ML023250186

Diablo Canyon Power Plant - Notification of an NRC Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection 50-275/03-02; 50-323/03-02

ML023250186
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	11/05/2002
From:	Marschall C Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Rueger G Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
IR-03-002
Download: ML023250186 (7)

See also: IR 05000275/2003002

Text

November 5, 2002

Gregory M. Rueger, Senior Vice

President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 3

Avila Beach, California 93424

SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL

FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 50-275/03-02; 50-323/03-02

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 Diablo Canyon

Power Plant in January of 2003. The inspection team will be comprised of reactor inspectors

from the NRC Region IV office, and the senior resident inspector assigned to your facility. 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 - January 6 - 8, 2003

• 1st Week of onsite inspection - January 13 - 17, 2003

• 2nd Week of onsite inspection - January 27 - 31, 2003

In advance of the onsite inspections, some members of the inspection team will visit the Diablo

Canyon Power Plant January 6 - 8, 2003, 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 are listed

in the Enclosure. The team leader will determine, at that time, the documents necessary for

examination upon the team's arrival. During this information gathering visit, the team leader will

also discuss the following inspection support administrative details: office space, size and

location; 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.

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

Enclosure:

Reactor Fire Protection Program Supporting Documentation

Dockets: 50-275; 50-323

Licenses: DPR-80; DPR-82

cc:

David H. Oatley, Vice President

Diablo Canyon Operations and Plant Manager

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56

Avila Beach, California 93424

Lawrence F. Womack, Vice President, Power

Generation & Nuclear Services

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56

Avila Beach, California 93424

Dr. Richard Ferguson

Energy Chair

Sierra Club California

1100 llth Street, Suite 311

Sacramento, California 95814

Nancy Culver

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace

P.O. Box 164

Pismo Beach, California 93448

Chairman

San Luis Obispo County Board of

Supervisors

Room 370

County Government Center

San Luis Obispo, California 93408

Truman Burns\Mr. Robert Kinosian

California Public Utilities Commission

505 Van Ness, Rm. 4102

San Francisco, California 94102

Robert R. Wellington, Esq.

Legal Counsel

Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee

857 Cass Street, Suite D

Monterey, California 93940

Ed Bailey, Radiation Control Program Director

Radiologic Health Branch

State Department of Health Services

P.O. Box 942732 (MS 178)

Sacramento, California 94234-7320

Christopher J. Warner, Esq.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

P.O. Box 7442

San Francisco, California 94120

City Editor

The Tribune

3825 South Higuera Street

P.O. Box 112

San Luis Obispo, California 93406-0112

James D. Boyd, Commissioner

California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (EWM)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (DLP)

Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

DC Site Secretary (AWC1)

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RLNease: CSMarschall

/RA/ /RA/

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ENCLOSURE

Reactor Fire Protection Program Supporting Documentation

1. The current version of the fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.

2. The current version of the post-fire safe shutdown analysis.

3. Pre-fire plans.

4. A listing of the fire protection program implementing procedures, including operating

procedures that would be used for achieving hot and cold shutdown in the event of a fire

occurring in any plant area, and procedures that routinely verify fuse breaker coordination.

5. Piping and instrumentation diagrams for the systems used to achieve and maintain hot

standby and cold shutdown in the event of a fire occurring in any fire area.

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 fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown related design modifications and/or

change packages (including their associated 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations) performed in the

last three years.

11. A listing of procedures/instructions that govern the implementation of plant modifications,

maintenance, and special operations, and their impact on fire protection.

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 applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection

features and evaluations of code deviations.

16. Listing of open and closed fire protection condition reports initiated within the last three

years.

17. Listing of plant fire protection licensing basis documents.