IR 05000483/2006001
| ML060610333 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Callaway  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2006 |
| From: | William Jones NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B |
| To: | Naslund C Union Electric Co |
| References | |
| IR-06-001 | |
| Download: ML060610333 (8) | |
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March 2, 2006
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - CALLAWAY PLANT (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000483/2006001)
Dear Mr. Naslund:
On February 7, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Callaway 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, 2005. 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 physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only - Security-Related Information" will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.
Overall, the Callaway Plant operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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 reactor oversight process baseline inspections at your facility.
In our March 2, 2005, annual assessment letter and as updated in our August 30, 2005, midcycle assessment letter, we informed you of a substantive crosscutting issue in human performance, which principally involved personnel errors that had an impact on plant equipment from preventable events and transients. These errors stemmed from instances of failing to follow procedures and from inadequate procedures. The NRC recognizes that progress has been made by AmerenUE in addressing human performance issues, particularly with respect to procedure implementation, as measured by the an overall decrease in the human performance error rate. However, the NRC has noted that continuing problems have occurred with procedural and instruction adequacy, including those procedures that have been enhanced as part of your improvement initiatives in this area, as well as instructions developed during the past year. The procedural improvements and instructions developed over the last year have not been fully effective in preventing human performance errors, which indicates that further
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improvement in addressing this issue is warranted. There were multiple Green findings affecting the Initiating Events and Mitigating Systems cornerstones. Examples include an inadequate operations procedure that contributed to a reactor trip signal and an unplanned auxiliary feedwater actuation while shut down, an inadequate surveillance procedure that resulted in the inadvertent isolation of all plant fire water suppression, an unplanned reactor trip that occurred because of an inadequate work instruction for work on a power supply, and inadequate instructions involving the conduct of continuous fire watches. Some of these examples involved upgraded procedures or an instruction that was developed this past year.
Accordingly, the NRC will continue to focus inspection activities within this area in order to assess the effectiveness of your improvement initiatives in reducing operational events and conditions caused by inadequate procedures and instructions. The NRC will use, in part, as its basis for closure, an assessment of the number of findings that are identified involving procedural adequacy problems and whether the plant staff recognizes and corrects procedure and work instruction problems before the plant is challenged. The NRCs review will be accomplished as a followup inspection item in accordance with applicable baseline inspection procedures. Additionally, because this substantive crosscutting issue has been open for more than two assessment letters, the NRC requests that a public meeting be held to discuss AmerenUEs progress in addressing the adequacy of human performance at the Callaway Plant. We will coordinate with your staff to schedule this meeting.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2007. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. In addition to the baseline inspections, the NRC will also be conducting inspections related to Temporary Instruction 2515/150, Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Order EA-03-009)." 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. The inspections in the last 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review.
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).
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 me at 817-860-8141 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
William B. Jones, Chief Project Branch B Division of Reactor Projects
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Docket: 50-483 License: NPF-30 Enclosure:
Callaway Plant Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:
Professional Nuclear Consulting, Inc.
