IR 07200200/1960001
| ML060620394 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, 07200200  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2006 |
| From: | Collins S Region 1 Administrator |
| To: | Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Gray M, RI/DRP/Br3 610-337-5209 | |
| References | |
| IR-06-001 | |
| Download: ML060620394 (6) | |
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UNITE D STA TES NUCL EA R RE GULA TORY C OMMIS SI ON REGION I 475 AL LENDAL E ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-141 5 March 2, 2 006 Mr. William Levi s Senior Vi ce President and Chief Nuc lear Officer PSEG Nuclea r LLC - N09 P. O. Box 23 6 Hancocks Bridge, N J 08038 SUBJE CT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION (REPORT 050002 72/2006001 A ND 0500031 1/2006001)
Dear M r. Lev is:
On February 7 , 2006, the NR C staff completed its performance revie w of the Sal em Nuclear Generating Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indi cators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and i nspect ion re sults for the p eriod from Jan uary 1 throu gh Dece mber 31 , 2005. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our a ssessment of your safety performance duri ng this per iod and our plans fo r fut ure inspe ctions a t your f acility.This performance rev iew and enclosed i nspection pl an do not i nclude phy sical protec tion informat ion. A sepa rate l etter d esigna ted an d marked as "Offici al Us e Only - Secu rity Information" wil l includ e the phys ical protecti on review and resultan t inspection plan.Overall, S alem Nuclea r Generating Statio n Units 1 a nd 2 operated in a manner th at preserved public he alth and safety and fully met all corn erstone objectiv es. Plant p erformance for the most recent quar ter, as well as for the first th ree quarters of the assessment cycle, was within the L ice nsee Res pons e Co lumn of th e NR C's Acti on M atri x, b ased on a ll i nspe ctio n fin din gs being classi fied as havi ng very l ow safety s ignificance (Green)
and all P Is indicati ng performan ce at a lev el requ iring no add ition al NR C ove rsight (Green).In our mid-cycle assessment lett er dated August 30, 2005, we advised you that, while improvement w as noted in problem iden tification, a su bstantive c ross-cutting issue in the area of problem identi fication and re solution (P I&R) continue d due to w eaknesses in p roblem evaluati on and effectiven ess of correctiv e actions. The end-of-cycle as sessment of this cros s-cuttin g issue in cluded a r eview of insp ection r esults o ver the twelve month pe riod, Ja nuary 1 through December 31 , 2005. Duri ng this period , we observ ed improvemen t in the effective ness of corre ctiv e acti ons. With re gard to probl em eva luati on, the NRC c ontin ued to iden tify so me findin gs tha t lacke d thorou gh evalua tion. Howeve r, our r ecent ins pection of your co rrect ive act io n p rog ram in De cem ber 20 05, de ter min ed tha t y our cor rec tiv e a cti on pro gra m se lf-assessment iden tified the need for further improvement in this area , and that y ou are taking timely acti on to address the deficienci es. Additi onally, we observ ed an improv ing trend, in th at the underly ing PI&R performance issues assoc iated wi th findings this assessment perio d occurred, for the most p art, early i n the assessment period. Bas ed on the pro gress and the ongoin g corr ective act ions that you implem ented du ring th e assess ment pe riod, we have concluded that this cross-cut ting issue is closed. The NRC notes that sustained progress will W. Levis 2 require conti nued s tation focus to reinfo rce sta ndards requir ed for e ffective probl em reso lutio n. We will continue to monitor yo ur performance in th is area duri ng NRC basel ine inspe ctions.The stat ion a lso h as a su bstant ive cross-c utting issue in th e area of safety consc ious work environment (SCWE). During this assessmen t period, PSE G implemented a Nuclear Opera ting Services Contract (NOSC) w ith Exel on, made a numbe r of senior management changes on site, and i mpleme nted i mprov ement i nitia tive s to ad dress l ong-stan ding p erformanc e prob lems. Early i n the period , PSEG's in consistent use of the Executi ve Rev iew Boa rd process, numero us management chan ges, and PSEG staf f uncertainty related to the imp lementation of the NOSC and the pend ing merger betwee n Exelon and PSEG, co ntributed to a range of worker perceptions regarding the advisability of raising issues or challenging decisions. During this assess ment pe riod, PSEG h as taken signi ficant s teps to eval uate th e stati on's work envi ronmen t and i nitia ted ac tions to add ress th e caus es. In September 200 5, the NRC c ompleted a SC WE team inspection at the s ite, whi ch determined that progress has b een made in addressing w ork environment problems. Notw ithstanding, the SCWE inspe ction team no ted so me iss ues th at requi re add ition al ac tion a nd focus ed atte ntion. W e unders tand th at you have init iated act ions to m onitor you r prog ress, in that you ha ve recently conducted a safety culture sur vey and plan a peer assessment of the SCW E in April, 2006. As in dicat ed in the NR C's Re actor Ov ersight Proce ss (ROP) Dev iatio n Me morand um, the NRC w ill ev aluate the S CWE substantive cross-cutti ng issue for closu re after you prov ide the results of an assessment that co ncludes that substantial, sustainable progress has bee n made, and the N RC has compl eted a revi ew wh ich confirms these results.In summary, the S alem Nuclea r Generating Statio n has operated safely and is in the Licensee Response Co lumn of the NRC
's Action Matrix. The long-standin g substantive cross-cutting issue in PI&R ha s been close d, and the su bstant ive cross-c utting issue in SC WE remains o pen. Additional ly, an R OP Deviati on Memorand um remains in effect for this station.
