ML081620267
| ML081620267 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 06/09/2008 |
| From: | Julio Lara Engineering Branch 3 |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| IR-08-008 | |
| Download: ML081620267 (10) | |
See also: IR 05000305/2008008
Text
June 9, 2008
Mr. David A. Christian
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
SUBJECT:
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION
NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION
BASELINE INSPECTION 05000305/2008008(DRS)
Dear Mr. Christian:
On August 25, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a triennial fire
protection baseline inspection at the Kewaunee Power Station. This inspection will be
performed in accordance with the NRC Baseline Inspection Procedure 71111.05T.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
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Information gathering visit: July 23 - 25, 2008
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On-site inspection activity: August 25 - 29, 2008, and September 8 - 12, 2008
The purpose of the information gathering visit is: (1) to obtain information and documentation
needed to support the inspection; (2) to become familiar with the Kewaunee Power Station=s fire
protection programs, fire protection features, post-fire safe shutdown capabilities and plant
layout; and (3) to arrange administrative details such as office space, availability of
knowledgeable office personnel and to ensure unescorted site access privileges.
Experience has shown that the baseline fire protection inspections are extremely resource
intensive both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order to minimize the inspection
impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both organizations, we have
enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection. These documents have been
divided into five groups. The first group lists information necessary to aid the inspection team in
choosing specific focus areas for the inspection. It is requested that this information be provided
to the lead inspector via mail or electronically no later than July 7, 2008. The second group also
list information and areas for discussion necessary to aid the inspection team in choosing
specific focus areas for the inspection. It is requested this information be available during the
information gathering visit (July 23, 2008). The third group lists information necessary to ensure
that the inspection team is adequately prepared for the inspection. This information should be
available on-site no later than August 11, 2008. The fourth group of requested documents
consist of those items that the team will review, or need access to, during the inspection.
Please have this information available by the first day of the on-site portion of the inspection
(August 25, 2008). The fifth group lists information necessary to aid the inspection team in
tracking issues identified as a result of the inspection.
J. Davis
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It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is
generated during the inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and
complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the
preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. R. Langstaff. We understand that our regulatory
contact for this inspection is Mr. T. Breene of your organization. If there are any questions about
the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at
(630) 829-9747 or via e-mail at ronald.langstaff@nrc.gov.
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 NRC's 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/
Julio F. Lara, Chief
Engineering Branch 3
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-305
License No. DPR-43
Enclosure:
Fire Protection Inspection Document Request
w/Enclosure
cc w/encl:
S. Scace, Site Vice President
T. Webb, Director, Nuclear Safety and
Licensing
C. Funderburk, Director, Nuclear Licensing
and Operations Support
T. Breene, Manager, Nuclear Licensing
L. Cuoco, Esq., Senior Counsel
D. Zellner, Chairman, Town of Carlton
J. Kitsembel, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin
J. Davis
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It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is
generated during the inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and
complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the
preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. R. Langstaff. We understand that our regulatory
contact for this inspection is Mr. T. Breene of your organization. If there are any questions about
the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at
(630) 829-9747 or via e-mail at ronald.langstaff@nrc.gov.
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 NRC's 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/
Julio F. Lara, Chief
Engineering Branch 3
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-305
License No. DPR-43
Enclosure:
Fire Protection Inspection Document Request
w/Enclosure
cc w/encl:
S. Scace, Site Vice President
T. Webb, Director, Nuclear Safety and
Licensing
C. Funderburk, Director, Nuclear Licensing
and Operations Support
T. Breene, Manager, Nuclear Licensing
L. Cuoco, Esq., Senior Counsel
D. Zellner, Chairman, Town of Carlton
J. Kitsembel, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin
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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Letter to Mr. David Christian from Mr. Julio Lara dated June 9, 2008.
