ML102390459
| ML102390459 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2010 |
| From: | Nease R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2 |
| To: | Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML102390459 (10) | |
See also: IR 05000366/2010009
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
August 23, 2010
Mr. Dennis R. Madison
Vice President
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
11028 Hatch Parkway North
Baxley, GA 31513
SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF CONDUCT OF A
TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT NO. 05000321/2010009 AND 05000366/2010009)
Dear Mr. Madison:
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 E.I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant in November and December 2010. The inspection team will be led by Mr. Frank
Ehrhardt, NRC Senior Reactor Inspector, of the 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 71111.05T, the NRCs triennial fire protection inspection procedure, dated
December 24, 2009. The inspection guidance will concentrate on the fire protection program
infrastructure and the adequacy of compensatory measures implemented for identified
departures from code requirements. Inspection of circuit analysis is included in the inspection
procedure.
On August 13, 2010 during a telephone conversation between Mr. Steve Tipps (Principal
Licensing Engineer) of your staff, and Mr. Ehrhardt, 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: October 26 - 28, 2010
- Week 1 of onsite inspection: November 15 - 19, 2010
- Week 2 of onsite inspection: November 29 - December 3, 2010
The purposes of the information gathering visit are to obtain information and documentation
needed to support the inspection, to become familiar with the E.I. Hatch Nuclear Plant fire
protection program, fire protection features, post-fire safe shutdown capabilities, plant layout,
and mitigating strategies to address Section B.5.b of the Interim Compensatory Measures
Order, EA-02-026, of February 25, 2002/10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2). The types of documents the
team will be interested in reviewing, and possibly obtaining, are listed in Enclosures 1 and 2.
Please contact Mr. Ehrhardt at (404) 997-4611 prior to preparing copies of the materials listed in
the Enclosures. The inspection team will try to minimize your administrative burden by
specifically identifying those documents required for inspection preparation.
SNC 2
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 their
office space; arrangements for unescorted 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 E.I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
fire protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the
team for their review. Of specific interest for the fire protection portion of the inspection are
those documents which establish that your fire protection program satisfies NRC regulatory
requirements and conforms to applicable NRC and industry fire protection guidance. For the
B.5.b portion of the inspection, those documents implementing your mitigating strategies and
demonstrating the management of your commitments for the strategies are of specific interest.
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 E.I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant fire protection program and its implementation.
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection
requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-
0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document
displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions
concerning this inspection, or the inspection team's information or logistical needs, please
contact Mr. Ehrhardt at (404) 997-4611, or me at (404) 997-4530.
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 NRCs document system
SNC 3
(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm/adams.html 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 No.: 50-321, 50-366
Enclosures: 1. Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Support Documentation
2. Mitigating Strategies Support Documentation
cc w/encl. (See page 4)
_________________________ G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE
OFFICE RII: DRS RII: DRP RII: DRS
NAME F. Ehrhardt S. Shaeffer R. Nease
DATE 8/23/2010 8/23/2010 8/23/2010
E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
SNC 4
cc w/encl:
B. D. McKinney, Jr. Moanica Caston
Regulatory Response Manager Vice President and General Counsel
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution
Jeffrey T. Gasser Steven B. Tipps
Chief Nuclear Officer Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution
M. J. Ajluni Mr. Ken Rosanski
Nuclear Licensing Director Resident Manager
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution Oglethorpe Power Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution
T. D. Honeycutt
Regulatory Response Supervisor Chris Clark
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Commissioner
Electronic Mail Distribution Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
L. Mike Stinson
Vice President Lee Foley
Fleet Operations Support Manager of Contracts Generation
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Oglethorpe Power Corporation
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution
R. D. Baker Senior Resident Inspector
Licensing Supervisor U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. NRC
11030 Hatch Parkway N
E. G. Anners Baxley, GA 30334
Licensing Engineer
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Arthur H. Domby, Esq.
Electronic Mail Distribution Troutman Sanders
Electronic Mail Distribution
Paula Marino
Vice President James C. Hardeman
Engineering Environmental Radiation Program Manager
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Environmental Protection Division
Electronic Mail Distribution Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
R. E. Varnadore
Site Support Manager (cc w/encl continued next page)
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
Electronic Mail Distribution
SNC 5
(cc w/encl continued)
Ted V. Jackson
Emergency Response and Radiation
Program Manager
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
F. Allen Barnes
Director
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
Cynthia A. Sanders
Radioactive Materials Program Manager
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
James A. Sommerville
Program Coordination Branch Chief
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Electronic Mail Distribution
Mr. Steven M. Jackson
Senior Engineer - Power Supply
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
Electronic Mail Distribution
Mr. Reece McAlister
Executive Secretary
Georgia Public Service Commission
Electronic Mail Distribution
Chairman
Appling County Commissioners
County Courthouse
69 Tippins Street, Suite 201
Baxley, GA 31513
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.
Enclosure 1
2
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.
Enclosure 1
3
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).
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.
Enclosure 1
Mitigating Strategies 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 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 DVDROM 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). The
lead inspector will discuss specific information needs with the licensee staff and may
request additional documents or electronic information.
1. A list of all modifications to regulatory commitments made to meet the requirements of
Section B.5.b of the ICM Order, EA-02-026, dated February 25, 2002, the subsequently
imposed license conditions, and 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2).
2. Copies of procedures/guidelines that were revised or generated to implement the
mitigation strategies. These could be extensive damage mitigation guidelines (EDMGs),
severe accident management guidelines (SAMGs), emergency operating procedures
(EOPs), abnormal operating procedures (AOPs), etc.
3. A matrix that shows the correlation between the mitigation strategies identified in
Nuclear Energy Institute 06-12 and the site-specific procedures or guidelines that are
used to implement each strategy.
4. Engineering evaluations/calculations that were used to verify engineering bases for the
mitigation strategies.
5. Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) or simplified flow diagrams for systems relied
upon in the mitigation strategies. These could be the type used for training.
6. A modification package or simplified drawings/descriptions of modifications that were
made to plant systems to implement the mitigation strategies.
7. Copies of procedures used to inventory equipment (hoses, fittings, pumps, etc.) required
to be used to implement the mitigation strategies.
8. A list of B.5.b strategies, if any, which have implementing details that differ from that
documented in the submittals and the safety evaluation report.
9. A copy of site general arrangement drawing(s) that show the majority of buildings/areas
referenced in B.5.b documents.
10. Training records/training matrix/lesson plans related to B.5.b.
11. Copies of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) (e.g., with local fire departments)
required to implement any mitigating strategies.
Enclosure 2