IR 05000445/2019010
| ML19318H273 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/2019 |
| From: | Ray Azua Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Peters K Vistra Operations Company |
| References | |
| IR 2019010 | |
| Download: ML19318H273 (12) | |
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November 14, 2019
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 -
BIENNIAL PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION REPORT 05000445/2019010 AND 05000446/2019010
Dear Mr. Peters:
On October 3, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed a problem identification and resolution inspection at your Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, and discussed the results of this inspection with Mr. Tom McCool, Site Vice President, and other members of your staff. The results of this inspection are documented in the enclosed report.
The NRC inspection team reviewed the stations corrective action program and the stations implementation of the program to evaluate its effectiveness in identifying, prioritizing, evaluating, and correcting problems, and to confirm that the station was complying with NRC regulations and licensee standards for corrective action programs. Based on the samples reviewed, the team determined that your staffs performance in each of these areas adequately supported nuclear safety.
The team also evaluated the stations processes for use of industry and NRC operating experience information and the effectiveness of the stations audits and self-assessments.
Based on the samples reviewed, the team determined that your staffs performance in each of these areas adequately supported nuclear safety.
Finally, the team reviewed the stations programs to establish and maintain a safety-conscious work environment and interviewed station personnel to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. Based on the teams observations and the results of these interviews, the team found no evidence of challenges to your organizations safety-conscious work environment.
Your employees appeared willing to raise nuclear safety concerns through at least one of the several means available.
The NRC inspectors did not identify any finding or violation of more than minor significance. This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ramon V. Azua, Team Leader Inspection Programs and Assessment Team Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 05000445 and 05000446 License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89
Enclosure:
As stated
Inspection Report
Docket Numbers:
05000445 and 05000446
License Numbers:
Report Numbers:
05000445/2019010 and 05000446/2019010
Enterprise Identifier: I-2019-010-0016
Licensee:
Vistra Operations Company LLC
Facility:
Comanche Peak Power Plant
Location:
Glen Rose, TX
Inspection Dates:
September 16, 2019, to October 03, 2019
Inspectors:
J. Braisted, Senior Project Engineer
B. Correll, Reactor Inspector
N. Day, Resident Inspector
H. Freeman, Senior Reactor Engineer
Approved By:
Ramon V. Azua, Team Leader
Inspection Programs and Assessment Team
Division of Reactor Safety
SUMMARY
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) continued monitoring the licensees performance by conducting a biennial problem identification and resolution inspection at Comanche Peak Power Plant in accordance with the Reactor Oversight Process. The Reactor Oversight Process is the NRCs program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors. Refer to https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight.html for more information.
List of Findings and Violations
No findings or violations of more than minor significance were identified.
Additional Tracking Items
None.
INSPECTION SCOPES
Inspections were conducted using the appropriate portions of the inspection procedures (IPs) in effect at the beginning of the inspection unless otherwise noted. Currently approved IPs with their attached revision histories are located on the public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/insp-manual/inspection-procedure/index.html. Samples were declared complete when the IP requirements most appropriate to the inspection activity were met consistent with Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2515, Light-Water Reactor Inspection Program - Operations Phase. The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel to assess licensee performance and compliance with Commission rules and regulations, license conditions, site procedures, and standards.
OTHER ACTIVITIES - BASELINE
71152B - Problem Identification and Resolution Biennial Team Inspection (IP Section 02.04)
The team performed a biennial assessment of the licensees corrective action program, use of operating experience, self-assessments and audits, and safety-conscious work environment.
- (1) Corrective Action Program Effectiveness: The team reviewed the stations corrective action program and implementation of the program to evaluate its effectiveness in identifying, prioritizing, evaluating, and correcting problems, and to confirm that the station was complying with NRC regulations and licensee standards for corrective action program. The sample included reviews of nearly 200 condition reports and associated records in addition to in-depth 5-year reviews of condition reports associated with safety-related inverters.
Operating Experience: The inspectors assessed the effectiveness of the stations processes for use of operating experience. The team reviewed the process used to receive, distribute, and evaluate operating experience by reviewing five examples that had been received during the assessment period.
Self-Assessments and Audits: The inspectors assessed the effectiveness of the licensee audits and self-assessments. The team reviewed four self-assessments (benchmark, simple, formal departmental) and audits.
Safety Conscious Work Environment: The inspectors assessed the effectiveness of the stations programs to establish and maintain a safety-conscious work environment. The team interviewed 50 station personnel in five focus group interviews as well as in individual interviews. These groups included personnel from operations, maintenance, health physics, engineering, and security. The team observed interactions between employees during the condition report screening meetings and during operational focus meetings, management review committee meetings, and Station Operations Review Committee meeting. The team interviewed the employee concerns coordinator and reviewed the results of the sites latest safety culture surveys and investigations related to safety-conscious work environment.
INSPECTION RESULTS
Assessment 71152B Corrective Action Program Effectiveness
Based on the samples reviewed, the team determined that the licensees corrective action program complied with regulatory requirements and self-imposed standards. The licensees performance in each of the areas of Problem Identification, Prioritization and Evaluation, and Corrective Actions adequately supported nuclear safety.
