ML16061A566
| ML16061A566 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 03/01/2016 |
| From: | Thomas Farnholtz Engineering Region 1 Branch 1 |
| To: | Reddemann M Energy Northwest |
| R. Kopriva | |
| References | |
| IR 2016008 | |
| Download: ML16061A566 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000397/2016008
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
March 1, 2016
Mr. M. E. Reddemann
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Northwest
P.O. Box 968, Mail Drop 1023
Richland, WA 99352-0968
SUBJECT:
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF DESIGN BASES
INSPECTION (PROGRAMS) (INSPECTION REPORT 05000397/2016008) AND
INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Reddemann,
On May 9, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin an inspection at the
Columbia Generating Station. 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 Columbia Generating Station 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 will be 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 team leader and a senior
reactor analyst, and one week of onsite inspection by the team. The inspection will consist of
three NRC inspectors. The current inspection schedule is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: March 28-March 31, 2016 (Tentative)
In-Office Preparation Week: May 2-6, 2016
Onsite Weeks: May 9-13, 2016
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff, and to
become familiar with the Columbia Generating Station 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
M. E. Reddemann
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needed for the inspection. This information should be available to the lead inspector during the
information gathering visit, March 28-31, 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.
It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is
generated during the inspection. Additional requests by inspectors will be made during the
onsite week for specific documents needed to complete the review of that component/selection.
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 Mr. Ronald A. Kopriva. We understand that our
licensing engineer contact for this inspection is Ms. Tracey Parmelee. If there are any questions
about the inspection or the requested materials, please contact the lead inspector by telephone
at 817-200-1104 or by e-mail at Ron.Kopriva@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
Docket: 50-397
License: NPF-21
Enclosure: Design Bases Inspection (Programs)
Environmental Qualification Request for Information
Electronic Distribution for the Columbia Generating Station
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Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Design Bases Inspection (Programs), Environmental Qualification
Columbia Generating Station
Inspection Report:
05000397
Information Gathering Dates:
March 28-31, 2016 (Tentative)
Inspection Dates:
May 9-13, 2016
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111, Attachment 21N, Design Bases Inspection
(Programs)
Lead Inspector:
Ronald A. Kopriva, Senior Reactor Inspector
I.
Information Requested for Information Gathering Visit (March 28-31, 2016)
The following information should be provided to the lead inspector in hard copy or
electronic format (Certrec IMS preferred), to the attention of Ronald A. Kopriva,
March 28-31, 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 boiling 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 plant is
approved to categorize structures, systems, and component in accordance with
10 CFR 50.69, please provide the Risk Informed Safety Category of the component.
2. Listing 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. Columbia Generating Station, word-searchable, Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report, License Conditions, and Technical Specifications. Specifically identify which
UFSAR sections address environmental (including seismic) qualification, seismic.
5. NRC Safety Evaluation Report(s) associated with Columbia Generating Station
environmental qualification program.
6. Identify the various environmental qualification standards (including year, edition, or
revision) that Columbia Generating Station is committed.
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7. Identify whether the 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 was
issued to repair, work order, and date issued or installed.
13. Any self-assessments and quality assurance assessments of the environmental
qualification program performed in the previous 5 years.
14. List of systems (system numbers/designators and corresponding names).
15. Interview with representative to discuss site high energy line break (HELB) analyses,
plant drawings, and assumptions.
16. Interview with representative to discuss environmental qualification mandated
maintenance elements are integrated into plant programs and procedures.
17. Interview with representative to discuss maintaining qualification for plant/equipment
that has entered its period of extended operation, if applicable.
II.
Information Requested once Components are Selection (May 4, 2016)
1. List of condition reports related to the equipment qualification program or
environmental qualification of components (both electrical and mechanical) for the
previous 5 years.
2. List of modifications, repairs, or replacement of Equipment Qualification Master List
components completed for the previous 5 years.
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3. List of modifications, repairs, or replacements of safety-related mechanical
components located within high energy line break for the previous 5 years.
4. 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.
5. Request Vendor Technical Documents for Selected Components.
Inspector Contact Information:
Ronald A. Kopriva
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1104
Ron.Kopriva@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1194
Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1114
Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Ron Kopriva
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511
SUNSI Review
By: RAK
ADAMS:
Yes No
Sensitive
Non-Sensitive
Non-Publicly Available
Publicly Available
Keyword
OFFICE
DRS/EB1/SRI:
EB1/C:
NAME
R. Kopriva
T. Farnholtz
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE
3/1/2016
3/1/2016
Letter to M. E. Reddmann from Thomas R. Farnholtz dated March 1, 2016
SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF DESIGN BASES
INSPECTION (PROGRAMS) (INSPECTION REPORT 05000397/2016008) 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 (Gregory.Kolcum@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Dan.Bradley@nrc.gov)
Site Administrative Assistant (Vacant)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Matthew.Kirk@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRS/TSS (Thomas.Hipschman@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 (Raj.Iyengar@nrc.gov)