ML102450170

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information for NRC Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

ML102450170
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	09/02/2010
From:	Hopper G Reactor Projects Branch 7
To:	Morris J Duke Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 September 2, 2010 Mr. J. R. Morris Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT:

CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Morris:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resolution (PI&R) inspection at your Catawba reactor facility during the weeks of November 1 - 5 and 15 - 19, 2010. The inspection will be led by Mr. Necota Staples, a Reactor Inspector from the NRCs Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution, issued February 26, 2010.

The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensees Corrective Action Program (CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspections of routine daily screening of all corrective action program issues, quarterly focused issue reviews, and semiannual trend PI&R reviews.

On August 30, 2010, Mr. Necota Staples confirmed with Mr. Marc Sawicki of your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the two-week onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:

• Information gathering visit: October 12, 2010

• Onsite weeks: November 1 - 5 and November 15 - 19, 2010 The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to define the scope of the inspection. Information and documentation needed to support the inspection will also be identified.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.

Please have the referenced information available prior to October 12, 2010. Contact Mr.

Staples with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required for inspection preparation.

DEC 2 Additional documents will be requested during the information gathering visit. The additional information will need to be made available to the team in the Region II office prior to the inspection teams preparation week of October 25 - 29, 2010. Mr. Staples will also discuss the following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection; access to licensee computers; working space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

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 NRC's 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Necota Staples at (404) 997-4644 or me at (404) 997-4645.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George T. Hopper, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-413, 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF-52

Enclosure:

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR CATAWBA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION cc w/encl - See page 3 PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 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.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION 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.

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DEC 4 Letter to Jim Morris from George Hopper dated September 2, 2010

SUBJECT:

CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION Distribution w/encl:

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR CATAWBA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (November 1-5 and 15 - 19, 2010)

A. Documents Needed Prior to the Information Gathering Visit Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since December 19, 2008. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format. If the information is not available in electronic format, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate alternate ways to provide the information.

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to:

a) corrective action process, b) cause evaluation, c) operating experience program, d) employee concerns program, e) self-assessment program, f) maintenance rule program and implementing procedures, g) operability determination process, process, or equivalent equipment reliability improvement programs, and j) preventive maintenance deferral and Problem Investigative Process (PIP). If any of the procedures requested above were revised after December 19, 2008, please provide copies of all revisions.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, components, and operator manual actions.

3. List of all PIPs initiated, sorted by priority, with the following information: a) PIP number, b) priority, and c) PIPs title and short description.

4. List of all PIPs initiated, sorted by the following responsible plant departments. In each department grouping, please provide the PIPs sorted by priority, with the following information: a) PIP number, b) priority, and c) PIP title and short description.

a) Emergency Preparedness; b) Health Physics; c) Chemistry; and, d) Security.

5. List of outstanding corrective actions with a brief description, priority level, initiation date, and due date.

6. List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding PIP and/or work order (WO) number.

7. List of operator workarounds and operator burdens with a brief description and corresponding PIP number

8. List of all operability evaluations with a brief description and corresponding PIP number.

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9. List of temporary modifications and engineering review requests with a brief description and corresponding PIP number. List of all currently extended or overdue PIPs, sorted by initiation date, with the following information: a) PIP number, b) priority, and c) PIP title and short description.

10. List of all PIPs that have been voided or cancelled. Please sort by PIP number, with title or description of problem, and reason voided or cancelled.

11. List of all structures, systems, and components which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since December 19, 2008. Please include applicable procedures for classifying systems or components as (a)(1), date and reason for being placed in (a)(1), and actions completed and current status. Also, provide copy of any self-assessment of the Maintenance Rule program conducted.

12. List of maintenance preventable functional failures of risk significant systems. Please include actions completed and current status.

13. List of corrective maintenance WOs, sorted by system and component, to include: WO number, title or description, date of initiation, and date of completion (if completed).

14. Corrective action closeout packages, including PIP with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee identified violations.

15. Corrective action closeout packages, including PIP with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports issued.

16. List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.)

and industry operating experience documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information letters, information from other sites, etc.,) evaluated by the site for applicability to the station, regardless of the determination of applicability. Please include the reference number (e.g. PIP #) for the documents that evaluated the aforementioned OE information.

17. Copies of all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two audits/assessments of the corrective action program. In addition, please provide any self-assessment of the site safety culture conducted.

18. Copies of all department self-assessments.

19. Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departmental trend report(s), and corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment reliability trends. Copy of any adverse trends in equipment, processes, procedures, or programs.

20. Copies of any Corrective Action Program Effectiveness Reviews.

21. Copy of the latest CAP statistics (if exists) such as the number of PIPs initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may be available.

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22. List of action items generated or addressed by the Plant Safety Review Committee.

23. Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. In addition, please provide a list of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite.

24. List of PIPs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since November 1, 2005 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays; environmental qualification). Please sort by PIP number with the following information:

a) PIP number, b) priority, and c) PIP title and short description.

25. If performed, provide the results from the latest safety culture survey.

26. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other oversight methods.

27. List of all root and apparent cause evaluations with a brief description.

28. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report.

29. Organizational charts for the following: a) management, b) security, c) licensed operators, d) non-licensed operators, e) mechanical maintenance, f) electrical maintenance, g) radiation protection, h) design engineering, i) first and second line supervisors, j) emergency preparedness, k) chemistry, and l) any other groups that perform work on safety-related equipment.

30. A description of any alternative corrective action process within the organization that may not be controlled within the guidance of the CAP (i.e., Radiological Protection, Security, Training, Warehouse).

31. List and description of operator training deficiencies and simulator deficiencies.

32. List of work deferred from the last refueling outage.

B. Documents Needed during or after the Information Gathering Visit, but prior to the Inspection Preparation Week (October 25 - 29, 2010)

For the risk significant systems selected by the team leader during the information gathering visit, please provide copies of the latest System Health Reports, system design basis documents, system description information, and piping and instrumentation drawings.

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