ML13248A640

Information Request for an NRC Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal

ML13248A640
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	09/05/2013
From:	Geoffrey Miller NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2
To:	Limpias O Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
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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 INGTON , TEXAS 7 60 11 - 4511 September 5, 2013 Mr. Oscar A. Limpias, Vice President-Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION INFORMATION REQUEST FOR AN NRC POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL

Dear Mr. Limpias:

On October 7, 2013, the NRC will begin a Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal at Cooper Nuclear Station. A team of five inspectors will perform a 2-week Phase 2 inspection in accordance with the NRC Inspection Procedure (IP) 71003. The onsite weeks include the week of October 7, 2013, and the week of October 21, 2013.

This inspection will evaluate whether license conditions added as part of the renewed license, license renewal commitments, and selected aging management programs are implemented in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 54, Requirements for the Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.

In order to minimize the impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for information needed. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date and complete in order to lessen the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection. Insofar as possible, this information should be provided electronically to the lead inspector by September 30, 2013.

The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. Greg Pick. We understand that our licensing contact is Mr. Bill Victor of your organization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact the Mr. Pick at (817) 200-1270 or via e-mail at Greg.Pick@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, 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.

O. Limpias 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 Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Geoffrey Miller, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46

Enclosure:

Request for Information Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal Electronic Distribution for Cooper Nuclear Station

O. Limpias Electronic distribution by RIV:

Acting Regional Administrator (Steven.Reynolds@nrc.gov)

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator (Thomas.Bergman@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Josey@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Christopher.Henderson@nrc.gov)

Acting Branch Chief, DRP/C (Jesse.Quichocho@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)

CNS Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Lynnea.Wilkins@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Daniel.Rich@nrc.gov)

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL The following information is requested by September 30, 2013, or sooner, to facilitate inspection preparation. If you have any questions regarding this information, contact the team leader as soon as possible. Please provide the information electronically in pdf files, Excel, or other searchable formats, preferably on some portable electronic media (e.g., CDROM, DVD, etc.).

The portable electronic media should contain descriptive names and be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use. Information in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood by someone who has knowledge of light water reactor technology. Please provide the following:

1. Information related to any commitment changes related to license renewal since receipt of the amendment and the license extension.

2. A list of your aging management programs and any time-limited aging analyses, copies of the program basis documents for each, and a listing of the action tracking items for each.

3. A list of any newly identified structures, systems, and components identified pursuant to 10 CFR 54.37(b) and Regulatory Information Summary 2007-16, Implementation of the Requirements of 10 CFR 54.37(b) for Holders of Renewed Licenses. If an evaluation or assessment was performed to verify no in-scope structure, system, or components were excluded, please include a copy.

4. Sections of the Quality Assurance Program Manual that are applicable to license renewal activities.

5. A copy of your updated final safety analysis report that includes descriptions of your aging management programs.

6. A copy of your living version of the final safety analysis report supplement.

7. A copy of any self-assessments that you have completed related to license renewal, including commitments, aging management programs, and time-limited aging analyses.

8. A copy of any gap analyses and the status of any actions taken as a result of your analyses; include any corrective action documents.

9. A copy of current management and license renewal organizational charts.

10. Procedures related to your corrective action program, regulatory commitment change process, and operating experience.

11. A description of administrative controls that will be used to ensure that all activities due prior to (and during) the period of extended operation will be satisfactorily completed as described in the license renewal document.

12. A description of plans or processes that will be used during the period of extended operation to continuously incorporate operating experience into license renewal activities.

Enclosure

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL

13. A copy of any correspondence between the licensee and the NRC after the license was issued associated with regulatory issues affecting the license renewal commitment. For example, this may include notifications of commitment changes or license amendment requests affecting a license condition or a license renewal commitment.

14. A list of corrective action program documents (e.g., condition reports) associated with the implementation of each aging management program and/or commitment. This includes unacceptable aging effects identified during the implementation of license renewal activities and programmatic deficiencies requiring resolution.

15. A copy of evaluations performed for applicable external and internal operating experience issues associated with license renewal. This request is limited to operating experience items issued after the renewed operating license was granted.

16. Documentation demonstrating closure of license renewal commitments that are complete as of the inspection date. For example, this may be in the form of a binder for each commitment, which includes the implementing documentation and references. Please include:

• Implementing procedures (e.g., visual examination procedure, ultrasonic examination procedure for the Flow Accelerated Corrosion Program, etc.).

• Copy of updated scoping drawings showing the structures, systems and components within the scope of the aging management programs.

• Copy of the applicable sections of the license renewal application.

• Copy of applicable Requests for Additional Information and corresponding responses.

• Copy of the applicable sections of the NRC Safety Evaluation Report.

• Copy or ready access to the key industry standards that will be followed during the period of extended operation for the implementation of the program (e.g., American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code, Electric Power Research Institute Guidelines, Nuclear Energy Institute Guidelines, etc.).

• Listing of completed license renewal inspections. If possible, separate those performed during outages and those performed online.

• A listing of any remaining, outstanding inspections, credited for license renewal, include work order numbers where applicable.

• Copies of inspection records related to each commitment.

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR POST-APPROVAL SITE INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL

17. List of plant modifications, including a brief description of the modification scope, which were approved and/or implemented from the date the license renewal application was submitted to the date the renewed license was issued.

18. A copy of licensee responses and/or evaluations for the NRC Generic Communications associated with license renewal that were issued after the renewed license was granted.

19. Description of instances where scope expansion was required based on the initial examination of structures, systems and components. Please describe the logic used to select the scope expansion and any resulting changes to the aging management program.