IR 05000424/2022005

Updated Inspection Plan for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 & 2 - Report 05000424/2022005 and 05000425/2022005

ML22231A316
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/24/2022
From:	Alan Blamey NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB2
To:	Gayheart C Southern Nuclear Company
References
IR 2022005
Download: ML22231A316 (5)

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SUBJECT:

UPDATED INSPECTION PLAN FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1&2 - REPORT 05000424/2022005 AND 05000425/2022005

Dear Ms. Gayheart:

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2024, for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1&2. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

Beginning on January 1, 2023, the engineering inspection frequency will transition from a triennial (3-year) to a quadrennial (4-year) cycle. The new engineering inspection program will consist of a Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection (CETI)1 and three Focused Engineering Inspections (FEIs) that will be performed in each quadrennial cycle. For the cycle beginning in 2023, the FEIs will be: Fire Protection Team Inspection, Commercial Grade Dedication and an engineering inspection that reviews age-related degradation and management2.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC adjusted inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). While the PHE continues, overall conditions throughout the country support performance of our inspection and oversight activities to return to normal onsite presence by our resident and region-based inspectors and completion of nominal baseline inspection samples. We continue to monitor site-specific conditions and as discussed in our November 2, 2021 memo, Implementation of Inspection Programs Following Re-Entry from the Public Health Emergency for the Reactor Safety Program (ML21295A302), it may be necessary to alter how and when we perform our 1 Aspects of the Design Basis Assurance Inspection (DBAI), Evaluations of Changes, Tests, & Experiments, and Heat Sink inspections will be included in the CETI inspection. Attached Report 22 will reference DBAI procedure until the CETI procedure is made publicly available. Previously scheduled Evaluation of Changes, Tests, & Experiments and Heat Sink inspections have been cancelled and removed from Report 22.

2 The age-related degradation and management procedure is under development and will be publicly available by the end of calendar year 2022.August 22, 2022 inspection and oversight activities as we balance the importance of protecting the health and safety of our staff with the need to conduct effective oversight that supports the NRCs critical safety mission.

For inspections requiring extensive coordination with offsite organizations, such as evaluated emergency preparedness exercises, NRC guidance and frequently asked questions for security and emergency preparedness can be found here: https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/security-ep/. Similarly, the NRC has developed guidance if force-on-force inspections cannot be completed as scheduled due to an emergency, such as the COVID-19 PHE. These changes help ensure the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while maintaining the NRCs important safety and security mission during the COVID-19 PHE. The attached inspection plan is accurate on the date of issuance but remains subject to change based on approval of potential exemption requests or other changes needed due to changing conditions in the COVID-19 PHE. NRC staff will contact your appropriate regulatory affairs staff in order to coordinate inspection planning and scheduling.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be 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 me at 404-997-4415 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Alan J. Blamey, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 05000424 and 05000425 License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/ encl: Distribution via LISTSERV Signed by Blamey, Alan on 08/22/22

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NAME A. Alen A. Blamey DATE 08/22/22 08/22/22

Site Inspection Activity Plan Vogtle

09/01/2022 - 06/30/2024

Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count

DESIGN BASES ASSURANCE INSPECTION (TEAMS) 6

1,2 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

1,2 10/17/2022 10/21/2022 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

FOCUSED ENGINEERING INSPECTION 3

1,2 1/30/2023 2/3/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication

1,2 2/13/2023 2/17/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication

UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION +SG 2

1 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM INSPECTION 2

1,2 4/10/2023 4/14/2023 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing

1,2 4/10/2023 4/14/2023 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System

1,2 4/10/2023 4/14/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes

1,2 4/10/2023 4/14/2023 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness

1,2 4/10/2023 4/14/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification

VOGTLE INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 6

1,2 3/27/2023 3/31/2023 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1,2 5/1/2023 5/12/2023 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

TARGET SET INSPECTION 2

1,2 6/5/2023 6/9/2023 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets

OPERATION ON AN ISFSI 2

1,2 6/12/2023 6/16/2023 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI

VOGTLE 1 & 2 REQUAL INSPECTION 2

1,2 6/12/2023 6/16/2023 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTION 4

1,2 6/12/2023 6/16/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution

1,2 6/26/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution

SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1

1,2 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control

1,2 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes

1,2 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification

SNC CORPORATE AA/FFD INSPECTION 2

1,2 8/28/2023 9/1/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization

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1,2 8/28/2023 9/1/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program

RP OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION BASELINE INSPECTION 2

1,2 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1,2 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation 1,2 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification

UNIT 2 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION +SG 2

2 9/18/2023 9/22/2023 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1

1,2 10/23/2023 10/27/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization

1,2 10/23/2023 10/27/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program

FOCUSED ENGINEERING INSPECTION 4

1,2 1/22/2024 1/26/2024 IP 71111.21N.05 001646 Fire Protection Team Inspection (FPTI)

1,2 2/5/2024 2/9/2024 IP 71111.21N.05 001646 Fire Protection Team Inspection (FPTI)

CYBER SECURITY INSPECTION 4

1,2 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71130.10 000741 Cybersecurity

SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 2

1,2 5/20/2024 5/24/2024 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance

1,2 5/20/2024 5/24/2024 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training

RP RAD SAFETY PUBLIC BASELINE INSPECTION 3

1,2 6/10/2024 6/14/2024 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment

1,2 6/10/2024 6/14/2024 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program

1,2 6/10/2024 6/14/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification

MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING 1

1,2 6/10/2024 6/14/2024 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

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