ML15281A050

IR 05000335/2016008 and 05000389/2016008 - 02/08/2016 - 02/12/2016 and 02/29/2016 - 03/04/2016 - Notification of St. Lucie Plant Component Design Bases Inspection

ML15281A050
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	10/07/2015
From:	Bartley J NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1
To:	Nazar M Nextera Energy
References
IR 2016008
Download: ML15281A050 (5)

See also: IR 05000335/2016008

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

October 7, 2015

Mr. Mano Nazar

President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Nuclear Division

NextEra Energy

P.O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF ST. LUCIE PLANT COMPONENT DESIGN BASES

INSPECTION - U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INSPECTION

REPORT 05000335/2016008 AND 05000389/2016008

Dear Mr. Nazar:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region II staff will conduct a component design bases inspection (CDBI) at your St. Lucie Plant

during the weeks of February 8 - 12, and February 29 - March 4, 2016. Mr. Eric Stamm, a

Senior Reactor Inspector from the NRCs Region II office, will lead the inspection team. This

inspection will be a pilot to test the feasibility of conducting a two-week CDBI. The inspection

will be conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71111.21T, Component Design

Bases Inspection (Teams), which will be issued at a future date. The inspection procedure is in

the NRCs Agency Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) as #ML15154A586.

The inspection will evaluate the capability of risk-significant /low-margin components to function

as designed and to support proper system operation. The inspection will also include a review

of selected operator actions, operating experience, and modifications.

During a telephone conversation on October 5, 2015, with Mr. Eric Katzman, we confirmed

arrangements for an information-gathering site visit and the two-week onsite inspection. The

schedule is as follows:

• Information-gathering visit: Week of January 11 - 15, 2016

• Onsite weeks: February 8 - 12, and February 29 - March 4, 2016

The purpose of the information-gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to identify

risk-significant components and operator actions. Information and documentation needed to

support the inspection will also be identified. Mr. John Hanna, a Region II Senior Risk Analyst,

will support Mr. Stamm during the information-gathering visit to review probabilistic risk

assessment data and identify risk-significant components to be examined during the inspection.

M. Nazar 2

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information-gathering visit.

Please provide the referenced information to the Region II Office by Thursday, December 31,

2015. Additional documents may be requested during the information-gathering visit. The

inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those

documents required for inspection preparation. The additional information will need to be

available to the team in the Region II office prior to the inspection teams preparation week of

February 1, 2016. During the information-gathering trip, Mr. Stamm will also discuss the

following inspection support administrative details: (1) availability of knowledgeable plant

engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection, (2)

method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection, (3) licensee computer access, (4)

working space, (5) arrangements for site access, and (6) other applicable information.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections,

Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "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

Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible

from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic

Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, regarding the

information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Stamm at 404-997-4575 or contact

me at 404-997-4607.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jonathan H. Bartley, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389

License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure:

Information Request for St. Lucie Plant,

Component Design Bases Inspection

cc: Distribution via Listserv

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OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS

SIGNATURE EJS2 JHB1

NAME E.STAMM J.BARTLEY

DATE 10/6/2015 10/ 7/2015

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR ST. LUCIE PLANT

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION

Please provide the information electronically in .pdf files, Excel, or other searchable format on

CDROM (or FTP site, SharePoint, etc.). The CDROM (or website) should be indexed and

hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.

1. From your most recent probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) excluding external events and

fires:

a. Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific PSA: one sorted by Risk

Achievement Worth (RAW), and the other sorted by Birnbaum Importance

b. A list of the top 500 cutsets

c. A list of the top 500 LERF contributors

2. From your most recent PSA including external events and fires:

a. Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific PSA: one sorted by RAW,

and the other sorted by Birnbaum Importance

b. A list of the top 500 cutsets

3. Risk ranking of operator actions from your site-specific PSA sorted by RAW. Provide

human reliability worksheets for these items.

4. List of time-critical operator actions with a brief description of each action.

5. List of Emergency and Abnormal Operating Procedures revised (significant) since

October 1, 2012, with a brief description of each revision.

6. List of components with low-design margins (i.e., pumps closest to the design limit for flow

or pressure, diesel generator close to design-required output, heat exchangers close to

rated design heat removal, and motor-operated valve risk-margin rankings, etc.).

7. List of station-operating experience evaluations/reviews performed, and documented in the

stations corrective action program, for industry events and safety-related equipment

failures/vulnerabilities (as communicated by NRC Generic Communications, Industry

Communications, 10 CFR Part 21 Notifications, etc.) since October 1, 2012.

8. List and brief description of safety-related structures, systems, or components (SSCs)

design modifications implemented since October 1, 2012.

9. List and brief description of common-cause component failures that have occurred

since October 1, 2012.

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10. List of equipment on the sites Station Equipment Reliability Issues List, including a

description of the reason(s) why each component is on that list, and summaries (if

available) of your plans to address the issue(s).

11. List and brief description of equipment currently in degraded or nonconforming status as

described in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0326, Operability Determinations and

Functionality Assessments for Conditions Adverse to Quality or Safety, issued

January 31, 2014.

12. List and reason for equipment classified in maintenance rule (a)(1) status from

October 1, 2012, to present.

13. Copy of Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.

14. Copy of Technical Specification(s).

15. Copy of Technical Specifications Bases.

16. Copy of Technical Requirements Manual(s).

17. List and brief description of Root Cause Evaluations performed since October 1, 2012.

18. Corrective Action Program Procedure(s).

19. Copy of Operability Determination procedure(s).

20. One-line diagram of electrical plant. (Electronic and full size - hard copy week

of January 11 - 15, 2016)

21. Index and legend for electrical plant one-line diagrams.

22. Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) for safety-related systems. (Electronic

and 1/2 size - hard copy week of January 11 - 15, 2016)

23. Index and Legend for P&IDs.

24. Copies of corrective action documents (i.e. CRs) associated with findings from previous

CDBI. (If applicable)

25. Index (procedure number, title, and current revision) of station Emergency Operating

Procedures, Abnormal Operating Procedures, and Annunciator Response Procedures.

26. Copy of any self-assessments performed in preparation for this inspection and the previous

CDBI (2012).

27. List of any condition reports generated in preparation for this inspection and those

generated from previous CDBI (2012).

28. Contact information for a person to discuss PSA information prior to and during the

information-gathering trip. (Name, title, phone number, and e-mail address)