ML12270A861

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information - V.C. Summer Nuclear Station

ML12270A861
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	09/21/2012
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Gatlin T South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 September 21, 2012 Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin Vice President - Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - V.C.

SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Gatlin:

During the period of October 15-19, 2012, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a baseline radiation safety inspection at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. The inspection will evaluate activities in the Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone using NRC Inspection Procedures (IP) 71124.01.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this activity. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete, thereby minimizing the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. The inspector has requested that the subject informational material be provided in CD format upon arrival on-site on October 15, 2012.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Susan Reese of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672, or the Plant Support Branch 1 Chief, Brian Bonser at (404) 997-4653.

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.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

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

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requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, under 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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.

50-395 License No. NPF-12

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request Public Radiation Safety Cornerstone cc w/encl. (See page 3)

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cc w/encl:

J. B. Archie Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution George A. Lippard, III General Manager Nuclear Plant Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Andy T. Barbee Director Nuclear Training South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Wayne D. Stuart (Acting) General Manager Engineering Services South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robin R. Haselden General Manager Organizational Development &

Effectiveness South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Shaun M. Zarandi General Manager Nuclear Support Services South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert L. Justice Manager Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Bruce L. Thompson Manager Nuclear Licensing (Mail Code 830)

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Donna W. Railey Licensing Technician Nuclear Licensing South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robin J. White Nuclear Coordinator S.C. Public Service Authority Mail Code 802 Electronic Mail Distribution Susan E. Jenkins SC Department of Health & Environmental Control Bureau of Land and Waste Management Electronic Mail Distribution Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Electronic Mail Distribution Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Senior Resident Inspector Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station U.S. NRC 576 Stairway Road Jenkinsville, SC 29065

Enclosure Pre-Inspection Document Request Public Radiation Safety Cornerstone Licensee:

V.C. Summer Nuclear Station Docket Number:

05000395 Inspection Dates:

October 15 - 19, 2012 Procedures:

71124.01 - Radiological Hazards Assessment and Exposure Control Note: This is a broad list of the documents the NRC inspectors will be interested in obtaining and reviewing prior to the on-site inspection visit. The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic media is preferred, if readily available. (The preferred file format is Word or searchable pdf files on CDROM.) Information in the document lists should contain enough information to be easily understood by someone who has knowledge of the subject. The lead inspector can answer questions regarding questions on specific information needs with licensee staff and may request additional documents.

Documentation is requested from April 18, 2011, to the present. This would be the last time this procedure was performed at this site. We would prefer as much of the information as possible in electronic form. An index to the CD contents is also helpful. For those items requesting a list of documents/areas, the inspector will select documents/areas from the list for on-site review.

If you have any questions, please call Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672. Thank you in advance for all of your effort in putting together this material.

General Information Needed Telephone numbers of contacts for the identified inspection areas.

List of radiation protection procedures.

Procedures for issuing and assessing issues for risk significance and follow-up actions (i.e. Corrective Action Program procedures).

List of radiologically significant work activities scheduled during the week of 10/15/12.

71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1. List of outage RWPs.

2. Plant maps of all Locked HRAs and VHRAs. Include areas with the potential to become a LHRA during routine operations or outages.

3. Procedures related to HP controls (e.g. Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, HRA/LHRA/VHRA control, key control, control of divers, special controls during fuel offload, hot spots, etc.).

4. List of the 10 most exposure significant work areas within radiation areas, high radiation areas (<1R/hr), or airborne radioactivity areas in the plant. This may include areas with low dose rates but high collective dose. Identify any high radiation areas with significant dose gradients (factor of five or more), including underwater diving activities.

5. Procedures related to release of personnel and materials (e.g. release surveys, decontamination, guidance for alarm follow up, etc.).

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6. List of Nationally Tracked Sources and any change-of-ownership transactions.

7. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool.

8. All self-assessments or audits covering HP controls since April 18, 2011, (if none, then provide the most recent) LIST of CRs related to HP controls where the cause was listed as human performance (radworker error) or human performance (HP technician error) issued since April 18, 2011. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

9. All CRs related to Nationally Tracked Sources since April 18, 2011.

Inspector Contact Information:

Ruben Hamilton (404) 997-4672 ruben.hamilton@nrc.gov Mailing Address US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II ATTN: Ruben Hamilton 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303