IR 05000259/2008001
| ML080630640 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/2008 |
| From: | McCree V M Region 2 Administrator |
| To: | Campbell W R Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| IR-08-001 | |
| Download: ML080630640 (9) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 March 3, 2008 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000259/2008001, 05000260/20008001 AND
Dear Mr. Campbell:
On February 7, 2008, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Browns Ferry 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, 2007. 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 security information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only-Security-Related Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.
Overall, Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, and 3 oper ated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives with moderate degradation in safety performance.
Unit 1 plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRC
=s Action matrix based on exceeding the Yellow threshold in the Initiating Events Cornerstone under the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours PI. Unit 1 resumed operation on May 22, 2007 and was within the Licensee Response column of the NRC
=s Action matrix for the second and third quarters of the assessment cycle. Based on guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305 and outlined in a letter to your staff dated December 6, 2007, the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours PI became valid beginning the fourth quarter of 2007. Due to the number of scrams and the limited number of critical hours, the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours PI became valid within the Yellow threshold during the fourth
quarter of the assessment cycle.
When we have been notified by your staff of your readiness, the NRC will conduct a supplemental inspection for Unit 1 using Inspection Procedure 95002, "Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In a Strategic Performance Area," in addition to routine reactor oversight program (ROP) baseline inspections.
Units 2 and 3 Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, were within the Licensee Response column of the NRC
=s TVA 2Action 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).
Additionally, the staff identified that there were more than 3 Green inspection findings for the current 12-month assessment period with documented cross-cutting aspects in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R), and that there is a cross-cutting theme in the aspect of appropriate and timely corrective action (P.1(d)) associated with these findings. In evaluating your scope of efforts and progress in addressing the cross-cutting theme, the staff determined that a substantive cross-cutting issue exists in the area of PI&R. The NRC staff plans to continuously monitor the affected aspect as a focal point during routine resident inspector baseline inspections, as well as, perform a focused baseline inspection of your Corrective Action Program, assess your efforts to ensure effective and timely corrective action in the semi-annual trend review of the Corrective Action Program, and increase the PI&R annual sample reviews to the maximum allowed per inspection procedure 71152. Additionally, the biennial PI&R inspection, originally planned for 2009, has been re-scheduled for October 2008.
This substantive cross-cutting issue can be cleared if your corrective actions in this affected area show evidence of effectiveness during the 2008 inspection period; as demonstrated by no new Greater-than-Green findings with the same cross-cutting aspect, a small number of new Green findings that are examples of the same common theme, and evidence of improvement as described in the Browns Ferry Turn Around Plan and the corrective action trend Problem
Evaluation Report 136489.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to security, scheduled through June 30, 2009. We also plan on conducting non-ROP inspection TI2515/171, Verification of Site Specific (B.5.b) Phase 2 and 3 Mitigation Strategies. 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.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC
=s A 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).
TVA 3If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Rebecca Nease at 404-562-4530 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,/RA/ Victor M. McCree, Acting Regional Administrator
Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68
Enclosure:
Browns Ferry Inspection/Activity Plan (03/01/08 - 06/30/09) cc w/encl: (See next page)
_________________________ OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII::DRP RII:ORA SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA ByVMcCree/ NAME JBaptist RNease JShea CCasto DATE 3/3/08 3/3/08 3/3/08 3/3/08 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO TVA 4 cc w/encl.:
Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
William R. Campbell, Jr. Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
James R. Douet Vice President
Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
Steven M. Douglas General Manager Browns Ferry Site Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
D. T. Langley
Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000
Decatur, AL 35609
John C. Fornicola General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
Larry E. Nicholson General Manager Performance Improvement Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Michael A. Purcell Senior Technical Advisor
Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
H. Rick Rogers Vice President Nuclear Engineering and Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
Michael D. Skaggs (WB2)
Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution
Beth A. Wetzel Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry
Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant U.S. NRC
10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611-6970
cc cont'd - See next page TVA 5cc cont'd Chairman Limestone Couty Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611
State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 303017
Montgomery, AL 36130-3017
Dr. D. E. Williamson State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health Electronic Mail Distribution
