ML040630108

2003-04 Annual Assessment Letter - Three Mile Island

ML040630108
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	03/03/2004
From:	Blough A Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Crane C AmerGen Energy Co
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March 3, 2004 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and CEO AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNIT 1 (REPORT 05000289/2004001)

Dear Mr. Crane:

On February 5, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Three Mile Island Unit 1(TMI-1). The end-of-cycle review 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, TMI-1 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter 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 conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2005.

The staff identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution (PI&R) at TMI. Eight NRC inspection findings, each of very low safety significance, involved instances where the organization either did not question or did not sufficiently evaluate plant equipment problems. Examples of these findings involved identification and evaluation of conditions such as containment debris, reactor coolant system leakage from a pressurizer diaphragm, and containment liner corrosion and coating deficiencies. During our baseline inspections, we will evaluate your progress in addressing this PI&R cross-cutting issue.

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.

2 Mr. Christopher M. Crane 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.

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 Mr. Peter Eselgroth of my staff at (610) 337-5234 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects, Region I Docket No.

50-289 License No.

DPR-50

Enclosure:

TMI Unit 1 Inspection/ Activity Plan

3 Mr. Christopher M. Crane cc w/encl:

Chief Operating Officer, AmerGen Site Vice President - TMI Unit 1, AmerGen Plant Manager - TMI, Unit 1, AmerGen Regulatory Assurance Manager - TMI, Unit 1, AmerGen Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services, AmerGen Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations, AmerGen Vice President - Operations Support, AmerGen Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, AmerGen Director Licensing - AmerGen Manager Licensing - TMI, AmerGen Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary, AmerGen Correspondence Control Desk - AmerGen Chairman, Board of County Commissioners of Dauphin County Chairman, Board of Supervisors of Londonderry Township R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety M. Schoppman, Framatome ANP J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee E. Epstein, TMI-Alert (TMIA)

D. Allard, PADER Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

4 Mr. Christopher M. Crane Distribution w/encl: (VIA E-MAIL)

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

RidsNrrDipmLipb H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA P. Eselgroth, DRP R. Barkley, DRP C. ODaniell D. Kern, SRI W. Lanning, DRS R. Crlenjak, DRS J. Rogge, DRS L. Doerflein, DRS R. Conte, DRS R. Lorson, DRS J. White, DRS J. Jolicoeur, OEDO R. Laufer, NRR D. Skay, PM, NRR T. Colburn, NRR DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\Branch7\\ROP-4 EOC Ltrs & Mtgs with Licensees\\TMI 2004 EOC Ltr Rev4.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N"

= No copy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME RBarkley/RSB DKern/RSB for PEselgroth/PWE ABlough/ARB DATE 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/02/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Three Mile Island 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 12:54:38 Report 22 1

71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

3 7111111B

- LO REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 1

4 71152B

- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1

Baseline Inspections 03/22/2004 03/26/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1

1 7112201

- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 04/26/2004 04/30/2004 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1

3 7111117B

- MODS & 50.59 Baseline Inspections 06/14/2004 06/18/2004 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1

Baseline Inspections 06/14/2004 06/18/2004 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1

2 71130

- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 07/06/2004 07/09/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 1

Baseline Inspections 07/06/2004 07/09/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1

Baseline Inspections 07/06/2004 07/09/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1

Baseline Inspections 07/06/2004 07/09/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 7112202

- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 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

Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 11/29/2004 12/03/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 11/29/2004 12/03/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 11/29/2004 12/03/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

Baseline Inspections 11/29/2004 12/03/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 71114

- EP PROGRAM INSP & PI VERIF.

Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Three Mile Island 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 12:54:38 Report 22 1

71114

- EP PROGRAM INSP & PI VERIF.

Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1

Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1

Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1

Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 7111112B

- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 01/10/2005 01/14/2005 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

3 5/9 EXM

- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 TMI, UNIT 1 INITIAL EXAM (11/1-5/04)

U01536 1

Not Applicable 05/09/2005 05/13/2005 TMI, UNIT 1 INITIAL EXAM (11/1-5/04)

U01536 1

1 7111401

- EXERCISE EVALUATION AND PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 05/02/2005 05/06/2005 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1

Baseline Inspections 05/02/2005 05/06/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1

1 7112203

- PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP Baseline Inspections 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

6 7111121

- SSDI Baseline Inspections 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1

Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1

1 71121

- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/22/2005 08/26/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1

Baseline Inspections 08/22/2005 08/26/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1

Baseline Inspections 08/22/2005 08/26/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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