ML092870758
| ML092870758 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 10/13/2009 |
| From: | Nease R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2 |
| To: | Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| IR-01-007 | |
| Download: ML092870758 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000250/2010007
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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
October 13, 2009
Florida Power and Light Company
ATTN: Mr. Mano Nazar, Senior Vice President
Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer
P.O. Box 14000
Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION
AT THE TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT WHILE TRANSITION TO 10 CFR
PART 50.48(c) IS IN PROGRESS (NRC INSPECTION REPORT
05000250/2010007 AND 05000251/2010007)
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 triennial fire protection baseline inspection at the Turkey Point
Nuclear Plant, Units 3 and 4 in January and February of 2010. The inspection team will be led
by Mr. Norman Merriweather, Senior Reactor Inspector, of the NRC Region II Office. The team
will be composed of personnel from the NRC Region II Office. The inspection will be conducted
in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71111.05TTP, the NRCs baseline fire protection
inspection procedure for plants in the process of implementing 10 CFR 50.48(c), National Fire
Protection Association Standard (NFPA) 805, 2001 Edition. The inspection guidance is different
from the regular triennial inspections in that the inspectors will concentrate on the fire protection
program infrastructure and the adequacy of compensatory measures implemented for identified
departures from code requirements. The inspectors will not routinely inspect for or evaluate
circuit related issues.
On October 6, 2009, during a telephone conversation, between Ms. Olge Hanek, Licensing
Engineer, and Mr. Merriweather, our respective staffs confirmed arrangements for a three-day
information gathering onsite visit and a two-week onsite inspection. The schedule for the
inspection is as follows:
Information gathering visit: January 5 - 7, 2010
Week 1 of onsite inspection: January 25 - 29, 2010
Week 2 of onsite inspection: February 8 - 12, 2010
The purposes of the information gathering visit are to obtain information and documentation
needed to support the inspection, and to become familiar with the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant
fire protection program, fire protection features, post-fire shutdown capabilities and plant layout.
The types of documents the team will be interested in reviewing, and possibly obtaining, are
listed in the Enclosure.
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Please contact Mr. Merriweather prior to preparing copies of the materials listed in the
Enclosure if questions arise. The inspection team will try to minimize your administrative burden
by specifically identifying those documents required for inspection preparation.
During the information gathering visit, the team will also discuss the following inspection support
administrative details: office space; specific documents to be made available to the team in its
office space; arrangements for reactor site access (including radiation protection training,
security, safety and fitness for duty requirements); and the availability of knowledgeable plant
engineering and licensing organization personnel to serve as points of contact during the
inspection.
We request that during the inspection weeks you ensure that copies of analyses, evaluations or
documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the Turkey Point Nuclear
Plant fire protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible
to the team for its review. Of specific interest are those documents which establish that your fire
protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC and
industry fire protection guidance. Also, personnel should be available at the site during the
inspection who are knowledgeable regarding those plant systems required to achieve and
maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and outside the control room (including the
electrical aspects of the relevant post-fire safe shutdown analyses), reactor plant fire protection
systems and features, and the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant fire protection program and its
implementation.
Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions
concerning this inspection, or the inspection teams information or logistical needs, please
contact Mr. Merriweather at (404) 562-4627, or me at (404) 562-4530.
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 NRCs 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/
Rebecca L. Nease, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-250, 50-251
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Support Documentation
cc w/encl: (See page 3)
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cc w/encl:
Alison Brown
Nuclear Licensing
Florida Power & Light Company
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McHenry Cornell
Director
Licensing and Performance Improvement
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Michael Kiley
Site Vice President
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant
Florida Power and Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Niel Batista
Emergency Management Coordinator
Department of Emergency Management
and Homeland Security
Electronic Mail Distribution
Paul Rubin
(Acting) Plant General Manager
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant
Florida Power and Light Company
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Abdy Khanpour
Vice President
Engineering Support
Florida Power and Light Company
P.O. Box 14000
Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
Mark E. Warner
Vice President, Nuclear Operations
South Region
Florida Power & Light Company
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Vice President and Associate General
Counsel
Florida Power & Light Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Marjan Mashhadi
Senior Attorney
Florida Power & Light Company
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William A. Passetti
Chief
Florida Bureau of Radiation Control
Department of Health
Electronic Mail Distribution
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Director
Division of Emergency Preparedness
Department of Community Affairs
Electronic Mail Distribution
Richard L. Anderson
Vice President
Nuclear Plant Support
Florida Power & Light Company
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Senior Resident Inspector
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
9760 SW 344th St.
Florida City, FL 33035
Attorney General
Department of Legal Affairs
The Capitol PL-01
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
Mike A. Shehadeh, P.E.
