ML20056D695

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection (05000498/2020002 and 05000499/2020002) and Request for Information

ML20056D695
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/25/2020
From:	Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Gerry Powell South Texas
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References
IR 2020002
Download: ML20056D695 (5)

See also: IR 05000498/2020002

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February 25, 2020

Mr. G. T. Powell

President and CEO

STP Nuclear Operating Company

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF

EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION

(05000498/2020002 AND 05000499/2020002) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Powell:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

staff will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant

modifications at your South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, from May 11 - 15, 2020. The

inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs Region IV office for one week.

The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.17T,

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors

and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a

productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by April 27, 2020. Upon review of

these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review upon arrival. 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.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mr. Nicholas Boehmisch of your licensing

organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please

contact the lead inspector, Mr. Jim Drake, by telephone at: 817-200-1558 or by e-mail at

James.Drake@nrc.gov.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments

regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office

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of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION

The NRC may not conduct nor 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 OMB control number.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection

and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document

Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for

Withholding.

Sincerely,

/RA Gerond George Acting for/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and

Experiments Inspection Request for

Information

Electronic Distribution to the South Texas Project

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NAME JDrake VGaddy

SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA GAG for/

DATE 02/24/2020 02/25/2020

Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection

South Texas Project

Inspection Report: 05000498/2020002 AND 05000499/2020002

Inspection Dates: On Site: May 11 - 15, 2020

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

Lead Inspector: Jim Drake, Senior Reactor Inspector

Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic

format (preferred) by April 27, 2020, to the attention of Jim Drake. We request that you

categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of

the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the

lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the onsite inspection. Also, the

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your

staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific

items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any

questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as

possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.

2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully

implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial

10 CFR 50.59 inspection that did not result in an evaluation.

3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes,

tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection that

did not result in an application for a license amendment.

4. A list with descriptions of all temporary plant modifications implemented since the last

triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

5. A list with descriptions of all compensatory actions for degraded or non-conforming

conditions implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

6. A list with titles and descriptions of all normal, abnormal, and emergency operating

procedure changes implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

7. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare, review, and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and/or evaluations, including qualification dates.

Enclosure

9. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report.

10. A copy of the most recent audits/self-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59

programs.

11. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any

changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,

required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).

12. A list of systems and system designators and a set of one-line (i.e., simplified) system

diagrams.

Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can

determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications.

Inspector Contact Information:

Jim Drake Isaac Anchondo-Lopez Fabian Thomas

Senior Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-200-1558 817-200-1152 817-200-1126

James.Drake@nrc.gov Isaac.Anchondo@nrc.gov Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Jim Drake

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4111

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