as much as we can, any scheduling

and personnel availability conflicts you may have.

FP&L 2

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 404-562-4560 with any

questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Joel T. Munday, Chief

Reactor Projects Branch 3

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No(s). 50-335, 50-389

License No(s). DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure: St. Lucie Inspection/Activity Plan

FP&L 3

cc w/encl:.

William Jefferson, Jr.

Site Vice President J. Kammel

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Radiological Emergency

Florida Power & Light Company Planning Administrator

Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Public Safety

Electronic Mail Distribution

G. L. Johnston

Plant General Manager Douglas Anderson

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant County Administrator

Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie County

2300 Virginia Avenue

Terry L. Patterson Ft. Pierce, FL 34982

Licensing Manager

St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)

Electronic Mail Distribution

Mark Warner, Vice President

Nuclear Operations Support

Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

Rajiv S. Kundalkar

Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney

Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

Marjan Mashhadi, Senior Attorney

Florida Power & Light Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

William A. Passetti

Bureau of Radiation Control

Department of Health

Electronic Mail Distribution

Craig Fugate, Director

Division of Emergency Preparedness

Department of Community Affairs

Electronic Mail Distribution

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DATE 03/01/06 3/ /2006 3/ /2006 3/ /2006 3/ /2006 3/ /2006 3/ /2006

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