ML13028A150

Emergency Preparedness Inspection and Request for Information

ML13028A150
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	01/25/2013
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 January 25, 2013 Mr. Tom E. Tynan Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Tynan:

From April 1 - 5, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will perform a baseline Emergency Preparedness inspection at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant. The inspection will evaluate activities in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone using NRC Inspection Procedures 71114.02 - Alert and Notification System (ANS) Evaluation, 71114.03 - Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Staffing and Augmentation System, 71114.05 - Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness, and the Emergency Preparedness Sections of 71151, Performance Indicator Verification.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource-intensive both for 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 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 on-site 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 George Gunn of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Mark E. Speck at (404) 997-4759 (Mark.Speck@nrc.gov) or the Chief of Plant Support Branch 1, Brian Bonser at (404) 997-4653.

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.

T. Tynan 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 document 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 Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-424, 50-425 License No.: NPF-68, NPF-81

Enclosure:

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

ML13028A150 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII: DRS/PSB1 RII: DRS/PSB1 SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/

NAME M. SPECK B. BONSER DATE 1/24/2013 1/25/2013 1/ /2013 1/ /2013 1/ /2013 1/ /2013 1/ /2013 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO T. Tynan 3 cc:

C. Russ Dedrickson T. E. Tynan Fleet Support Supervisor Site Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution S. Kuczynski Chairman, President and CEO M. J. Ajluni Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Nuclear Licensing Director Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Todd L. Youngblood Vice President, Fleet Oversight B. D. McKinney, Jr.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Regulatory Response Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution W. L. Bargeron Plant Manager D. W. Daughhetee Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Licensing Engineer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution D. G. Bost Bradley J. Adams Chief Nuclear Officer Vice President, Fleet Operations Support Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution N. J. Stringfellow T. D. Honeycutt Licensing Manager Regulatory Response Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Paula Marino L. P. Hill Vice President, Engineering Licensing Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution T. A. Lynch L. L. Crumpton Vice President Administrative Assistant, Sr.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Hickox, T. Mark Dennis R. Madison Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Mark Rauckhorst Electronic Mail Distribution Site Vice President Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Leigh Perry Southern Nuclear Operating Company SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution cc: (continued on page 4)

T. Tynan 4 cc: (continued) Mark Williams S. C. Swanson Commissioner Site Support Manager Georgia Department of Natural Resources Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Chuck Mueller Senior Resident Inspector Manager, Policy and Radiation Program U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Georgia Department of Natural Resources Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 Cynthia A. Sanders Radioactive Materials Program Manager Arthur H. Domby, Esq. Environmental Protection Division Troutman Sanders Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Jerry Ranalli James C. Hardeman Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Environmental Radiation Program Manager Power Environmental Protection Division Electronic Mail Distribution Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Mr. Steven M. Jackson Environmental Surveillance Senior Engineer - Power Supply Bureau of Land and Waste Management Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Department of Health and Environmental Electronic Mail Distribution Control Electronic Mail Distribution Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Division of Radiological Health Georgia Public Service Commission TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Electronic Mail Distribution 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, SW Richard Haynes Atlanta, GA 30334 Director, Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Office of the County Commissioner S.C. Department of Health and Burke County Commission Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 Director Consumers' Utility Counsel Division Lee Foley Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Manager of Contracts Generation 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive Oglethorpe Power Corporation Plaza Level East, Suite 356 Electronic Mail Distribution Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Amy Whaley Resident Manager Electronic Mail Distribution

Pre-Inspection Document Request List Inspection Dates: April 1 - 4, 2013 Inspection Procedures: IP 71114.02 Alert and Notification System Evaluation IP 71114.03 ERO Staffing and Augmentation System IP 71114.05 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Note: This is a list of the documents to be provided to the inspectors upon arrival on-site. 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 or thumb drive). Please organize the information as it is arranged below (e.g. a folder labeled Miscellaneous). It is not the intent that large or burdensome data be scanned for this purpose. This data will be inspected using original documentation. Material can be provided prior to the inspection to the NRC Region II Office (Attention: Mark Speck, 245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE., Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30303-1257). If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

EP2 Alert and Notification System (ANS) Evaluation Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved Alert Notification System (ANS) report Alert Notification System Testing Procedure ANS equipment technical manual ANS equipment testing results (raw data) for two year inspection period ANS equipment maintenance records for two year inspection period Changes to the ANS system, implementing procedures, testing procedures and the maintenance program including any supporting DHS approval letters for the past two years Corrective action program entries related to the Alert and Notification System for the two year inspection period Information provided to the public inside the 10 mile plume exposure pathway EP3 Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Staffing and Augmentation System Current ERO roster ERO and Augmentation implementing procedures and changes made over the past two years NUREG 0654 Table B1 site equivalent ERO training program procedure EP staff training program and qualification records ERO augmentation ERF activation, including backup, equipment initiation procedure ERO augmentation testing results Corrective action program entries related to the ERO staffing and augmentation for the two year inspection period Enclosure

2 EP5 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness Governing documents for the assessment process All EP program assessments, not including INPO performed assessments, for the two year inspection period 10 CFR 50.54(t) audits and subsequent state/local correspondence for the two year inspection period Drill and exercise critiques for the past two year period Critiques of actual events resulting in implementation of the emergency plan for past two years Corrective action program entries relating to emergency preparedness (abbreviated, i.e.

identifier and brief description), for the two year inspection period with the risk significant related entries separated Governing documents for 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluation process Corrective Action Program procedures Maintenance records and availability-tracking information for equipment important to emergency preparedness EP01/EP02/EP03 Performance Indicators (PI) Verification Governing document for the performance indicator process Drill and Exercise Performance (DEP), Emergency Response Organization (ERO), and Alert and Notification System (ANS) PI data submitted for the two year inspection period DEP documentation and evaluations for the two year inspection period Current ERO roster Corrective action program entries related to performance indicators, that is DEP, ERO training and participation, and ANS for the two year inspection period Miscellaneous Procedures Current Emergency Plan Safety Evaluation Report approved Emergency Plan Current Emergency Action Levels Safety Evaluation Report approved Emergency Action Levels Current Emergency Plan implementing procedures Departmental processes or procedures for Emergency Preparedness staff Corporate processes or procedures for Emergency Preparedness staff Lead Inspector Contact Information:

Mark Speck mark.speck@nrc.gov (404) 997-4759