ML063040371
| ML063040371 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 10/31/2006 |
| From: | Laura Smith Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Hinnenkamp P Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR-07-006 | |
| Download: ML063040371 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000458/2007006
Text
October 31, 2006
Paul D. Hinnenkamp
Vice President - Operations
Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station
5485 US Highway 61N
St. Francisville, LA 70775
SUBJECT:
RIVER BEND STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE
PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION. (05000458/2007006)
Dear Mr. Hinnenkamp:
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 your River Bend
Station in January and February of 2007. 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:
January 17 - 18, 2007
Onsite inspection:
January 29 - February 2, 2007
February 12 - 16, 2007
Members of the inspection team will visit the River Bend Station on January 17 - 18, 2007, 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,
Entergy Operations, Inc.
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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 M. Mateychick at 817-276-6560.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Linda J. Smith, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-458
License: NPF-47
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested
cc w/enclosure:
Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995
Jackson, MS 39286-1995
Vice President
Operations Support
Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995
Jackson, MS 39286-1995
General Manager
Plant Operations
Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station
5485 US Highway 61N
St. Francisville, LA 70775
Director - Nuclear Safety
Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station
5485 US Highway 61N
St. Francisville, LA 70775
Entergy Operations, Inc.
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Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway
P.O. Box 651
Jackson, MS 39205
Winston & Strawn LLP
1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-3817
Manager - Licensing
Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station
5485 US Highway 61N
St. Francisville, LA 70775
The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.
Attorney General
Department of Justice
State of Louisiana
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005
H. Anne Plettinger
3456 Villa Rose Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Bert Babers, President
West Feliciana Parish Police Jury
P.O. Box 1921
St. Francisville, LA 70775
Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental
Scientist
Office of Environmental Services
Northwestern State University
Russell Hall, Room 201
Natchitoches, LA 71497
Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78711-3326
Entergy Operations, Inc.
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DRS Director (DDC)
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Senior Resident Inspector (PJA)
Branch Chief, DRP/C (KMK)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)
RITS Coordinator (KEG)
J. Lamb, OEDO RIV Coordinator (JGL1)
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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 January 8, 2007. 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.).
4.
The Fire PRA or portions of the plants IPEEE addressing fire events.
Please provide the following documentation during the onsite information gathering trip
January 17 - 18, 2007. 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.
5.
Fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls,
surveillance testing).
6.
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).
7.
Operating procedure(s) used to implement an alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas)
capability with or without control room evacuation.
8.
Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the
information-gathering trip).
9.
A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdowns in the
event of a fire (safe shutdown equipment lists).
10.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams showing the components used to achieve
and maintain hot standby and cold shutdowns for fires outside the control room and
those components used for those areas requiring alternative shutdown capability. 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.
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Enclosure
11.
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.
12.
Procedures/instructions that govern the implementation of plant modifications,
temporary modifications, maintenance, and special operations, and their impact on fire
protection.
13.
A listing of design change packages, which were determined to impact fire protection
and post-fire safe shutdowns, performed in the last 3 years.
14.
A listing of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.
15.
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.
16.
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.
17.
Drawings the portions of the emergency lighting system which support fire response.
18.
Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering
studies or calculations which support the design basis.
19.
Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and
plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.
20.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.
21.
Maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown capability and
fire barriers, detectors, pumps and suppression systems.
22.
Maintenance Rule performance criteria and 3 years worth of performance history for fire
protection program systems or functions monitored within the Maintenance Rule
program.
23.
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.
24.
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.
25.
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.
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Enclosure
26.
Electronic copies of operator study guides (lesson plan text and graphics) or design
basis documents that describe the purpose/function/operating characteristics of the safe
shutdown systems (RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and
reactivity control, including the essential support systems).
27.
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.
28.
Please provide a list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression
systems in the plant, giving location and the key equipment being protected.
29.
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 shutdowns.
30.
A list of high to low pressure interface valves.
31.
A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.
32.
The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible, during the
week of February 12, 2007. Please put us in contact with the appropriate personnel for
planning drills during the onsite information gathering trip January 17 - 18, 2007.
33.
Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
34.
A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location
of their office and phone number onsite.