ML103120336

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

ML103120336
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	11/05/2010
From:	Hopper G Reactor Projects Branch 7
To:	Krich R Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 November 5, 2010 Mr. R. M. Krich Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Krich:

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 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 during the weeks of January 10-14 and 24-28, 2011. The inspection will be led by Mr. Rodney Clagg, a Resident Inspector from the North Anna Power Station. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure 71152, Identification and Resolution of Problems Inspection, 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.

During a telephone conversation, Mr. Clagg confirmed, with Mr. Jerry Bushnell of your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the two-week onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:

• Information gathering visit: December 15-16, 2010

• Inspection team preparation week: January 3-7, 2011

• Onsite weeks: January 10-14 and 24-28, 2011 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 December 15, 2010. Contact Mr.

Clagg 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.

R. Krich 2 Additional documents may be requested during the information gathering visit. Any additional information will need to be made available to the inspection team prior to the preparation week of January 3-7, 2011. Mr. Clagg 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. Rodney Clagg at (540) 894-5421 or me at (404) 997-4645.

Sincerely,

/RA By R. Taylor For/

George T. Hopper, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-390 License Nos.: NPF-90

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: - See next page 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 EGuthrie RTaylor DATE 11/ /2010 11/5/10 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO R. Krich 3 cc w/encl:

D. E. Grissette Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 G. A. Boerschig Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 M. K. Brandon Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution E. J. Vigluicci Assistant General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 6A West Tower 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 County Mayor P.O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322 Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Watts Bar Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, TN 37381-2000 Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR WATTS BAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (January 10-14 and 24-28, 2011)

A. Documents Needed Prior to the Information Gathering Visit Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since June 1, 2009. 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 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 evaluation report (PER) extension process If any of the procedures requested above were revised after June 1, 2009, please provide copies of all revisions.

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. Copies of system health reports, system design basis documents, and system description information for the top ten risk significant systems.

3. List of all PERs initiated including the following information for each PER:

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

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2 PER # Problem Priority System Component Org Status PER A RHR Pump 2 RHR 2-RHR- ENG Awaiting 00123 failed flow PMP-A Effectiveness criteria per SR Review 5.0.5.4

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

a) Corrective action number b) Priority or level c) Brief, but complete corrective action description d) Corrective action initiation date e) Number of Extensions f) Corrective action due date g) Current completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Corrective Priority Description Initiation Extensions Due Status Action # Date Date CA 2 Revise 01/05/08 2 06/15/08 Awaiting 00123-02 Procedure Final NGK-003- Review 4585

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

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

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

a) PER Number b) Priority or Level c) Brief, but complete problem description

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

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

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9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSCs) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since June 1, 2009. 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) c) Planned actions and their status

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) Priority or level d) Affected system and components e) Date of initiation f) Due date (or completed date) g) Status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

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

12. Corrective action closeout packages, including PER with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee Identified Violations (LIV). Please include a cross reference linking NRC finding numbers and LIVs to the appropriate PER numbers.

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including PER with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports (LER) issued. Please include a cross reference linking LER numbers to the appropriate PER numbers.

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. PER #) for the documents that evaluated the aforementioned OE information.

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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.

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. Copy of any adverse trends in equipment, processes, procedures, or programs.

18. Copies of any Corrective Action Program Effectiveness Reviews.

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

20. 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 the team is onsite.

19. List of PERs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since January 1, 2006, (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 PER:

a) PER number b) Priority or level c) PER problem description

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

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 and apparent cause evaluations with a brief description.

24. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report.

25. Organizational charts for the following:

a) Management b) Security c) Licensed operators d) Non-licensed operators Enclosure

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26. A description of any alternative corrective action process within the organization that may not be controlled within the guidance of the Corrective Action Program (i.e.,

Radiological Protection, Security, Training, Warehouse).

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