The enclosed inspection plan detai ls the insp ections, les s those relate d to physi cal protectio n, scheduled th rough September 30, 2007. In add ition to the baseline inspection activiti es specified by the Reactor Ov ersight Process, th e enclosed plan incl udes inspec tions of the SCWE. The i nspect ion p lan i s prov ided to all ow for the res oluti on of an y sch eduli ng confl icts and personnel availa bility issues w ell in a dvance of in spector arriv al onsite.
Routine resi dent inspections are not li sted due to the ir ongoing and continuous n ature. The insp ections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are te ntative and may be revised at the mid-cycle revi ew. In acco rdance wit h 10 C FR 2.3 90 of th e NRC's "Ru les o f Practi ce," a copy of this lette r and i ts enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Docume nt Roo m or from t he Pub licl y Av aila ble R ecords (PARS) compo nent o f NRC's document syste m (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessi ble from the NRC Web site at http://w ww.nrc.gov/readi ng-rm/ada ms.html (the P ubli c Ele ctroni c Read ing Ro om).
W. Levis 3 If circu mstance s aris e wh ich ca use us to cha nge thi s insp ectio n pla n, we wil l con tact y ou to discu ss the change as soo n as p ossib le. P lease conta ct Mr. Mel Gray a t 610-3 37-520 9 wi th any question s you may have regardi ng this letter o r the inspecti on plan.Sincere ly,/R A/Samuel J. Co llins Regional Ad ministrator Docket Nos. 50-2 72, 50-311 License No s. DPR-70, D PR-75 ADAMS References:
Salem Mi d-Cycle A ssessment Letter da ted August 30, 20 05 [ML052420725]Reactor Oversi ght Process Dev iation M emorandum dated J uly 29, 2 005 [ML052130264]NRC SCWE Inspection Re port dated Nov ember 10, 2005
[ML053140120]Enclosure: S alem Units 1 and 2 Inspec tion/Activ ity Plan cc w/encl:
T. Joyce, Site Vice Presi dent - Salem D. Winchest er, Vi ce Pre siden t - Nuc lear A ssessme nts W. F. Sperry, D irector - Fina nce D. Benyak, Di rector - Regulatory Assurance C. J. Fricker, Sal em Plant M anager J. J. K eenan , Esqui re M. Wetterha hn, Es quire F. Pompper, Chi ef of Police and Emergency M anagement Coordi nator P. Bal dauf, As sistan t Dire ctor, R adiat ion P rotecti on and Rele ase Pr even tion, State of Ne w Jersey K. Tosch, Chief, Bu reau of Nuclear Engineering, NJ Dept. of Envi ronmental Protec tion H. Otto, Ph.D., DNRE C Div isio n of Water Res ources , State of Del awar e Consu mer Adv ocate, Office of C onsume r Adv ocate N. C ohen , Co ordi nato r - U npl ug Sa lem Camp aign W. Costanzo, Technical Ad visor - Jers ey Shore N uclear Watch E. Zobian, C oordinator - Je rsey Shore Anti Nucle ar Allian ce W. Levis 4 Distributio n w/encl: S. Collins, RA M. Dapas, DRA B. Holian, DRP A. Blough, DRS D. Lew, DRP M. Gamberoni, DRS E. Cobey, DRP M. Gray, DRP B. W elling, DRP D. Orr, DRP - NR C Senior R esident Inspe ctor K. Ven uto, DR P - Re siden t OA R. Lorson, DRS J. W hite, DRS M. Sykes, DRS L. Doerflein, DRS J. Rogge, DRS R. Conte, DRS B. Sos a, RI OE DO D. Roberts, NRR S. Bailey, PM, NRR RidsNrrDirsIp ab@nrc.gov Region I Docket R oom (with c oncurrences)
Instit ute of N uclea r Pow er Oper ation s (INP O)DOC UMEN T NAM E: S:\ROP-6 EO C Review\ROP-6 Annual Assessment Lett ers\SAL EOC.wpd SISP Rev iew Complete: __MXG_____ (Review er's Initial s)After de clari ng this docume nt "An Official Agency Recor d" it will be released to the Publ ic.To re ceive a cop y of thi s docu ment, i ndicat e in t he box: " C" = Copy w ithout attachment/enclo sure " E" = Copy w ith attachment/enclosur e " N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRS RI/DRP NAME BWelling/BDW MGray/MG ABlough/ARB BHolian/BEH DATE 03/01/06 03/01/06 03/01/06 03/01/06 RI/RA SCollins/SJC 03/02/06 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2006-09/30/2007 Inspection Type Inspection Activit y Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/02/2006 17:20:44 Report 22 2 7111112B-MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 02/27/2006 03/03/2006 1, 2 7111112B IP Maintenance Effectiveness 4 TRI FIRE-TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 1, 2 7111105T IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
Baseline Inspections 03/27/2006 03/31/2006 1, 2 7111105T IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
