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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 10, 2015 The Operating Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits on the Enclosed List
SUBJECT:
AUDIT OF LICENSEE RESPONSES TO THE EXPEDITED SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCESS SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 2.1: SEISMIC On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 0 CFR) Part 50, Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter). As part of the 50.54(f) letter, Enclosure 1 Item (6) requested information regarding "interim evaluation and actions taken or planned to address the higher seismic hazard relative to the design-basis, as appropriate, prior to completion of the risk evaluation[... ]." By letters dated December 2014, the enclosed list of licensees 1 provided a response to the Item (6) information request.
The purpose of this letter is to inform licensees that a limited number of audits may be performed on Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process (ESEP) Reports to evaluate implementation of the staff endorsed Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) guidance2 as described by the licensee. Where practicable, the NRC staff will utilize existing online reference portals to review licensee documents. Due to the large volume and complexity of the material supporting this review, the NRC staff may request to review reference documents at offsite locations. This audit activity will promote the ability of the NRC staff to focus and streamline obtaining the information needed to conduct the ESEP reviews, and is intended to complement the electronic reading systems previously set up to support Near-Term Task Force document review3. Audits of licensee's responses will be performed in accordance with NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Office Instruction LIC-111. "Regulatory Audits" (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML082900195). provides the associated audit plan for this activity.
As part of the audit process, a project manager from the Japan Lessons-Learned Division may contact licensee staff to discuss topics relevant to information in the submittals contained 1n the online reference portals system and arrange offsite reviews of ESEP reference materials, as needed. The NRC staff considers licensee participation 1n the audit process for the ESEP rev1ew to be voluntary. For those licensees who do not wish to participate in the Audit Process.
the NRC staff will request the information needed to support the ESEP review by an alternate mechanism.
1 Cooper Nuclear Station submittal is expected by May 1, 2015, per NRC letter dated October 28, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14273A259).
2 The ESEP guidance document can be found in ADAMS under Access1on No. ML13102A142.
3 By letter dated August 1, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13206A427), "Online Reference Portal for Nuclear Regulatory Commission Review of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Reiated Documents," established voluntary means to audit online references.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Nicholas DiFrancesco at (301) 415-1115.
Enclosures:
1. Audit Plan
- 2. List of Addressees cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION JAPAN LESSONS-LEARNED DIVISION AUDIT PLAN TO REVIEW THE EXPEDITED SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCESS SUBMITTALS IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTED INFORMATION ITEM 61N ENCLOSURE 1 TO THE 50.54(f) LETTER OF THE NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE REVIEW BACKGROUND AND AUDIT BASIS On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 0 CFR) Part 50, Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter)(Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12053A340. The purpose of that request was to gather information concerning, in part, the seismic hazards at operating reactor sites to enable the NRC staff to determine whether your license should be modified, suspended, or revoked.
Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter requests licensees to provide an interim evaluation and actions taken or planned to address the higher seismic hazard relative to the design-basis, as appropriate, prior to completion and submission of the seismic risk evaluation. By letter dated Apri18, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13102A142), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) staff submitted EPRI TR 3002000704 "Seismic Evaluation guidance; Augmented Approach for the Resolution of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1: Seismic" (hereafter referred to as the guidance). The Augmented Approach (also called the Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process (ESEP)), proposed that licensees would use a simplified seismic margins assessment process to provide additional assurance that key pieces of plant equipment in one safe shutdown pathway would be able to perform certain safety functions following a beyond-design-basis seismic event. By letter dated May 7, 2013, the NRC staff endorsed the guidance.
The NRC staff is conducting regulatory audits on the licensee's interim evaluations to determine if the information provided met the intent of the ESEP guidance and if licensees responded appropriately to Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter.
AUDIT SCOPE The scope of this audit will be limited to the information provided and referenced in the ESEP Reports. The purpose of this audit is to enable the NRC staff to determine if the information provided as part of the ESEP submittals met the intent of the guidance and if licensees responded appropriately to Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f).
INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE AUDIT NRC staff and contractors will review the information contained in licensee's ESEP submittals in response to Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f), as well as the information contained in ePortals.
STAFF ASSIGNMENTS Selected staff in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Office of New Reactors will perform this audit.
LOGISTICS Initial review and development of questions:
The submitted ESEPs will be reviewed in batches, using a combination of internal NRC resources and contractor resources. Review priority will be determined by a combination of factors that include the reevaluated hazards at the site, similarity of reactor system design, and if plant modifications were proposed. During these reviews, staff will develop questions to clarify or address any portions of the ESEP submittal that appear to deviate with the associated guidance document. The NRC staff will categorization ESEP review questions and will transmit them to licensees by e-mail.
