ML091480773
| ML091480773 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 05/26/2009 |
| From: | Binoy Desai NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1 |
| To: | Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| IR-09-006 | |
| Download: ML091480773 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000335/2009006
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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
May 26, 2009
Mr. Mano Nazar
Senior Vice President and
Chief Nuclear Officer
Florida Power and Light Company
P. O. Box 14000
Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
SUBJECT:
ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION -
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2009006 AND 05000389/2009006
Dear Mr. Nazar
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Region II staff will conduct a component design bases inspection at your St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
Units 1 and 2 during the weeks of August 3-14, and August 31- September 4, 2009. The
inspection team will be led by Mr. S. Rose, a Senior Operations Inspector from the NRC's
Region II Office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection
procedure, Procedure 71111.21, Component Design Bases Inspection, issued August 19, 2008.
The inspection will evaluate the capability of risk significant / low margin components to function
as designed and to support proper system operation. The inspection will also include a review
of selected operator actions, operating experience, and modifications.
During a telephone conversation on May 13, 2009, Mr. Rose confirmed with Mr. K. Frehafer of
your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the three-week onsite
inspection. The schedule is as follows:
Information gathering visit: Week of July 13-17, 2009.
Onsite weeks: August 3-14 and August 31-September 4, 2009.
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to identify
risk-significant components and operator actions. Information and documentation needed to
support the inspection will also be identified. Mr. W. Rogers, a Region II Senior Reactor
Analyst, may accompany Mr. Rose during the information gathering visit to review probabilistic
risk assessment data and identify risk significant components which will be examined during the
inspection.
Please provide the information requested in the enclosure to the Region II office by July 6,
2009. The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.
The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only
those documents required for the inspection preparation. Contact Mr. Rose with any questions
related to the information request. During the information gathering visit, the team leader will
also discuss the following inspection support administrative details: office space; supplemental
documents requested to be made available to the team in the Region II office prior to the
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inspection preparation week of July 27-31, 2009; arrangements for site access; and the
availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of
contact during the inspection.
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 (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. Rose at (404) 562-4609 or me at
(404) 562-4519.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Binoy B. Desai, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-335, 50-389
Enclosure: Information Request For St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 Component Design
Bases Inspection
cc w/encl: (See page 3)
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cc w/encl:
Gordon L. Johnston
Site Vice President
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution
Christopher R. Costanzo
Plant General Manager
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution
Mark Hicks
Operations Manager
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution
Eric Katzman
Licensing Manager
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution
Abdy Khanpour
Vice President
Engineering Support
Florida Power and Light Company
P.O. Box 14000
Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
Robert J. Hughes
Director
Licensing and Performance Improvement
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Alison Brown
Nuclear Licensing
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Don E. Grissette
Vice President, Nuclear Operations - South
Region
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
M. S. Ross
Managing Attorney
Florida Power & Light Company
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Marjan Mashhadi
Senior Attorney
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
William A. Passetti
Chief
Florida Bureau of Radiation Control
Department of Health
Electronic Mail Distribution
Craig Fugate
Director
Division of Emergency Preparedness
Department of Community Affairs
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J. Kammel
Radiological Emergency Planning
Administrator
Department of Public Safety
Electronic Mail Distribution
Mano Nazar
Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear
Officer
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Senior Resident Inspector
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P.O. Box 6090
Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010
Peter Wells
Vice President, Safety Assurance
Florida Power and Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Mark E. Warner
Vice President
Nuclear Plant Support
Florida Power & Light Company
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Faye Outlaw
County Adminstrator
St. Lucie County
Electronic Mail Distribution
Jack Southard
Director
Public Safety Department
St. Lucie County
Electronic Mail Distribution
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Letter to Mano Nazar from Binoy Desai dated May 26, 2009.
SUBJECT:
ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT - COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION -
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2009006 AND 05000389/2009006
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Enclosure
INFORMATION REQUEST FOR ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2
COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION
Please provide the information electronically in .pdf files, Excel, or other searchable format on
CDROM. The CDROM should be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use. Information
in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood to someone who has
knowledge of pressurized water reactor technology.
1.
From your most recent probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) excluding external events and
fires, please provide:
a.
Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific probabilistic safety
analysis (PSA) - one sorted by Risk Achievement Worth (RAW), and the other
sorted by Birnbaum Importance.
b.
A list of the top 500 cutsets.
2.
From your most recent probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) including external events and
fires, please provide:
a.
Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific probabilistic safety
analysis (PSA) - one sorted by Risk Achievement Worth (RAW), and the other
sorted by Birnbaum Importance.
b.
A list of the top 500 cutsets.
3.
Risk ranking of operator actions from your site specific PSA sorted by RAW. Provide
copies of your human reliability worksheets for these items.
4.
Any pre-existing evaluation or list of components and calculations with low design
margins (i.e., pumps closest to the design limit for flow or pressure, diesel generator
close to design required output, heat exchangers close to rated design heat removal,
MOV risk-margin rankings, etc.).
5.
A list of station applicability evaluations/reviews performed and documented in the station
corrective action program in the past two years for industry events, critical equipment
failures, and safety related equipment vulnerabilities (as communicated by NRC generic
communications, industry communications, 10 CFR Part 21 notifications, etc.).
6.
A list of operability evaluations completed within the last two years, sorted by associated
component or system.
7.
A list of common-cause failures of components that have occurred at the St. Lucie
Nuclear Plant and have been identified within the last five years.
8.
A list of equipment currently on the sites Key Equipment Priorities List, including a
description of the reason(s) why each component (i.e. not a programmatic or system
level concern) is on that list and summaries (if available) of your plans to address those
reasons.
9.
A list of equipment currently in RIS 05-020 (formerly GL 91-18) status, or in MR (a)(1)
status.
10.
Contact information for a person to discuss PRA information prior to the information
gathering trip: name, title, phone number, and e-mail address.