ML16007A737

Notification of Design Bases Inspection (Programs) (Inspection Report 05000498/2016008 and 05000499/2016008) and Initial Request for Information

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

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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

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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

Licenses: NPF-76; NPF-80

Enclosure: Request for Information

Electronic Distribution for the South Texas Project

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 Megan Williams Marcus Riley

Senior Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-200-1562 817-200-1076 404-997-4888

Gerond.George@nrc.gov Megan.Williams@nrc.gov Marcus.Riley@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Gerond George

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511

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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

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DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

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Resident Inspector (Nicholas.Hernandez@nrc.gov)

STP Administrative Assistant (Lynn.Wright@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov)

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Project Engineer, DRP/B (Shawn.Money@nrc.gov)

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