ML15026A520

Summary of Palisades Nuclear Plant, June 24 - 28, 2013, Audit Associated with License Amendment Request to Transition to National Fire Protection Association 805 Standards (Tac No. MF0382)

ML15026A520
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	01/29/2015
From:	Jennivine Rankin Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Rankin J
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TAC MF0382
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LICENSEE:

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

FACILITY:

Palisades Nuclear Plant

SUMMARY

OF PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT, JUNE 24-28, 2013, AUDIT ASSOCIATED WITH LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO TRANSITION TO NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 805 STANDARDS (TAC NO. MF0382)

The purpose of this summary is to document the results of an audit performed at Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) associated with a National Fire Protection Association Standard 805 (NFPA 805) license amendment request (LAR) dated December 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12348A455), as supplemented.

A review team, consisting of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and contractors from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)/Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA), participated in a regulatory audit of PNP, located in Covert, Michigan from June 24-28, 2013. The regulatory audit supports the review of the LAR dated December 12, 2012, submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO, the licensee), to transition the plant's fire protection licensing basis to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 50.48(c), which endorses with exceptions NFPA 805, "Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants," 2001 Edition.

The purpose of the audit was to gain an understanding of the information needed to support the NRC staff's licensing decision regarding the LAR and to develop high quality requests for additional information (RAis), as needed. The information submitted in support of the PNP LAR is under final review, and any additional information needed to support the LAR review will be formally requested by the staff in accordance with Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office Instruction LIC-1 01, "License Amendment Review Procedures."

The audit team consisted of 13 NRC, three PNNL, and three CNWRA staff. Enclosure 1 provides the schedule of activities during the audit. Enclosure 2 lists NRC staff, PNNL staff, CNWRA staff, and the licensee's staff, and contractors who participated in the audit. contains a list of documents reviewed by the team.

The audit team held an entrance meeting on Monday, June 24, 2013, with the licensee's staff and contractors. During the remainder of the audit, team members met in smaller groups according to the audit plan (ADAMS Accession No. ML13155A068). PNP staff provided plant walk-downs focusing on fire protection engineering (FPE), safe shutdown (SSD)/circuit analysis (CA), fire probabilistic risk assessment (FPRA), and fire modeling (FM).

Technical discussions were focused on five major areas: FPE, SSD/CA, FPRA, FM, and programmatic review.

At the conclusion of the audit, the audit team participated in a summary exit meeting with PNP staff and management on June 28, 2013. The NRC staff provided details regarding walk-downs, technical presentations, and the completion of the audit team's goals and objectives.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1530 or at Jennivine.Rankin@nrc.gov.

Docket No. 50-255

Enclosures:

1. Audit Schedule

2. Audit Participants

3. Audit Documents cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv Sincerely,

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Jenfiivine K. Rankin, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Monday, 8:00am 9:30am 10:00 am 12:30 pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:00pm Tuesday.

8:00am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 12:30 pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:00pm Schedule of Activities June 24, 2013 Audit team members met onsite at the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP),

established computer connections, and began document reviews Audit entrance meeting Plant overview meetings held previous week via Go To meeting platform Commencement of technical discussions: fire PRA, FM in support of fire PRA, NFPA 805 Chapter 3, radioactive release, recovery actions, non-power operations (NPO), SSD, nuclear safety capability assessment (NSCA) main control room (MCR) abandonment study presentation Breakout sessions started Badging, continue technical reviews: FM radioactive release, SSD, fire PRA, control room abandonment, multiple spurious operations (MSO), recovery actions, NPO, NSCA, fire protection engineering (FPE).

Audit team debrief meeting Licensee wrap up meeting Adjourn for the day June 25,201311, 2012 General presentation on MCR abandonment Breakouts for various disciplines Preparation for PNP plant walkdowns Programmatic breakout Plant tour briefing, security briefing and badging, dosimetry issued, pre-job brief for walkdowns Plant walkdown tours were conducted for PRA, fire modeling, and SSD Post walkdown discussion and debrief Audit team brief Licensee brief Adjourn for the day Wednesday June 26, 2013 8:00am 10:00 am 12:30 pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 4:30pm 4:45pm Morning breakout technical sessions and interviews Presentation on plant modifications (Table S)

Reviews and breakouts continued from morning sessions Tour of MCR simulator and remote shutdown panel simulator.

Discussion with licensee on RAI process Audit team debrief meeting Licensee wrap up meeting

5:00pm Thursday.

8:00am 8:30am 12:00 pm 4:30pm 5:00pm Friday.