Categorization of Questions:
- 1. Audit questions - information provided by the licensee that appears to be incomplete or non-responsive to the acceptable guidance document
- 2. Clarifications to acceptable guidance document-information may be complete and responsive, but clarification is required to determine if this is the case
- 3. Planned Activity-information about the planned activity's scope or timing may be needed (e.g. inaccessible items, proposed modifications)
- 4. Generic Concern -questions relating to broader, generic concerns that are to be addressed outside the scope of this audit; additional information may be needed once a generic resolution is identified Teleconferences with Licensees:
Audit questions and clarifications will be discussed in telephone conferences with licensees, supported by management and technical staff. The purpose of these calls is for the NRC staff and the licensees to have a common understanding of the issue raised by the reviewers. Many of the issues are complex, and the goal is to ensure that the NRC staff understands what the licensee submitted, and, if necessary, for the licensee to understand what supplemental information may be necessary to explain how the intent of the guidance is met.
Subsequently, licensees should provide the NRC with the necessary supplemental information that was agreed upon during the teleconference. To facilitate the review schedule, this information should be provided to the NRC via the ePortal.
DELIVERABLES The staff will consider the information reviewed during the audit as part of its review of the interim evaluation. The staff's audit summary will be issued in batches in conjunction with the review letter according to established schedules discussed in public meetings.
LIST OF ADDRESSEES Beaver Valley Power Station FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73 Mr. Eric A Larson Site Vice President Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296 License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324 License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 Mr. George T. Hamrick, Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. 0. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 Callaway Plant Union Electric Company Docket No. 50-483 License No. NPF-30 Mr. Fadi Diya Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Ameren Missouri Callaway Plant P.O. 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318 License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 Mr. George H. Gellrich, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4 702 Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52 Mr. Kelvin Henderson Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745 Cooper Nuclear Station Nebraska Public Power District Docket No. 50-298 License No. DPR-46 Mr. Oscar A Limpias Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Mr. Raymond A Lieb Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company c/o Davis-Besse NPS 5501 N. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Indiana Michigan Power Company Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 Mr. Lawrence J. Weber Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, Ml 49106 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 License Nos. DPR-57 and NPF-5 Mr. C.R Pierce Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 1295 I BIN B038 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Fermi DTE Electric Company Docket No. 50-341 License No. NPF-43 Mr. Paul Fessler, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer DTE Electric Company Fermi 2-21 0 NOC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Ml 48166 H.B Robinson Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
Docket No. 50-261 License No. DPR-23 Mr. Richard M. Glover, Site Vice President H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-24 7 and 50-286 License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 1 0511-0249 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-333 License No. DPR-59 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O.Box110 Lycoming, NY 13093 LaSalle County Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17 Mr. Steven D. Capps Vice President - McGuire Site Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company-Minnesota Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 Mr. Peter A. Gardner Site Vice President Northern States Power Company -
Minnesota Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 North Anna Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company lnnsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47 and DPR-55 Mr. Scott Batson Vice President, Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672 - 0752 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket No. 50-219 License No. DPR-16 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Palisades Nuclear Plant Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043-9530
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Perry Nuclear Power Plant FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.
Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58 Mr. Ernest J. Harkness Site Vice President-Nuclear-Perry FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant PO Box 97, A290 Perry, OH 44081 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-293 License No. DPR-35 Mr. John Dent, Jr.
Vice President - Site VP Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Point Beach Nuclear Plant NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 Mr. Eric McCartney Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516 Seabrook Station NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Docket No. 50-443 License No. NPF-86 Mr. Dean Curtland Vice President, Seabrook Nuclear Plant c/o Michael Ossing NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37 402 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
Docket No. 50-289 License No. DPR-50 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Docket No. 50-395 License No. NPF-12 Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin, Vice President Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 800 Jenkinsville, SC 29065
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425 License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 Mr. C.R. Pierce Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
P.0. Box 1295/Bin 038 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391 License No. NPF-90 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Wolf Creek Generating Station Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 Mr. Adam C. Heflin President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Nuclear Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O.Box411 Burlington, KS 66839 If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Nicholas DiFrancesco at (301) 415-1115.
Enclosures:
- 1. Audit Plan
- 2.
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Letter to Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits regarding Regulatory Audits of Licensee Reponses to the Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process from Jack Davis dated February 10, 2015
SUBJECT:
AUDIT OF LICENSEE RESPONSES TO THE EXPEDITED SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCESS SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 2.1: SEISMIC DISTRIBUTION:
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 10, 2015 The Operating Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits on the Enclosed List
SUBJECT:
AUDIT OF LICENSEE RESPONSES TO THE EXPEDITED SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCESS SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 2.1: SEISMIC On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 0 CFR) Part 50, Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter). As part of the 50.54(f) letter, Enclosure 1 Item (6) requested information regarding "interim evaluation and actions taken or planned to address the higher seismic hazard relative to the design-basis, as appropriate, prior to completion of the risk evaluation[... ]." By letters dated December 2014, the enclosed list of licensees 1 provided a response to the Item (6) information request.
