ML071510018

IR 05000424-07-007 and 05000425-07-007 on 05/30/2007, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Notification of Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection

ML071510018
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	05/30/2007
From:	Payne D NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2
To:	Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-07-007
Download: ML071510018 (9)

See also: IR 05000424/2007007

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May 30, 2007

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. T. E. Tynan

Vice President - Vogtle

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

7821 River Road

Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000424/2007007 AND 05000425/2007007)

Dear Mr. Tynan:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region II staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at the Vogtle Electric

Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, in October 2007. The inspection team will be led by Mr.

McKenzie Thomas, NRC Senior Reactor Inspector, of the Region II Office. The team will be

composed of personnel from the NRC Region II Office and a contractor. The inspection will be

conducted in accordance with the NRCs baseline fire protection inspection procedure

71111.05T.

The inspection objective will be to evaluate your fire protection program implementation with

emphasis on post-fire safe shutdown capability and the fire protection features provided to

ensure at least one post-fire safe shutdown success path is maintained free of fire damage.

The inspection team will focus their review on the separation of the systems and equipment

necessary to achieve and maintain safe shutdown and the fire protection features of selected

fire areas.

On May 25, 2007, during a telephone conversation between Mr. Tim Mattson, of your staff, and

Mr. Paul Fillion, of the NRC Region II Office, our respective staffs confirmed arrangements for a

three-day information gathering onsite visit and a two-week onsite inspection. The schedule for

the inspection is as follows:

• Information gathering visit: September 18 - 20, 2007

• Week 1 of onsite inspection: October 1 - 5, 2007

• Week 2 of onsite inspection: October 15 - 19, 2007

The purposes of the information gathering visit are to obtain information and documentation

needed to support the inspection, and to become familiar with the Vogtle Electric Generating

Plant fire protection program, fire protection features, post-fire safe shutdown capabilities and

plant layout. The types of documents the team will be interested in reviewing, and possibly

obtaining, are listed in the Enclosure.

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Please contact Mr. Thomas prior to preparing copies of the materials listed in the Enclosure.

The inspection team will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying

those documents required for inspection preparation.

During the information gathering visit, the team will also discuss the following inspection support

administrative details - office space; specific documents to be made available to the team in its

office space; arrangements for reactor site access (including radiation protection training,

security, safety and fitness for duty requirements); and the availability of knowledgeable plant

engineering and licensing organization personnel to serve as points of contact during the

inspection.

We request that during the inspection weeks you ensure that copies of analyses, evaluations or

documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the Vogtle Electric

Generating Plant fire protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily

accessible to the team for its review. Of specific interest are those documents which establish

that your fire protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to

applicable NRC and industry fire protection guidance. Also, personnel should be available at

the site during the inspection who are knowledgeable regarding those plant systems required to

achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and outside the control room

(including the electrical aspects of the relevant post-fire safe shutdown analyses), reactor plant

fire protection systems and features, and the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant fire protection

program and its implementation.

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 Mr. Thomas at (404) 562-4673, or me at (404) 562-4669.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its

enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

D. Charles Payne, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-424, 50-425

License Nos.: NPF-68, NPF-81

Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Support Documentation

cc w/encl: (See page 3)

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cc w/encl: Resident Manager

J. T. Gasser Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Executive Vice President Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

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Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

L. M. Stinson, Vice President, Fleet Troutman Sanders

Operations Support Electronic Mail Distributioin

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Engineer - Power Supply

Municipal Electric Authority

N. J. Stringfellow of Georgia

Manager-Licensing Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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Executive Secretary

Bentina C. Terry Georgia Public Service Commission

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. 244 Washington Street, SW

Bin B-022 Atlanta, GA 30334

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Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

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OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS RII:DRP

SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA via email/ /RA/

NAME M. Thomas S. Walker S. Shaeffer

DATE 05/29 /07 05/30/07 05/29 /07

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SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000424/2007007 AND 05000425/2007007)

Distribution w/encl:

B. Singal, NRR

C. Evans (Part 72 Only)

L. Slack, RII EICS

RIDSNRRDIRS

OE Mail (email address if applicable)

PUBLIC

Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Support Documentation

Note: This is a broad list of the documents the NRC inspection team may be interested

in reviewing, and possibly obtaining, during the information gathering site visit. The

current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic

media is preferred, if readily available. (The preferred file format is searchable .pdf

files on CDROM. The CDROM should be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of

use. Please provide 5 copies of each CDROM submitted.) Information in lists should

contain enough information to be easily understood by someone who has a knowledge

of the technology. The lead inspector will discuss specific information needs with the

licensee staff and may request additional documents.

