IR 05000397/1998022
| ML17292B495 | |
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| 50-397-98-22, NUDOCS 9812300034 | |
| Download: ML17292B495 (98) | |
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November 21, 1998
SUBJECT:
NRC CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-397/00-01
Dear Mr. Parrish:
This refers to the inspection conducted on January 10 to 28, 2000, at the WNP-2 facility.
In-office inspection of certain records requested by the inspectors was also performed in the week preceding the onsite inspection period and during the interim week of January 17, 2000. The purpose of the inspection was to evaluate the effectiveness of your corrective action program.
The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection.
On the basis of the sample reviewed, your corrective action program was found acceptable and improving with an appropriate threshold for identifying, classifying, and prioritizing adverse conditions. Your staff was considered aggressive in identifying adverse conditions.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we willbe pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely, John L. Pellet, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.:
50-397 License No.:
Enclosure:
NRC Inspection Report No.
50-397/00-01
Energy Northwest
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50-397 NPF-21 50-397/00-01, Energy Northwest WNP-2 Richland, Washington January 10 to 28, 2000 T. O. McKernon, Lead Inspector, Operations Branch P. C. Gage, Senior Reactor Engineer, Operations Branch G. A. Pick, Senior Project Engineer, Project Branch E R. E. Lantz, Reactor Engineer, Operations Branch T. L. Tinkel, Contractor John L. Pellet, Chief, Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
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-2-EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WNP-2 NRC Inspection Report No. 50-397/00-01 Four NRC Region IV inspectors and one contractor performed a routine core inspection of the corrective action program implementation at the Energy Northwest WNP-2 facilityfrom January 10 to 28, 2000.
The inspectors used NRC Inspection Procedure 40500 to evaluate the licensee's effectiveness in identifying, evaluating, resolving, and preventing problems that could affect safe plant operations.
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d11 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON,TEXAS Td011<0d4 November 24, 1999 Mr. J. (Mail Drop 1023)
Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest P,O. Box 968
'ichland, Washington 99352-0968 SuBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-397/EM1
Dear Mr. Parrish:
The purpose of this letter is to announce our Corrective Action Program Inspection at your Washington Nuclear Project-2 reactor facility. We have scheduled this inspection for January 10 to 28, 2000. The designated inspection leader, Mr. Paul Gage of this office, has telephonically discussed the inspection plans in more detail with members of your staff.
The inspection willevaluate the effectiveness of your activities for identifying, resolving, and preventing issues that degrade the quality of plant operations or safety. The inspection willbe conducted using Inspection Procedure 40500, 'Effectiveness of Licensee Process to Identify, Resolve, and Prevent Problems." This inspection wiltinvolve a total of four NRC personnel.
The inspection team willrequire information about your corrective actions program and implementation for Inwffice preparation and inspection. A desc'ription of the material that willbe needed is enclosed.
Mr Gage has contacted your staff and arranged for specific material to be available to the team by December 29, 1999.
Ifyou have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Mr. Gage at 81 7/860-8273 or myself at 817/860-8159.
Sincerely, John I
Pellet, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Enclosure: As Stated Docket No.:
50-397 License No.:
Energy Northwest CC:
Chairman Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council P.O. Box 43172 Olympia, Washington 98504-3172
. Rodney L. Webring (Mail Drop PE08)
Vice President, Operations Support/PIO Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352-0968.
Greg O. Smith (Mail Drop 927M)
Vic'e President, Generation Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352-0968 D. W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Regulatory Affairs Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352-0968 Albert E. Mouncer (Mail Drop 1396)
General Counsel Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352-0968 Paul Inserra (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Licensing Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352-0968 Thomas C. Poindexter, Esq.
Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-3502 Bob Nichols State Liaison Officer Executive Policy Division Office of the Governor P.O. Box 43113 Olympia, Washington 98504-3113
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ENCLOSURE Initial material're uested for the 40500 ins ection at WNP-2:
Index of all corrective action documents (e.g., PERs, work requests, etc.) for the last 12 months.
Allcorrective action documents in response or related to plant transients, the equipment malfunctions that initiated them or that were previously written on the same equipment, for the last 12 months.
AIIcorrective action documents related to external operating experience, especially vendor information not included in plant procedures and documents, for the last 12 months.
Allmajor corrective action documents (i.e., those that subsume or roll-up one or more smaller issues) for the last 12 months.
Allcorrective action documents associated with:
Emergency diesel generator system (Div I, Div II, and Div III):
Reactor core isolation cooling.
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Standby service water system.
- Maintenance rule implementation, preventable functional failures, and baseline inspection results.
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Human performance issues:
Operator workarounds.
Operator performance issues (i.e., NRC Inspection Report 99-05).
Allcorrective action documents associated with nonescalated, no response required, or noncited violations, for the last 12 months.
Allcorrective action program assessments for the last 12 months.
Allcorrective action program tracking and effectiveness internal reports or metrics, for the last 12 months.
Description of any informal systems, especially used by operations, for issues below the threshold of the formal corrective action system (e.g., CR's) and the content of those system's.
Allprocedures governing or applying to the corrective action program.