ML053630337
| ML053630337 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 12/29/2005 |
| From: | Laura Smith Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Parrish J Energy Northwest |
| References | |
| IR-06-008 | |
| Download: ML053630337 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000397/2006008
Text
December 29, 2005
J. V. Parrish (Mail Drop 1023)
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
SUBJECT:
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC
TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION
Dear Mr. Parrish:
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 Columbia
Generating Station in February and March of 2006. 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 71111.05T, "Fire Protection (Triennial),"
the NRCs baseline fire protection inspection procedure.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Information gathering visit:
February 28 and March 1, 2006
Onsite inspection:
March 13 - 17, 2006
March 27 - 31, 2006
Members of the inspection team will visit the Columbia Generating Station on February 28 and
March 1, 2006, to gather information and documents needed to support the inspection, obtain
unescorted access, to become familiar with your fire protection program, and to select the fire
areas of interest for the inspection. The enclosure to this letter provides a list of documents the
team will need to review. You are requested to transmit copies of some of the documents to
the NRC Region IV office for team use in preparation for the inspection by the dates listed.
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 to support the team at the site during the inspection.
Energy Northwest
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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 M. Mateychick at 817-276-6560.
Sincerely,
//RA//
Linda J. Smith, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-397
License: DPR-21
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Documentation Requested
cc w/enclosure:
W. Scott Oxenford (Mail Drop PE04)
Vice President, Technical Services
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Albert E. Mouncer (Mail Drop PE01)
Vice President, Corporate Services/
General Counsel/CFO
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Chairman
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
P.O. Box 43172
Olympia, WA 98504-3172
Douglas W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Regulatory Programs
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Gregory V. Cullen (Mail Drop PE20)
Supervisor, Licensing
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Energy Northwest
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Chairman
Benton County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 190
Prosser, WA 99350-0190
Dale K. Atkinson (Mail Drop PE08)
Vice President, Nuclear Generation
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Cheryl M. Whitcomb (Mail Drop PE03)
Vice President, Organizational
Performance & Staffing/CKO
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968
Richland, WA 99352-0968
William A. Horin, Esq.
Winston & Strawn
1700 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-3817
Matt Steuerwalt
Executive Policy Division
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 43113
Olympia, WA 98504-3113
Lynn Albin, Radiation Physicist
Washington State Department of Health
P.O. Box 7827
Olympia, WA 98504-7827
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Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
DRS Deputy Director (RJC1)
Senior Resident Inspector (ZKD)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (CEJ1)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (TRF)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)
RITS Coordinator (KEG)
Only inspection reports to the following:
J. Dixon-Herrity, OEDO RIV Coordinator (JLD)
ROPreports
Columbia Site Secretary (LEF1)
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Enclosure
ENCLOSURE
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested
Please provide the following documentation prior to the onsite information gathering trip,
preferably no later than February 06, 2006. Where practical, please provide copies
electronically on compact discs.
1.
The current version of your fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.
2.
Post-fire safe shutdown analysis and any supporting calculations which demonstrate
acceptable plant response.
3.
Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (Safety Evaluation Reports,
pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, letters
to/from the NRC regarding fire protection/fire safe shutdown, etc.).
Please provide the following documentation during the onsite information gathering trip
February 28 and March 1, 2006. Where practical, please provide copies electronically on
compact discs. However, drawings should be provided as paper copies of sufficient size that all
details are legible. Fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative
controls, surveillance testing).
4.
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 (III.G.2
areas).
5.
Operating procedure(s) used to implement alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas)
capability with or without control room evacuation.
6.
Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team 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 (safe shutdown equipment list), and two copies of the piping and
instrumentation (flow) diagrams for these systems of a size sufficient to read all details.
These should include the systems used for RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay
heat removal, and reactivity control, including the essential support 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, and (d) fire area
boundaries.
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
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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.
A listing of open and closed fire protection Condition Reports initiated in the last 3 years
which relate to the fire protection program or equipment.
14.
A listing of the applicable codes and standards (e.g. NFPA) related to the design of
plant fire protection features and evaluations of any code deviations.
15.
Drawings the portions of the emergency lighting system which support fire response.
16.
Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering
studies or calculations which support the design basis.
17.
Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and
plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.
18.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.
19.
Maintenance Rule performance criteria and 3 years worth of performance history for fire
protection program systems or functions monitored within the Maintenance Rule
program.
20.
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.
21.
Copies of internal and external self-assessments, audits, peer-assessments or similar
reviews related to post-fire safe shutdown capability or the fire protection program
completed within the last 3 years.
22.
A list of manual actions taken outside the control room which are credited to mitigate the
consequences of fires in III.G.2 areas (non-alternative shutdown areas). The list should
group actions by the initiating fire area or zone and indicate where the action must take
place.
23.
Electronic copies of operator study guides (lesson plan text and graphics) or design
basis documents that describe the purp[ose/function/operating characteristics of the
safe shutdown systems (RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and
reactivity control, including the essential support systems).
24.
Two copies of one-line diagrams of the electrical distribution system. These should
depict how power gets from the switchyard to ESF loads (480V and 4160V). Also
include the vital DC distribution system one-line diagrams.
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25.
A copy of any analysis used to determine in which fire areas a fire could can cause a
loss of offsite power (or conversely, a fire could never cause a loss of offsite power). If
there is no analysis, please provide a list of fire areas where offsite power cables are
routed, or where key breakers, protective relaying, or transformers are located. We are
interested in the equipment that delivers/controls offsite power from the switchyard to
the 4160V ESF buses.
26.
Please provide a list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression
systems in the plant, giving location and the key equipment being protected.
27.
Please provide a list of repairs (and the procedure that controls the actions) needed to:
a) reach and/or maintain hot shutdown; b) reach and/or maintain cold shutdown.
28.
A list of high to low pressure interface valves.
29.
A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.
30.
The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible. Please put us
in contact with the appropriate personnel to plan a drill during the onsite information
gathering trip February 28 and March 1, 2006.
31.
Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
32.
A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location
of their office and phone number onsite.