IR 05000312/2013007

IR 05000312-13-007, IR 07200011-13-001; 06/25/2013 - 06/26/2013; Rancho Seco Facility and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Inspection Report

ML13235A252
Person / Time
Site:	Rancho Seco, 07200011
Issue date:	08/22/2013
From:	Spitzberg D NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS/RSFSB
To:	Ronningen E Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Lee Brookhart
References
IR-13-001, IR-13-007
Download: ML13235A252 (24)

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UNITE D S TATE S NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON ust 22, 2013

SUBJECT:

RANCHO SECO FACILITY AND INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION (ISFSI) INSPECTION REPORT 05000312/2013007 AND 07200011/2013001

Dear Mr. Ronningen:

This letter refers to a routine inspection conducted on June 25 - 26, 2013, of your Rancho Seco Part 50 Facility and the dry cask storage activities associated with your Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The inspection was conducted to confirm compliance with the requirements specified in the Rancho Seco Radioactive Material Storage and Decommissioning Safety Analysis Report (RADSAR), the Technical Specifications associated with Materials License No. SNM-2510, the Rancho Seco ISFSI Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 72, Part 50, and Part 20. Within these areas, the inspection included a review of radiation safety, cask thermal monitoring, quality assurance, corrective action program, safety evaluations, emergency program, and how you addressed industry issues that affected your facilitys programs. Also reviewed, were changes made to your ISFSI and Part 50 facilities since the last decommissioning/ISFSI inspection conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). An exit was conducted with your staff to discuss the findings of the inspection on June 26, 2013. However, during an in-office review, an additional violation of the NRC regulations was identified. On August 1, 2013, a final exit was conducted by telephone, with members of your management and staff.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that two Severity Level IV Violations of the NRC requirements occurred. The violations were associated with the failure to perform a 10 CFR Part 50.59 safety evaluation for changes made to your fire protection system and failure to submit Rancho Secos ISFSI decommissioning funding plan for NRC approval prior to the December 17, 2012 deadline. Since Rancho Seco has entered the issues into their corrective action program, the safety significance of the issues were low, and because the issues were not repetitive violations or willful, these violations were treated as Non-Cited Violations (NCVs), consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. If you contest these Non-Cited Violations, you should provide a written 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 DC 20555-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV DMNS Director, and the Office of Enforcement. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, if you choose to provide one, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC's Agency-wide Document Access Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal, privacy, or proprietary information so that it can be made available to the public without redaction.

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact me at 817-200-1191 or Mr. Lee Brookhart at 817-200-1549.

Sincerely,

/RA/

D. Blair Spitzberg, Ph.D., Chief Repository & Spent Fuel Safety Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Dockets: 50-312, 72-11 Licenses: DRP-54, SNM-2510 Enclosure:

Inspection Report 05000312/2013007 and 07200011/2013001 w/attachments:

1. Supplemental Information 2. Loaded Casks at the Ranco Seco ISFSI cc w/encl: See next page

cc w/enclosure:

Thomas A. Baxter, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037 QA/Licensing Superintendent Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, CA 95638-9799 Site Document Control Supervisor Sacramento Municipal Utility District Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station 14440 Twin Cities Road Herald, CA 95638-9799 Sacramento County Board of Supervisors 700 H. Street, Suite 2450 Sacramento, CA 95814 Assistant General Counsel Sacramento Municipal Utility District 6201 S Street P.O. Box 15830 Sacramento, CA 95852-1830 Radiation Program Director California Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Commissioners Office California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, CA 95814-5512