ML110630055
| ML110630055 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2011 |
| From: | Mccree V Region 2 Administrator |
| To: | Duncan R Carolina Power & Light Co |
| Shared Package | |
| ML110630051 | List: |
| References | |
| IR-11-001 | |
| Download: ML110630055 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000261/2011001
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
March 4, 2011
Carolina Power and Light Company
ATTN: Mr. Robert J. Duncan, II
Vice President
H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2
3581 West Entrance Road
Hartsville, SC 29550
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC
PLANT, UNIT 2 (REPORT 05000261/2011001)
Dear Mr. Duncan:
On February 9, 2011, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle performance review of the H. B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly
performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from
January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment
of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This
performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A
separate letter will include NRCs assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone
and its security-related inspection plan.
The NRC determined the performance at Robinson Unit 2 during the most recent quarter was
within the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action
Matrix because the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours performance indicator crossed
the threshold from Green to White in the third quarter of 2010, and three findings classified as
having low to moderate safety significance (White) were active in the Mitigating Systems
cornerstone. Two of the three White inspection findings were identified in the third quarter of
2010 and the third finding was identified in the fourth quarter of 2010. The first White finding
was identified for your failure to correct a condition adverse to quality in B Emergency Diesel
Generator output breaker 52/27B. The second White finding was identified for your failure to
adequately design and implement operator training based on learning objectives as required by
10 CFR 55.59(c), in that training lesson material failed to identify the basis of a procedural
action involving reactor coolant pump seal cooling in licensee procedure PATH-1, as required
by the definition of systems approach to training, Element 3 in 10 CFR 55.4. The third White
inspection finding was identified for your failure to adequately implement requirements of
multiple procedures required by Technical Specification 5.4.1, during a cooldown of the Reactor
Coolant System and subsequent safety injection after a reactor trip on March 28, 2010.
The performance of Robinson Unit 2 during the first and second quarter of 2010 was within the
Licensee Response Column of the NRCs ROP Action matrix because 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). On November 12, 2010, the NRC
issued an assessment follow-up letter due to the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours
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performance indicator crossing the green-to-white threshold. As a result of our assessment
review, Robinson Unit 2 performance was assessed to be in the Regulatory Response Column
of the NRCs ROP Action Matrix. An additional assessment follow-up letter was issued on
January 31, 2011. The NRC updated its assessment of Robinson Unit 2 to be in the Degraded
Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, effective the third quarter of calendar year
2010 due to the three white findings in the Mitigating System Cornerstone.
On February 1, 2011 your staff notified the NRC of your readiness, as of March 11, 2011, for us
to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the White
performance indicator. Therefore, in addition to ROP baseline inspections, the NRC plans to
conduct a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection
for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, beginning on March 21 for the
review of the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 critical hours White performance indicator. Also, on
February 1, 2011, your staff notified the NRC of your readiness, as of May 9, 2011, for us to
conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address three White
inspection findings. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental inspection in
accordance with Inspection Procedure 95002, Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or
Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, beginning on May 31 for the review of
these inspection findings.
The NRC identifies substantive cross-cutting issues (SCCIs) to communicate a concern with the
licensees performance in a cross-cutting area and to encourage the licensee to take
appropriate actions before more significant performance issues emerge. The NRC identified a
cross-cutting theme in the Resources component of the Human Performance cross-cutting area.
Specifically, four Green inspection findings were identified as having the cross-cutting aspect of
complete, accurate and up-to-date design documentation, procedures, and work packages, and
correct labeling of components, H.2(c). The NRC determined that an SCCI exists because the
NRC has a concern with your staffs progress in addressing the cross-cutting theme.
Specifically, your staffs actions have not yet proven effective in substantially mitigating the
cross-cutting theme as it relates to procedure quality. The SCCI will remain open until the NRC
has confidence that your corrective actions are sufficient, based in part on a reduction in the
number of findings below the SCCI threshold. The NRC will monitor your staffs progress in
addressing the SCCI during the 95002 supplemental inspection and we will perform focused
annual problem identification and resolution reviews of the actions to address this cross-cutting
theme.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2012. Routine
inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The
inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be
revised at the mid-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 possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should
circumstances warrant any changes.
Based on plant performance over the cycle, we plan to conduct the inspections as described
above in addition to the reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.
We also plan on conducting Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/179, Verification of Licensee
Responses to NRC Requirements for Inventories for Materials Tracked in the National Source
Tracking System (NSTS).
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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).
Please contact Randall A. Musser at 404-997-4603 with any questions you may have regarding
this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Victor M. McCree
Regional Administrator
Docket No.: 50-261
License No.: DPR-23
Enclosure: Robinson Inspection/Activity Plan
(03/01/2011 - 06/30/2012)
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Division of Radiological Health
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R. J. Duncan, II
Vice President
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2
Carolina Power & Light Company
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Sandra Threatt, Manager
Nuclear Response and Emergency
Environmental Surveillance
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
Department of Health and Environmental
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Vice President
Nuclear Operations
Carolina Power & Light Company
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Brian C. McCabe
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Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
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Christos Kamilaris
Director
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Carolina Power & Light Company
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Curt A. Castell
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Carolina Power & Light Company
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B. C. White
Manager
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Carolina Power & Light Company
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S. D. West
Superintendent Security
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
Progress Energy
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Joseph W. Donahue
Vice President
Nuclear Oversight
Carolina Power and Light Company
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David T. Conley
Associate General Counsel
Legal Dept.
Progress Energy Service Company, LLC
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John H. O'Neill, Jr.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge
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Washington, DC 20037-1128
Susan E. Jenkins
Director, Division of Waste Management
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control
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Tom Cosgrove
Plant General Manager
Carolina Power & Light Company
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W. Lee Cox, III
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Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.
S.C. Department of Health and
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Public Service Commission
State of South Carolina
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Columbia, SC 29211
Chairman
North Carolina Utilities Commission
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Senior Resident Inspector
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
2112 Old Camden Rd
Hartsville, SC 29550
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Letter to Robert Duncan from Victor M. McCree dated March 4, 2011
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC
PLANT, UNIT 2 (REPORT 05000261/2011001)
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