ML13057A873

Plan for the Scoping and Screening Regulatory Audit Regarding the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 and 2, LRA Review

ML13057A873
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	03/08/2013
From:	Richard Plasse License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	John Carlin Tennessee Valley Authority
Yoo M, 415-8583
References
TAC MF0482, TAC MF0481
Download: ML13057A873 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 March 8,2013 Mr. John T. Carlin Site Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Soddy-Daisy, TN 37384

SUBJECT:

PLAN FOR THE SCOPING AND SCREENING REGULATORY AUDIT REGARDING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (TAC NOS. MF0481 AND MF0482)

Dear Mr. Carlin:

By letter, dated Janl:lary 7,2013, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the applicant) submitted an application for renewal of operating licenses DPR-77 and DPR-79 for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2. The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) is reviewing this application in accordance with the guidance in NUREG-1800, "Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants."

The staff plans to conduct its scoping and screening regulatory audit at SON during the weeks of March 11, 2013, in accordance with the enclosed regulatory audit plan. If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-1427 or bye-mail at Richard. Plasse@nrc.gov.

Richard Plasse, Project Manager Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosure:

Audit Plan cc w/encl: Listserv

Audit Plan Scoping and Screening Review for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application March 11, 2013 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ENCLOSURE

- 2 License Renewal Aging Management Program Audit Plan Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

1.

Background

By letter dated January 7,2013, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the applicant), submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) its application for renewal of operating licenses nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2. The applicant requested renewal of operating licenses for an additional 20 years beyond the 40-year current license terms, which expire on September 17, 2020, for Unit 1 and September 15, 2021, for Unit 2. The staff from the Division of License Renewal will lead a regulatory audit to gain a better understanding of the documentation and methodology used by TVA to identify the systems, structures, and components to be included within the scope of license renewal and subject to an aging management review, in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 54.4(a) for scoping and 10 CFR 54.21 for screening.

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Regulatory Audit Bases License renewal requirements are specified in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), "Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants." Guidance is provided in NUREG-1800, Rev. 2, "Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants" (SRP-LR), dated December 2010 and I\\lUREG-1801, Rev. 2, "Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,"

dated December 2010.

3.

Regulatory Audit Scope The scope of this regulatory audit for SQN is a review of the methodology used by TVA to identify the systems, structures, and components to be included within the scope of license renewal and subject to an aging management review, in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 54.4{a) for scoping and 10 CFR 54.21 for screening.

4.

Information and Other Material Necessary for the Regulatory Audit The project team will review the scoping and screening process as documented in the license renewal application, implementing procedures, reports, and drawings. The project team will review:

• Engineering reports and procedures which contain requirements or guidelines for the implementation of scoping and screening methodology.

10 CFR 54.4(a){1) plant evaluations and implementing procedures.

10 CFR 54.4(a)(2) plant evaluations and implementing procedures.

10 CFR 54.4(a)(3) plant evaluations, implementing procedures, and any specific analyses performed.

• Description of the design basis events included in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), and all other additional events (e.g., high energy line break, fire, high

- 3 wind, earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes), which were evaluated during the scoping process.

License renewal drawings.

• System design basis documents and system and component level scoping and screening reports for the selected systems and structures.

Documentation of quality assurance activities associated with license renewal application development.

• Documentation of training activities associated with license renewal application development.

• Assisted access to the plant equipment database and administrative controls procedure.

• Assisted access to the corrective action and operating experience programs database.

5.

Team Assignments Scoping and Screening Bill Rogers Scoping and Screening Angela Buford Scoping and Screening Don Brittner Scoping and Screening Rui Li Scoping and Screening Cimberly Nickell Scoping and Screening Ed Smith Scoping and Screening Evan Davidson

6.

Logistics The audit will be conducted at SQN during the week of March 11, 2013. Entrance and exit briefings will be held at the beginning and end of this audit, respectively.

7.

Special Requests The staff requests the applicant to make available their condition report database for independent searches by the regulatory audit team.

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Deliverables An audit report should be issued to the applicant within 90 days from the end of the audit.

March 8. 2013 Mr. John T. Carlin Site Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Soddy-Daisy. TN 37384

SUBJECT:

PLAN FOR THE SCOPING AND SCREENING REGULATORY AUDIT REGARDING THE SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2. LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (TAC NOS. MF0481 AND MF0482)

Dear Mr. Carlin:

By letter. dated January 7, 2013, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the applicant) submitted an application for renewal of operating licenses DPR-77 and DPR-79 for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2. The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) is reviewing this application in accordance with the guidance in NUREG-1800, "Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants."

The staff plans to conduct its scoping and screening regulatory audit at SQN during the weeks of March 11, 2013, in accordance with the enclosed regulatory audit plan. If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-1427 or bye-mail at Richard. Plasse@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

Richard Plasse, Project Manager Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

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