SUBJECT:
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION
NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION
BASELINE INSPECTION 05000305/2008008(DRS)
DISTRIBUTION:
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Mark Satorius
Kenneth Obrien
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Patricia Buckley
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FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST
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Inspection Report:
Kewaunee Power Station 05000305/2008008(DRS)
Inspection Dates:
July 23 through 25, 2008, Information Gathering Visit
August 25 through 29, 2008, On-site Inspection Activity
September 8 through 12, 2008, On-site Inspection Activity
Inspection Procedures:
IP 71111.05T, AFire Protection (Triennial)@
IP 71152, "Identification and Resolution of Problems"
Inspectors:
Ronald A. Langstaff, Lead Inspector
(630) 829-9747
ronald.langstaff@nrc.gov
(630) 829-9810
alan.dahbur@nrc.gov
(630) 829-9803
dariusz.szwarc@nrc.gov
I.
Information Requested Prior to the Information Gathering Visit
The following information is requested by July 7, 2008. If you have any questions
regarding this information, please call the lead inspector as soon as possible. All
information may be sent electronically to Mr. Ronald Langstaff,
(ronald.langstaff@nrc.gov) or provided on compact disc (the preferred method). If
compact discs are provided, three sets (one for each inspector) are requested.
1.
The reactor plant's Individual Plant Examination for External Events (IPEEE) for
fire, results of any post-IPEEE reviews for fire, and listings of actions taken and/or
plant modifications conducted in response to IPEEE information for fire.
Alternatively, probabilistic risk analyses for fire and associated information, if it
exists and is more recent than the IPEEE.
2.
A list of fire areas requiring alternative shutdown capability, i.e., those areas for
which 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G requirements are satisfied under
Section III.G.3, or where both safe shutdown trains can be affected.
3.
Plant operating procedures which would be used and describe shutdown for a
postulated fire (for both areas requiring alternative shutdown and areas which do
not require alternative shutdown). Only those procedures with actions specific to
shutdown in the event of a fire need be included.
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II.
Information Requested During the Information Gathering Visit
(July 23-25, 2008)
This information is requested to be available in one set of hard-copy documents on-site
during the information gathering visit.
1.
Facility layout drawings which identify plant fire area delineation, areas protected
by automatic fire suppression and detection, and the locations of fire protection
equipment; and
2.
On-Site Discussions:
In addition, during the information gathering visit, it is requested that licensee staff
be available for the following:
a.
Informal discussion on plant procedures operators would use in the event
of fire and under what conditions would the plant be shutdown using
alternative shutdown methodology;
b.
Informal discussion on the plant=s safe shutdown cable routing database
and the plant-wide cable routing database, as applicable; and
c.
A tour of alternative shutdown and risk significant fire areas.
III.
Information Requested One Week Prior to Inspection (August 11, 2008)
The following information is requested by August 11, 2008. In addition, if the requested
information is available electronically, it is requested that the information be provided on
three sets of compact discs (searchable, if possible). The information may be sent to Mr.
Alan Dahbur, one of the team inspectors.
1.
Licensing Information:
a.
The facility license, including the fire protection license condition;
b.
All Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Safety Evaluation Reports
(SERs) applicable to fire protection (specifically including those SERs
referenced by the plant fire protection license condition) and licensing
correspondence referenced by the SERs.
c.
All licensing correspondence associated with the comparison to Standard
Review Plan (NUREG-0800), Section 9.5.1 or equivalent for licensing
purposes.
d.
Exemptions from 10 CFR 50.48 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, and
associated licensing correspondence; and
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e.
A listing of all other associated licensing correspondence applicable to fire
protection.
f.
The fire protection program and applicable portions of the Updated Safety
Analysis Report, as referenced by the fire protection license condition.
2.
Fire Protection Program:
a.
If not already provided under request III.1.f above, fire protection program
documents including fire hazards analyses and post-fire safe shutdown
analyses;
b.
A listing of changes made to the fire protection program (including
associated adverse to safe shutdown analyses);
c.
A listing of the protection methodologies identified under 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix R,Section III.G used to achieve compliance for selected fire
zones/areas (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 each selected fire zone/area;
d.
A list of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations (i.e., a list of adverse to safe
shutdown evaluations);
e.
A list of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire
protection features for the fire areas selected during the information
gathering trip. The list should include National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) code versions committed to (i.e., the NFPA codes of
record);
f.