19041 Raines Drive Derwood, MD 20855 John ONeill, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037 Mark A. Reidmeyer, Regional Regulatory Affairs Supervisor Regulatory Affairs AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Missouri Public Service Commission Governors Office Building 200 Madison Street P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, MO 65102 H. Floyd Gilzow Deputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P. O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Rick A. Muench, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Dan I. Bolef, President Kay Drey, Representative Board of Directors Coalition for the Environment 6267 Delmar Boulevard University City, MO 63130 Les H. Kanuckel, Manager Quality Assurance AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Keith D. Young, Manager Regulatory Affairs AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 David E. Shafer Superintendent, Licensing Regulatory Affairs AmerenUE P.O. Box 66149, MC 470 St. Louis, MO 63166-6149 Certrec Corporation 4200 South Hulen, Suite 630 Fort Worth, TX 76109 Keith G. Henke, Planner Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Tim Diemler Emergency Preparedness Director Callaway County/Fulton P.O. Box 817 Fulton, MO 65251
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Lee Fritz Presiding Commissioner Callaway County Courthouse 10 East 5th Street Fulton, MO 65251 Gabe Craighead Eastern District Commissioner Callaway County Courthouse 10 East 5th Street Fulton, MO 65251 Donald "Doc" Kritzer Western District Commissioner Callaway County Courthouse 10 East 5th Street Fulton, MO 65251 The Honorable Robert Craghead Mayor of Fulton Fulton City Hall P.O. Box 130 Fulton, MO 65251 William Johnson Fulton City Administrator Fulton City Hall P.O. Box 130 Fulton, MO 65251 Steve Myers Chief of Police Fulton City Hall P.O. Box 130 Fulton, MO 65251 Dennis Crane Sheriff, Callaway County P.O. Box 817 Fulton, MO 65251 The Honorable Tom Shackelford Mayor of Mokane P.O. Box 41 Mokane, MO 65059 Richard Hudson, Director Emergency Management Gasconade County Courthouse P.O. Box 295 Hermann, MO 65041 Ron Jost Presiding Commissioner Gasconade County Courthouse 119 East First Street Hermann, MO 65041 Max Aubuchon Northern District Commissioner Gasconade County Courthouse 119 East First Street Hermann, MO 65041 Jerry Lairmore Southern District Commissioner Gasconade County Courthouse 119 East First Street Hermann, MO 65041 Randy Esphorst Sheriff, Gasconade County Gasconade County Courthouse 119 East First Street Hermann, MO 65041 Fay Owsley Gasconade County Public Administrator Gasconade County Courthouse 119 East First Street Hermann, MO 65041 The Honorable Samuel Birk Mayor of Morrison Route 1 Morrison, MO 65061 Bob Bishop Emergency Management Director Montgomery County Courthouse 211 East Third Montgomery City, MO 63361
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Charles Korman Presiding Commissioner Montgomery County Courthouse 211 East Third Montgomery City, MO 63361 Rich Daniels First District Commissioner Montgomery County Courthouse 211 East Third Montgomery City, MO 63361 John Noltensmeyer Second District Commissioner Montgomery County Courthouse 211 East Third Montgomery City, MO 63361 Robert Davis Sheriff, Montgomery County Montgomery County Courthouse 211 East Third Montgomery City, MO 63361 The Honorable Steve Wehrle Mayor of Rhineland P.O. Box 384 Rhineland, MO 65069 Bradley Strope Emergency Management Director Osage County Courthouse P.O. Box 1011 Linn, MO 65051 Russell J. Scheulen Presiding Commissioner Osage County Courthouse P.O. Box 826 Linn, MO 65051 Jerry G. Wolfe First District Commissioner Osage County Courthouse P.O. Box 826 Linn, MO 65051 Vince Sampson Second District Commissioner Osage County Courthouse P.O. Box 826 Linn, MO 65051 Carl Fowler Sheriff, Osage County Osage County Courthouse P.O. Box 826 Linn, MO 65051 The Honorable Gary Reynolds Mayor of Chamois Star Route Chamois, MO 65024 Federal Emergency Management Agency Mr. Dick Hainje, Regional Director Region VII 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372 Dr. William Miller NSEI, University of Missouri-Columbia E2433 Engineering Building East Columbia, MO 62511 Dr. Mark Prelas NSEI, University of Missouri-Columbia E2433 Engineering Building East Columbia, MO 62511 Ronald M. Reynolds, Director State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339
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Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)
Senior Resident Inspector (MSP)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (WBJ)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)
RITS Coordinator (KEG)
V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
W. Maier, RSLO (WAM)
C. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (JAC, ATG, LJS, MPS1)
T. Bergman, Chief, TRPS, OEDO (TAB)
S. Richards, Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (SAR)
C. Holden, Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (CFH)
C. Haney, Director, DORL, NRR (CXH)
D. Terao, Chief, LPLG, DORL, NRR (DXT)
