IR 05000391/2015601

End-Of-Cycle Assessment Letter - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (NRC Inspection Report 05000391/2015601)

ML15058A633
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	02/27/2015
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3
To:	Skaggs M Tennessee Valley Authority
Michelle Adams
References
IR 2015601
Download: ML15058A633 (7)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ary 27, 2015

SUBJECT:

END-OF-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2015601)

Dear Mr. Skaggs:

On February 9, 2015, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff completed its performance review of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2 construction project. Our technical staff reviewed inspection results for the period from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. 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.

Overall, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction activities were conducted in a manner that complied with the Commissions rules and regulations, the conditions of your construction permit, and the Unit 2 regulatory framework commitments. Our inspections indicated that your construction and testing programs were sufficiently implemented to support ongoing construction and testing activities. Management and Quality Assurance oversight effectively monitored and assessed these activities. The corrective action program implementation activities, including initiation, classification, disposition, and trending were deemed satisfactory.

In conclusion, project performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the previous three quarters of the assessment cycle, was acceptable based on the above inspection conclusions, the fact that all violations were classified as severity level IV or below, and that no substantive cross-cutting issues were identified. Therefore, we do not plan to expand our inspection activities beyond what is specified by Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2517.

The NRC staff spent over 23,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> during the 12-month End-of-Cycle Assessment period performing inspections, assessments, public meetings, allegation follow-up, and inspection program support for WBN Unit 2. The NRC staff anticipates this level of effort will be maintained over the next 12-month assessment cycle as WBN Unit 2 construction, pre-operational testing, and operational preparedness activities are nearing completion and inspections of these activities is needed to support an operating license (OL) decision. In addition, startup testing inspections will be performed if an OL is issued.

The enclosed inspection plan contains the projected team inspection activities that we have currently identified. The inspections listed in the enclosed inspection plan were scheduled based on information your staff provided to the NRC. The scheulding of other inspections specified in Inspection Manual Chapter 2517 are communicated with your staff on a weekly basis. These inspection activities are not listed in the enclosed inspection plan because of the likehood that our currently scheduled inspection dates may change based on corresponding changes to related construction activities. Your staff will be given ample notification of changes to upcoming inspection activities or newly identified inspections as they become finalized in order to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability. Routine inspections performed by the resident staff are not listed on the inspection plan due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

Additionally, the NRC will continue with implementation of Inspection Manual Chapter 2513, Light Water Reactor Inspection Program - Preoperational Testing and Operational Preparedness Phase. We have not listed preoperational testing inspections in the enclosed inspection plan due to likelihood that the inspection dates will change as adjustments to your preoperational testing schedule occur.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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 me at (404) 997-4446 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or our planned inspections.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert C. Haag, Chief Construction Projects Branch 3 Division of Construction Projects Docket No. 50-391 Construction Permit No: CPPR-92 Enclosure: Watts Bar Unit 2 Inspection Plan cc w/encl: See next page

ML15058A633 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DCP RII: DCP SIGNATURE AAW RCH NAME A. Wilson R. Haag DATE 02/27/2015 02/27/2015 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO cc w/encl: Mr. R. R. Baron, Senior Manager Mr. Gordon P. Arent Nuclear Construction Quality Assurance Director, Licensing WBN Unit Two Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. O. J. Zeringue, General Manager Mr. Joseph Shea, Vice President Engineering and Construction Nuclear Licensing WBN Unit Two Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1101 Market Street Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. E. J. Vigluicci Paul Simmons, Vice President Assistant General Counsel WBN Unit Two Project Tennessee Valley Authority WBN Unit Two 400 West Summit Hill Drive Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 6A West Tower Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee 37402 P.O. Box 2000 Spring City Tennessee 37381 Mr. Kevin Walsh Site Vice President Mr. James ODell, Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority WBN Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Spring City, Tennessee 37381 P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. Lawrence E. Nanney, Director Tennessee Department of Environmental Mr. Joseph P. Grimes Health & Conservation Chief Nuclear Officer Division of Radiological Health and Executive Vice President 3rd Floor, L&C Annex Tennessee Valley Authority 401 Church Street 1101 Market Place Nashville, TN 37243-1532 3R Lookout Place Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 County Executive 375 Church Street Mr. Sean Connors Suite 215 Plant Manager, WBN Nuclear Plant Dayton, Tennessee 37321 Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 County Mayor Spring City, Tennessee 37381 P.O. Box 156 Decatur, Tennessee 37322 Ms. Ann P. Harris Public 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854 cc email distribution w/encl:

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Letter to Michael from Robert C. Haag dated February 27, 2015.

SUBJECT: END-OF-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2015601)

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J. Quichocho, NRR J. Poole, NRR J. Dion, NRR M. King, RII DRP T. Nazario, RII Watts Bar Unit 2 SRI E. Patterson, RII, WBN Unit 2, RI J. Nadel, RII Watts Bar Unit 1 SRI S. Price, RII ConE_Resource@nrc.gov PUBLIC

WATTS BAR UNIT 2 INSPECTION/ACTIVITY PLAN 03/01/2015 - 07/01/2015 Planned Dates Inspection Title Start End Activity 03/30/2015 - 04/03/2015 IMC 2517 Electrical Team Inspection 03/30/2015 - 04/03/2015 TI 2515/191 Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communications/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans 04/06/2015 - 04/10/2015 IP 35007 Problem Identification and Resolution Team Appendix 16 Inspection 04/13/2015 - 04/17/2015 TI 2201-004 Inspection of Implementation of Interim Cyber Security Milestones 1-7 04/27/2015 - 05/01/2015 TI 2512/022 Fire Protection CAP and Program Inspection 04/27/2015 - 05/01/2015 TI 2512/036 Inspection of Environmental Qualification (EQ)

Special Program and EQ Historical Items 05/04/2015 - 05/08/2015 TI 2512/041 Inspection of Radiation Monitoring System Special Program and Associated Electrical Items TBD (2nd Quarter 2015) IP 70314 Hot Functional Test Witnessing TBD (2nd Quarter 2015) IP 93806 Operational Readiness Assessment Team Inspection Enclosure