ML021840019
| ML021840019 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 07/03/2002 |
| From: | Marschall C NRC Region 4 |
| To: | Maynard O Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| IR-02-008 | |
| Download: ML021840019 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2002008
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July 3, 2002
Otto L. Maynard, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, Kansas 66839
SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION - NOTIFICATION OF
AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION
50-482/2002-08
Dear Mr. Maynard:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
Region IV staff, will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at the Wolf Creek
Nuclear Operating Corporation in September and October of 2002. The inspection team will be
comprised of a team of reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will
be conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71111.05, Fire Protection, the NRCs
baseline fire protection inspection procedure.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
- Information gathering visit - September 9 - 13, 2002
- 1st Week of onsite inspection - September 23 - 27, 2002
- 2d Week of onsite inspection - October 7 - 11, 2002
In advance of the onsite inspections, some members of the inspection team will visit the Wolf
Creek Nuclear Operating Company the week of September 9 -13, 2002, to obtain information
and documentation needed to support the inspection, become familiar with your fire protection
program and, as necessary, obtain plant-specific site-access training and badging for
unescorted site access. A nonexhaustive list of the types of documents the team will be
interested in reviewing, and possibly obtaining, are listed in the Enclosure. The team leader will
determine at that time the documents necessary for examination in our regional office in
preparation for the onsite portion of this inspection. We would appreciate it if you could send
this information to our office in Arlington, Texas, so that it will arrive no later than noon on
September 16, 2002.
During the week prior to the inspection, the team leader will discuss the following inspection
support administrative details: office space, size and location; specific documents requested to
be made available to the team in their office spaces; arrangements for site access (including
radiation protection training, security, safety, and fitness-for-duty requirements); and the
availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing organization personnel to serve as
points of contact during the inspection.
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. -2-
We request that during the onsite inspection weeks, you ensure that copies of analyses,
evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire
protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the
team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire
protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC
and industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) those
plant systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and
outside the control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses,
(3) reactor plant fire protection systems, and (4) the fire protection program and its
implementation should be available at the site during the inspection.
Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions
concerning this inspection or the inspection teams information or logistical needs, please
contact Rebecca Nease at 817-860-8154.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Charles S. Marschall, Chief
Engineering and Maintenance Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-482
License: NPF-42
Enclosure:
Reactor Fire Protection Program Supporting Documentation
cc w/enclosure:
Vice President Operations
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, Kansas 66839
Jay Silberg, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge
2300 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Supervisor Licensing
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, Kansas 66839
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. -3-
Chief Engineer
Utilities Division
Kansas Corporation Commission
1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.
Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027
Office of the Governor
State of Kansas
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Attorney General
Judicial Center
301 S.W. 10th
2nd Floor
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1597
County Clerk
Coffey County Courthouse
110 South 6th Street
Burlington, Kansas 66839-1798
Vick L. Cooper, Chief
Radiation Control Program, RCP
Kansas Department of Health
and Environment
Bureau of Air and Radiation
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366
Frank Moussa
Division of Emergency Preparedness
2800 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, Kansas 66611-1287
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. -4-
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (EWM)
DRP Director (KEB)
DRS Director (EEC)
Branch Chief, DRS/EMB (CSM)
Senior Resident Inspector (FLB2)
SRI, Callaway (JDH1)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
Inspector, (RLN1)
RITS Coordinator (NBH)
Only inspection reports to the following:
Scott Morris (SAM1)
WC Site Secretary (SLA2)
DOCUMENT NAME: R:\_CPSES\CP2002-03-LTR-RLN.WPD
RIV:DRS\SRI\EMB C:EMB
RLNease:nlh CSMarschall
WMcNeill for /RA/
07/01/02 07/01/02
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
ENCLOSURE
Reactor Fire Protection Program Supporting Documentation
1. The current version of the fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.
2. A listing of the fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative
controls, maintenance, surveillance testing, fire brigade).
3. Pre-fire plans.
4. Post-fire safe shutdown analysis.
5. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams highlighting the system and components used to
achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown for fires outside the control room and
those components used for those areas requiring alternative shutdown capability.
6. Plant layout and equipment drawings that identify the physical plant locations of major hot
standby and cold shutdown equipment.
7. Plant layout drawings that identify plant fire area and/or fire zone delineation, areas
protected by automatic fire suppression and detection, and the locations of fire protection
equipment.
8. Plant layout drawings that identify the general location of the post-fire emergency lighting
units.
9. A listing of plant operating procedures that would be used and which describe shutdown
from inside the control room with a postulated fire occurring in any plant area outside the
control room, and procedures that would be used to implement alternative shutdown
capability in the event of a fire in either the control or cable spreading room.
10. A listing of maintenance procedures that routinely verify fuse breaker coordination in
accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.
11. A listing of fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown related design change packages
(including their associated 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations) performed in the last three years.
12. A listing of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last three years.
13. The plants individual plant examination external event report, results of any post-individual
plant examination external event reviews, and listings of actions taken or plant modifications
conducted in response to individual plant examination external event information.
14. Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
15. A listing of procedures/instructions that govern the implementation of plant modifications,
maintenance, and special operations, and their impact on fire protection.
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16. A listing of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection
features and evaluations of code deviations.
17. Listing of open and closed fire protection ONE forms and/or SMART forms (problem
reports, nonconformance reports, problem identification and resolution reports) initiated
within the last three years.
18. Listing of plant fire protection licensing basis documents.
19. Design basis document for fire protection.