1. The Fire Protection Program document and the Fire Hazards Analysis.

2. The fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls,

surveillance testing, fire brigade).

3. The fire brigade training program document and the pre-fire plans for the selected fire

areas/zones (to be determined during information gathering visit).

4. The post-fire safe shutdown analysis, including system and separation analyses.

5. The alternative shutdown analysis.

6. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire suppression systems.

7. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the systems and components used to

achieve and maintain hot standby, and cold shutdown, for fires involving shutdown from

the control room.

8. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the systems and components used to

achieve and maintain hot standby, and cold shutdown, for fires in areas requiring

alternative or dedicated shutdown capability.

9. Plant layout and equipment drawings which identify the physical plant locations of hot

standby and cold shutdown equipment.

10. Plant layout drawings which identify plant fire area and/or fire zone delineation, areas

protected by automatic fire suppression and detection, and the locations of fire

protection equipment for the selected fire areas/zones (to be determined during

information gathering visit).

11. Plant layout drawings which identify the general location of the post-fire emergency

lighting units.

12. Plant operating procedures used to, and describing, shutdown from inside the control

room with a postulated fire occurring in any plant area outside the control room.

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13. Plant operating procedures used to implement the alternative shutdown capability from

outside the control room with a fire in either the control or cable spreading room (or any

other alternative shutdown area).

14. Maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown capability

(including Appendix R emergency lights and communication systems) and fire barriers,

detectors, fire pumps and fire suppression systems.

15. Calculations and/or justifications that verify fuse/breaker coordination for the selected

fire areas/zones (to be determined during information gathering visit) that are fed off the

same electrical buses as components in the protected train. Also, a list of the

maintenance procedures used to routinely verify fuse/breaker coordination in

accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.

16. A list of the significant fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown design change

descriptions (including their associated 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations) and Generic Letter

(GL) 86-10 evaluations.

17. A list of the protection methodologies (as identified in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R,

Section III.G) used to achieve regulatory compliance for the selected fire areas/zones

(to be determined during information gathering visit). That is, please specify whether 3-

hour rated fire barriers (Section III.G.2.a), 20-foot separation along with detection and

suppression (Section III.G.2.b), 1-hour rated fire barriers with detection and suppression

(Section III.G.2.c), or alternative shutdown capability (Section III.G.3) is used for the

selected fire areas/zones.

18. Procedures or instructions that govern the implementation of plant modifications,

temporary modifications, maintenance, and special operations, and their impact on fire

protection.

19. Organization chart(s) of site personnel down to the level of the fire protection staff.

20. Procedures or instructions that control the configuration of the fire protection program,

features, and post-fire safe shutdown methodology and system design.

21. A list of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection

features and evaluations of code deviations (i.e., a listing of the NFPA code editions

committed to (Code of Record)).

22. The three most recent fire protection QA audits and/or fire protection self-assessments.

23. A list of open and closed fire protection problem identification and resolution reports

[also known as action reports/condition reports/problem reports/problem investigation

reports/NCRs/EARs] associated with fire protection or Appendix R safe shutdown for the

past three years.

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24. A list of plant fire protection licensing basis documents (i.e., a list of the SERs and

change evaluations which form the licensing basis for the facilitys post-fire safe

shutdown configuration).

25. A list of fire protection or Appendix R calculations.

26. A list of fire impairments identified during the previous year.

27. A list of abbreviations/designators for plant systems.

Enclosure