ML050970486
| ML050970486 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 04/07/2005 |
| From: | Laura Smith Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I |
| To: | Sheppard J South Texas |
| References | |
| IR-05-006 | |
| Download: ML050970486 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2005006
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April 7, 2005
James J. Sheppard, President and
Chief Executive Officer
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION -
NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE
INSPECTION 05000498/2005006 AND 05000499/2005006
Dear Mr. Sheppard:
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 South Texas
Project Electric Generating Station in May and June of 2005. The inspection team will be
comprised of reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be
conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71111.05T, "Fire Protection (Triennial),"
the NRCs baseline fire protection inspection procedure.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Information gathering visit: May 24 -25, 2005
Onsite inspection: June 6 - 10 and June 20 - 23, 2005
Members of the inspection team will visit the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station
on May 24 -25, 2005, 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 initial documents the team will want to review.
During an initial site visit, the team leader will request that you transmit copies of additional
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 May 31, 2005.
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 the
following should be available to support the team at the site during the inspection: (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,
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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 team's information or logistical needs, please
contact John Mateychick at (817) 276-6560 or Linda Smith at (817) 860-8137.
Sincerely,
//RA// Neil OKeefe for
Linda J. Smith, Chief
Plant Engineering Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Supporting Documentation
Dockets: 50-498
50-499
Licenses: NPF-76
cc w/enclosure:
E. D. Halpin
Vice President, Oversight
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014
Wadsworth, TX 77483
C. Kirksey/C. M. Canady
City of Austin
Electric Utility Department
721 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX 78704
J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. Temple
City Public Service Board
P.O. Box 1771
San Antonio, TX 78296
STP Nuclear Operating Company
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D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom
P.O. Box 1700
Houston, TX 77251
Jon C. Wood
Cox Smith Matthews
112 E. Pecan, Suite 1800
San Antonio, TX 78205
A. H. Gutterman, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
C. A. Johnson/R. P. Powers
AEP Texas Central Company
P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5022
Wadsworth, TX 77483
Records Center
700 Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
Director, Division of Compliance & Inspection
Bureau of Radiation Control
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-3326
Environmental and Natural
Resources Policy Director
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711-3189
Judge, Matagorda County
Matagorda County Courthouse
1700 Seventh Street
Bay City, TX 77414
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Terry Parks, Chief Inspector
Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation
Boiler Program
P.O. Box 12157
Austin, TX 78711
Susan M. Jablonski
Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MC-122, P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Ted Enos
4200 South Hulen
Suite 630
Fort Worth, TX 76109
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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 and 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 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 condition reports 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.
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Enclosure
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.