ML15043A459

Summary of Site Audit to Support the Review of a License Amendment Request for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, to Transition to the National Fire Protection Association Standard 805 Fire Protection Licensing Basis

ML15043A459
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	02/24/2015
From:	Shawn Williams Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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References
TAC ME9741, TAC ME9742
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LICENSEE:

Southern Nuclear Operating Company _

FACILITY:

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF SITE AUDIT TO SUPPORT THE REVIEW OF A LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, TO TRANSITION TO THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 FIRE PROTECTION LICENSING BASIS (TAC NOS. ME9741 AND ME9742)

The purpose of this summary is to document the results of an audit performed at Joseph M.

Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Farley), associated with a National Fire Protection Standard 805 (NFPA 805) license amendment requested (LAR) dated September 25, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Package No.

ML122790258), as supplemented.

A review team, consisting of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and contractors from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRl)/Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) participated in a regulatory audit of the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC)

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, located in Columbia, Alabama, from March 25 -

29, 2013. The regulatory audit supports the review of the LAR dated September 25, 2012, filed by the SNC to transition the plant's fire protection lic~nsing basis to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 50.48(c), which endorses with exceptions the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 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 staff's licensing decision regarding the LAR and to develop high quality requests for additional information, as needed.

The audit team consisted of 8 NRC and 3 CNWRA (NRC contractors) team members. provides the schedule of activities during the audit. Enclosure 2 lists audit participants from NRC, CNWRA, and Farley including their contractors who participated"in the audit.

The audit team held an entrance meeting on Monday, March 25, 2013,.with NRC staff and contractors, Farley staff and contractors, and industry representatives. Technical discussions were focused on five major areas: Fire Protection Engineering (FPE), Safe Shutdown/Circuit.

Analyses (SSD/CA), Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), Fire Modeling (FM), and programmatic review. Farley conducted plant walkdowns and presentations focusing on these technical areas. Enclosure 3 contains a list of documents reviewed by the team.

At the conclusion of the audit, the team participated in an exit meeting with Farley on March 29, 2013.' NRC staff provided a brief conclusion on the audit goals and objections. The attendance list for the exit meeting is provided in Enclosure 4.

Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364 Facility Operating License Nos.: NPF-2 and NPF-8

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Schedule of Activities Monday, March 25, 2013 8:00 am 9:45 am 10:00 am 12:45 pm 2:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:30 pm Audit team members established computer connections, and began document reviews Aud.it entrance meeting Plant overview discussions Commencement of technical PRA, FM, NFPA 805 Chapter 3, radioq,ctive release, recovery actions, non-power operations (NPO), safe shutdown (SSD),

nuclear safety capability assessment (NSCA)

Security Briefing, badging Technical reviews: FM, radioactive release, SSD, fire PRA, control room abandonment, multiple spurious operations (MSO), recovery actions, NPO, NSCA,FPE NRC Audit team debrief meeting Licensee briefing Adjourn for the day Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 2:30 pm

' 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm Prepare for Farley plant walkdowns Security briefing and badging, dosimetry issuance, pre-job brief for walkdowns Plant walkdown tours were conducted for PRA, FM, and SSD Post walkdown discussion and debrief Audit team debrief meeting Licensee briefing Adjourn for the day Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:00 am

• 8:30 am 9.:30 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 1 :00 pm 2:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm Morning breakout sessions and interviews Review and walkdown questions/debrief and discussion Control room abandonment, plant modifications, FPE, SSD, FM, and fire PRA revjews continued Radioactive release breakout Technical Reviews continued from morning sessions Discussion with licensee on RAI process Programmatic breakout Audit team debrief meeting Licensee wrap up meeting Adjourn for the day Thursday. March 28, 2013 8:00 am 8:30 am 12:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm Morning breakout sessions and interviews, final pre-RAI questions reviewed Review areas: FM, Appendix Revaluation, SSD, defense in depth, safety margin, breaker control, fire PRA Technical Reviews continued from morning sessions Audit team debrief meeting Licensee wrap up meeting Adjourn for the day Friday, March 29, 2013 8:00 am 8:30 am Audit exit meeting Adjourn

List of Participants U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Team

• Leslie Fields

• Alex Klein

• Jay Robinson

• Paul Lain

• Alayna Pearson

• J. S. Hyslop

• Thinh Dinh

• Ray Gallucci NRC Audit Team Leader NRC Branch Chief NRC NFPA 805 PM NRC Technical Lead NRC FPE/Fire Modeling NRC FPRA.

NRC SSD/CA NRC FPRA Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Team

• Marc Janssen

• Jason Huczek

• Robert Fosdick Fire Modeling/Lead Fire Modeling Programmatic/Lead Farley Nuclear Plant Team

• Chip Westberry

• Jeff Branum

• Pat Long

• John Lattner

• Matthew Landry

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• Mike Macfarlane

• Amir Afzali

• Clayton Price

• Pam Burns

• Beomee Jeong

• Young Jo

• Owen Scott

• Kiang Zee

• Dan Funk

• Liz Kleinsorg

• Jim Lechner

• David Parker

• Reene Gambrell

• Brandon Jamar

• Becky Puckett SNC Site 805 Project Manager SNC Licensing Project Manager SNC Fire Protection Supervisor SNC Fire Protection Principal Engineer SNC RIE SNC Risk Modeling Manager SNC RIE Director SNC Safe Shutdown SNC SNC Fire PRA Leader SNC Technical Oversight SNC RI E Supervisor ERIN RIE Support ERIN RIE Support HAI LAR Development HAI LAR Development HAI LAR Development HAI LAR Development HAI LAR Development

• HAI LAR Development

• Rob Jacksori HAI LAR Development/VG Summer Contractor (Worley Parsons)

List of Documents Reviewed

1.

