IR 05000482/2021006

Annual Assessment Letter (Report 05000482/2021006)

ML22045A978
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/02/2022
From:	Greg Werner NRC/RGN-IV/DORS
To:	Reasoner C Wolf Creek
References
IR 2021006
Download: ML22045A978 (6)

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March 2, 2022

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000482/2021006)

Dear Mr. Reasoner The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Wolf Creek Generating Station, reviewing performance indicators (PIs),

inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

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 the Wolf Creek Generating Station 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, 2023.

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.

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 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),

C. Reasoner 2 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.

On July 18, 2019, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (EA-18-165) documenting the commitments made as part of a settlement agreement between Wolf Creek and the NRC. The settlement agreement relates to the apparent violation of NRC requirements as discussed in our letter dated April 2, 2019 (ADAMS Accession Number ML19092A335). That letter provided you with the results of an investigation conducted by the NRC's Office of Investigations at the Wolf Creek Generating Station to determine whether a maintenance worker and a supervisor willfully documented inaccurate information in a required record regarding the cleaning and inspection of control rod drive mechanisms on October 31, 2016. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Inspection Procedure 92702, Follow Up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders to follow up on your actions to address these commitments. The schedule for this inspection will be decided at a later date since the Confirmatory Order contains actions that are due in 2023.

Inspection procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03 is included in the inspection plan as a placeholder for your next design basis assurance inspection (Programs), which will be focused on commercial grade dedication. The inspection procedure will be developed and made publicly available before these inspections begin.

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 817-200-1141 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gregory E. Werner, Chief Project Branch B Docket No. 05000482 Division of Operating Reactor Safety License No. NPF-42 Enclosure:

Inspection Plan

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DATE 02/18/2022 02/22/2022

Site Inspection Activity Plan 07200079 - Wolf Creek 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2023 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Wolf Creek ISFSI First Loading Inspection 2 1 1/7/2022 3/31/2022 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI 1 1/7/2022 3/31/2022 IP 60856 001003 Review of 10 CFR 72.212(b) Evaluations Prepared on 2/22/2022 1:49:38 PM 1 of 3

Site Inspection Activity Plan Wolf Creek 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2023 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Heat Exchanger/Sink Performance Inspection - 07T - Wolf Creek 2 1 3/7/2022 3/11/2022 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Exchanger/Sink Performance Wolf Creek Biennial PI&R 4 1 3/14/2022 3/18/2022 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 3/28/2022 4/1/2022 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 10 CFR 50.59 Inspection - 17T - Wolf Creek 3 1 4/11/2022 4/15/2022 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Security Access Control .02 1 1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification WC Target Set Inspection 2 1 5/30/2022 6/3/2022 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets Security Protective Strategy .05 2 1 6/20/2022 6/24/2022 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation WC 2022 BRQ 3 1 6/26/2022 7/2/2022 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance RP 5,8 - WC 2 1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation Security Training/Equip Maint .07 and .04 2 1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training MC&A - WC 1 1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

Cyber Security Inspection - WC 4 1 8/1/2022 8/5/2022 IP 71130.10 000741 Cybersecurity 2022 EP Exercise & PI Inspection - WC 4 1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification Prepared on 2/22/2022 1:49:38 PM 2 of 3

Site Inspection Activity Plan Inservice Inspection RF25 - WC 1 1 9/29/2022 10/14/2022 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP 1,3,PI - WC 2 1 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Program) - 21N - Wolf Creek 3 1 1/1/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 Design Bases Assurance Inspections (Programs) 2023 (Commercial Grade Dedication)

EP 2023 Program Inspection - WC 1 1 1/9/2023 1/13/2023 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 1/9/2023 1/13/2023 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 1/9/2023 1/13/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 1/9/2023 1/13/2023 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 + PIV + Plan Change .09 2 1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification RP 6,7 - 2 1 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Security FFD .08 1 1 5/22/2023 5/26/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program EP 2023 Exercise Scenario In-Office Rvw 71114.08 - WC 4 1 9/1/2023 10/14/2023 IP 71114.08 000723 Exercise Evaluation  Scenario Review RP 1,4,PI - 2 1 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment EP 2023 Biennial Exercise & PI Inspection - WC 4 1 11/13/2023 11/17/2023 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 11/13/2023 11/17/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 11/13/2023 11/17/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification Prepared on 2/22/2022 1:49:38 PM 3 of 3