ML100620035
| ML100620035 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Watts Bar  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2010 |
| From: | Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3 |
| To: | Bhatnagar A Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| IR-10-601 | |
| Download: ML100620035 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000391/2010601
Text
March 2, 2010
Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Generation Development and Construction
Tennessee Valley Authority
6A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
END OF CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT
UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2010601)
Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:
On February 11, 2010, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction project. Our technical staff reviewed inspection results for the
period from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. The purpose of this letter is to inform
you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future
inspections at your facility.
Overall, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction activities were conducted in a manner that
complied with the Commissions rules and regulations, the conditions of your construction
permit, and the Unit 2 regulatory framework commitments. Our inspections indicated that your
construction program and procedure development, along with project staffing, were sufficiently
implemented to support ongoing construction activities. Management and Quality Assurance
oversight effectively monitored and assessed construction activities. The corrective action
program implementation activities, including initiation, classification, disposition, and trending
were deemed satisfactory. Our inspections continued to monitor the controls established to
ensure Unit 2 construction activities did not adversely affect Unit 1 operations. We believe
these controls will become increasingly important in protecting Unit 1, as the pace of
construction activities on shared systems and in common areas of the plant increases. In
conclusion, project performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the previous three
quarters of the assessment cycle, was acceptable based on the above inspection conclusions,
the fact that all violations were classified as severity level IV or below, and that no substantive
cross-cutting issues were identified. Therefore, we do not plan to expand our inspection
activities beyond what is specified by Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2517.
The enclosed inspection plan contains those projected inspection activities that we have
currently identified, in part, by reviewing your project schedule. It is crucial that you keep us
apprised of any project schedule changes as soon as they are identified, in order to maintain
our inspection plan current. As additional details of your project schedule become available, we
will plan other inspections specified in IMC 2517. Your staff will be informed of changes/
additions to our inspection plans. Routine inspections performed by the resident staff and
inspections of Corrective Active Programs (CAPs), Special Programs (SPs), Generic
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
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Communications and historical open items are not listed on the inspection plan due to their
ongoing and continuous nature. We plan to give your staff ample notification of specific
upcoming inspection activities as their schedule becomes available in order to allow for the
resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues.
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).
Please contact me at (404) 562-6347 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or
our planned inspections.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Robert C. Haag, Chief
Construction Projects Branch 3
Division of Construction Projects
Docket No. 50-391
Construction Permit No: CPPR-92
Enclosure
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Gordon P. Arent, Manager
New Generation Licensing
Nuclear Generation Development
and Construction
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, TN 37381
Masoud Bajestani, Vice President
Watts Bar Unit Two
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, TN 37381
Michael K. Brandon, Manager
Licensing and Industry Affairs
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, TN 37381
County Executive
375 Church Street
Suite 215
Dayton, TN 37321
County Mayor
P.O. Box 156
Decatur, TN 37322
Greg A. Boerschig, Plant Manager
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, TN 37381
John C. Fornicola, General Manager
Nuclear Assurance
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
General Counsel
Tennessee Valley Authority
6A West Tower
400 West Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37902
Lawrence E. Nanney, Director
Tennessee Department of Environmental
Health and Conservation
Division of Radiological Health
3rd Floor, L&C Annex
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243-1532
Larry E. Nicholson, General Manager
Performance Improvement
Tennessee Valley Authority
4X Blue Ridge
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Michael D. Skaggs
Site Vice President
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, TN 37381
Mr. Preston D. Swafford
Chief Nuclear Officer and
Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
3Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Mr. Thomas Coutu, Vice President
Nuclear Support
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Mr. Michael A. Purcell
Senior Licensing Manager
Nuclear Power Group
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
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Michael K. Lorek, Vice President
Nuclear Engineering & Projects
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Mr. Frederick C. Mashburn, Acting Manager
Corporate Nuclear Licensing
and Industry Affairs
Tennessee Valley Authority
4K Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Senior Resident Inspector
Tennessee Valley Authority
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
U.S. NRC 1260 Nuclear Plant Road
Spring City, TN 37381-2000
Mr. William R. Campbell
Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering
Tennessee Valley Authority
6A Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Mr. Robert J. Whalen
Vice President, Nuclear Engineering
3R Lookout Place
Tennessee Valley Authority
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Letter to Ashok S. Bhatnagar from Robert C. Haag dated March 2, 2010
SUBJECT:
WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 CONSTRUCTION - NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000391/2009601
Distribution w/encl:
L. Raghavan, NRR
J. Wiebe, NRR
P. Milano, NRR
C. Evans, RII
L. Slack, RII EICS
E. Guthrie, RII DRP
R. Monk, RII Watts Bar Unit 1 SRI
PUBLIC
Enclosure
2010 Inspection Plan
Watts Bar Unit 2
Inspection Procedure #
Calendar Quarter for Inspection
Problem Identification and Resolution
35007
QA Program Implementation during Construction, Part 52
Appendix 16, Inspection of Criterion XVI - Corrective Action
Third Quarter 2010
Team Inspection
Instrumentation and Controls
52051
Instrument Components Procedure Review
Second Quarter 2010 (SSPS)
Third Quarter (Eagle 21)
52053
Instrument Component Work Observation
Second Quarter 2010 (SSPS)
Third Quarter (Eagle 21)
Reactor Coolant System Pipe Welding
55050
Nuclear Welding General
Second Quarter 2010
In-Service Inspection
73051
Program
Second Quarter 2010
73052
Procedures
Second Quarter 2010
73053
Preservice Observation
Second Quarter 2010
73055
Preservice Data
Second Quarter 2010
Environmental Protection
80210
Initial and Periodic Inspection
Third Quarter 2010
Engineering
35960
QA Program Evaluation of Engineering Organization
Second Quarter 2010
Team Inspection
Special Inspections
37002
Construction Refurbishment Process - Watts Bar Unit 2
Second Quarter 2010
Team Inspection