City Manager
City of Homestead
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County Manager of Miami-Dade County
111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor
Miami, FL 33128
Rajiv S. Kundalkar
Vice President - Fleet Organizational
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Enclosure
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Support Documentation
Note: This is a broad list of the documents the NRC inspection team may be interested
in reviewing, and possibly obtaining, during the information gathering site visit. The
current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic
media is preferred, if readily available. (The preferred file format on CD-ROM or DVD-
ROM is .pdf). The CD/DVD-ROM should be indexed, hyperlinked, readable, and
searchable to facilitate ease of use. Please provide 5 copies of each CD/DVD-ROM
submitted.) Information in lists should contain enough information to be easily
understood by someone who has knowledge of the technology. The lead inspector will
discuss specific information needs with the licensee staff and may request additional
documents or electronic information.
1.
The Fire Protection Program document and the Fire Hazards Analysis.
2.
The Fire Protection Program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls,
surveillance testing, fire brigade).
3.
The fire brigade training program document and the pre-fire plans for the selected fire
areas/zones (to be determined during information gathering visit).
4.
The post-fire safe shutdown analysis, including system and separation analyses.
5.
The alternative shutdown analysis.
6.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire suppression systems.
7.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the systems and components used to
achieve and maintain hot standby, and cold shutdown, for fires involving shutdown from
the control room.
8.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the systems and components used to
achieve and maintain hot standby, and cold shutdown, for fires in areas requiring
alternative or dedicated shutdown capability.
9.
Plant layout and equipment drawings which identify the physical plant locations of hot
standby and cold shutdown equipment.
10.
Plant layout drawings which identify plant fire area and/or fire zone delineation, areas
protected by automatic fire suppression and detection, and the locations of fire
protection equipment for the selected fire areas/zones (to be determined during
information gathering visit).
11.
Plant layout drawings which identify the general location of the post-fire emergency
lighting units.
12.
Plant operating procedures used to, and describing shutdown from inside the control
room with a postulated fire occurring in any plant area outside the control room.
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13.
Plant operating procedures used to implement the alternative shutdown capability from
outside the control room with a fire in either the control or cable spreading room (or any
other alternative shutdown area).
14.
Maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown capability
(including Appendix R emergency lights and communication systems) fire barriers,
detectors, fire pumps and fire suppression systems.
15.
Calculations and/or justifications that verify fuse/breaker coordination for the selected
fire areas/zones (to be determined during information gathering visit) that are fed off the
same electrical buses as components in the protected train. Also, a list of the
maintenance procedures used to routinely verify fuse/breaker coordination in
accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.
16.
A list of the significant fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown design change
descriptions (including their associated 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations) and Generic Letter
(GL) 86-10 evaluations.
17.
A list of the protection methodologies (as identified in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R,
Section Ill.G) used to achieve regulatory compliance for the selected fire areas/zones (to
be determined during information gathering visit). That is, please specify whether 3-hour
rated fire barriers (Section Ill.G.2.a), 20-foot separation along with detection and
suppression (Section IIl.G.2.b), 1-hour rated fire barriers with detection and suppression
(Section lII.G.2.c), or alternative shutdown capability (Section lll.G.3) is used for the
selected fire areas/zones.
18.
Procedures or instructions that govern the implementation of plant modifications,
temporary modifications, maintenance, and special operations, and their impact on fire
protection.
19.
Organization chart(s) of site personnel down to the level of the fire protection staff.
20.
Procedures or instructions that control the configuration of the fire protection program,
features, and post-fire safe shutdown methodology and system design.
21.
A list of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection
features and evaluations of code deviations (i.e., a listing of the NFPA code editions
committed to (Code of Record)).
22.
The three most recent fire protection QA audits and/or fire protection self-assessments.
23.
A list of open and closed fire protection problem identification and resolution reports
[also known as action reports/condition reports/problem investigation
reports/NCRs/EARs] associated with fire protection or Appendix R safe shutdown for the
past three years.
24.
A list of plant fire protection licensing basis documents (i.e., a list of the SERs and
change evaluations which form the licensing basis for the facilitys post-fire safe
shutdown configuration).
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25.
A list of fire protection or Appendix R calculations,
26.
A list of fire impairments identified during the previous year.
27.
A list of abbreviations/designators for plant systems.