4 7111401-EXERCISE & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 1, 2 7111401 IP Exercise Evaluation Baseline Inspections 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 1, 2 71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFET Y Baseline Inspections 05/08/2006 05/12/2006 1, 2 7112101 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 05/08/2006 05/12/2006 1, 2 7112102 IP A LARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 05/08/2006 05/12/2006 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 6 SCWE-SCWE TEAM INSPECTION (TENTATIVE)
Other Routine 06/12/2006 06/23/2006 1, 2 71152 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 2 7111107B-HEAT SIN K Baseline Inspections 06/12/2006 06/16/2006 1, 2 7111107B IP Heat Sink Performance 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFET Y Baseline Inspections 10/16/2006 10/20/2006 1, 2 7112101 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 10/16/2006 10/20/2006 1, 2 7112102 IP A LARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 10/16/2006 10/20/2006 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment Baseline Inspections 10/16/2006 10/20/2006 1, 2 71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification 1 7111108P-INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 10/23/2006 11/09/2006 2 7111108P IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 6 SCWE-SCWE TEAM INSPECTION (ALTERNATE)
Other Routine 11/06/2006 11/14/2006 1, 2 71152 IP Identification and Resolution of Problems 3 12/11EXM-OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 11/20/2006 11/22/2006 1 U01663 FY07-SALEM INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM Not Applicable 12/11/2006 12/15/2006 1 U01663 FY07-SALEM INITIAL OPERATOR EXAM 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFET Y Baseline Inspections 02/05/2007 02/09/2007 1, 2 7112101 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 02/05/2007 02/09/2007 1, 2 7112102 IP A LARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 02/05/2007 02/09/2007 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 4 71152B-PI&R Baseline Inspections 03/05/2007 03/09/2007 1, 2 71152B IP Identification and Resolution of Problems Baseline Inspections 03/19/2007 03/23/2007 1, 2 71152B IP Identification and Resolution of Problems This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2006-09/30/2007 Inspection Type Inspection Activit y Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/02/2006 17:20:44 Report 22 1 71114-EP PRGM INSP Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 7111402 IP A lert and Notification System Testing Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 7111403 IP Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 7111404 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 7111405 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 71151-EP01 IP Drill/Exercise Performance Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 71151-EP02 IP ERO Drill Participation Baseline Inspections 04/02/2007 04/06/2007 1, 2 71151-EP03 IP A lert & Notification System 1 7111108P-SALEM UNIT 1 IN SERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 04/16/2007 04/20/2007 1 7111108P IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFET Y Baseline Inspections 04/23/2007 04/27/2007 1, 2 7112101 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 04/23/2007 04/27/2007 1, 2 7112102 IP A LARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 04/23/2007 04/27/2007 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 3 7111111B-L.O. REQUAL. PROG. + P/F REVIE W Baseline Inspections 08/06/2007 08/10/2007 1, 2 7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program Baseline Inspections 08/13/2007 08/17/2007 1, 2 7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 3 7111117B-MODS AND 50.59 Baseline Inspections 07/16/2007 07/20/2007 1, 2 7111102 IP Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments Baseline Inspections 07/16/2007 07/20/2007 1, 2 7111117B IP Permanent Plant Modifications 1 71121-OCC RAD SAFET Y Baseline Inspections 08/20/2007 08/24/2007 1, 2 7112101 IP A ccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 08/20/2007 08/24/2007 1, 2 7112102 IP A LARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 08/20/2007 08/24/2007 1, 2 7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment Baseline Inspections 08/20/2007 08/24/2007 1, 2 71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification 1 7112203-PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP Baseline Inspections 09/17/2007 09/21/2007 1, 2 7112203 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control P This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.