ML082480277
| ML082480277 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 09/04/2008 |
| From: | Robert Daley Engineering Branch 3 |
| To: | Pardee C Exelon Generation Co |
| References | |
| IR-08-007 | |
| Download: ML082480277 (12) | |
See also: IR 05000373/2008007
Text
September 4, 2008
Mr. Charles G. Pardee
Chief Nuclear Officer and
Senior Vice President
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
4300 Winfield Road
Warrenville IL 60555
SUBJECT:
LASALLE COUNTY STATION NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL
FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION 05000373/2008007(DRS); 05000374/2008007(DRS)
Dear Mr. Pardee:
On November 3, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a triennial fire
protection baseline inspection at the LaSalle County 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: October 22 - 24, 2008
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On-site inspection activity: November 3 - 7, 2008, and November 17 - 21, 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 LaSalle County 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 four 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 October 10, 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 and to ensure that the inspection team is
adequately prepared for the inspection. It is requested this information be available during the
information gathering visit (October 22-24, 2008). The third group of requested documents
consists 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
(November 3, 2008). The fourth group lists information necessary to aid the inspection team in
tracking issues identified as a result of the inspection.
C. Pardee
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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. J. Vergara 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Robert C. Daley, Acting Chief
Engineering Branch 3
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-373; 50-374
Enclosure:
Fire Protection Inspection Document Request
cc w/encl:
Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station
Plant Manager - LaSalle County Station
Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President - Midwest Operations
Senior Vice President - Operations Support
Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Manager Licensing - Braidwood, Byron and LaSalle
Associate General Counsel
Document Control Desk - Licensing
Assistant Attorney General
J. Klinger, State Liaison Officer,
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
C. Pardee
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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. J. Vergara 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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
Robert C Daley, Chief
Engineering Branch 3
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-373; 50-374
Enclosure:
Fire Protection Inspection Document Request
cc w/encl:
Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station
Plant Manager - LaSalle County Station
Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President - Midwest Operations
Senior Vice President - Operations Support
Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Manager Licensing - Braidwood, Byron and LaSalle
Associate General Counsel
Document Control Desk - Licensing
Assistant Attorney General
J. Klinger, State Liaison Officer,
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
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Letter to Mr. Charles Pardee from Mr. Robert C. Daley dated September 4, 2008.
SUBJECT:
LASALLE COUNTY STATION NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL
FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION 05000373/2008007(DRS); 05000374/2008007(DRS)
DISTRIBUTION:
Stephen Sands
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Mark Satorius
Kenneth Obrien
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Patricia Buckley
ROPreports@nrc.gov
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Inspection Report: 05000373/2008007(DRS); 05000374/2008007(DRS)
Inspection Dates:
October 22 through 24, 2008, Information Gathering Visit
November 3 through 7, 2008, On-site Inspection Activity
November 17 through 21, 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
Zelig Falevits
(630) 829-9717
zelig.falevits@nrc.gov
Robert C. Winter
(630) 829-9758
robert.winter@nrc.gov
I.
Information Requested Prior to the Information Gathering Visit
The following information is requested by October 10, 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, e-mail address
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
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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
(October 22-24, 2008)
This information is requested to be available on-site during the information gathering
visit. Unless otherwise specifically requested below, 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.
One set of hard-copy documents for facility layout drawings, which identify plant
fire area delineation; areas protected by automatic fire suppression and detection;
and locations of fire protection equipment.
2.
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 (for
post-1979 plants), and associated licensing correspondence;
e.
A listing of all other associated licensing correspondence applicable to fire
protection; and
f.
The fire protection program and applicable portions of the Updated Safety
Analysis Report, as referenced by the fire protection license condition.
3.
Fire Protection Program:
a.
If not already provided under Request III.2.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) since the last triennial fire
protection inspection;
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,
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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 as a strategy 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); and
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:
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.
6.
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.
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III.
Information Requested to be Available on First Day of Inspection
(November 3, 2008)
This information is requested to be available on-site on first day of inspection. 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.
One set of hard copy 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.
One set of hard copy 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 set of hard copy one-line schematic drawings of the electrical
distribution system for 4160 Volts - alternating current (Vac) down to
480 Vac;
d.
One set of hard copy one-line schematic drawings of the electrical
distribution system for 250 Volts - direct current (Vdc) and 125 Vdc
systems as applicable;
e.
One set of hard copy logic diagrams showing the components used to
achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown; and
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); and
b.
Control room operations response procedure for fire.
3.
Fire protection design basis documentation, if available (if considered proprietary,
hard copy only).
4.
Program Procedures:
a.
List of the fire protection program implementing procedures
(e.g., administrative controls, surveillance testing, fire brigade);
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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
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
acceptable to make vendor manuals available to the inspectors in lieu of
providing a copy.
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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.
IV.
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.