A list of plant deviations from code commitments and associated
evaluations;
4.
Corrective Actions:
a.
Listing of open and closed fire protection condition reports (i.e., problem
identification forms and their resolution reports) since the date of the last
triennial fire protection inspection; and
b.
Listing of fire impairments since the date of the last triennial fire protection
inspection.
5.
General Information:
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a.
A listing of abbreviations and/or designators for plant systems;
b.
Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection
staff personnel; and
c.
A phone list for on-site licensee personnel.
IV.
Information Requested to be Available on First Day of Inspection
(August 25, 2008)
This information is requested to be available in one set of hard-copy documents (where
possible) on-site on first day of inspection. In addition, if the requested information is
available electronically, it is requested that the information be provided on three sets of
compact discs (searchable, if possible).
1.
Facility Information:
a.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams showing the 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;
b.
Facility layout and equipment drawings which identify the physical facility
locations of hot standby and cold shutdown equipment for selected fire
zones/areas (to be determined during information gathering visit);
c.
One-line schematic drawings of the electrical distribution system for
4160 Volts - alternating current (Vac) down to 480 Vac;
d.
One-line schematic drawings of the electrical distribution system for
250 Volts - direct current (Vdc) and 125 Vdc systems as applicable; and
e.
Logic diagrams showing the components used to achieve and maintain
hot standby and cold shutdown.
f.
Safe shutdown cable routing database (requested electronically such as
on compact disc), if available.
2.
Operations Response for Fire Protection:
a.
Pre-fire plans for selected fire zones/areas (to be determined during
information gathering visit).
b.
Control room operations response procedure for fire.
3.
Fire protection design basis documentation (if considered proprietary, hard copy
only).
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4.
Program Procedures:
a.
List of the fire protection program implementing procedures
(e.g., administrative controls, surveillance testing, fire brigade);
b.
List of maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative
shutdown capability and fire barriers, detectors, pumps, and suppression
systems;
c.
List of maintenance procedures which routinely verify fuse breaker
coordination in accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination
analysis;
d.
List of procedures and/or instructions that control the configuration of the
reactor plant's fire protection program, features, and post-fire safe
shutdown methodology and system design; and
e.
List of procedures and/or instructions that govern the implementation of
plant modifications, maintenance, and special operations, and their impact
on fire protection.
5.
Design and Equipment Information:
a.
Coordination calculations and/or justifications that verify fuse/breaker
coordination for selected fire zones/areas (to be determined during
information gathering visit) that are fed off of the same electrical buses as
components in the protected safe shutdown train;
b.
Copies of significant fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown related
design change package descriptions (including their associated 10 CFR
Part 50.59 evaluations) and Generic Letter (GL) 86-10 (or adverse to safe
shutdown) evaluations;
c.
Gaseous suppression system pre-operational testing, if applicable, for
selected fire zones/areas (to be determined during information gathering
visit);
d.
Hydraulic calculations and supporting test data which demonstrate
operability for water suppression systems, if applicable, for selected fire
zones/areas (to be determined during information gathering visit);
e.
Alternating current (ac) coordination calculations for 4160 Vac down to
480 Vac electrical systems; and
f.
Vendor manuals and information for fire protection equipment (such as
detection, suppression systems, fire pumps), applicable to selected fire
zones/areas (to be determined during information gathering visit). It is
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acceptable to make vendor manuals available to the inspectors in lieu of
providing a copy.
6.
Assessment and Corrective Actions:
a.
The three most recent fire protection Quality Assurance (QA) audits
and/or fire protection self-assessments; and
b.
Corrective action documents (e.g., condition reports, including status of
corrective actions) generated as a result of the three most recent fire
protection Quality Assurance (QA) audits and/or fire protection
self-assessments.
7.
Any updates to information previously provided.
V.
Information Requested to Be Provided Throughout the Inspection
1.
Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the team=s
questions or queries during this inspection; and
2.
Copies of the list of questions submitted by the team members and the
status/resolution of the information requested (provide daily during the inspection
to each team member).
If you have questions regarding the information requested, please contact the lead inspector.