ML050480637

Notification of an NRC Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection 05000416/2005008

ML050480637
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	02/17/2005
From:	Laura Smith Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Gerald Williams Entergy Operations
References
IR-05-008
Download: ML050480637 (7)

See also: IR 05000416/2005008

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February 17, 2005

Mr. George Williams

Vice President, Nuclear Operations

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL

FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 05000416/2005008

Dear Mr. Williams:

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 Grand Gulf

Nuclear Station in April and May of 2005. 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 29 - 30, 2005

• Onsite inspection: April 11 - 15, 2005

May 9 - 13, 2005

Members of the inspection team will visit the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station on

March 29 - 30, 2005, to gather information, select the fire areas to be reviewed, and identify

documents needed to support the inspection, obtain unescorted access, and to become familiar

with your fire protection program. Our contractor will not be available on March 29 and 30, so

he will need to obtain unescorted access on April 11. The enclosure to this letter provides an

initial list of the documents the team will want to review. 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 April 4, 2005.

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

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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 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 team's information or logistical needs, please

contact Neil O'Keefe at 817-860-8269.

Sincerely,

//RA//

Linda J. Smith, Chief

Plant Engineering Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection

Inspection Supporting Documentation

Docket: 50-416

License: NPF-29

cc w/enclosure:

Senior Vice President

and Chief Operating Officer

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway

P.O. Box 651

Jackson, MS 39205

Winston & Strawn

1400 L Street, N.W. - 12th Floor

Washington, DC 20005-3502

Jay Barkley, Chief

Energy & Transportation Branch

Environmental Compliance and

Enforcement Division

Mississippi Department of

Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 10385

Jackson, MS 39289-0385

Entergy Operation, Inc. -3-

President, District 1

Claiborne County Board of Supervisors

P.O. Box 339

Port Gibson, MS 39150

General Manager

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.

Attorney General

Department of Justice

State of Louisiana

P.O. Box 94005

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

Governor Haley Barbour

Office of the Governor

State of Mississippi

Jackson, MS 39201

Mike Moore, Attorney General

Frank Spencer, Asst. Attorney General

State of MS

P.O. Box 22947

Jackson, MS 39225

Dr. Brian W. Amy

State Health Officer

State Board of Health

P.O. Box 1700

Jackson, MS 39215

Robert W. Goff, Program Director

Division of Radiological Health

Mississippi Dept. of Health

P.O. Box 1700

Jackson, MS 39215-1700

Michael A. Krupa, Director

Nuclear Safety & Licensing

Entergy Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway

Jackson, MS 39213-8298

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Director, Nuclear Safety

and Regulatory Affairs

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

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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. A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown

in the event of a fire, and two copies of the piping and instrumentation (flow)

diagrams for these systems.

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, which were determined to impact 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 Condition Reports initiated in the last 3

years which relate to the fire protection program or equipment.

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.

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15. A copy of the most current PRA information relating to plant response to fires, if

there is any which is more recent than the plants individual plant examination

external event report (IPEEE). Also, the 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.

17. Drawings showing the emergency lights which support fire response.

18. Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the

engineering studies or calculations which support the basis.

19. Drawings of communication systems credited fire firefighting and plant

operations during fires where control room is occupied or evacuated.

20. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler

systems.

21. Maintenance Rule performance criteria and 3 years worth of performance history

for fire protection program systems or functions monitored within the

Maintenance Rule program.

22. A copy of fire protection program requirements (e.g. limiting conditions for

operation, surveillance test requirements) covered by Technical Specifications,

Technical Requirements Manual, UFSAR, or similar documents.

23. A listing of surveillance, testing, and preventive maintenance procedures used

for fire protection program equipment.

Enclosure