ML13018A024

William B. McGuire Nuclear Station - Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML13018A024
Person / Time
Site:	McGuire, Mcguire
Issue date:	01/17/2013
From:	Brian Bonser, Wade Loo NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Capps S Duke Energy Corp
Linda K. Gruhler 404-997-4633
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Download: ML13018A024 (8)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 January 17, 2013 Mr. Steven D. Capps Site Vice President Duke Energy Corporation McGuire Nuclear Station MG01VP/12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078

SUBJECT:

WILLIAM B. MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Capps:

During the period of March 18 - 22, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will perform a baseline Radiation Safety Inspection at the William B. McGuire Nuclear Power Station, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01, and 71124.08).

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 onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete, in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Kay Crane of your organization, and that the material be available for review by March 1, 2013. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Wade Loo at (404) 997-4727.

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, under control number 3150-0044, 3150-0014, 3150-0011, and 3150-0008. 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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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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request cc : (See page 3)

S. Capps 2

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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request cc: (See page 3)

Distribution:

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cc:

Charles J. Morris III Plant Manager McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Jeffrey J. Nolin Design Engineering Manager McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution H. Duncan Brewer Organizational Effectiveness Manager McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Kenneth L. Ashe Regulatory Compliance Manager McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Kay L. Crane Senior Licensing Specialist McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Joseph Michael Frisco, Jr.

Vice President, Nuclear Design Engineering General Office Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution M. Christopher Nolan Director - Regulatory Affairs General Office Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Cummings (acting)

Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing Manager General Office Duke Energy Corporation Alicia Richardson Licensing Administrative Assistant General Office Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Lara S. Nichols Deputy General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Cummings Associate General Counsel General Office Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Beth J. Horsley Wholesale Customer Relations Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Repka Winston Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission William B. McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Rd Huntersville, NC 28078 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 Electronic Mail Distribution

Enclosure Pre-Inspection Document Request Licensee:

McGuire Nuclear Plant Inspection Dates:

March 18 - 22, 2013 Documents Due to Region by:

March 1, 2013 Inspection Procedures:

71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation Note: Unless specified otherwise, the current version of these documents is expected.

Electronic media is preferred if readily available. (The preferred file format is MSWord, or searchable.pdf files on CDROM). Note that the inspectors cannot accept data provided on USB or flash drives due to NRC IT security policies. To the extent possible, please organize the information in the order shown below. Experience has shown that a poorly organized CD leads to a less efficient inspection and places additional burden on licensee staff. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Documentation, unless otherwise specified, is requested for Inspection Procedure 71124.01 from October 2012, to the present; and for Inspection Procedure 71124.08 from April 2011, to the present.

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 inspectors will select documents/areas from the list for onsite review. If any of the requested information is too burdensome to provide electronically or as hard copies, simply indicate that the requested material is available for onsite review by the inspectors.

If you have any questions, please call Wade Loo at (404) 997-4727. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.

Miscellaneous Information Telephone numbers and name(s) of primary site contact(s) for each Inspection Procedure (Org Charts are sufficient).

List of radiation protection procedures, including title and number.

Corrective Action Program procedures.

Outage schedule, including work activities to be conducted during the week of the inspection.

List of active radiation work permits, including those specific to outage activities, with their administrative limits, electronic dosimeter dose rate limit, and dose limit.

Audits and self-assessments performed since the last inspection that encompasses the areas of (1) access controls, and (2) transportation of radioactive material/radwaste.

Records of contamination incidents since the last inspection.

2 71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1. Site and corporate procedures associated with the access control program. Procedures should include:

Radiological surveys, postings, and radiation control barricades.

Security and control of high radiation sources/objects stored in pools.

Posting of areas, labeling of containers, and inventories of non-SNM materials maintained within the spent fuel pools.

Radiation Work Permits.

Radiological Job-Coverage.

Controlling access to High Radiation Areas (HRAs), High Dose Rate High Radiation Areas (HDR-HRAs), and Very High Radiation Areas (VHRAs).

Key controls for all high radiation areas.

Radioactive material control, including contamination and hot particles.

Contamination control (i.e., procedures for release of contaminated individuals or potentially contaminated materials from the radiologically controlled area (RCA)).

2. External dose monitoring (i.e., dosimetry issuance and use). The documents should include guidance for:

Multi-badging; monitoring in steep/highly variable dose rate gradients.