The team found that the licensee was identifying and documenting problems at an appropriately low threshold that supported nuclear safety. During the 2-year assessment period, the licensee had initiated 12,645 issue reports which averages to approximately 575 per month. Issue reports are the licensee's term for corrective action documents before they are screened as a condition adverse to quality or regulatory compliance, or a non-adverse condition.
The team found that the licensee was adequately prioritizing and evaluating problems. Of the condition reports initiated during the assessment period, over 7,200 were classified as conditions adverse to quality while the rest were non-adverse. The licensee initiated zero root cause evaluations and 52 adverse condition assessments. The team did not identify any examples of conditions adverse to quality that had been misclassified as non-adverse.
The team found that the licensee was developing and implementing corrective actions. The corrective actions appear to be effective and implemented in a time frame commensurate with significance.
Assessment 71152B Use of Operating Experience
The team reviewed the licensee's process for identifying and evaluating operating experience. Based upon a review of the operating experience program and selected examples, the team determined the licensee's process for evaluating industry operating experience for relevance to the facility was effective. While the team identified an issue where the licensee's implementation did not match the program description, the team found that it did not negatively impact the program. The licensee initiated corrective actions to address the discrepancy.
Assessment 71152B Self-Assessments and Audits
The team reviewed five examples of self-assessments and audits that had been completed during the assessment period. The team found that these were self-critical and were being effectively used to identify issues. The team determined that the identified issues were entered into the corrective action program, and actions to address the issues were developed and tracked to completion by the responsible organizations.
Assessment 71152B Safety-Conscious Work-Environment
Based on inspection interviews and insights obtained from safety culture and other relevant assessments, the team found that the licensee had established and maintained a safety-conscious work environment where individuals felt free to raise concerns without fear of retaliation. Employees indicated that they had numerous avenues for raising safety concerns including writing issue reports, discussions with their management, using the chain-of-command (open door policy), the employee concerns program and the NRC. However, the team did receive comments from some of the security officers associated with certain changes that had been implemented within their organization (these changes had been previously inspected by the NRC and found to meet regulatory requirements) and associated with aspects of their work environment. Additional interviews with security officers and reviews of security logs indicated that security officers continued to identify and raise safety concerns as appropriate. The team concluded that these types of issues could eventually impact the safety-conscious work-environment and discussed specific aspects of these comments with senior licensee management for their information and actions as deemed appropriate.
Through reviews of the employee concerns program documents, the latest site safety culture survey results, and summary listings of anonymously submitted concerns, the team did not identify any impediments to the free flow of information. The employee concerns program is the point of contact for all anonymously submitted concerns. The team did not identify any concerns that were submitted to the employee concerns program of a technical nature that were not addressed (as appropriate) by the corrective action program.
EXIT MEETINGS AND DEBRIEFS
The inspectors verified no proprietary information was retained or documented in this report.
- On October 3, 2019, the inspectors presented the biennial problem identification and resolution inspection results to Mr. Tom McCool, Site Vice President, and other members of the licensee staff.
DOCUMENTS REVIEWED
Inspection
Procedure
Type
Designation
Description or Title
Revision or
Date
Corrective Action
Documents
Condition Reports
(CRs), Issue
Reports (IRs),
Trending Reports
(TRs)
CR-2000-000142, CR-2012-006449, CR-2012-010090, CR-
2012-012426, CR-2015-011094, CR-2017-005788, CR-
2017-009887, CR-2017-010530, CR-2017-011090, CR-
2017-011424, CR-2017-011968, CR-2017-012024, CR-
2017-012922, CR-2017-012952, CR-2017-013020, CR-
2017-013071, CR-2017-013243, CR-2017-013261, CR-
2017-013264, CR-2017-013270, CR-2017-013405, CR-
2017-013422, CR-2017-013424, CR-2017-013488, CR-