8:00am Adjourn for the day June 27. 2013 Morning breakout sessions and interviews Review areas: FM, Appendix R evaluation, SSD, defense in depth, safety margin, fire PRA Reviews continued from morning sessions Audit team debrief meeting Adjourn June 28. 2013 Exit meeting

List of Participants U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Team Leslie Fields Mahesh Chawla

• Alex Klein Joe Gitter Paul Lain Jay Robinson

• Alayna Pearson Bernard Litkett Brian Metzger Daniel O'Neal Ray Gallucci Jonathan DeJesus Dariusz Szwarc Pacific Northwest National NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC Audit Team Leader DORL Branch Chief Director Technical Lead RAI Lead FPE SSD Fire Modeling PRA FPRA Observer Region Ill Observer Robert Layton PNNL FPE Garill Coles William lvans PNNL PNNL FPRA FPRA Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) Team Marc Janssen CNWRA FM/Lead Debasis Basu CNWRA FM Robert Fosdick CNWRA Programmatic/Lead Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) Team Jim Forehand Entergy Management Sponsor Keith Smith Entergy Project Manager

• George Sleeper Entergy Technical Supervisor Rick Nance BCP Fleet NFPA 805 PM Brian Brogan Entergy PRA Lead Tom Swiecicki Entergy Fire Protection Lead

• Amy Hazelhoff ENERCON Licensing Lead Colleen VanWagner CBI ADMIN Lead Jeff Voskuil Entergy PRA Steve Mongeau Entergy PRA

• Matt Margol A REI PRA Frank Yanik A REI PRA Dave Blanchard A REI PRA Don Vanover ERIN PRA Bob White ERIN PRA Greg Zucal ERIN PRA Sean Hunt Hughes Fire Modeling Stephanie Weimer Entergy Fire Protection

• Jim Alderink ENERCON Fire Protection Nate Pratt Nexus Fire Protection Justin Hamlin A REI Fire Protection Jessica Walker Hughes Fire Protection Jeff Quinn EPM Fire Protection Mike Nordin BCP Fire Protection Jason LeMaire EPM Fire Protection John Kneeland Entergy Fire Protection Matt Dossett Entergy Fire Protection Don Sonnenberg Entergy Design Engineering Bob Hamm BP&R Mod Support Rich Reeves ACM Scheduling Bob Vincent BCP Project Support Jonathon Nay MPR Mod Seeping Wes Brinsfield A REI PRA Eric Thornsberry ERIN PRA Bill Guess Nexus Fire Protection Bob Dukes ENERCON Fire Protection Dan Funk KGRS Fire Protection

• Steve Barrett Nexus Radiation Release Pete Otremba Nexus Fire Protection Industry Representatives Larry Young Entergy ANO Technical Lead Chris Little Entergy ANO Technical Support Mark McKeown Xcel Energy Project Manager

List of Documents Reviewed

-EN-DC-203, ENO Procedure, Maintenance Rule Program

-EN-DC-204, ENO Procedure, Maintenance Rule Scope and Basis

-EN-DC-207, ENO Procedure, Maintenance Rule Periodic Assessment

-EN-DC-205, ENO Procedure, Maintenance Rule Monitoring

-EN-DC-143-02, ENO Procedure, Program and Component Health Report Supplemental Guidance

-EN-LI-1 02, ENO Procedure, Corrective Action Process

-ENO-DC-115, ENO Procedure, Engineering Change Process

- ENO-DC-128, ENO Procedure, Fire Protection Impact Review

-HP 2.8, Response to Unusual Radiological Occurrences

-0247-07-0005.01, ERIN Report, Fire Risk Quantification and Summary

- EN-DC-161, ENO Procedure Control of CombustiblesSNC-1, Quality Assurance Topical Report, Version 11.0 Generic Fire Modeling Treatments," Revision 0, January 15, 2008 "Supplemental Generic Fire Model Treatments: Closed Electrical Panels," Supplement 1, Revision B, October 11, 2011 "Supplemental Generic Fire Model Treatments: Hot Gas Layer Tables," Supplement 2, Revision G, October 10, 2011 "Supplemental Generic Fire Model Treatments: Transient Ignition Source Strength,"

Supplement 3, Revision E, November 7, 2011 Report No. 1 JMW20053-000-1, "Fire Modeling Analysis of Safe Shutdown Credited Raceways in 1-C Switchgear Room at the Palisades Nuclear Station."

Report No. 1 JMW20053-000-2, "Fire Modeling Analysis of Safe Shutdown Credited Raceways in 1-D Switchgear Room at the Palisades Nuclear Station."

Report No. 1 SPH02902-066, "Evaluation of Control Room Abandonment Times at the Palisades Nuclear Station."

Calculation No. 0247-07-0005-06 Rev. 1, "Palisades Nuclear Plant Probabilistic Risk Assessment Fire Scenario Development Report."

Calculation No. 0247-07-0005-07 Rev. 1, "Palisades Nuclear Plant Probabilistic Risk Assessment Multi-Compartment Analysis."

Calculation No. 0247-07-0005-08 Rev. 1, "Palisades Nuclear Plant Probabilistic Risk Assessment Exposed Structural Steel Analysis."

Fire modeling drawings for previously identified walkdown areas.

Layout drawings (FPRA Fire Area Depictions) which show fire area/zone boundaries, credited fire protection systems, etc.

Fire modeling output visualization (CFAST, FDS) for analysis performed in Switchgear Rooms as well as the structural steel analysis in the Turbine building.

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DATE 1/23/2015 Sincerely,

/RAJ Jennivine K. Rankin, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation RidsNrrPMPalisades Resource AKiein, NRR HHamzehee, NRR LFields, NRR JRobinson, NRR

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