ML070320675
| ML070320675 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/2007 |
| From: | Laura Smith Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Rosenblum R Southern California Edison Co |
| References | |
| IR-07-008 | |
| Download: ML070320675 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000361/2007008
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January 31, 2007
Richard M. Rosenblum
Senior Vice President and
Chief Nuclear Officer
San Onofre, Units 2 and 3
Southern California Edison Co.
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, California 92674-0128
SUBJECT: SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN
NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION
050000361/2007008; 050000362/2007008
Dear Mr. Rosenblum:
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 San Onofre
Nuclear Generating Station in March and April of 2007. The inspection team will be comprised
of reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office and two contractors. 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 13 - 15, 2007
- Onsite inspection: March 26 - 30, and April 9 - 13, 2007
Members of the inspection team will visit the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on
March 13 -15, 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
fire areas on which to focus the inspection. The enclosure to this letter provides a list of the
documents the team will want to review for use in preparing 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 19, 2007. Please note that several documents are
requested by March 5, 2007 to support the information gathering trip.
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 OKeefe at 817-860-8269.
Sincerely,
/RA
Linda J. Smith, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Supporting Documentation
Dockets: 50-361; 50-362
cc w/enclosure:
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
County of San Diego
1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335
San Diego, CA 92101
Gary L. Nolff
Assistant Director-Resources
City of Riverside
3900 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92522
Mark L. Parsons
Deputy City Attorney
City of Riverside
3900 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92522
Ray W. Waldo
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
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David Spath, Chief
Division of Drinking Water and
Environmental Management
California Department of Health Services
P.O. Box 942732
Sacramento, CA 94234-7320
Michael R. Olson
San Onofre Liaison
San Diego Gas & Electric Company
8315 Century Park Ct. CP21G
San Diego, CA 92123-1548
Director, Radiological Health Branch
State Department of Health Services
P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)
Sacramento, CA 95899-7414
Mayor
City of San Clemente
100 Avenida Presidio
San Clemente, CA 92672
James D. Boyd, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)
Sacramento, CA 95814
Douglas K. Porter, Esq.
Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770
James T. Reilly
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
Daniel P. Breig
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
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A. Edward Scherer
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
Brian Katz
Southern California Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
P.O. Box 128
San Clemente, CA 92674-0128
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ENCLOSURE
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested
Please provide the following documentation prior to the onsite information gathering trip,
preferably no later than March 5, 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 the 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, either during the onsite information gathering trip
March 13 - 15, 2007, or by noon on March 19, 2007, in order to support inspection preparation.
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, operator
response procedures for fires, fire fighting procedures, etc.).
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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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. Copies of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.
15. A listing of open and closed action requests 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 of 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. A listing of maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown
capability and fire barriers, detectors, pumps and suppression systems.
22. Maintenance Rule performance criteria and a summary of the last 3 years performance
history for fire protection program systems or functions monitored within the
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 since May 1, 2004.
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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26. Electronic copies of operator study guides (i.e. 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. A list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression systems in the plant,
giving location and the key equipment being protected.
29. 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. Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
33. A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location
of their office and phone number onsite.
34. The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible, during the
week of March 26, 2007. Please put us in contact with the appropriate personnel for
planning drills during the onsite information gathering trip.
35. The team would like to perform a walkthrough of the procedure for control room due to
fire with qualified operators in the plant during the week of March 26, 2007. Please put
us in contact with the appropriate personnel for planning the walkthrough during the
onsite information gathering trip.
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