ML15127A578

Operational Readiness Assessment Team Inspection Prerequisites

ML15127A578
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	05/07/2015
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3
To:	Skaggs M Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 May 7, 2015 Mr. Michael D. Skaggs Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR UNIT 2 OPERATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT TEAM INSPECTION PREREQUISITES

Dear Mr. Skaggs:

The Operational Readiness Assessment Team (ORAT) is an important part of the NRCs decision making process regarding your plans to startup Watts Bar Unit 2. Therefore to make sure both the NRC and the Tennessee Valley Authority are properly prepared, the NRC has identified the following list of prerequisites that should be completed prior to this inspection.

Please provide us with a written reply two weeks in advance of when these prerequisites will be satisfied and that Watts Bar Unit 2 is ready for NRCs ORAT. Based on discussions with your staff, we understand that based on your current schedule, Tennessee Valley Authority will be ready for the NRC to conduct the Unit 2 ORAT starting on June 22, 2015.

1. Declaration by the Tennessee Valley Authority that the facility is ready for the NRC ORAT and a proposed date for the inspection.

2. Completion of system turnover to Operations under the NC-PP-37 process for the containment spray system and component cooling water system. Also for these two systems, completion of the following attachments from Procedure 0-TI-441, Operational Readiness Process for Unit 2 Systems.:

a. 0-TI-441 Attachment 1, Functional Support Requirements

b. 0-TI-441 Attachment 2, Operational Alignment, with the exception of Multi-System EDCRs.

3. For the auxiliary feedwater system, provide verification that the following attachments from the system turnover process have been substantially completed:

a. NC-PP-37 Attachment 1, Turnover Boundary Definition

b. NC-PP-37 Attachment 2, Functional Support Requirements Completion Checklist and Required Drawing Index

c. NC-PP-37 Attachment 5, Design Engineering Complete & Design Authority Transfer

d. 0-TI-441 Attachment 1, Functional Support Requirements, with the exception of Critical Components PMs.

e. 0-TI-441 Attachment 2, Operational Alignment, with the exception of Programs and Multi-Systems EDCRs.

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4. For any portions of the Attachments listed in Item 3 above that will not be complete by the proposed inspection date, provide a description of the remaining actions and potential impact to the NRC ORAT inspection.

5. Please provide us with a list of all safety-related/risk-significant systems that are scheduled to be turned over to Operations in accordance with Procedure NC-PP-37, System Turnover to Operations, prior to the proposed onsite inspection start date of June 22, 2015.

The NRC has provided to your staff an initial document request list that will be used by the inspectors to prepare for the ORAT. As part of the inspection preparation, additional document requests will be made and provided to members of your staff in advance of the onsite inspection week. Please note that the NRC has developed an inspection plan, a team leader has been assigned, and team members have been selected, subject to change based on your proposed date. If you have any questions regarding these prerequisites, please contact me at (404) 997-4446.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert Haag, Chief Construction Projects Branch 3 Division of Construction Projects Docket No. 50-391 Construction Permit No. CPPR-92 cc: See next page

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Mr. Gordon P. Arent Director, Licensing Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. O. J. Zeringue, General Manager Engineering and Construction WBN Unit Two Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. Paul Simmons WBN Unit Two Project Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City Tennessee 37381 Mr. James ODell, Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs WBN Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. Joseph P. Grimes Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Place 3R Lookout Place Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 County Executive 375 Church Street Suite 215 Dayton, Tennessee 37321 Mr. Sean Connors Plant Manager, WBN Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. R. R. Baron, Senior Manager Nuclear Construction Quality Assurance WBN Unit Two Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Mr. Joseph Shea, Vice President Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street 3R Lookout Place Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. E. J. Vigluicci Assistant General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive 6A West Tower Knoxville, Tennessee 37402 Mr. Lawrence E. Nanney, Director Tennessee Department of Environmental Health & Conservation Division of Radiological Health 3rd Floor, L&C Annex 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Mr. Kevin Walsh Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, Tennessee 37381 County Mayor P.O. Box 156 Decatur, Tennessee 37322 Ms. Ann P. Harris Public 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854

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Greg Scott Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Watts Bar 2 Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

Letter to Michael D. Skaggs from Robert C. Haag dated May 7, 2015.

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR UNIT 2 OPERATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT TEAM INSPECTION PREREQUISITES Distribution w/encl:

Region II Regional Coordinator, OEDO J. Quichocho, NRR J. Poole, NRR J. Dion, NRR A. Minarik, NRR V. McCree, RII L. Douglas, RII EICS M. King, RII DRP J. Nadel, RII WBN Unit 1 SRI OE Mail ConE_Resource@nrc.gov PUBLIC