ML040270233
| ML040270233 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/2004 |
| From: | Laura Smith Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IP 71111.05, IR-04-008 | |
| Download: ML040270233 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2004008
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January 27, 2004
Randall K. Edington
Vice President - Nuclear and CNO
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE
PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 05000298/2004008
Dear Mr. Edington:
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 Cooper Nuclear
Station in April of 2004. The inspection team will be comprised of reactor inspectors from the
NRC Region IV office and a contractor. 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: March 23 - 25, 2004
Onsite inspection: April 5 - 9 and 19 - 23, 2004
Members of the inspection team will visit the Cooper Nuclear Station on March 23 - 25, 2004, to
gather information and documents needed to support the inspection, obtain unescorted access,
and to become familiar with your fire protection program. The enclosure to this letter provides a
list of the types of documents the team will want to review. After reviewing, the team leader will
request that you transmit copies of some of the documents to the NRC Region IV office for
team use in preparation for the inspection. We would appreciate it if you could send this
information so that it will arrive in our office in Arlington, Texas, no later than noon on
March 29, 2004.
We request that during the onsite inspection week, 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,
Nebraska Public Power District
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(3) reactor plant fire protection systems, and (4) the fire protection program and its
implementation should be available to support the team 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//
Linda J. Smith, Chief
Plant Engineering Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Supporting Documentation
Docket: 50-298
License: DPR-46
cc w/Enclosure:
Clay C. Warren, Vice President-Nuclear
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
John R. McPhail, General Counsel
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 499
Columbus, NE 68602-0499
P. V. Fleming, Licensing and
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Nebraska Public Power District
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
Michael J. Linder, Director
Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Nebraska Public Power District
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Chairman
Nemaha County Board of Commissioners
Nemaha County Courthouse
1824 N Street
Auburn, NE 68305
Sue Semerena, Section Administrator
Nebraska Health and Human Services System
Division of Public Health Assurance
Consumer Services Section
301 Centennial Mall, South
P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director
for Public Policy
Department of Natural Resources
205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Jerry Uhlmann, Director
State Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 116
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116
Chief, Radiation and Asbestos
Control Section
Kansas Department of Health
and Environment
Bureau of Air and Radiation
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
Daniel K. McGhee
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
401 SW 7th Street, Suite D
Des Moines, IA 50309
William J. Fehrman, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Nebraska Public Power District
1414 15th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
Nebraska Public Power District
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Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
Senior Resident Inspector (SCS)
Branch Chief, DRP/C (KMK)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
RITS Coordinator (NBH)
Jim Isom, Pilot Plant Program (JAI)
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Anne Boland, OEDO RIV Coordinator (ATB)
CNS Site Secretary (SLN)
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Enclosure
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Supporting Documentation
1.
The current version of your fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.
2.
Post-fire safe shutdown analysis.
3.
A listing of the fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative
controls, maintenance, surveillance testing, fire brigade).
4.
A listing of operating procedures used for achieving and maintaining hot and cold
shutdown conditions from the control room in the event of a fire outside the control room.
5.
A listing of operating procedures used to implement alternative shutdown capability with
or without control room evacuation.
6.
Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (to be determined by the team leader during the
information-gathering trip).
7.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for systems used to achieve and maintain hot
standby and cold shutdown in the event of a fire in selected fire areas and in alternative
shutdown fire areas.
8.
Plant layout and equipment drawings for the selected fire areas that identify (a) the
physical plant locations of major hot standby and cold shutdown equipment; (b) plant fire
area and/or fire zone delineation; and (c) the locations of fire protection equipment, such
as detection, suppression, and post-fire emergency lighting units.
9.
Electrical schematics and cable raceway listings for circuits supplying power to
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.
10.
A listing of design change packages, involving fire protection and post-fire safe
shutdown, performed in the last 3 years.
11.
A listing of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.
12.
Listing of open and closed fire protection Notifications initiated in the last 3 years.
13.
Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (safety evaluation reports,
pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, etc.).
14.
A listing of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection
features and evaluations of any code deviations.
15.
The plants individual plant examination external event report (IPEEE), results of any
post-IPEEE reviews, and listings of actions taken or plant modifications conducted in
response to IPEEE information.
16.
Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.