ML16007A737
| ML16007A737 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 01/07/2016 |
| From: | Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1 |
| To: | Koehl D South Texas |
| G. George | |
| References | |
| IR 2016008 | |
| Download: ML16007A737 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2016008
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
January 7, 2016
Mr. Dennis L. Koehl
President and CEO/CNO
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT - NOTIFICATION OF DESIGN BASES INSPECTION
(PROGRAMS) (INSPECTION REPORTS 05000498/2016008 and
05000499/2016008) AND INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Koehl:
On March 21, 2016, the NRC will begin an inspection at the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2.
A three person team will perform this inspection using NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.21N,
Design Bases Inspection (Programs); Attachment 1, Environmental Qualification under
10 CFR 50.49 Programs, Processes, and Procedures.
This inspection will evaluate the implementation of the electrical equipment qualification
program, as required by the South Texas Project Operating License. Additionally, the team will
perform an inspection of the equipment qualification documentation files to verify that electrical
equipment important to safety meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.49. The team will select
components that must function while subjected to harsh environments and are required to
mitigate the consequences of a design basis accident.
The inspection will include an information gathering site visit by the lead inspector and a senior
reactor analyst, and one week of onsite inspection by the team. The inspection team will
consist of three NRC inspectors. The current inspection schedule is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: February 8-12, 2016 (Tentative)
Preparation Week: March 14-18, 2016
Onsite Week: March 21-24, 2016
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to become
familiar with the South Texas Project environmental qualification program. The lead inspector
will request a meeting with your personnel to discuss the site environmental qualification
program and procedures. Additionally, the lead inspector will request a discussion with your
staff to become familiar with the equipment qualification regulations and standards to which the
site is committed. Additional information and documentation needed to support the inspection
will be identified during the inspection, including interviews with engineering managers and
engineers.
Our experience with these inspections has shown that they are extremely resource intensive,
both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order to minimize the inspection impact
on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for information
needed for the inspection. This information should be available to the lead inspector during the
D. Koehl
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information gathering visit, February 8-12, 2016. Since the inspection will be concentrated on
equipment qualification, the Equipment Qualification Master List (EQML) should be available to
review during the information gathering visit to assist in our selection of components.
Additional requests by inspectors will be made during the onsite week for specific documents
needed to complete the review of the selected components. It is important that all of these
documents are up to date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional
documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. In
order to facilitate the inspection, we request that a contact individual be assigned to each
inspector to ensure information requests, questions, and concerns are addressed in a timely
manner.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Gerond A. George. We understand that our licensing
engineer contact for this inspection is Rafael Gonzalez. If there are any questions about the
inspection or the requested materials, please contact the lead inspector by telephone at
817-200-1562 or by e-mail at Gerond.George@nrc.gov.
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information
collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control
Number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the
requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control
number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be
made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from
the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the
Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-498; 50-499
Enclosure: Request for Information
Electronic Distribution for the South Texas Project
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Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Design Bases Inspection (Programs), Environmental Qualification
South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2
Inspection Report: 05000498/2016008, 05000499/2016008
Information Gathering Dates:
February 8-12, 2016 (Tentative)
Inspection Dates:
March 21-24, 2016
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111, Attachment 21N, Design Bases Inspection
(Programs)
Lead Inspector:
Gerond A. George, Senior Reactor Inspector
I.
Information Requested for Information Gathering Visit (February 8-12, 2016)
The following information should be provided to the lead inspector Gerond A. George, in
hard copy or electronic format (Certrec IMS preferred), by February 8, 2016, to facilitate
the reduction in the items to be selected for a final list of components. The inspection
team will finalize the selected list during the prep week using the documents requested
in this enclosure. The specific items selected from the lists shall be available and ready
for review on the day indicated in this request. *Please provide requested
documentation electronically in pdf files, Excel, or other searchable formats, if possible.
The information should contain descriptive names, and be indexed and hyperlinked to
facilitate ease of use. Information in lists should contain enough information to be
easily understood by someone who has knowledge of pressurized water reactor
technology. If requested documents are large and only hard copy formats are available,
please inform the inspector(s), and provide subject documentation during the first day of
the onsite inspection.