2017-013494, CR-2017-013519, CR-2018-00088, CR-2018-
000999, CR-2018-001550, CR-2018-001839, CR-2018-
2189, CR-2018-003436, CR-2018-003509, CR-2018-
003681, CR-2018-003694, CR-2018-003900, CR-2018-
003921, CR-2018-004003, CR-2018-004038, CR-2018-
004320, CR-2018-004591, CR-2018-004603, CR-2018-
004608, CR-2018-004643, CR-2018-004701, CR-2018-
004892, CR-2018-005098, CR-2018-005103, CR-2018-
005130, CR-2018-005131, CR-2018-005132, CR-2018-
005788, CR-2018-005831, CR-2018-006081, CR-2018-
006115, CR-2018-006118, CR-2018-006180, CR-2018-
006412, CR-2018-006453, CR-2018-006758, CR-2018-
007207, CR-2018-007381, CR-2018-007640, CR-2018-
007963, CR-2018-007997, CR-2018-008055, CR-2018-
008140, CR-2018-008143, CR-2018-008405, CR-2018-
009107, CR-2018-009147, CR-2019-000672, CR-2019-
001052, CR-2019-001316, CR-2019-001688, CR-2019-
001711, CR-2019-001944, CR-2019-001949, CR-2019-
2364, CR-2019-002428, CR-2019-002533, CR-2019-
2535, CR-2019-002742, CR-2019-002889, CR-2019-
003138, CR-2019-003684, CR-2019-003704, CR-2019-
004155, CR-2019-004340, CR-2019-004469, CR-2019-
004542, CR-2019-004915, CR-2019-005092, CR-2019-
005125, CR-2019-005405, CR-2019-005746, CR-2019-
Inspection
Procedure
Type
Designation
Description or Title
Revision or
Date
006063, CR-2019-006079, CR-2019-006760, IR-2017-
2520, IR-2017-012891, IR-2018-000528, IR-2018-001624,
IR-2018-002513, IR-2018-003647, IR-2018-004113, IR-
2018-004635, IR-2018-004857, IR-2018-007207, IR-2018-
007512, IR-2019-007101, IR-2019-007224, IR-2019-007364,
OER-2018-003750, SURV-2018-000069, TR-2017-010376,
TR-2017-012374, TR-2017-013648, TR-2017-013687, TR-
2018-000223, TR-2018-000472, TR-2018-001001, TR-2018-
001052, TR-2018-001397, TR-2018-001904, TR-2018-
001998, TR-2018-002038, TR-2018-002123, TR-2018-
2468, TR-2018-002947, TR-2018-002948, TR-2018-
004129, TR-2018-005525, TR-2018-005898, TR-2018-
006037, TR-2018-006529, TR-2018-006894, TR-2018-
007275, TR-2018-007288, TR-2019-000001, TR-2019-
000114, TR-2019-001556, TR-2019-001581, TR-2019-
001654, TR-2019-006117, TR-2019-006122
Corrective Action
Documents
Resulting from
Inspection
Condition Reports
(CRs), Issue
Reports (IRs),
Trending Reports
(TRs)
CR-2019-007388, CR-2019-007547, CR-2019-007605, CR-
2019-007610, CR-2019-007614, CR-2019-007653, IR-2019-
007281, IR-2019-007412, IR-2019-007633, TR-2019-007594
Drawings
E1-0001, Sh. A
Plant One Line Diagram Unit 1 and Common Distribution
Panels
E2-0001, Sh. A
Plant One Line Diagram
M1-0229, Sh. A
Flow Diagram Component Cooling Water System
M1-0241, Sh. 1
Flow DIagram Demineralized and Reactor Make Up Water
M2-0241, Sheet 1
Flow DIagram Demineralized and Reactor Make Up Water
M2-0262
Safety Injection System
Miscellaneous
Quality Assurance Manual
CPNPP System Status
2nd QTR
FY19
7372
U2 SI Discharge Header Pressurization
11/14/2015
ET325059HU
50.59 NRC Inspection Identified HU Errors
FSAR Section
Compliance with NRC Regulatory Guide 1.81
109
Inspection
Procedure
Type
Designation
Description or Title
Revision or
Date
8.3.1.2.1.8
NMG-719
Guidelines for Effective Station Meetings, Attachment 5:
Standard Station Meeting List
06/04/2019
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Docket Nos. 50-445
and 50-446 Updated Response to Station Blackout Rule
05/16/2019
Procedures
MSE-P0-5001
Non-Safety Battery Charger Load Tests
MSE-S0-5713
Class 1E Battery Charger Load Test
MSE-S0-6303
Molded Case Circuit Breaker Test and Inspection
SOP-102B
Residual Heat Removal System
SOP-201B
Safety Injection System
SOP-607A
118 VAC Distribution System and Inverters
SOP-607B
118 VAC Distribution System and Inverters
STA-126
Nuclear Safety Culture Assessment and Monitoring Process
STA-308
Protection of Safeguards Information and Other Controlled
Information Types
STA-421
Control of Issue Reports
STA-422
Corrective Action Program
STA-422.01
Operability Determination and Functionality Assessment
Program
STA-423
Tracking Reports
STA-426
Industry Operating Experience Program
STA-629
Switchyard Control and Transmission Grid Interface
STI-400.01
Initiation of Issue Reports
STI-421.02
Issue Report Reviews
STI-422.03
Performing Coaching and Investigations
STI-422.04
Processing of Condition Reports
STI-423.01
Processing Tracking Reports
STI-426.04
Preparing and Processing ICES Reports
STI-600.01
Protecting Plant Equipment and Sensitive Equipment
Controls
STI-604.01
Integrated Risk Management
STI-604.03
Weekly Surveillances / Work Scheduling
STI-606.03
Work Planning
Inspection
Procedure
Type
Designation
Description or Title
Revision or
Date
STI-748.01
System Monitoring and Health Reporting
Self-Assessments EVAL-2018-004
01/29/2018 -
03/14/2018
EVAL-2018-006
Work Management/Radiation Protection Audit
06/06/2018 -
07/26/2018
EVAL-2018-007
Configuration & Design Control
06/11/2018 -
08/29/2018
EVAL-2018-012
Work Management
08/08/2018 -
10/02/2018