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Audit Proposed License Amendment Request for the Addition of 24-Hour Associated with the Technical Specification Completion Time for an Inoperable Reactor Trip (EPID-L-2019-LLA-0110)
ML19220A555
Person / Time
Site: Surry  Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 08/13/2019
From: Geoffrey Miller
Plant Licensing Branch II
To: Stoddard D
Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
Vaughn T, 415-5897
References
EPID L-2019-LLA-0110
Download: ML19220A555 (5)


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August 13, 2019 Mr. Daniel G. Stoddard Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.

Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

SURRY NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - AUDIT RE: PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR THE ADDITION OF 24-HOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION COMPLETION TIME FOR AN INOPERABLE REACTOR TRIP (EPID L-2019-LLA-0110)

Dear Mr. Stoddard:

By letter dated May 15, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19143A201), Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion), submitted a license amendment request regarding the Surry Nuclear Power Station (Surry), Units 1 and 2.

The proposed amendment would revise the licensing basis of Surry regarding the addition of 24-hour completion time for an inoperable reactor trip breaker.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will conduct a regulatory audit to support its review of the proposed license amendments. The audit is planned to be conducted remotely or on-site at Surry to facilitate access to the licensees probabilistic risk assessment models, documentation, and technical experts. The NRC staff intends to start the audit on August 14, 2019, and the logistics and scope of the audit plan enclosed.

If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at (301) 415-2481 or by e-mail at Ed.Miller@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Special Projects and Process Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281

Enclosure:

Audit Plan cc: Listserv

AUDIT PLAN ADDITION OF 24-HOUR COMPLETE TIME FOR AN INOPERABLE REACTOR TRIP BREAKER AMENDMENT DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA SURRY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-280 AND 50-281

1.0 BACKGROUND

By letter to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated May 15, 2019 (Reference 1), Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) for Surry Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, to extend the Technical Specification completion time associated with an inoperable reactor trip breaker for an additional 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />. This change is based on Westinghouse Commercial Atomic Power (WCAP)-15376-P-A, Revision 1, "Risk-Informed Assessment of the RTS [reactor trip system]

and ESFAS [engineered safety features actuation system] Surveillance Test Intervals and Reactor Trip Breaker Test and Completion Times," which the NRC staff approved by letter dated December 20, 2002 (Reference 2). WCAP-15376-P-A provides justification for changes in the NRC-approved Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)-411, Revision 1, "Surveillance Test Interval Extensions for Components of the Reactor Protection System (WCAP-15376-P)"

(Reference 3).

The NRC staffs review of the LAR has commenced in accordance with the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations (NRRs) Office Instruction LIC-101, License Amendment Review Procedures, (Reference 4).

The NRC staff has determined that a regulatory audit of the LAR should be conducted in accordance with NRR Office Instruction LIC-111, Regulatory Audits,(Reference 5), for the staff to gain a better understanding of the licensees proposed risk-informed application for consistency with the approved WCAP-15376-P-A, TSTF-411, and to verify the acceptability of the probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) used for the risk application (i.e., Regulatory Guide (RG)1.200, Appendix X to Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 05-04, 07-12, 12-13, etc.).

The basis of this audit hinges upon the voluntary submittal pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.90 for the Surry Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, LAR dated May 15, 2019.

2.0 REGULATORY AUDIT SCOPE The NRC staff will review the PRA acceptability described in the LAR and the conformance with TSTF-411. The audit team will discuss audit questions with the licensee and identify any additional information or clarifications that is necessary for the licensee to supplement its application for the staff to reach a licensing decision.

3.0 INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIAL NECESSARY FOR THE AUDIT The NRC audit team will require access to personnel knowledgeable in all aspects of the LAR, including the PRAs used to perform the risk analysis and relevant plant documentation or procedures (i.e., Fire, Internal Events, Internal Flood, Seismic) used to support the submittal.

The NRC staff requests the licensee provide the following information electronically (i.e.,

internet SharePoint) to support a remote audit. If determined that a remote audit is not feasible, at a minimum, a hardcopy and electronic copy of the following documentation should be available to the audit team on the first day of the staffs arrival for the audit onsite.

Documents All self-assessments of the PRA models, and Facts and Observations closure reports Documentation of changes to the PRA models with justification of PRA upgrades/PRA maintenance 4.0 TEAM ASSIGNMENTS The audit will be conducted by NRC staff from NRR, Division of Risk Assessment, PRA Licensing Branch-A and NRC contractors from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL). If the audit is conducted remotely, additional NRC staff may participate as observers, including NRR technical reviewers and project managers (PMs). The NRC audit team leader will be Karen Cotton, project manager with the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL) and the NRC technical lead will be Adrienne Brown (NRR, Reliability and Risk Analyst).

5.0 LOGISTICS The DORL PM will schedule an entrance meeting for this audit and an exit meeting based on a mutually agreed upon date and time. The DORL PM will provide updates to the licensee upon request and facilitate any additional request the technical staff may have to the licensee.

6.0 SPECIAL REQUESTS If the audit is conducted remotely, the NRC audit team will require the following to support the regulatory audit:

Access to an internet SharePoint portal to review the requested materials in Section 3.0 of this audit plan.

7.0 DELIVERABLES A regulatory audit summary will be issued after the completion of the audit and exit meeting with the licensee. The summary will use the NRR Office Instruction, LIC-111, Regulatory Audits.

Any additional information needed to support the safety evaluation that was identified from the audit will be transmitted to the licensee from DORL as requests for additional information.

8.0 REFERENCES

1. Sartain, Mark, Vice President, Virginia Electric Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia), letter to U.S. NRC, "Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia), Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, letter to, Amendment for Addition of 24-Hour Completion Time for an Inoperable Reactor Trip Braker, dated May 15, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), Accession No. ML19143A201.
2. Ruland, William H., Director, NRC, Letter to Robert Bryan, Westinghouse Owners Group, Tennessee Valley Authority, Acceptance for Referencing of Topical Report WCAP-15376-P, Rev. 0, Risk-Informed Assessment of the RTS and ESFAS Surveillance Test Intervals and Reactor Trip Breaker Test and Completion Times, December 20, 2002, (ADAMS Accession No. ML023540534).
3. Excel Services for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) 411 - Surveillance Test Interval Extensions for Components of the Reactor Protection System (WCAP-15376-P), August 7, 2002 (ADAMS Accession No. ML022470164).
4. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRR Office Instruction, LIC 101, Revision 5, License Amendment Review Procedures, January 9, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16061A451).
5. U.S. NRC Office Instruction, LIC 111 Regulatory Audits, dated December 16, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML082900195).

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