ML101121011

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000483-10-003) and Request for Information

ML101121011
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	04/22/2010
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Heflin A AmerenUE
References
IR-10-003
Download: ML101121011 (7)

See also: IR 05000483/2010003

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

April 22, 2010

Mr. Adam C. Heflin, Senior Vice

President and Chief Nuclear Officer

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

SUBJECT: CALLAWAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000483/2010003) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin:

On June 7-18, 2010, Reactor Inspectors from NRC's Region IV office will perform the baseline

inspection of heat sink performance and changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant

modifications at Callaway Nuclear Power Plant, using NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.07,

"Heat Sink Performance", and NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.17, "Evaluations of Changes,

Tests, Experiments, and Permanent Plant Modifications."

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.

Upon review of these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review

upon arrival. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete in order to

minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the

onsite portions of 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 Steve Petzel of your regulatory affairs

organization. if there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please

contact the lead inspector James Adams at (817) 860-8294 or by email

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 .!:lllirJJJt:!:!:£.~LCQ.J~~ilillD9.::

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Sincerely, L

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Thomas Farnholtz, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-483

License: NPF-30

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications and Heat

Exchanger Performance Document Request

cc w/enclosure:

Mr. Luke H. Graessle

Director, Operations Support

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

E. Hope Bradley

Manager, Protective Services

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

Mr. Scott Sandbothe, Manager

Plant Support

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

R. E. Farnam

Assistant Manager, Technical

Training

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

J. S. Geyer

Radiation Protection Manager

AmerenUE

P.O. Box 620

Fulton, MO 65251

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John O'Neill, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037

Missouri Public Service Commission

P.O. Box 360

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0360

Dru Buntin

Director of Government Affairs

Department of Natural Resources

P.O. Box 176

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

Mr. Rick A Muench, President and

Chief Executive officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box411

Burlington, KS 66839

Kathleen Logan Smith, Executive Director and

Kay Drey, Representative, Board of Directors

Missouri Coalition for the Environment

6267 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 2E

St. Louis, MO 63130

Presiding Commissioner

Callaway County Court House

10 East Fifth Street

Fulton, MO 65251

Director, Missouri State Emergency

Management Agency

P.O. Box 116

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region VII

9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Mr. Scott Clardy, Administrator

Section for Disease Controi

Missouri Department of Health and

Senior Services

P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

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Certrec Corporation

4200 South Hulen, Suite 422

Fort Worth, TX 76109

Mr. Keith G. Henke, Planner II

Division of Community and Public Health

Office of Emergency Coordination

Missouri Department of Health and

Senior Services

930 Wildwood Drive

P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications

Heat Sink Performance

Inspection Dates: June 7-18,2010

Inspection Procedures: IP 71111.07 "Heat Sink Performance"

IP 71111.17 "Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and

Permanent Plant Modifications"

Inspectors: James Adams, Reactor Inspector, Lead Inspector

Theresa Buchanan, Reactor Inspector

Abin Fairbanks, Reactor Inspector

Dustin Reinert, Reactor Inspector

Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic

format (Certrec database preferred), in care of James Adams, by May 31, 2010, to facilitate the

selection of specific items that will be reviewed during the onsite inspection week. The

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and then request from

your staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the

specific items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. Also,

we request that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below.

Please provide requested documentation electronically if possible. If requested documents are

large and only hard copy formats are available, please inform the inspector(s), and provide

subject documentation during the first day of the onsite inspection. If you have any questions

regarding this information request, please call the lead inspector as soon as possible.

Inspection Procedure 71111.07

Prior to May 31, 2010, the inspectors will contact your regulatory affairs organization with the

sample of two to four heat exchangers and/or heat sinks that will be selected for the inspection.

Once the inspectors select the inspection sample, they will be requesting the following

information for the selected sample:

1. Callaway Nuclear Power Plant responses and commitments to NRC Generic Letter 89-

13.

2. Heat exchanger test program/procedures, including the specific heat exchanger testing

and cleaning procedures for each selected heat exchanger.

3. FSAR sections for selected heat exchangers.

4. Biofouling/chemistry control program/procedures for selected heat exchangers.

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5. Operations training manual sections and design basis notebooks for the selected heat

exchangers.

6. Vendor specifications and recommendations for selected heat exchangers. This should

include data that can be used to determine design heat transfer coefficient and

determine vendor recommended maintenance.

7. Design heat transfer coefficient and fouling factors for selected heat exchangers.

8. Water hammer evaluations for selected heat exchangers (if performed).

9. System health reports for the selected heat exchangers.

10. Test/Inspection results and reports covering the last 3 years for the selected heat

exchangers.

11. Trended performance for the selected heat exchangers.

12. System flow balance test results of the selected heat exchangers for last 3 years.

13. Any applicable eddy current tests for the selected heat exchangers.

14. If any selected heat exchanger systems are scheduled to be opened during the onsite

week, the team would like to observe the interior of the system.

15. A list of corrective maintenance performed in the last 3 years for the selected heat

exchangers.

16. A list of corrective action documents issued in the last 3 years for the selected heat

exchangers.

Inspection Procedure 71111.17

1. A list with descriptions, of all 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) performed since August 3,

2007, which did not result in an evaluation. Note: Description of screenings should be

brief, but of sufficient detail that inspectors can determine the significance of the issue.

2. A list with descriptions, of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed which did not result in

an application for license amendment to NRC from August 3, 2007, to the present.

Note: Description of evaluations should be brief, but of sufficient detail so that inspectors

can determine the significance of the issue.

3. Callaway Nuclear Power Plant procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and evaluations.

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5. A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications dating from August 3, 2007.

Include sufficient detail to enable the inspector to determine the significance of each

modification. For this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent plant

changes, design changes, setpoint changes, procedure changes, equivalency

evaluations, suitability analyses, calculations, and commercial grade dedications.

6. Callaway Nuclear Power Plant procedure for implementing and controlling permanent

plant modifications.

7. A list with descriptions, of all updates to the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant Final Safety

Analysis Report performed per 10 CFR 50.71(e) from August 3,2007, to the present.

Note: Description of evaluations should be brief, but of sufficient detail that inspectors

can determine the significance of the issue.

8. A list with descriptions of all Corrective Action documents related to your permanent

plant modification program and its implementation since August 3, 2007. Include

sufficient detail to enable the inspector to determine the significance of each

modification.

9. A listing of personnel qualified to prepare 50.59 screenings and evaluations, including

qualification dates.

10. A listing of personnel qualified to review and approve 50.59 screenings and/or

evaluations, including qualification dates.

Inspector Contact Information:

James Adams Abin Fairbanks

Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-860-8294 817-860-8158

Theresa Buchanan Dustin Reinert

Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-276-6503 817-860-8244

Mailing Address:

US NRC Region IV

Attn: James Adams

612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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