High radiation area (HRA), locked-HRA (LHRA) and very high radiation area (VHRA) controls for select operational/outage activities.

Personnel contamination events; storage/care of personal dosimeters.

Use of electronic dosimeters including evaluation of set-point determination.

Biases identified relative to TLD monitoring.

Remote monitoring procedures; post shutdown, fuel movement, and/or diving operations.

3. Internal dose assessment (i.e., both in vivo and in vitro bioassay and air sampling capabilities). The documents should include guidance for:

Calibration/QC and use of whole body counter (WBC).

Release of contaminated individuals.

Use of passive monitoring as screening method for evaluations.

Special in vitro sample collection and analysis.

Suspect alpha particle exposures.

4. List of the five highest cumulative exposures or exposure rate tasks for current outage activities. Provide associated radiation work permit documents, if available.

5. List of all positive whole body count (WBC), in vitro, or air sampling analyses since October 2012, which resulted in an assigned CEDE equal to or exceeding 10 millirem [Note: a listing should be provided for use by the inspectors to select a sample of issues for in-depth review during the on-site inspection].

6. List of all personnel contamination events, dispersed contamination/discrete particles, identified since October 2012. [Note: only a listing should be provided for use by the inspectors to select a sample of issues for in-depth review during the onsite inspection].

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7. List of current outage tasks with significant potential for significant release of airborne radioactive particulates.

8. List of LHRAs, HDR-HRAs (>25 rem in one hour @ 30 cm), and VHRAs. Include areas with the potential to become a LHRA during routine operations or outages.

9. List of corrective action reports generated since the last inspection related to access controls, including the following:

Access controls, including high radiation area radiological incidents.

Radiological events caused by radiation worker errors.

Radiological events caused by radiation protection technician errors.

Internal or external dosimetry issues/events.

10. Available for onsite review during inspection:

Elevation maps with most recent operating and outage radiation survey levels.

National Source Tracking System documentation including source inventory and administrative data from National Source Tracking System.

71124.08 - Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation

1. Site and corporate procedures and manuals describing licensee compliance with 10 CFR Parts 20, 61, and 71 and 49 CFR Parts 170-189. Procedures/manuals should include:

Solid and liquid radwaste processing procedures.

Procedure(s) for transferring radioactive waste resin and sludge discharges into shipping/disposal containers.

Waste stream mixing and/or sampling procedures, including (1) waste concentration averaging, (2) use of scaling factors and calculations used to account for difficult to measure radionuclides, and (3) ensuring waste stream composition data accounts for changing operational parameters.

Shipping/transportation procedures.

Cask loading and closure procedures (licensee and vendor) applicable to last three cask transports.

2. Copy of the Process Control Program (PCP) manual.

3. Copy of the most recent Annual Radioactive Effluents Release Report.

4. Liquid and solid radwaste system diagrams and detailed system descriptions (e.g.,

information that might be contained in curricula for training new system engineers).

5. Copy of the Radioactive Shipping Logs from April 2011, to the present. (The inspector will select transportation shipping packages for review during the inspection.)

6. List of all changes made to solid and liquid radwaste processing systems since April 2011, and the associated 10 CFR 50.59 documentation, as appropriate.

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7. List of all abandoned solid and liquid radwaste processing equipment.

8. Last two 10 CFR Part 61 analyses for each identified radioactive waste stream; including QA data (e.g., in-house vs. vendor lab comparisons, current results vs. database, etc.).

9. Most recent self-assessment or audit of Shipping, radioactive waste processing, and Radioactive Material (RAM) storage programs.

10. List of CRs related to shipping, radwaste processing, or RAM storage since April 2011.

This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

11. Available for onsite review during the inspection:

Site drawing(s) showing the location of all stored radioactive materials and all stored radioactive waste.

Plant drawings sufficient to permit the inspector to walkdown the liquid and solid radioactive waste processing systems to verify that the current system configuration/operation agree with the descriptions contained in the UFSAR and in the PCP.

Copies of applicable transport cask Certificate of Compliance for the last three transport cask shipments.

Training records for all individuals qualified to handle and ship radioactive material/waste demonstrating the requirements of 49 CFR 172 Subpart H (HAZMAT training) have been met.

Inspector Contact Information Mr. Wade Loo (404) 997-4727 wade.loo@nrc.gov Mailing Address U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II Attention: Mr. Wade Loo 245 Peachtree Center Ave., N.E.

Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303