ML13119A258

Emergency Preparedness Inspection and Request for Information

ML13119A258
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	04/29/2013
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 April 29, 2013 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Shea:

From October 28-November 1, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct baseline emergency preparedness inspection activities at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71114.01 and 71151). 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 activity. Prior to the on-site inspection period, inspectors will review the proposed exercise scenario using IP 71114.08 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 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 Mr. Rusty Stroud of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Mark Speck at (404) 997-4759 (Mark.Speck@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 3150-0011. 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

J. Shea 2 Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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).

Sincerely,

//RA//

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-390 License No.: NPF-90

Enclosure:

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

J. Shea 3 cc:

Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution County Mayor David H. Gronek P.O. Box 156 Plant Manager Decatur, TN 37322 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority County Executive Electronic Mail Distribution 375 Church Street Suite 215 Donna K. Guinn Dayton, TN 37321 Manager, Site Licensing Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Department of Environment &

Tennessee Valley Authority Conservation Electronic Mail Distribution Division of Radiological Health 401 Church Street Terry E. Cribbe Nashville, TN 37243 Manager, Corporate Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Resident Inspector Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Edward J. Vigluicci 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Associate General Counsel, Nuclear Spring City, TN 37381-2000 Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Gordon P. Arent Rockwood, TN 37854 Senior Manager, Licensing WBN Unit 2

Pre-Inspection Document Request Inspection Dates: October 28-November 1, 2013 Inspection Procedures: 71114.01 Exercise Evaluation 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Drill/Exercise Performance ERO Drill Participation Alert and Notification System Reliability Note: This is a list of the documents to be delivered to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region II Office (Attention: Mark Speck, 245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE, Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30303-1257) and provided to the inspection team upon arrival. The first three items under EP1 are requested as early as practical to support the pre-exercise scenario review. 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). Note that the inspectors cannot accept data provided on USB or flash drives due to NRC IT security policies. Please organize the information as it is arranged below to the extent possible. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

EP1 Exercise Evaluation Current exercise package: scenario timeline, expected Drill and Exercise Performance opportunities, exercise objectives, radiological assumptions, and scope of play and participation Completed IP 71114.08 Scenario Review Checklist, if performed Previous two exercise packages: scenario timelines, drill reports or assessments, and respective Final FEMA/ DHS exercise reports Drill and exercise related procedures Core damage assessment procedure Dose assessment procedure Special/emergency exposure procedure Potassium Iodide distribution procedure Assembly/accountability procedure Emergency Facility Activation procedures All drill reports within inspection period Corrective action program entries related to the exercises and drills for the two year inspection period 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 (i.e DEP, ERO training and participation, and ANS) for the two year inspection period Enclosure

2 Miscellaneous Procedures Current Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Levels Safety Evaluation Report approved Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Levels Current Emergency Plan implementing procedures Corrective Action Program procedures