The purpose of this letter is to inform licensees that a limited number of audits may be performed on Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process (ESEP) Reports to evaluate implementation of the staff endorsed Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) guidance2 as described by the licensee. Where practicable, the NRC staff will utilize existing online reference portals to review licensee documents. Due to the large volume and complexity of the material supporting this review, the NRC staff may request to review reference documents at offsite locations. This audit activity will promote the ability of the NRC staff to focus and streamline obtaining the information needed to conduct the ESEP reviews, and is intended to complement the electronic reading systems previously set up to support Near-Term Task Force document review3. Audits of licensee's responses will be performed in accordance with NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Office Instruction LIC-111. "Regulatory Audits" (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML082900195). provides the associated audit plan for this activity.
As part of the audit process, a project manager from the Japan Lessons-Learned Division may contact licensee staff to discuss topics relevant to information in the submittals contained 1n the online reference portals system and arrange offsite reviews of ESEP reference materials, as needed. The NRC staff considers licensee participation 1n the audit process for the ESEP rev1ew to be voluntary. For those licensees who do not wish to participate in the Audit Process.
the NRC staff will request the information needed to support the ESEP review by an alternate mechanism.
1 Cooper Nuclear Station submittal is expected by May 1, 2015, per NRC letter dated October 28, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14273A259).
2 The ESEP guidance document can be found in ADAMS under Access1on No. ML13102A142.
3 By letter dated August 1, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13206A427), "Online Reference Portal for Nuclear Regulatory Commission Review of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Reiated Documents," established voluntary means to audit online references.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Nicholas DiFrancesco at (301) 415-1115.
Enclosures:
1. Audit Plan
- 2. List of Addressees cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION JAPAN LESSONS-LEARNED DIVISION AUDIT PLAN TO REVIEW THE EXPEDITED SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCESS SUBMITTALS IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTED INFORMATION ITEM 61N ENCLOSURE 1 TO THE 50.54(f) LETTER OF THE NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE REVIEW BACKGROUND AND AUDIT BASIS On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 0 CFR) Part 50, Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter)(Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12053A340. The purpose of that request was to gather information concerning, in part, the seismic hazards at operating reactor sites to enable the NRC staff to determine whether your license should be modified, suspended, or revoked.
Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter requests licensees to provide an interim evaluation and actions taken or planned to address the higher seismic hazard relative to the design-basis, as appropriate, prior to completion and submission of the seismic risk evaluation. By letter dated Apri18, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13102A142), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) staff submitted EPRI TR 3002000704 "Seismic Evaluation guidance; Augmented Approach for the Resolution of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1: Seismic" (hereafter referred to as the guidance). The Augmented Approach (also called the Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process (ESEP)), proposed that licensees would use a simplified seismic margins assessment process to provide additional assurance that key pieces of plant equipment in one safe shutdown pathway would be able to perform certain safety functions following a beyond-design-basis seismic event. By letter dated May 7, 2013, the NRC staff endorsed the guidance.
The NRC staff is conducting regulatory audits on the licensee's interim evaluations to determine if the information provided met the intent of the ESEP guidance and if licensees responded appropriately to Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter.
AUDIT SCOPE The scope of this audit will be limited to the information provided and referenced in the ESEP Reports. The purpose of this audit is to enable the NRC staff to determine if the information provided as part of the ESEP submittals met the intent of the guidance and if licensees responded appropriately to Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f).
INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE AUDIT NRC staff and contractors will review the information contained in licensee's ESEP submittals in response to Requested Information Item (6) in Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f), as well as the information contained in ePortals.
STAFF ASSIGNMENTS Selected staff in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Office of New Reactors will perform this audit.
LOGISTICS Initial review and development of questions:
The submitted ESEPs will be reviewed in batches, using a combination of internal NRC resources and contractor resources. Review priority will be determined by a combination of factors that include the reevaluated hazards at the site, similarity of reactor system design, and if plant modifications were proposed. During these reviews, staff will develop questions to clarify or address any portions of the ESEP submittal that appear to deviate with the associated guidance document. The NRC staff will categorization ESEP review questions and will transmit them to licensees by e-mail.