TVA 6Letter to William R. Campbell, Jr. from Victor M. McCree dated March 3, 2008
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000259/2008001, 05000260/20008001 AND 5000296/2008001 E. Brown, NRR L. Raghavan, NRR
C. Evans, RII EICS (Part 72 Only)
L. Slack, RII EICS OE Mail (email address if applicable) RIDSNRRDIRS
PUBLIC BFInspection / Activity Plan03/01/2008
-06/30/2009InspectionTypeInspection ActivityPlanned DatesStart EndNo. of Staffon SiteTitleUnitNumberPage 1 of 203/03/200806:33:16Report 22 3OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAMNot ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/FEBRUARY 2008 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES02/25/200803/07/20081 V23278 1EB3-ISI-UNIT 3 - ISIBaseline InspectionsInservice Inspection Activities - BWR03/24/200803/28/20083 7111108GIP 1PSB1-RP-RAD PROTECTION - ACCESS CONTROLSBaseline InspectionsAccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas03/31/200804/04/20081, 2, 3 7112101IPBaseline InspectionsOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness03/31/200804/04/20081, 2, 3 71151-OR01IP 1PSB1-EP-EP INSPEP Baseline InspectionAlert and Notification System Testing06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7111402IPEP Baseline InspectionEmergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7111403IPEP Baseline InspectionEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7111404IPEP Baseline InspectionCorrection of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7111405IPBaseline InspectionsDrill/Exercise Performance06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 71151-EP01IPBaseline InspectionsERO Drill Participation06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 71151-EP02IPBaseline InspectionsAlert & Notification System06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 71151-EP03IP 3PSB1-RP-RADIATION PROTECTION PUBLIC BASELINEBaseline InspectionsRadiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7112103IPBaseline InspectionsRadioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7112201IPBaseline InspectionsRadiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 7112203IPBaseline InspectionsRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent06/02/200806/06/20081, 2, 3 71151-PR01IP 3TI-171-B.5.B PHASE 2&3Generic Safety InspectionVerification of Site Specific Implementation Of B.5.b Phase 2 & 3 Mitigating Strategies06/16/200806/20/20081, 2, 3 2515/171IP 1PI&R-PREP TRIP-PROBLEM ID AND RESOLBaseline InspectionsIdentification and Resolution of Problems08/18/200808/22/20081, 2, 3 71152BIP 6PI&R-PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTIONBaseline InspectionsIdentification and Resolution of Problems09/29/200810/03/20081, 2, 3 71152BIPBaseline InspectionsIdentification and Resolution of Problems10/13/200810/17/20081, 2, 3 71152BIP 1EB3ISI-U1 ISIBaseline InspectionsInservice Inspection Activities - BWR11/03/200811/07/20081 7111108GIP 3OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM PREPNot ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/DECEMBER 2008 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES11/17/200811/21/20081 V23303 2OL RQ-REQUAL INSPECTIONBaseline InspectionsLicensed Operator Requalification Program12/01/200812/05/20081, 2, 3 7111111BIP 3OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - WEEK 1Not ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/DECEMBER 2008 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES12/08/200812/12/20081 V23303This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
BFInspection / Activity Plan03/01/2008
-06/30/2009InspectionTypeInspection ActivityPlanned DatesStart EndNo. of Staffon SiteTitleUnitNumberPage 2 of 203/03/200806:33:16Report 22 3OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - WEEK 2Not ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/DECEMBER 2008 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES12/15/200812/19/20081 V23303 1PSB1-RP-RAD PROTECTION PRE-INSPECTION VISITBaseline InspectionsAccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas01/26/200901/30/20091, 2, 3 7112101IP 3PSB1-RP-RADIATION PROTECTION OCCUPATIONAL WK1Baseline InspectionsAccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas03/02/200903/06/20091, 2, 3 7112101IPBaseline InspectionsALARA Planning and Controls03/02/200903/06/20091, 2, 3 7112102IPBaseline InspectionsRadioactive Material Processing and Transportation03/02/200903/06/20091, 2, 3 7112202IPBaseline InspectionsOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness03/02/200903/06/20091, 2, 3 71151-OR01IPBaseline InspectionsRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent03/02/200903/06/20091, 2, 3 71151-PR01IP 2PSB1-RP-RADIATION PROTECTION OCCUPATIONAL WK2Baseline InspectionsAccess Control to Radiologically Significant Areas03/16/200903/20/20091, 2, 3 7112101IPBaseline InspectionsALARA Planning and Controls03/16/200903/20/20091, 2, 3 7112102IPBaseline InspectionsRadioactive Material Processing and Transportation03/16/200903/20/20091, 2, 3 7112202IPBaseline InspectionsOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness03/16/200903/20/20091, 2, 3 71151-OR01IPBaseline InspectionsRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent03/16/200903/20/20091, 2, 3 71151-PR01IP 3OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - PREPNot ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/MAY 2009 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES04/27/200905/01/20091 V23304 2EB3ISI-UNIT 2 ISIBaseline InspectionsInservice Inspection Activities - BWR05/04/200905/08/20092 7111108GIP 3OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - WEEK 1Not ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/MAY 2009 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES05/11/200905/15/20091 V23304 4OL EXAM-INITIAL EXAM - WEEK 2Not ApplicableBROWNS FERRY/MAY 2009 EXAM AT POWER FACILITIES05/18/200905/22/20091 V23304 3PSB1EP-EP EXERCISEEP Baseline InspectionExercise Evaluation06/08/200906/12/20091, 2, 3 7111401IPEP Baseline InspectionEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes06/08/200906/12/20091, 2, 3 7111404IPBaseline InspectionsDrill/Exercise Performance06/08/200906/12/20091, 2, 3 71151-EP01IPBaseline InspectionsERO Drill Participation06/08/200906/12/20091, 2, 3 71151-EP02IPBaseline InspectionsAlert & Notification System06/08/200906/12/20091, 2, 3 71151-EP03IPThis report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.