ML033250512

Notification of Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection Report Nos. IR 05000250-04-007 and IR 05000251-04-007 to Be Conducted in January and February 2004

ML033250512
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	11/20/2003
From:	Ogle C NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB
To:	Stall J Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR-04-007
Download: ML033250512 (7)

See also: IR 05000250/2004007

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November 20, 2003

Florida Power and Light Company

ATTN: Mr. J. A. Stall, Senior Vice President

Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

P. O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000250/2004007, 05000251/2004007)

Dear Mr. Stall:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region II staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection of Units 3 and 4 at the

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in January and February 2004. The inspection team will be led by

Mr. Charles Payne, Senior Reactor Inspector, of the Region II Office. The team will be

composed of personnel from the NRC Region II Office. The inspection will be conducted in

accordance with the NRCs baseline fire protection inspection procedure 71111.05.

The inspection objective will be to evaluate your fire protection program implementation with

emphasis on post-fire safe shutdown capability and the fire protection features provided to

ensure at least one post-fire safe shutdown success path is maintained free of fire damage.

The inspection team will focus their review on the separation of the systems and equipment

necessary to achieve and maintain safe shutdown and fire protection features of selected fire

areas.

On November 18, 2003, during a telephone conversation with Mr. Walt Parker, Licensing

Manager, our respective staffs confirmed arrangements for a three-day information gathering

onsite visit and a two-week onsite inspection. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:

 Information gathering onsite visit - January 7-9, 2004

 Week 1 of onsite inspection - January 26-30, 2004

 Week 2 of onsite inspection - February 9-13, 2004

The purposes of the information gathering visit are to obtain information and documentation

needed to support the inspection, and to become familiar with the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant

fire protection program, fire protection features, post-fire safe shutdown capabilities and plant

layout. The types of documents the team will be interested in reviewing, and possibly obtaining,

are listed in the Enclosure. Please contact Mr. Payne prior to preparing copies of the materials

listed in the Enclosure. The inspection team will try to minimize your administrative burden by

specifically identifying those documents required for inspection preparation.

During the information gathering visit, the team will also discuss the following inspection support

administrative details - office space, specific documents to be made available to the team in its

office space, arrangements for reactor site access (including radiation protection training,

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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 inspection weeks you ensure that copies of analyses, evaluations or

documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the Turkey Point Nuclear

Plant fire protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible

to the team for its review. Of specific interest are those documents which establish that your

fire protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC

and industry fire protection guidance. Also, personnel should be available at the site during the

inspection who are knowledgeable regarding those plant systems required to achieve and

maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and outside the control room (including the

electrical aspects of the relevant post-fire safe shutdown analyses), reactor plant fire protection

systems and features, and the Turkey Point fire protection program and its implementation.

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 Mr. Payne at (404) 562-4669, or me at (404) 562-4605.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Charles R. Ogle, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-250, 50-251

License Nos.: DPR-31, DPR-41

Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection Inspection

Support Documentation

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T. O. Jones

Site Vice President

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant

Florida Power and Light Company

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Walter Parker

Licensing Manager

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant

Florida Power and Light Company

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Michael O. Pearce

Plant General Manager

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant

Florida Power and Light Company

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Don Mothena, Manager

Nuclear Plant Support Services

Florida Power & Light Company

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Rajiv S. Kundalkar

Vice President - Nuclear Engineering

Florida Power & Light Company

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M. S. Ross, Attorney

Florida Power & Light Company

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Linda Tudor

Document Control Supervisor

Florida Power & Light Company

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Attorney General

Department of Legal Affairs

The Capitol

Tallahassee, FL 32304

William A. Passetti

Bureau of Radiation Control

Department of Health

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Metropolitan Dade County

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Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Support Documentation

Note: This is a broad list of the documents the NRC inspection team may be interested in

reviewing, and possibly obtaining, during the information gathering site visit. The current

version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic media is

the preferred if readily available. (The preferred file format is searchable .pdf files on

CDROM. The CDROM should be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.

Please provide 5 copies of each CDROM submitted.) Information in lists should contain

enough information to be easily understood by someone who has a knowledge of the

technology. The lead inspector will discuss specific information needs with the licensee

staff and may request additional documents.

1. The Fire Protection Program document and the Fire Hazards Analysis.

2. The fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls,

surveillance testing, fire brigade).

3. The fire brigade training program document and the pre-fire plans for the selected fire

zones/areas (to be determined during information gathering visit).

4. The post-fire safe shutdown analysis, including system and separation analyses.

5. The alternative shutdown analysis.

6. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire suppression systems.

7. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the systems and components used to

achieve and maintain hot standby, and cold shutdown, for fires outside the control room.

8. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the systems and components used to

achieve and maintain hot standby, and cold shutdown, in areas requiring alternative

shutdown capability.

9. Plant layout and equipment drawings which identify the physical plant locations of hot

standby and cold shutdown equipment.

10. Plant layout drawings which identify plant fire area and/or fire zone delineation, areas

protected by automatic fire suppression and detection, and the locations of fire protection

equipment for the selected fire zones/areas (to be determined during information

gathering visit).

11. Plant layout drawings which identify the general location of the post-fire emergency

lighting units.

12. Plant operating procedures used to, and describing, shutdown from inside the control

room with a postulated fire occurring in any plant area outside the control room.

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13. Plant operating procedures used to implement the alternative shutdown capability from

outside the control room with a fire in either the control or cable spreading room (or any

other alternative shutdown area).

14. Maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown capability

(including Appendix R emergency lights and communication systems) and fire barriers,

detectors, fire pumps and fire suppression systems.

15. Calculations and/or justifications that verify fuse/breaker coordination for the selected fire

zones/areas (to be determined during information gathering visit) that are fed off the

same electrical buses as components in the protected train. Also, a list of the

maintenance procedures used to routinely verify fuse/breaker coordination in accordance

with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.

16. A list of the significant fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown design change

descriptions (including their associated 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations) and Generic Letter

(GL) 86-10 evaluations.

17. A list of the protection methodologies (as identified in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R,

Section III.G) used to achieve regulatory compliance for the selected fire zones/areas (to

be determined during information gathering visit). That is, please specify whether 3-hour

rated fire barriers (Section III.G.2.a), 20-foot separation along with detection and

suppression (Section III.G.2.b), 1-hour rated fire barriers with detection and suppression

(Section III.G.2.c), or alternative shutdown capability (Section III.G.3) is used for the

selected fire zones/areas.

18. Procedures or instructions that govern the implementation of plant modifications,

temporary modifications, maintenance, and special operations, and their impact on fire

protection.

19. Organization chart(s) of site personnel down to the level of the fire protection staff.

20. Procedures or instructions that control the configuration of the fire protection program,

features, and post-fire safe shutdown methodology and system design.

21. A list of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection

features and evaluations of code deviations (i.e., a listing of the NFPA code editions

committed to (Code of Record)).

22. The three most recent fire protection QA audits and/or fire protection self-assessments.

23. A list of open and closed fire protection problem identification and resolution reports [also

known as action reports/condition reports/problem reports/problem investigation reports/

NCRs/EARs] associated with fire protection or Appendix R safe shutdown for the past

three years.

24. A list of plant fire protection licensing basis documents (i.e., a list of the SERs and

change evaluations which form the licensing basis for the facilitys post-fire safe

shutdown configuration).

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25. A list of fire protection or Appendix R calculations.

26. A list of fire impairments identified during the previous year.

27. A list of abbreviations/designators for plant systems.