Categorization of Questions:
- 1. Audit questions - information provided by the licensee that appears to be incomplete or non-responsive to the acceptable guidance document
- 2. Clarifications to acceptable guidance document-information may be complete and responsive, but clarification is required to determine if this is the case
- 3. Planned Activity-information about the planned activity's scope or timing may be needed (e.g. inaccessible items, proposed modifications)
- 4. Generic Concern -questions relating to broader, generic concerns that are to be addressed outside the scope of this audit; additional information may be needed once a generic resolution is identified Teleconferences with Licensees:
Audit questions and clarifications will be discussed in telephone conferences with licensees, supported by management and technical staff. The purpose of these calls is for the NRC staff and the licensees to have a common understanding of the issue raised by the reviewers. Many of the issues are complex, and the goal is to ensure that the NRC staff understands what the licensee submitted, and, if necessary, for the licensee to understand what supplemental information may be necessary to explain how the intent of the guidance is met.
Subsequently, licensees should provide the NRC with the necessary supplemental information that was agreed upon during the teleconference. To facilitate the review schedule, this information should be provided to the NRC via the ePortal.
DELIVERABLES The staff will consider the information reviewed during the audit as part of its review of the interim evaluation. The staff's audit summary will be issued in batches in conjunction with the review letter according to established schedules discussed in public meetings.
LIST OF ADDRESSEES Beaver Valley Power Station FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73 Mr. Eric A Larson Site Vice President Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296 License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324 License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 Mr. George T. Hamrick, Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. 0. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 Callaway Plant Union Electric Company Docket No. 50-483 License No. NPF-30 Mr. Fadi Diya Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Ameren Missouri Callaway Plant P.O. 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318 License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 Mr. George H. Gellrich, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4 702 Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52 Mr. Kelvin Henderson Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745 Cooper Nuclear Station Nebraska Public Power District Docket No. 50-298 License No. DPR-46 Mr. Oscar A Limpias Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Mr. Raymond A Lieb Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company c/o Davis-Besse NPS 5501 N. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Indiana Michigan Power Company Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 Mr. Lawrence J. Weber Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, Ml 49106 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 License Nos. DPR-57 and NPF-5 Mr. C.R Pierce Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 1295 I BIN B038 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Fermi DTE Electric Company Docket No. 50-341 License No. NPF-43 Mr. Paul Fessler, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer DTE Electric Company Fermi 2-21 0 NOC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Ml 48166 H.B Robinson Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
Docket No. 50-261 License No. DPR-23 Mr. Richard M. Glover, Site Vice President H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy 3581 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-24 7 and 50-286 License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 1 0511-0249 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-333 License No. DPR-59 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O.Box110 Lycoming, NY 13093 LaSalle County Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
McGuire Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17 Mr. Steven D. Capps Vice President - McGuire Site Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company-Minnesota Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 Mr. Peter A. Gardner Site Vice President Northern States Power Company -
Minnesota Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 North Anna Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 Mr. David A. Heacock President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company lnnsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47 and DPR-55 Mr. Scott Batson Vice President, Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672 - 0752 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket No. 50-219 License No. DPR-16 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Palisades Nuclear Plant Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043-9530
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Exelon Generation Co., LLC Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Perry Nuclear Power Plant FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.
Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58 Mr. Ernest J. Harkness Site Vice President-Nuclear-Perry FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant PO Box 97, A290 Perry, OH 44081 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-293 License No. DPR-35 Mr. John Dent, Jr.
Vice President - Site VP Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Point Beach Nuclear Plant NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 Mr. Eric McCartney Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516 Seabrook Station NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Docket No. 50-443 License No. NPF-86 Mr. Dean Curtland Vice President, Seabrook Nuclear Plant c/o Michael Ossing NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37 402 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
Docket No. 50-289 License No. DPR-50 Mr. Bryan Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Docket No. 50-395 License No. NPF-12 Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin, Vice President Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 800 Jenkinsville, SC 29065
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425 License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 Mr. C.R. Pierce Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
P.0. Box 1295/Bin 038 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391 License No. NPF-90 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Wolf Creek Generating Station Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 Mr. Adam C. Heflin President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Nuclear Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O.Box411 Burlington, KS 66839 If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Nicholas DiFrancesco at (301) 415-1115.
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See Next Page ADAMS Accession No ML14356A003 OFFICE NRR/JLD/JHMB/PM NAME NDiFrancesco DATE 01/19/15 OFFICE NRR/JLD/JHMB/BC*
NAME SWhaley DATE 02/04/15 Sincerely, IRA by Michael Franovichl Jack R. Davis, Director Japan Lessons-Learned Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation NRR/JLD/LA OGC
- via email SLent BHarris (NLO w/comment) 01/22/15 01/29/15 NRR/JLD/DD JDavis (MFranovich for) 02/10/15 OFFICIAL AGENCY RECORD
Letter to Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits regarding Regulatory Audits of Licensee Reponses to the Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process from Jack Davis dated February 10, 2015
SUBJECT:
AUDIT OF LICENSEE RESPONSES TO THE EXPEDITED SEISMIC EVALUATION PROCESS SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 2.1: SEISMIC DISTRIBUTION:
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