ML091000051
| ML091000051 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 04/10/2009 |
| From: | Vias S Reactor Projects Branch 7 |
| To: | Swafford P Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| Download: ML091000051 (9) | |
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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 April 10, 2009 Mr. Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION
Dear Mr. Swafford:
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 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant during the weeks of June 29 - July 2 and July 13 - 17, 2009. The inspection team will be led by Ryan Taylor, a Senior Reactor Engineering Inspector 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 April 9, 2009, Mr. Taylor confirmed with Mr. James Davenport of your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the two-week onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:
Information gathering visit: May 11 - 12, 2009 Onsite weeks: June 29 - July 2 and July 13 - 17, 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 and reviewed.
The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.
Please have the referenced information available prior to May 11, 2009. Contact Mr. Taylor 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.
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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 June 15, 2009. Mr. Taylor 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. Ryan Taylor at (404) 562-4630 or me at (404) 562-4560.
Sincerely,
/RA by Dan Merzke Acting for/
Steven J. Vias, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, 50-296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68
Enclosure:
INFORMATION REQUEST FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION cc w/encl: (See page 3)
X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE (D. Merzke)
OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE DMerzke for DMerzke for NAME R Taylor SVias DATE 04/10/2009 04/10/2009 4/ /2009 E-MAIL COPY?
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
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Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution William R. Campbell Senior Vice President Fleet Engineering Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Place Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Thomas Coutu Vice President Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution R. G. (Rusty) West Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Frederick Russell Godwin Manager, Licensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 James J. Randich Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Ludwig E. Thibault General Manager Nuclear Oversight & Assistance Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Steet Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Larry E. Nicholson General Manager Performance Improvement Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael A. Purcell Senior Licensing Manager Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael J. Lorek Vice President Nuclear Engineering & Projects Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Fredrick C. Mashburn Acting Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611-6970 Kirksey E. Whatley Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Dept. of Public Health Electronic Mail Distribution cc w/encl. (continued page 4)
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Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 Dr. D. E. Williamson State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health Electronic Mail Distribution
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Letter to Preston D. Swafford from Steven J. Vias dated April 10, 2009
SUBJECT:
BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION Distribution w/encl:
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Enclosure INFORMATION REQUEST FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (June 29 - July 2 and July 13 - 17, 2009)
A.
Documents Needed Prior to the Information Gathering Visit Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since October 1, 2008. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format. If the information is not available in electronic format, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate how the information will be provided.
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Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to: a) corrective action process, b) cause evaluation, c) operating experience program, d) employee concerns program, e) self-assessment program, f) maintenance rule program and implementing procedures, g) operability determination process, h) degraded/non-conforming condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20), i) system health process, or equivalent equipment reliability improvement programs, and j) preventive maintenance deferral and problem evaluation report (PER) extension process. If any of the procedures requested above were revised after October 1, 2008, please provide copies of all revisions.
- 2.
List of top ten risk significant systems, components, and operator manual actions.
- 3.
List of all PERs initiated, sorted by priority and system, with the following information:
a) PER #, b) system, c) priority, and d) PER title and short description.
- 4.
List of all PERs initiated, sorted by the following responsible plant departments. In each department grouping, please provide the PERs sorted by priority, with the following information: a) PER #, b) priority, and c) PER title and short description.
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 PER and/or work order (WO) number.
- 7.
List of all currently extended PERs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following information: a) PER #, b) priority, and c) PER title and short description.
- 8.
List of all PERs that have been voided or cancelled. Please sort by PER #, with title or description of problem, and reason voided or cancelled.
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List of all structures, systems, and components (SSC) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since October 1, 2008. Please 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.
Please include actions completed and current status.
- 11.
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).
- 12.
Corrective action closeout packages, including PERs with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee identified violations.
- 13.
Corrective action closeout packages, including PERs with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event report (LERs) issued.
- 14.
List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.)
and industry operating experience (OE) 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. Please include the reference number (e.g. PER #) for the documents that evaluated the aforementioned OE information.
- 15.
Copies of 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.
- 16.
Copies of all department self-assessments.
- 17.
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.
- 18.
Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if exists) such as the number of PERs initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may be available.
- 19.
Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. In addition, please provide a list of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite.
- 20.
List of PERs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since January 1, 2004 (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 PER # with the following information:
a) PER #, b) priority, and c) PER title and short description.
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If performed, provide the results from the latest safety culture survey.
- 22.
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.
- 23.
List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description.
- 24.
Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report.
B.
Documents Needed during or after the Information Gathering Visit, but prior to the Inspection Preparation Week (June 15-19, 2009)
- 1.
For the risk significant systems selected by the team leader during the information gathering visit, please provide copies of the latest System Health Reports, system design basis documents, system description information, and P&IDs.
C.
Documents Needed During the Inspection
- 1.
List of corrective action documents that have resulted from the Employee Concerns Program (ECP). (Note: This should be provided by the ECP Coordinator)