ML13037A168

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML13037A168
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/01/2013
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 February 1, 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 - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Tynan:

On March 11-15, 2013, the NRC will perform a baseline Occupational and Public Radiation Safety inspection at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedure 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls, 71124.08, Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation and 71151 Performance Indicator Verification (Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Cornerstones). 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 at (706) 826-3596 of your organization that the material be available for review by March 1, 2013. Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of outage activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672 (ruben.hamilton@nrc.gov).

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.

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

T. Tynan 2 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 Web site 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)

ML13037A168 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII: DRS/PSB1 RII: DRS/PSB1 SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/

NAME R. HAMILTON B. BONSER DATE 2/1/2013 2/1/2013 2/ /2013 2/ /2013 2/ /2013 2/ /2013 2/ /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 B. D. McKinney, Jr.

Fleet Oversight Regulatory Response Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Bradley J. Adams D. G. Bost Vice President Chief Nuclear Officer 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 Licensing Supervisor Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution L. L. Crumpton T. A. Lynch Administrative Assistant, Sr.

Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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

T. Tynan 4 cc (continued):

S. C. Swanson Mark Williams Site Support Manager Commissioner Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Chuck Mueller U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Policy and Radiation Program U.S. NRC Georgia Department of Natural Resources 7821 River Road Electronic Mail Distribution Waynesboro, GA 30830 Cynthia A. Sanders Arthur H. Domby, Esq. Radioactive Materials Program Manager Troutman Sanders Environmental Protection Division Electronic Mail Distribution Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Jerry Ranalli Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia James C. Hardeman Power Environmental Radiation Program Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Sandra Threatt, Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Mr. Steven M. Jackson Bureau of Land and Waste Management Senior Engineer - Power Supply Department of Health and Environmental Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Control Electronic Mail Distribution 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 Licensee: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Inspection Dates: March 11-15, 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 Lead Inspector: Ruben Hamilton Senior Health Physicist US NRC Region II (404) 997-4672 ruben.hamilton@nrc.gov 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. During the inspection, the inspectors may request additional documents. If the licensee wishes to use an electronic document service such as CERTRAC or a SharePoint portal the inspectors will try to accommodate for the documentation requested on site. The initial documents should not require an internet connection to be reviewed.

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 on-site 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 Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672. Thank you in advance for your efforts in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection

1. Identification of work activities during the inspection for inspector observations, including notification of pre-job briefings.

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2. Health physics assistance in plant walk-downs assessing radiological hazards and exposure controls, e.g. verifying the posting and locking of entrances to locked-high radiation areas and very high radiation areas, spent fuel pool controls, and radioactive material storage areas.

Health physics and system engineer assistance in plant walk-downs and discussion of large personnel monitoring and/or installed radiation monitors and systems.

General Information Needed

1. Plant Management, Radiation Protection, and Chemistry organizational charts with contact numbers.

2. Electronic copy of UFSAR chapters 11 and 12 (radwaste and radiation protection).

3. Corrective action program procedure.

4. Outage schedule of major activities (Gantt chart if available).

5. Audits and self-assessments performed since the last inspection that encompasses the areas of (1) radiation protection, (2) access controls, and (3) ISFSI.

6. List of radiation protection procedures, including title and number.

71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

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

2. 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.).

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

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

5. Inventory list of all sealed sources stored onsite.

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

7. HP plan for monitoring and controlling hazards associated with potential fuel leakers during the upcoming outage.

8. Most recent self-assessment or audit covering hazard assessment and exposure controls.

9. List of NCRs related to HP controls (e.g., radworker error, HP technician error, posting issues, HRA/LHRA/VHRA issues, survey problems, etc.) issued since March 2012. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing an AR number and brief description, not full NCRs.

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

1. Site and corporate procedures associated with radioactive waste processing and handling, storage, and transportation of radioactive material (RAM), including:

a. Storage and handling of RAM including non-RCA and satellite RCA locations.

b. Waste stream mixing, sampling, concentration averaging, and use of scaling factors.

c. Monitoring impact of long-term storage (e.g. buildup of gases produced by waste decomposition, chemical reactions, container deformation, loss of container integrity, re-release of free-flowing water).

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d. Transferring of resin and/or sludge into shipping/disposal containers; dewatering and waste stabilization.

e. Preparing packages and documentation for shipping radioactive materials.

2. List of RAM storage areas, including satellite RCAs.

3. Process Control Program.

4. List of changes to the radioactive waste processing systems since January 2011, and copies of the associated 50.59 screening documentation.

5. Log of radioactive material shipments (LSA I, II, IIII; SCO I, II, Type A, or Type B) since March 2012, (The inspectors will select 3-5 packages to review in detail).

6. List of NCRs generated since March 2012, related to radioactive solid waste processing and packaging, handling, storage, and shipping of radioactive materials.

Inspector Contact Information Mr. Ruben Hamilton (404) 997-4672 ruben.hamilton@nrc.gov Mailing Address US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II Attention: Mr. Ruben Hamilton 245 Peachtree Center Ave., N.E Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303