ML082050509

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000275-08-004 05000323-08-004) and Request for Information

ML082050509
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	07/23/2008
From:	Russ Bywater Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
IR-08-004
Download: ML082050509 (6)

See also: IR 05000275/2008004

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UNITED STATES

NU CLE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU ITE 400

AR LIN GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

July 23, 2008

John T. Conway

Senior Vice President - Station

Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 770000

San Francisco, CA 94177-0001

SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC

INSPECTION REPORT 05000275/05000323/2008004) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Conway:

From September 2-12, 2008, Reactor Inspectors from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions

Region IV office will perform the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and

permanent plant modifications at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, using NRC Inspection

Procedure 71111.17, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, Experiments, and Permanent Plant

Modifications.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors

and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a

productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

We request these documents be provided to us by August 11, 2008. Upon review of these

documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review upon arrival. 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 onsite portions of

the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mr. Mike McCoy of your licensing

organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please

contact the lead inspector Lee Ellershaw at (817) 860-8127 (Lee.Ellershaw@nrc.gov).

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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). Send comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing

the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Russ Bywater, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-275; 50-323

Licenses: DPR-80; DPR-82

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or

Experiments and Permanent Plant

Modifications Document Request

cc: w/enclosure

Sierra Club San Lucia Chapter

ATTN: Andrew Christie

P.O. Box 15755

San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

Nancy Culver

San Luis Obispo

Mothers for Peace

P.O. Box 164

Pismo Beach, CA 93448

Chairman

San Luis Obispo County

Board of Supervisors

1055 Monterey Street, Suite D430

San Luis Obispo, CA 93408

Truman Burns\Robert Kinosian

California Public Utilities Commission

505 Van Ness Ave., Rm. 4102

San Francisco, CA 94102

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -3-

Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee

Attn: Robert R. Wellington, Esq.

Legal Counsel

857 Cass Street, Suite D

Monterey, CA 93940

Director, Radiological Health Branch

State Department of Health Services

P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

City Editor

The Tribune

3825 South Higuera Street

P.O. Box 112

San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112

James D. Boyd, Commissioner

California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street (MS 31)

Sacramento, CA 95814

James R. Becker, Site Vice President

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

P.O. Box 56

Avila Beach, CA 93424

Jennifer Tang, Field Representative

United States Senator Barbara Boxer

1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240

San Francisco, CA 94111

Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section

National Preparedness Directorate

Technological Hazards Division

Department of Homeland Security

1111 Broadway, Suite 1200

Oakland, CA 94607-4052

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -4-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov )

DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov )

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov )

DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Michael.Peck@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Vincent.Gaddy@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Rick.Deese@nrc.gov )

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov )

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov )

DRS STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov )

J. Adams, OEDO RIV Coordinator (John.Adams@nrc.gov)

P. Lougheed, OEDO RIV Coordinator (Patricia.Lougheed@nrc.gov )

ROPreports

DC Site Secretary (Agnes.Chan@nrc.gov )

SUNSI Review Completed: __RLB____ ADAMS: Yes Initials: _RLB___

Publicly Available Non-Sensitive

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications

Inspection Dates: September 2, 2008 - September 12, 2008

Inspection Procedures: IP 71111.17 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and

Permanent Plant Modifications

Inspectors: L. Ellershaw, PE, Senior Reactor Inspector, Lead

J. Adams, PhD, Reactor Inspector

S. Graves, Reactor Inspector

J. Drake, Senior Reactor Inspector (Trainee)

Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic

format, in care of L. Ellershaw, by August 11, 2008, to facilitate the selection of specific items

that will be reviewed during the onsite inspection weeks. The inspectors will select specific

items from the information requested below and then request from your staff additional

documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific items

requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. Please provide

requested documentation electronically if possible. If requested documents are large and only

hard copy formats are available, please inform the inspector(s), and provide subject

documentation during the first day of the onsite inspection. If you have any questions regarding

this information request, please call the lead inspector as soon as possible.

• A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings performed since September 2005

which did not result in an evaluation. Note: Descriptions should be of sufficient detail

such that inspectors can determine the significance of the issue.

• A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed which did not result in

an application for license amendment to NRC from September 2005 to the present.

• Diablo Canyon Power Plant procedure for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and

evaluations.

• A list with descriptions of all Corrective Action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

activities, including screenings and evaluations from September 2005 to the present.

• A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications dating from September 2005.

Include sufficient detail to enable the inspectors to determine the significance of each

modification.

• Diablo Canyon Power Plant procedure for implementing and controlling permanent plant

modifications.

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• A list with descriptions of all Corrective Action documents related to your permanent

plant modification program and its implementation since September 2005. Include

sufficient detail to enable the inspectors to determine the significance of each

modification.

Inspector Contact Information:

L. Ellershaw S. Graves J. Adams

Senior Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-860-8127 817-860-8102 817-860-8294

Lee.Ellershaw@nrc.gov Samuel.Graves@nrc.gov James.Adams@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

US NRC Region IV

Attn: L. Ellershaw

612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400

Arlington, TX 76011-4005

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