ML102450523
| ML102450523 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Watts Bar  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2010 |
| From: | Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3 |
| To: | Bhatnagar A Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| IR-11-601 | |
| Download: ML102450523 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000391/2011601
Text
September 1, 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:
MID - CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT
UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2011601)
Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:
On August 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 July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. 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. We have increased our inspections to monitor the controls
established to ensure Unit 2 construction activities did not adversely affect Unit 1 operations.
These controls have become increasingly important as the pace of construction activities on
shared systems and in common areas of the plant have increased. 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.
As you were previously notified by letter from Mr. Stephen J. Campbell, Chief, Watts Bar
Special Projects Branch, dated July 28, 2010, the staff has identified the need to improve the
timeliness and quality of your documentation submittals related to your operating license (OL)
application. This concern has the potential to impact our construction inspection program.
The enclosed inspection plan contains those major or infrequent 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
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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
inspectors and regional staff on construction activities, Corrective Active Programs (CAPs),
Special Programs (SPs), Generic Communications, historical open items, and construction
deficiency reports (CDRs) 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) 997-4446 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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Mr. Gordon P. Arent
Manager
New Generation Licensing
Nuclear Generation Development
and Construction
WBN Nuclear Plant
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, Tennessee 37381
Mr. Masoud Bajestani
Vice President
WBN Unit Two
WBN Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, Tennessee 37381
Mr. Michael K. Brandon, Manager
Licensing and Industry Affairs
WBN Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, Tennessee 37381
Mr. Preston D. Swafford
Chief Nuclear Officer
and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Place
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801
County Executive
375 Church Street
Suite 215
Dayton, Tennessee 37321
W.D. Crouch, Manager
WBN Unit 2 Licensing
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, Tennessee 37381
Mr. Gregory A. Boerschig
Plant Manager, WBN Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, Tennessee 37381
Mr. M.J. Hellstern
General Manager
NGDC Governance & Oversight
Tennessee Valley Authority
3A Blue Ridge Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801
Mr. R.M Krich
Vice President
Nuclear Licensing
Tennessee Valley Authority
3R Lookout Place
1101 Market Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801
Mr. E.J. Vigluicci
Assistant General Counsel
Tennessee Valley Authority
6A West Tower
400 West Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37402
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
Mr. D. E. Grissette
Site Vice President
WBN Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 2000
Spring City, Tennessee 37381
County Mayor
P.O. Box 156
Decatur, Tennessee 37322
Senior Resident Inspector
WBN Nuclear Plant
U.S. NRC
1260 Nuclear Plant Road
Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000
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cc email distribution w/encl:
Greg Scott
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution
Watts Bar Unit 2 Licensing
Tennessee Valley Authority
Electronic Mail Distribution
Letter to Ashok S. Bhatnagar from Robert C. Haag dated September 1, 2010.
SUBJECT:
WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 CONSTRUCTION - NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000391/2009601
Distribution w/encl:
S. Campbell, NRR
L. Raghavan, NRR
J. Wiebe, NRR
P. Milano, NRR
C. Evans, RII
S. Lewis, RII EICS
E. Guthrie, RII DRP
R. Monk, RII Watts Bar Unit 1 SRI
PUBLIC
Enclosure
Inspection Plan
Watts Bar Unit 2*
Inspection Activity
Calendar Quarter for Inspection
Problem Identification and Resolution (IP 35007)
Second Quarter 2011
Pipe Supports Inspections (IP 50090)
Fourth Quarter 2010
Second Quarter 2011
Independent Design Verification Programs (IMC 2535)
Fourth Quarter 2010
Cyber Security Inspection (NRC Inspection Guidance is in
Progress)
Second Quarter 2011
Environmental Protection Inspection (IP 80210)
Third Quarter 2010
Electrical System Design Inspection (TI 2515/107 and 111)
Second Quarter 2011
Construction Refurbishment Process (IP 37002)
Ongoing
- The inspections listed above are limited to major or infrequently performed inspections. They
are in addition to routine inspections performed by the resident inspectors and regional staff
such as inspections of routine construction activities, CAPs, SPs, Generic Communications and
historical open items.