ML102500302

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

ML102500302
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	09/03/2010
From:	Hopper G Reactor Projects Branch 7
To:	Repko R Duke Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVE N.E., SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 September 3, 2010 Mr. Regis T. Repko Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

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

Dear Mr. Repko:

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 McGuire Nuclear Station during the weeks of October 4 - 8 and October 18 - 22, 2010. The inspection team will be led by Ryan Taylor, a Senior 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 on 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 September 2, 2010, Mr. Taylor confirmed with Mrs. Kay Crane of your staff, arrangements for the two-week onsite inspection.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the inspection. Please have the referenced information available no later than September 24, 2010. Contact Mr. Taylor 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 If additional documents are needed, they will be requested when identified. 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 September 27, 2010. Prior to the onsite inspection, Mr. Taylor will discuss with your staff 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. Taylor at (404) 997-4630.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George T. Hopper, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-369, 50-370 License Nos.: NPF-9, NPF-17

Enclosure:

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION 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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NAME RTaylor GHopper DATE 09/ 3 /2010 09/ 3 /2010 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

DEC 3 cc w/encl: Dhiaa M. Jamil Steven D. Capps Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer Station Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Scotty L. Bradshaw U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Training Manager William B. McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC U.S. NRC Electronic Mail Distribution 12700 Hagers Ferry Rd Huntersville, NC 28078 C. Jeff Thomas Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Kenneth L. Ashe Regulatory Compliance Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Lara Nichols Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Kathryn B. Nolan Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 David A. Repka Winston Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution County Manager of Mecklenburg County 720 East Fourth Street Charlotte, NC 28202 W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

DEC 4 Letter to Regis Repko from George T. Hopper dated September 3, 2010

SUBJECT:

MCGUIRE 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 MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (October 4-8 and October 18-22, 2010)

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since August 11, 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 other available methods 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 h) Degraded/non-conforming condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20) i) System health process or equivalent equipment reliability improvement programs j) Preventive maintenance deferral and Problem Investigative Process (PIP) extension process If any of the procedures requested above were revised after August 11, 2008, please provide (or have available) copies of all revisions during the onsite inspection.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, top ten risk significant components for each one of the top ten risk significant systems, and top ten risk significant operator manual actions

3. List of all PIPs initiated including the following information for each PIP:

a) PIP Number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Priority or level d) Affected system e) Affected component f) Responsible plant department g) PIP completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

PIP # Problem Priority System Component Org Status PIP001 A RHR Pump 2 RHR 2-RHR- ENG Open failed flow criteria PMP-A per SR 5.0.5.4 Enclosure

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4. List of outstanding corrective actions including the following information for each action:

a) Corrective action number b) Corrective action type (e.g., corrective action to prevent recurrence, enhancement, maintenance rule evaluation, etc) c) Brief, but complete corrective action description d) Associated PIP number e) Corrective action initiation date f) Number of Extensions g) Corrective action due date h) Completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Corrective Type Description PIP Initiation Extensions Due Status Action # Date Date AR0034 CAPR Revise PIP0058 01/05/08 2 06/15/08 Closed Procedure NGK-003-4585

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

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

7. List of all currently extended PIPs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following information:

a) PIP #

b) Priority or Significance c) PIP title and short description

8. List of all PIPs that have been voided or cancelled. Please provide the following information for each PIP:

a) PIP Number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Reason voided or cancelled

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSCs) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since August 11, 2008. Please include the following information for each system in (a)(1):

a) Date of classification in (a)(1) b) Reason for being placed in (a)(1)

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10. List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of risk significant systems.

Please include actions completed and current status.

11. List of corrective maintenance work orders. Please include the following information for each work order:

a) WO number b) Brief, but complete work description c) Affected system and components c) Date of initiation d) Date of completion (if completed)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Work Description System Component Initiation Due Status Order # Date Date WO01345 Replace breaker SI 2A-SI-PMP, 01/05/08 03/15/09 Closed 2A-BKR-08-BB4 BKR-08-BB4 for 2A SI Pump.

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

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including PIPs with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports (LERs) issued

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

and industry operating experience (OE) 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.

15. Copies of all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two audits/assessments of the corrective action program.

16. Copies of all department self-assessments for those programs related to the Corrective Action Program (e.g. Operating Experience, Maintenance Rule, etc)

17. 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 Enclosure

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

19. 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.

20. List of PIPs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since August 11, 2005 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.;

environmental qualification). Please provide the following information for each PIP:

a) PIP number b) Priority c) PIP problem description

21. If performed, please provide any recent self-assessment of the site safety culture.

22. 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

23. List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description

24. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report, if available

25. System Health Reports, system design basis documents, and system description information for the top ten risk significant systems Enclosure