ML090440164
| ML090440164 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 02/12/2009 |
| From: | Heather Gepford Reactor Projects Region 2 Branch 6 |
| To: | Campbell W Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| Download: ML090440164 (6) | |
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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 February 12, 2009 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Swafford:
During the period of February 18-20, 2009, the NRC will perform an augmented baseline inspection at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. This inspection is in response to a 2nd Quarter 2007 Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI), High Pressure Injection Performance Indicator (PI), value of 2.29 E-06. This would typically correlate to a value that crosses the green/white threshold for this PI; however, due to the lack of historical data since Unit 1 restart, any crossing of thresholds is subject to focused augmented baseline inspection of the subject area. Pursuant to the NRC letter dated May 21, 2008, regarding implementation of the Unit 1 interim MSPIs, this inspection will be conducted in accordance with the Unit 1 Augmented Inspection Plan (AIP). According to the Unit 1 AIP, any follow-up inspection for an interim MSPI that crosses a performance threshold will be conducted as an annual baseline focus sample in accordance with inspection procedure (IP) 71152, including as additional guidance any relevant aspects of the supplemental inspection IP 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area.
Experience has shown that this type of inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this 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 on-site portion of the inspection. We request that the requested information be provided to our staff, in electronic and hard-copy format, upon our arrival at Browns Ferry on February 18, 2009.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Michael Oliver of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, James Baptist, at (404) 562-4506.
TVA 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules 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/
Heather J. Gepford, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-259 License Nos.: DPR-33
Enclosure:
Pre-Inspection Document Request (cc: w/encl See page 3)
_________________________ G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RIII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/
NAME JBaptist HGepford DATE 2/12/092/ /2009 2/12/09 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO TVA 3 cc w/encl:
Ashok S. Bhatnagar General Counsel Senior Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Generation Development and Electronic Mail Distribution Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Larry E. Nicholson Electronic Mail Distribution General Manager Licensing & Performance Improvement Ludwig E. Thibault Tennessee Valley Authority General Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Oversight & Assistance Tennessee Valley Authority Michael A. Purcell Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Licensing Manager Nuclear Power Group William R. Campbell, Jr. Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice Electronic Mail Distribution President Tennessee Valley Authority Michael J. Lorek 3R Lookout Place Interim Vice President 1101 Market Street Nuclear Engineering & Projects Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Tom Coutu Vice President Beth A. Wetzel Nuclear Support Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Corporate Licensing 3R Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street Electronic Mail Distribution Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Senior Resident Inspector R. G. (Rusty) West Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Site Vice President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road Tennessee Valley Authority Athens, AL 35611-6970 Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman D. Tony Langley Limestone County Commission Manager, Licensing and Industry Affairs 310 West Washington Street Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Athens, AL 35611 Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Dr. D. E. Williamson State Health Officer John C. Fornicola Alabama Dept. of Public Health General Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority Kirksey E. Whatley Electronic Mail Distribution Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Dept. of Public Health Electronic Mail Distribution
TVA 4 Distribution w/encl:
C. Evans, RII EICS (Part 72 Only)
L. Slack, RII EICS (Linda Slack)
OE Mail (email address if applicable)
RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC
Pre-Inspection Document Request Augmented Baseline Inspection Licensee: Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant Docket Number(s): 50-259 Inspection Dates: February 18-20, 2009 Inspection Procedure to be referenced:
71152 Identification and Resolution of Problems 95001 Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area If you have any questions, please call James Baptist at 404-562-4506. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.
Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection
- Personnel for on-site entrance meeting to facilitate initial discussion of applicable documents, including: (1) High Pressure Core Injection (HPCI) System Engineer, (2)
Author(s) of Problem Evaluation Reports (PERs) 153144, 133370, and 152914, (3) Author of Apparent Cause Evaluation for PER 152914, (4) Designated Licensing Representative, and (5) Designated Management Representative
- Assistance in system walk-downs of HPCI and support systems.
General Information Request
- Telephone numbers of contacts
- Electronic copy of applicable chapters of UFSAR
- Latest revision of the Corrective Action Program procedures.
- All PERs associated with the reliability and availability issues which caused the HPCI system to cross the green/white MSPI threshold.
- All work orders associated with the availability and reliability issues which caused the HPCI system to cross the green/white MSPI threshold.
- All documentation related to the organizational weakness associated with the startup of Unit 1 as discussed in the Apparent Cause Evaluation for PER 152914, to include documentation associated with the CARB decision not to focus on this issue.
- All meeting minutes associated with the review of Apparent Cause Evaluation for PER 152914, to include all management and corrective action committee meetings.
- P&ID diagrams which show the HPCI system and the components with the degraded conditions which caused the HPCI system to cross the green/white MSPI threshold.
- The applicable cause determination evaluations (CDE) written by the system engineers per TVA's maintenance rule program for each of the Unit 1 HPCI reliability and availability issues Inspector Contact Information:
James B. Baptist (404) 562-4506 James.Baptist@nrc.gov Enclosure