J. Donohew, Project Manager for Callaway (JND)
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Callaway Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2006 - 09/30/2007 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/01/2006 08:30:13 Report 22
RP-ORS
- OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY Baseline Inspections 04/03/2006 04/07/2006
7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 04/03/2006 04/07/2006
7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 04/03/2006 04/07/2006
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
EP2
- EMERG PREP PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 05/15/2006 05/19/2006
7111402 IP Alert and Notification System Testing Baseline Inspections 05/15/2006 05/19/2006
7111403 IP Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing Baseline Inspections 05/15/2006 05/19/2006
7111404 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Baseline Inspections 05/15/2006 05/19/2006
7111405 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies Baseline Inspections 05/15/2006 05/19/2006
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
RP-ORS
- OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/28/2006 09/01/2006
7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 08/28/2006 09/01/2006
7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 08/28/2006 09/01/2006
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
EB2-52B
- CAL PIR INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 10/16/2006 10/20/2006
71152B IP Identification and Resolution of Problems Baseline Inspections 10/30/2006 11/03/2006
71152B IP Identification and Resolution of Problems
EB2-05T
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 11/13/2006 11/17/2006
7111105T IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
Baseline Inspections 11/27/2006 12/01/2006
7111105T IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
RP-ORS
- OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY Baseline Inspections 10/23/2006 10/27/2006
7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 10/23/2006 10/27/2006
7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 10/23/2006 10/27/2006
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
EB1-21
- CDB PART 1 Baseline Inspections 12/11/2006 12/15/2006
7111121 IP Component Design Bases Inspection
REQUAL
- BIENNIAL REQUAL Baseline Inspections 01/08/2007 01/12/2007
7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program
EB1-21
- CDB PART 2 Baseline Inspections 01/02/2007 01/12/2007
7111121 IP Component Design Bases Inspection
TI - 150
- RPV AND VHP NOZZLES Safety Issues 04/15/2007 05/10/2007
2515/150 IP Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC ORDER EA-03-009)
PR-ORS
- OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY Baseline Inspections 04/16/2007 04/20/2007
7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 04/16/2007 04/20/2007
7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Callaway Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2006 - 09/30/2007 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/01/2006 08:30:13 Report 22
PR-ORS
- OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY Baseline Inspections 04/16/2007 04/20/2007
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
EB1-08P
- ISI Baseline Inspections 04/23/2007 05/04/2007
7111108P IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR
RP TEAM
- RADIATION SAFETY TEAM Baseline Inspections 06/04/2007 06/08/2007
7112103 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment Baseline Inspections 06/04/2007 06/08/2007
7112201 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems Baseline Inspections 06/04/2007 06/08/2007
7112202 IP Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation Baseline Inspections 06/04/2007 06/08/2007
7112203 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) And Radioactive Material Control Program
EB2-07B
- HEAT SINK INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 06/18/2007 06/22/2007
7111107B IP Heat Sink Performance
EB1-2/17
- 50.59 & PERMANENT PLANT MODS Baseline Inspections 07/23/2007 07/27/2007
7111102 IP Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments Baseline Inspections 07/23/2007 07/27/2007
7111117B IP Permanent Plant Modifications
EP1
- EMERG PREP EXERCISE Baseline Inspections 08/06/2007 08/10/2007
7111401 IP Exercise Evaluation Baseline Inspections 08/06/2007 08/10/2007
7111404 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Baseline Inspections 08/06/2007 08/10/2007
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
BRQ SIM
- BIENNIAL RQ SIM ONLY Baseline Inspections 08/20/2007 08/24/2007
7111111B IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program
RP-ORS
- OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007
7112101 IP Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007
7112102 IP ALARA Planning and Controls Baseline Inspections 08/27/2007 08/31/2007
71151 IP Performance Indicator Verification
EXAM
- INITIAL EXAM Not Applicable 09/10/2007 09/14/2007
X02355 CALLAWAY - INITIAL EXAM (10/07)
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.