ML16061A566

Notification of Design Bases Inspection (Programs)(Inspection Report 05000397/2016008) and Initial Request for Information

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

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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

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 Jonathan Braisted Nnaerika Okonkwo

Senior Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-200-1104 817-200-1194 817-200-1114

Ron.Kopriva@nrc.gov Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Ron Kopriva

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511

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NAME R. Kopriva T. Farnholtz

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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)