IR 05000482/2018006

Annual Assessment Letter for Wolf Creek Report 05000482/2018006)

ML19058A195
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/04/2019
From:	Anton Vegel NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
References
IR 2018006
Download: ML19058A195 (5)

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rch 4, 2019

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000482/2018006)

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Wolf Creek Generating Station, reviewing performance indicators (PIs),

inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at Wolf Creek during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the expected range (i.e., Green). Based on the results of a supplemental inspection completed on September 20, 2018, which reviewed your stations actions in response to a Greater-than-Green finding in the Security Cornerstone, the NRC informed you that the finding was closed and that Wolf Creek was transitioned to the Licensee Response Column, effective November 2, 2018 (Agencywide Document Access Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18306A496). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

On December 17, 2018, the NRC issued a Severity Level II Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty associated with a violation of 10 CFR 50.7, Employee Protection, for actions Wolf Creek took in response to a contract employee raising nuclear safety concerns (ADAMS ML18333A043). On January 15, 2019, Wolf Creek notified the NRC of its acceptance of the violation (ADAMS ML19024A206). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Inspection Procedure 92722, Follow Up Inspection For Any Severity Level I or II Traditional Enforcement Violation or For Two or More Severity Level III Traditional Enforcment Violations in a 12 Month Period, to follow-up on this violation.

The NRC notified you in the 2017 annual assessment letter of a cross-cutting theme (ADAMS ML18052A345) related to the inconsistent implementation of Safety-Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) Policy (S.1). The NRC conducted several inspections during the assessment period to assess the corrective actions taken to address this theme, including a Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection (Inspection Report 05000482/2018007 (ADAMS ML18218A265)) and a quarterly Integrated Inspection (Report 05000482/2018004 (ADAMS ML19042A089)). Based on these inspections and review of your actions taken and planned, as well as the issuance of the aforementioned violation of 10 CFR 50.7, the NRC determined that a theme in the SCWE area continues to exist. This is the second consecutive occurrence of this cross-cutting theme. The NRC plans to conduct Inspection Procedure 93100, Safety-Conscious Work Environment Issue of Concern Followup, concurrent with Inspection Procedure 92722, to assess your progress in addressing the open SCWE theme at Wolf Creek. These inspections will be scheduled after you provide written notification to the NRC of your readiness for the inspection.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2020.

This updated inspection plan now includes planned security inspections that were formerly transmitted under separate correspondence. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. You should be aware that the agency is pursuing potential changes to the ROP, including changes to engineering inspections (SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspections). Should these changes to the ROP be implemented, the engineering and other region-based inspections are subject to change in scope, as well as schedule, beginning in January 2020. The inspections listed during the last 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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).

Please contact Nick Taylor, Chief, Project Branch B, at 817-200-1141 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anton Vegel, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 Enclosure:

Inspection Plan

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Wolf Creek 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count RP INSPECTION (2,4) 2 1 03/11/2019 03/15/2019 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 03/11/2019 03/15/2019 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment MC&A - MAT'L CONTROL & ACCOUNTING 1 1 03/11/2019 03/15/2019 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

WOLF CREEK 10CFR50.59 INSPECTION 3 1 04/29/2019 05/03/2019 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments EP EXERCISE AND PI INSPECTION 5 1 06/03/2019 06/07/2019 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 06/03/2019 06/07/2019 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 06/03/2019 06/07/2019 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification CYBER SECURITY INSPECTION 4 1 07/14/2019 07/20/2019 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security 1 07/28/2019 08/03/2019 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security Security Access Control .02 1 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification WOLF CREEK HEAT SINK INSPECTION 2 1 07/29/2019 08/02/2019 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Sink Performance -Triennial Security Protective Strategy and Target Set .05/.14 4 1 08/12/2019 08/16/2019 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation 1 08/12/2019 08/16/2019 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 09/30/2019 10/11/2019 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP INSPECTION (1,3) 2 1 09/30/2019 10/04/2019 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 09/30/2019 10/04/2019 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 1 of 2 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Wolf Creek 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count SCWE THEME AND EA-18-037 SLII NOV FOLLOWUP 4 1 10/01/2019 12/31/2019 IP 92722 000913 Follow Up Inspection For Any Severity Level I or II Traditional Enforcement Violation or for Two or 1 10/01/2019 12/31/2019 IP 93100 000921 Safety-Conscious Work Environment Issue of Concern Followup WC 2019 INITIAL EXAM 6 1 11/03/2019 11/09/2019 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1 12/08/2019 12/14/2019 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

RS13PI Radiation Safety 2 1 03/02/2020 03/06/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 03/02/2020 03/06/2020 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation Wolf Creek 1 - Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs) 3 1 04/06/2020 04/10/2020 IP 71111.21N 000714 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs)

1 04/20/2020 04/24/2020 IP 71111.21N 000714 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs)

WC 2020 BRQ 3 1 05/31/2020 06/06/2020 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance (Biennial)

BIENNIAL PI&R 4 1 06/08/2020 06/12/2020 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution RS5678 Radiation Safety PS Team 4 1 07/06/2020 07/10/2020 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 07/06/2020 07/10/2020 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 07/06/2020 07/10/2020 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 07/06/2020 07/10/2020 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation Triennial Fire Protection Inspection 4 1 10/18/2020 10/24/2020 IP 71111.05T 000696 Fire Protection (Triennial)

1 11/01/2020 11/07/2020 IP 71111.05T 000696 Fire Protection (Triennial)

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 2 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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