ML100620035

End of Cycle Assessment Letter - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (IR 05000391-10-601)

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

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UNITED STATES

TVA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

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

TVA 2

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

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cc w/encl:

Gordon P. Arent, Manager Lawrence E. Nanney, Director

New Generation Licensing Tennessee Department of Environmental

Nuclear Generation Development Health and Conservation

and Construction Division of Radiological Health

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 3rd Floor, L&C Annex

P.O. Box 2000 401 Church Street

Spring City, TN 37381 Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Larry E. Nicholson, General Manager

Watts Bar Unit Two Performance Improvement

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge

P.O. Box 2000 1101 Market Street

Spring City, TN 37381 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Michael K. Brandon, Manager Michael D. Skaggs

Licensing and Industry Affairs Site Vice President

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority

P.O. Box 2000 P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381 Spring City, TN 37381

County Executive Mr. Preston D. Swafford

375 Church Street Chief Nuclear Officer and

Suite 215 Executive Vice President

Dayton, TN 37321 Tennessee Valley Authority

3Lookout Place

County Mayor 1101 Market Street

P.O. Box 156 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Decatur, TN 37322

Mr. Thomas Coutu, Vice President

Greg A. Boerschig, Plant Manager Nuclear Support

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place

P.O. Box 2000 1101 Market Street

Spring City, TN 37381 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

John C. Fornicola, General Manager Mr. Michael A. Purcell

Nuclear Assurance Senior Licensing Manager

Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Power Group

3R Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority

1101 Market Street 3R Lookout Place

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

General Counsel

Tennessee Valley Authority

6A West Tower cc: See next page

400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902

TVA 4

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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

2010 Inspection Plan

Watts Bar Unit 2

Inspection Procedure # Calendar Quarter for Inspection

Problem Identification and Resolution

35007

Third Quarter 2010

QA Program Implementation during Construction, Part 52

Team Inspection

Appendix 16, Inspection of Criterion XVI - Corrective Action

Instrumentation and Controls

52051 Second Quarter 2010 (SSPS)

Instrument Components Procedure Review Third Quarter (Eagle 21)

52053 Second Quarter 2010 (SSPS)

Instrument Component Work Observation Third Quarter (Eagle 21)

Reactor Coolant System Pipe Welding

55050

Second Quarter 2010

Nuclear Welding General

In-Service Inspection

73051

Second Quarter 2010

Program

73052

Second Quarter 2010

Procedures

73053

Second Quarter 2010

Preservice Observation

73055

Second Quarter 2010

Preservice Data

Environmental Protection

80210

Third Quarter 2010

Initial and Periodic Inspection

Engineering

35960 Second Quarter 2010

QA Program Evaluation of Engineering Organization Team Inspection

Special Inspections

37002 Second Quarter 2010

Construction Refurbishment Process - Watts Bar Unit 2 Team Inspection

Enclosure