ML14219A751
| ML14219A751 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 08/07/2014 |
| From: | Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1 |
| To: | Reddemann M Energy Northwest |
| References | |
| IR-14-005 | |
| Download: ML14219A751 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000397/2014005
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
August 7, 2014
Mr. Mark E. Reddemann
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Northwest
P. O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)
Richland, WA 99352-0968
SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF
CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT
MODIFICATIONS INSPECTION (05000397/2014005) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Reddemann:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant
modifications at your Columbia Generating Station from September 22-26, 2014, and
October 5-10, 2014. The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs
Region IV office for two weeks. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC
Inspection Procedure 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and
Permanent Plant Modifications.
Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors
and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a
productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for information. Please note that the
information is requested to be provided by September 15, 2014. Upon review of this
information, the inspectors will select additional information for review upon arrival onsite. It is
important that all of this information is up-to-date and complete in order to minimize the amount
of additional information 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 Richard Garcia of your licensing
organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please
contact the lead inspector, Jonathan Braisted, by telephone at 817-200-1194, or by e-mail at
Jonathan.Braisted@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.
M. Reddemann -2-
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 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/
Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-397
License No.: NPF-21
Enclosure:
Evaluations of Changes, Tests,
and Experiments and Permanent Plant
Modifications Inspection Request for Information
Electronic Distribution to Columbia Generating Station
Request for Information
Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications
Inspection
Columbia Generating Station
Inspection Report: 05000397/20140045
Inspection Dates: September 22-26, 2014, and October 5-10, 2014
Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments
and Permanent Plant Modifications
Lead Inspector: Jonathan Braisted, Reactor Inspector
Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week
The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic
format (preferred) by September 15, 2014, to the attention of Jonathan Braisted. We request
that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. The
inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your
staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific
items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any
questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as
possible.
1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.
2. A list with descriptions of all 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) performed since the last
triennial modification inspection that did not result in an evaluation.
3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed the last triennial
modification inspection that did not result in an application for license amendment.
4. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59
screenings and evaluations since the last triennial modification inspection.
5. Procedure(s) for implementing permanent plant modifications.
6. A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications since the last triennial
modification inspection.
7. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to permanent plant
modifications since the last triennial modification inspection.
8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations,
including qualification dates.
9. A list of personnel qualified to review and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or
evaluations, including qualification dates.
Enclosure
10. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report.
Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can
determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications.
Note: For this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent plant changes,
design changes, set point changes, procedure changes, equivalency evaluations, suitability
analyses, calculations, and commercial grade dedications
Inspector Contact Information:
Jonathan Braisted Mahdi Hayes Nnaerika Okonkwo
Reactor Inspector Operations Engineer Reactor Inspector
817-200-1194 817-200-1508 817-200-1114
Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Jonathan Braisted
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4125
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SUNSI Review ADAMS: Sensitive Non-Publicly Available Keyword
By: JDB Yes No Non-Sensitive Publicly Available NRC-002
OFFICE RI:DRS/EB1 C:/DRP/PBD C:DRS/EB1
NAME JBraisted/tek BHagar TFarnholtz
SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/
DATE 8/6/14 8/6/14 8/7/14
Letter to Mark Reddemann from Thomas Farnholtz, dated August 7, 2014
SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF
CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS
INSPECTION (05000397/2014005) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION:
Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Acting DRP Deputy Director (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Dan.Bradley@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant (Douglas.Bodine@nrc.gov)
Acting Branch Chief, DRP/D (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/D (Brian.Parks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Andrea.George@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@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 (Anthony.Bowers@nrc.gov)