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PI&R - N. Anna Notification of North Anna Power Station Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection NRC Inspection Report 05000338/2009006 and 05000339/2009006
ML083080314
Person / Time
Site: North Anna  Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 11/03/2008
From: Vias S
Reactor Projects Region 2 Branch 6
To: Christian D
Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
References
IR-09-006
Download: ML083080314 (6)
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See also: IR 05000338/2009006

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

November 3, 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

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - PROBLEM

IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000338/2009006 AND 05000339/2009006

Dear Mr. Christian:

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

Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resolution (PI&R) inspection at your

North Anna Power Station during the weeks of January 12 - 16 and February 2 - 6, 2009. The

inspection team will be led by Daniel Merzke, a Senior Project Engineer from the NRCs Region

II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection

procedure, Procedure 71152, Identification and Resolution of Problems Inspection, issued

January 10, 2008.

The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensees Corrective Action Program

(CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspections of routine daily

screening of all corrective action program issues, quarterly focused issue reviews, and

semiannual trend PI&R reviews.

During a telephone conversation on October 29, 2008, Mr. Merzke confirmed with Mr. Jay

Leberstien of your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the two-week

onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:

  • Information gathering visit: December 9 - 10, 2008
  • Onsite weeks: January 12 - 16 and February 2 - 6, 2009

The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to define the

scope of the inspection. Information and documentation needed to support the inspection will

also be identified.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.

Please have the referenced information available prior to December 9, 2008. Contact Mr.

Merzke with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to

minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required

for inspection preparation.

VEPCO 2

Additional documents will be requested during the information gathering visit. The additional

information will need to be made available to the team in the Region II office prior to the

inspection teams preparation week of January 5, 2009. Mr. Merzke will also discuss the

following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant

engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method

of tracking inspector requests during the inspection; access to licensee computers; working

space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the

information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Daniel Merzke at (404) 562-4421 or

me at (404) 562-4560.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Steven J. Vias, Chief

Reactor Projects Branch 7

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket Nos.: 50-338, 50-339

License Nos.: NPF-4, NPF-7

Enclosure: INFORMATION REQUEST FOR NORTH ANNA POWER STATION PROBLEM

IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

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DATE 11/03/2008 11/03/2008 11/ /2008 11/ /2008 11/ /2008 11/ /2008

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

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cc w/encl:

Daniel G. Stoddard

Site Vice President

Virginia Electric and Power Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

Eric Hendrixson

Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing

Virginia Electric and Power Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

Chris L. Funderburk

Director, Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support

Virginia Electric and Power Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.

Senior Counsel

Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

Executive Vice President

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Electronic Mail Distribution

Attorney General

Supreme Court Building

900 East Main Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Senior Resident Inspector

North Anna Power Station

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

P.O. Box 490

Mineral, VA 23117

County Administrator

Louisa County

P.O. Box 160

Louisa, VA 23093

Michael M. Cline

Director

Virginia Department of Emergency Services Management

Electronic Mail Distribution

Ginger L. Alligood (NORTH ANNA EXAM REPORTS ONLY)

Virginia Electric and Power Company

Electronic Mail Distribution

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Letter to David A. Christian from Steven J. Vias dated November 3, 2008

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - PROBLEM

IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000338/2009006 AND 05000339/2009006

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S. P. Lingam, NRR

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR NORTH ANNA POWER STATION PROBLEM

IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Note: Unless otherwise noted, please provide documents from September 1, 2007

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated

with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to: 1)

corrective action process, 2) operating experience program, 3) employee concerns

program, 4) self-assessment program, 5) maintenance rule program and implementing

procedures, 6) Operability Determination process, 7) Degraded/non-conforming

condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20), 8) System health process, or equivalent

Equipment Reliability Improvement Programs, 9) PM deferral and CR extension process.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, components, and operator manual actions.

3. List of all CRs initiated, sorted by Priority, with the following information: a) CR #,

b) Priority, and c) CR Title.

4. List of all CRs initiated, sorted by the following responsible plant departments. In each

department grouping, please provide the following information sorted by CR # : a) CR #,

b) Priority, and c) CR Title.

a) Emergency Preparedness;

b) Health Physics;

c) Chemistry; and,

d) Security.

5. List of outstanding corrective actions with a brief description, priority level, initiation date,

and due date.

6. List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding CR and or

work order #.

7. List of all currently extended CRs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following

information: a) CR #, b) Priority, and c) CR Title.

8. List of all CRs that have been voided or cancelled. Please sort by CR #, with title or

description of problem, and reason voided or cancelled.

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSC) which were classified as (a)(1) in

accordance with the Maintenance Rule since September 1, 2007. Include applicable

procedures for classifying systems or components as (a)(1), date and reason for being

placed in (a)(1), and actions completed and current status. Also, provide copy of any

self-assessment of the Maintenance Rule program conducted.

10. List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of risk significant systems.

Include actions completed and current status.

11. Copies of latest System Health Reports. Copies of system design basis documents,

system description information, P&IDs, etc. (Will select systems during bagman).

12. List of corrective maintenance work orders, sorted by system and component, to include:

WO number, title or description, date of initiation, and date of completion (if completed).

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13. Corrective action closeout packages for all NRC findings and Licensee identified

violations, to include copies of all CRs.

14. Corrective action closeout packages for all LERs issued.

15. List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.)

and industry operating experience documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information

letters, information from other sites, etc.,) evaluated by the site for applicability to the

station, regardless of the determination of applicability.

16. List of industry operating experience evaluated by the site.

17. Copies all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two

audits/assessments of the corrective action program. Also, any self-assessment of the

site safety culture conducted should be provided.

18. Copies of all department self-assessments.

19. List of corrective action documents that have resulted from the Employee Concerns

Program. (Note: This should be provided by the ECP Coordinator during an onsite

interview with the PI&R team leader).

20. Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departmental trend report(s), and

corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment

reliability trends.

21. Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if exists) such as the number

initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may

be available.

22. Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. Also, list

of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite.

23. List of CRs related to equipment aging issues of top ten risk significant systems since

September 1, 2003 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic

component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.;

environmental qualification). Please sort by CR # with the following information: a) CR

  1. , b) priority, and c) CR Title.

24. If performed, results from safety culture survey.

25. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human

performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work

environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other

oversight methods.

26. List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description.

27. Copy of PRA importance measures report.

Enclosure

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