"Generic Fire Modeling Treatments," Rev. 0, January 15, 2008

2.

"Supplemental Generic Fire Model Treatments: Closed Electrical Panels,"

Supplement 1, Rev. B, October 11, 2011

3.

"Supplemental Generic Fire Model Treatments: Hot Gas Layer Tables, Supplement 2, Rev. G, October 10, 2011

4.

"Supplemental Generic Fire Model Treatments: Transient Ignition Source Strength,"

Supplement 3, Rev. E, November 7, 2011

5.

Landry, M.G., "Risk-Based Analysis: RBA 12-008-F," Memorandum to File, June 1, 2012

6.

Farley Fire Scenario Report, PRA-BC-F-11-014, Rev. 2, Body of Report & Appendix B, "Summary Fire Modeling Separation Distances"

7.

Evaluation of Units 1 and 2 Control Room Abandonment Times at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Attachment 1 to PRA-BC-F-11-014, Rev. 0

8.

Farley HGL and Multi-Compartment Analysis Report, PRA--BC-F-11-015, Rev. 2

9.

Farley Fire PRA Summary Report, PRA-BC-F-11-017, Rev. 2, Body of Report

10.

Farley Fire PRA Sensitivity Analysis Report, PRA-BC-F-12-004, Rev. 0

11.

"Evaluation of Dow Corning 561 Transformer Oil in Plant Hatch Switchgear Rooms,"

DOEJ-HRSNC320254-M001, Version 2

12.

Pictures taken by FNP personnel of Units 1 & 2 Electrical Penetration Rooms

13.

SNC-1, Quality Assurance Topical Report, Version 11.0

14.

NMP-ES-035, Fire Protection Program

15.

NMP-ES-027-001, Engineering Maintenance Rule Implementation

16.

NMP-ES-035-001, Fire Protection Program Implementation

17.

NMP-AD-008-F03, Version 3.0, 10 CFR 50.54(p) Evaluation, Security Plan and Security Training & Qualification Plan Review

18.

NMP-AD-008-F02, Version 5.0, 1 O CFR 50.54(a) Evaluation, Quality Assurance Program Review

19.

NMP-AD-008-F01, Version 7.1, Applicability Determinations (checklist)

20.

NMP-AD-008, Version 15.2, Applicability Determinations

21.

NMP-AD-008-F04, Version 4.1, 10 CFR 50.54(q) Screening Evaluation

22.

NMP-ES-035-GL01, Version 1, FP Program Guideline

23.

NMP-ES-035-010, Version 1, Fire Brigade

24.

NMP-ES-035-001, Version 8, FP Program Implementation

25.

NMP-ES-035, Version 4, Fire Protection Program

26.

PRA-BC-F-11-009, Plant Partitioning and Fire Ignition Frequency

27.

PRA-BC-F-11-006, Version 1, Seismic-Fire Interactions

28.

PRA-BC-F-11-016, Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) for Fire Events

29.

PRA-BC-F-11-014, Fire Scenario Development

30.

PRA-BC-F-11-014, Att. 1, Evaluation of MGR Abandonment

31.

PRA-BC-F-11-013, Version 1, Circuit Failure Mode and Likelihood Analysis Fire Protection Program Documents

32.

PRA-BC-F-11-004, Fire PRA Logic Model

33.

PRA-BC-F-12-004, Fire PRA Sensitivity Analysis

34.

PRA-BC-F-11-002, Component Selection.

35.

PRA-BC-F-11-015, Hot Gas Layer (HGL) and Multi-Compartment Analysis (MCA)

36.

SE-C051326701-008, NFPA-805 Fire Risk Evaluations

37.

PRA-BC-F-11-017, Fire PRA Summary Report

38.

Spec FE-S-07-002

• Enclosure 3

LIST OF MEETING ATTENDEES Name Organization Leslie Fields NRG Audit Team Lead J. S. Hyslop NRG Fire PRA Jason Huczek SWRI - CNWRA Fire ModelinQ John Horn SNC Regulated Affairs Cheryl Gayheart SNC-FNP-Plant Manager Owen Scott SNC Risk Informed Ray Martin FNP Mike Macfarlane SNC Risk Informing Engineer Jeff Branum SNC Regulatory Affairs Ray Gallucci NRG Fire PRA Thinh Dinh NRG Ray Herrin FNP Operations Manager Bill Arene Lead Licensing Engineer Chip Westberry Project Manager Forrest Hundle FNP Nuclear Oversight Manager Tom Nerbit FNP Operations Barbara Taylor FNP Performance Improvement Pamela Burns FNP Circuit Analysis Young Jo SNC Beomhee Jeong SNC Matt Landry SNC Paul Lain NRG Alayna Pearson NRG John Lattner SNC Fire Protection Clayton Price SNC Alan Holder Duke Energy Alex Klein NRG

. Enclosure 4 At the conclusion of the audit, the team participated in an exit meeting with Farley on March 29, 2013. NRC staff provided a brief conclusion on the audit goals and objections. The attendance list for the exit meeting is provided in Enclosure 4.

Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364 Facility Operating License Nos.: NPF-2 and NPF-8

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