ML13067A336

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IR 05000482-10-405, on 02/07/2013, Wolf Creek Generating Station - NRC Material Control and Accounting
ML13067A336
Person / Time
Site: Wolf Creek Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation icon.png
Issue date: 03/08/2013
From: James Drake
NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/PSB-2
To: Matthew Sunseri
Wolf Creek
References
IR-10-405
Download: ML13067A336 (2)


See also: IR 05000482/2010405

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY- RELATED INFORMATION

UNITE D S TATE S

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON

R E G IO N I V

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD

AR L I NGTON , TEXAS 7 601 1- 4511

March 8, 2013

ML13067A336

Matthew W. Sunseri, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NRC MATERIAL CONTROL AND

ACCOUNTING PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT 05000482/2010405

Dear Mr. Sunseri:

On February 7, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection

of a security baseline inspection at your Wolf Creek Generating Station. The inspection covered

a key attribute of the Security Cornerstone of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process, Material

Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material (MC&A-SNM). The enclosed inspection

report documents the inspection results which were discussed on February 7, 2013, with you

and members of your staff.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to security and

compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license.

The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed

personnel.

This inspection report documents one NRC-identified violation of very low safety significance

(i.e., Green as determined by the Physical Protection Significance Determination Process).

The deficiency was promptly corrected in the plant in order to restore compliance with

applicable MC&A-SNM requirements before the inspectors left the site, and this matter was

entered into the corrective action program to revise MC&A-SNM procedures to comply with

NRC requirements.

In addition, this violation had a cross-cutting aspect in the area Human Performance associated

with decision making and conservative assumptions. Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1,

did not verify the validity of the underlying assumptions when they implemented procedures that

were contrary to NRC requirements without obtaining a written exception to NRC regulations

(H.1.b). However, because this violation was of very low safety significance and was entered

Enclosure transmitted herewith contains SUNSI. When separated from enclosure, this

transmittal document is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY- RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY- RELATED INFORMATION

M. Sunseri -2-

into your corrective action program, the NRC is treating this as a non-cited violation consistent

with Section 2.3.2 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. If you contest this non-cited violation or its

significance, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report,

with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document

Control Desk, Washington D.C. 20555-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar Blvd, Arlington, Texas 76011-

4511; the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D. C. 20555-001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating

Station. In addition, if you disagree with the characterization of any violation in this report, you

should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for

your disagreement, to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, and the NRC Resident Inspector

at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The information you provide will be considered

in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter 0305.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the

Publicly Available Records component of NRCs document system, (ADAMS). ADAMS is

accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public

Electronic Reading Room). However, because of the security-related concerns contained in the

enclosure, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, a copy of this letters enclosure will not be

available for public inspection.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1)(ii), the NRC is waiving the affidavit requirements for

your response, if any. This practice will ensure that your response will not be made available

electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs

document system, ADAMS. If Safeguards Information is necessary to provide an acceptable

response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. Otherwise, mark

your entire response "Security-Related Information-Withhold Under 10 CFR 2.390" and follow

the instructions for withholding in 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1).

Sincerely,

/RA/

James F. Drake, Chief

Plant Support Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-482

License Nos.: NPF-42

Nonpublic Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 05000482/2013405

w/Attachment: Supplemental Information

cc w/o enclosure: Electronic Distribution for Wolf Creek Generating Station

Enclosure transmitted herewith contains SUNSI. When separated from enclosure, this

transmittal document is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY- RELATED INFORMATION