IR 05000424/2022006

Annual Assessment Letter for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2, NRC Inspection Reports 05000424/2022006 and 05000425/2022006

ML23053A188
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/01/2023
From:	Diane Jackson Division Reactor Projects II
To:	Gayheart C Southern Nuclear Company
References
IR 2022006
Download: ML23053A188 (6)

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March 1, 2023

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000424/2022006 AND 05000425/2022006)

Dear Cheryl Gayheart:

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety. The baseline inspection program was completed at your facility as defined in Inspection Manual Chapter 2515, Light-Water Reactor Inspection Program - Operations Phase.

The NRC determined the performance at of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2024. 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 12 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.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC adjusted inspection plans and schedules to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the ROP. While the PHE continues, overall conditions throughout the country support performance of our inspection and oversight activities returning 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 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.

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 Age-Related Degradation.2 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) 997-4892 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Signed by Jackson, Donna on 03/01/23 Donna Jackson, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 05000424 and 05000425 License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 Enclosure: Vogtle Inspection/Activity Plan (03/01/2023 - 12/31/2024)

cc: Distribution via ListServ 1 Aspects of the Design Basis Assurance Inspection (DBAI), Evaluations of Changes, Tests, & Experiments, and Heat Sink inspections will be included in the new CETI inspection. Previously scheduled Evaluation of Changes, Tests, & Experiments and Heat Sink inspections have been cancelled and removed from attached Report 22.

2 The Age-Related Degradation procedure is publicly available, and the NRC plans to implement the first inspection of this type beginning in July 2023. SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000424/2022006 AND 05000425/2022006)

Dated March 1, 2023 DISTRIBUTION:

R2EICS RidsNrrDro Resource RidsNrrPMVogtle Resource ROPassessment Resource PUBLIC ADAMS ACCESSION NUMBER: ML23053A188 X SUNSI Review X Non-Sensitive X Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RII/DRP RII/DRP RII/DRP NAME A. Alen T. Morrissey D. Jackson DATE 2/23/2023 2/23/2023 3/01/2023

Site Inspection Activity Plan Vogtle 03/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION +SG 2 1 3/5/2023 3/31/2023 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 5 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 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 VOGTLE 1 & 2 REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1,2 8/21/2023 8/25/2023 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance SNC CORPORATE SECURITY INSPECTION AA/FFD 2 1,2 8/28/2023 9/1/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1,2 8/28/2023 9/1/2023 IP 71130.06 000738 Protection of Safeguards Information 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 1 2 9/18/2023 9/22/2023 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

Enclosure

Site Inspection Activity Plan 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 71130.06 000738 Protection of Safeguards Information 1,2 10/23/2023 10/27/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program FOCUSED ENGINEERING INSPECTION (FPTI) 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 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE INSPECTION 5 1,2 5/20/2024 5/24/2024 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1,2 5/20/2024 5/24/2024 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1,2 5/20/2024 5/24/2024 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification 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)

SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1,2 7/29/2024 8/2/2024 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1,2 7/29/2024 8/2/2024 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1,2 7/29/2024 8/2/2024 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION +SG 2 1 9/16/2024 9/27/2024 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP RAD SAFETY OCCUPATIONAL BASELINE INSPECTION 3 1,2 9/16/2024 9/20/2024 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2 9/16/2024 9/20/2024 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1,2 9/16/2024 9/20/2024 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1,2 9/16/2024 9/20/2024 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1,2 9/16/2024 9/20/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification 1,2 10/7/2024 10/11/2024 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2 10/7/2024 10/11/2024 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1,2 10/7/2024 10/11/2024 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment

Site Inspection Activity Plan 1,2 10/7/2024 10/11/2024 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1,2 10/7/2024 10/11/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 3 1,2 10/21/2024 10/25/2024 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation VOGTLE 1 AND 2 INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 4 1,2 10/27/2024 11/2/2024 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1,2 12/1/2024 12/14/2024 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

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