1. List of components that are in Equipment Qualification Master List. If the plant is
approved to categorize structures, systems, and components in accordance with
10 CFR 50.67, please provide the Risk Informed Safety Category of the component.
2. List of the Equipment Qualification Master List components sorted by Fussell-Vesely
risk importance.
3. List of all post-accident monitoring instrumentation components and locations.
4. South Texas Project Units1 and 2, word-searchable Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report, License Conditions, and Technical Specifications. Specifically identify which
UFSAR sections address environmental (including seismic) qualification.
5. NRC Safety Evaluation Report(s) associated with South Texas Project Units 1 and 2
environmental qualification program.
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6. Identify the various environmental qualification standards (including year, edition, or
revision) to which South Texas Project is committed.
7. Identify whether either unit has entered its period of extended operation (i.e.,
operation past the original 40 year license period).
8. Selected (not all) equipment qualification documentation files for a sample of
electrical equipment listed on the Equipment Qualification Master List (e.g.,
transmitter, limit switch, motor, MOV actuator, cable, solenoid)
9. Site (and corporate if applicable) procedures associated with the 10 CFR 50.49
environmental qualification program for electrical components. Additionally, please
provide similar procedures used to verify mechanical components meet their
10 CFR 50, Appendix A, Criterion 4, Environmental and Dynamic Effects Design
Bases. Include procedures for procurement of qualified equipment, maintenance of
qualified equipment, and modification to qualified equipment (including equivalency
or commercial grade dedication programs).
10. Site high energy line break analyses, including associated plant area drawings.
11. Procedures for material storage and shelf life controls.
12. List of commercial grade dedication evaluations performed, for which the dedicated
parts have been issued for installation on equipment qualification applications in the
plant, for the previous five years. Include description of the component, the part that
was repaired, work order, and date issued or installed.
13. List of condition reports related to the equipment qualification program or
environmental qualification of components (both electrical and mechanical) for the
previous 5 years.
14. List of modifications, repairs, or replacement of Equipment Qualification Master List
components completed for the previous 5 years.
15. List of modifications, repairs, or replacements of safety-related mechanical
components located within high energy line break for the previous 5 years.
16. List of modifications, repairs, or replacements of containment penetrations and
safety-related valves/pumps which take suction on the containment sump following a
design basis loss-of-coolant accident for the previous 5 years.
17. Any self-assessments and quality assurance assessments of the environmental
qualification program performed in the previous 5 years.
18. List of systems (system numbers/designators and corresponding names).
19. Interview with representative to discuss site high energy line break (HELB) analyses,
plant drawings, and assumptions.
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20. Interview with representative to discuss environmental qualification mandated
maintenance elements which are integrated into plant programs and procedures.
21. Interview with representative to discuss maintaining qualification for plant/equipment
that has entered its period of extended operation, if applicable.
Inspector Contact Information:
Gerond A. George
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1562
Gerond.George@nrc.gov
Megan Williams
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1076
Megan.Williams@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
404-997-4888
Marcus.Riley@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Gerond George
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511
SUNSI Review
By: GAG
ADAMS:
Yes No
Sensitive
Non-Sensitive
Non-Publicly Available
Publicly Available
Keyword
OFFICE
EB1/SRI:
EB1/C:
NAME
GGeorge
TFarnholtz
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE
1/7/16
1/7/16
Letter to Dennis L. Koehl from Thomas R. Farnholtz dated, January 7, 2016
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT - NOTIFICATION OF DESIGN BASES INSPECTION
(PROGRAMS) (INSPECTION REPORTS 05000498/2016008 and
05000499/2016008) AND INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Distribution
Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Alfred.Sanchez@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Nicholas.Hernandez@nrc.gov)
STP Administrative Assistant (Lynn.Wright@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (David.Proulx@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/B (Shawn.Money@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/B (Steven.Janicki@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov)
Acting Team Leader, DRS/TSS (Eric.Ruesch@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Cindy.Rosales-Cooper@nrc.gov)