IR 05000244/2015005
| ML15240A083 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2015 |
| From: | Schroeder D L Reactor Projects Branch 1 |
| To: | Pacher J E Exelon Generation Co |
| Schroeder D L | |
| References | |
| IR 2015005 | |
| Download: ML15240A083 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 September 1, 2015 Mr. Joseph Site Vice President R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Exelon Generation Company, LLC 1503 Lake Road Ontario, NY 14519
SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000244/2015005)
Dear Mr. Pacher:
On August 12, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna). The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility.
The NRC determined that overall, Ginna operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Ginna during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., Green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the
nominal, expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.
In addition to baseline inspections, the NRC will perform Inspection Procedure 60855,
"Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants," Inspection Procedure 92702, "Follow-up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternate Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders," and Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/190, "Inspection of the Licensee's Proposed Interim Actions as a Result of the Near-term Task Force Recommendation 2.1 Flooding Reevaluation," and TI 2515/191, "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans." The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2017. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last half of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle performance review.
The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as poss ible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events," which requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," which requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range spent fuel pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-des ign-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. The onsite portion of this audit has been completed at Ginna, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Final Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, as mentioned above, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above performing TI 2515/191, "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi- Unit Dose Assessment Plans."
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations , Part 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Please contact me at (610) 337-5262 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/ Daniel L. Schroeder, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-244 License No. DPR-18
Enclosure:
Ginna Inspection/Activity Plan
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