ML091820702
| ML091820702 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 07/01/2009 |
| From: | O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2 |
| To: | Parrish J Energy Northwest |
| References | |
| IR-09-006 | |
| Download: ML091820702 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000397/2009006
Text
July 1, 2009
J. V. Parrish
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)
Richland, WA 99352-0968
SUBJECT:
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC TRIENNIAL
FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION (05000397/2009006)
Dear Mr. Parrish:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
Region IV staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at the Columbia
Generating Station in September and October of 2009. The inspection team will be comprised
of four reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office and a Reliability and Risk Engineer
from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)accompanying the team for training
purposes. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with Inspection
Procedure 71111.05T, "Fire Protection (Triennial)," the NRC=s baseline fire protection inspection
procedure.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
$
Information gathering visit:
September 1 - 4, 2009
$
Onsite inspection:
September 21 - 25, 2009
October 5 - 9, 2009
Members of the inspection team will visit the Columbia Generating Station on
September 1 - 4, 2009, to meet with selected members of your staff in order to gather
information and documentation needed to support the inspection, to obtain unescorted access to
the facility, to discuss office space assigned to the team, to become familiar with your fire
protection program, and to select the fire areas of interest for the inspection.
Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and
your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive
inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. Please note
that some of the documents are requested to be provided prior to the information gathering visit.
We request that during the onsite inspection weeks, you ensure that copies of analyses,
evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire
protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the
team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire
protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC
and industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) those
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plant systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and
outside the control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses,
(3) reactor plant fire protection systems, (4) the fire protection program and its implementation
and (5) the operational implementation of fire response procedures should be available to
support the team at the site during the inspection.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand
that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Fred Schill of your licensing organization. If
there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead
inspector, Sam Graves, at 817-860-8102 or by email, samuel.graves@nrc.gov.
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).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Neil F. OKeefe, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-397
License: DPR-21
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Documentation Requested
cc w/enclosure:
Chairman
Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
P.O. Box 43172
Olympia, WA 98504-3172
Gregory V. Cullen
Manager, Regulatory Programs
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968, Mail Drop PE20
Richland, WA 99352-0968
Chairman
Benton County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 190
Prosser, WA 99350-0190
Energy Northwest
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William A. Horin, Esq.
Winston & Strawn
1700 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-3817
Lynn Albin
Washington State Department of Health
P.O. Box 7827
Olympia, WA 98504-7827
Ken Niles
Assistant Director
Nuclear Safety and Energy Siting Division
Oregon Department of Energy
625 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-3737
Special Hazards Program Manager
Washington Emergency Management Division
127 W. Clark Street
Pasco, WA 99301
Chief, Technological Hazards Branch
FEMA Region X
Federal Regional Center
130 228th Street, SW
Bothell, WA 98021-9796
Energy Northwest
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Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov )
Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov )
DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov )
DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov )
DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Ron.Cohen@nrc.gov )
Resident Inspector (Nicholas.Hernandez@nrc.gov )
Resident Inspector (Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov )
Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov )
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Clyde.Osterholtz@nrc.gov )
Columbia Site Secretary (Crystal.Myers@nrc.gov )
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov )
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov )
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov )
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
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Enclosure
ENCLOSURE
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested
Please provide the following documentation prior to the onsite information gathering trip,
preferably no later than August 24, 2009. Where practical, please provide copies electronically.
1.
The current version of your Fire Protection program and Fire Hazards Analysis.
2.
Post-fire safe shutdown analysis, post-fire alternative shutdown analysis, and any
supporting calculations which demonstrate acceptable plant response.
3.
Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (Safety Evaluation Reports,
pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, letters
to/from the NRC regarding fire protection/fire safe shutdown, etc.).
Please provide the following documentation during the onsite information gathering trip
September 1 - 4, 2009. Where practical, please provide copies electronically. However,
drawings should be provided as paper copies of sufficient size that all details are legible. Fire
protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls, surveillance testing).
4.
Operating procedures used for achieving and maintaining hot and cold shutdown
conditions from the control room in the event of a fire outside the control room (III.G.2
areas).
5.
Operating procedure(s) used to implement alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas) capability
with or without control room evacuation.
6.
Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the
information-gathering trip).
7.
A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown in the
event of a fire (safe shutdown equipment list), and two copies of the piping and
instrumentation (flow) diagrams for these systems of a size sufficient to read all details.
These should include the systems used for RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay
heat removal, and reactivity control, including the essential support systems.
8.
Plant layout and equipment drawings for the selected fire areas that identify (a) the
physical plant locations of major hot standby and cold shutdown equipment; (b) plant fire
area and/or fire zone delineation; and (c) the locations of fire protection equipment, such
as detection, suppression, and post-fire emergency lighting units, and (d) fire area
boundaries.
9.
Electrical schematics and cable raceway listings for circuits supplying power to
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.
10.
A listing of design change packages, which were determined to impact fire protection and
post-fire safe shutdown, performed in the last 3 years.
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11.
A listing of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.
12.
A listing of fire protection corrective action documents initiated in the last 3 years which
relate to the fire protection program or equipment.
13.
A listing of the applicable codes and standards (e.g. NFPA) related to the design of plant
fire protection features and evaluations of any code deviations showing the version
committed
14.
Drawings of the emergency lighting system which support fire response.
15.
Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering
studies or calculations which support the design basis.
16.
Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and
plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.
17.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.
18.
Maintenance Rule performance criteria and 3 years worth of performance history for fire
protection program systems or functions monitored within the Maintenance Rule
program.
19.
A copy of fire protection program requirements (e.g. limiting conditions for operation,
surveillance test requirements) covered by Technical Specifications, Technical
Requirements Manual, UFSAR, or similar documents.
20.
Copies of internal and external self-assessments, audits, peer-assessments or similar
reviews related to post-fire safe shutdown capability or the fire protection program
completed within the last 3 years.
21.
A list of manual actions taken outside the control room which are credited to mitigate the
consequences of fires in III.G.2 areas (non-alternative shutdown areas). The list should
group actions by the initiating fire area or zone and indicate where the action must take
place.
22.
Electronic copies of operator study guides (lesson plan text and graphics) or design
basis documents that describe the purpose/function/operating characteristics of the safe
shutdown systems (RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and
reactivity control, including the essential support systems).
23.
Two copies of one-line diagrams of the electrical distribution system. These should
depict how power gets from the switchyard to ESF loads. Also include the vital DC
distribution system one-line diagrams.
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24.
A copy of any analysis used to determine in which fire areas a fire could cause a loss of
offsite power (or conversely, a fire could never cause a loss of offsite power). If there is
no analysis, please provide a list of fire areas where offsite power cables are routed, or
where key breakers, protective relaying, or transformers are located. We are interested
in the equipment that delivers/controls offsite power from the switchyard to the ESF
buses.
25.
Please provide a list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression
systems in the plant, giving location and the key equipment being protected.
26.
Please provide a list of repairs (and the procedure that controls the actions) needed to:
a) reach and/or maintain hot shutdown; b) reach and/or maintain cold shutdown.
27.
A list of high to low pressure interface valves.
28.
A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.
29.
Copies of maintenance procedures which routinely verify fuse/breaker coordination in
accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.
30.
The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible. Please put us
in contact with the appropriate personnel to plan a drill during the onsite information
gathering trip September 1 - 4, 2009.
31.
Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
32.
A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location
of their office and phone number onsite.
Inspector Contact Information:
Samuel Graves
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-860-8102
Samuel.graves@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
US NRC Region IV
Attn: Sam Graves
612 East Lamar Blvd., Suite 400
Arlington, TX 76011-4125