ML20063L605

Annual Assessment Letter for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3&4 (NRC Report 05200025/2019-006 and 05200025/2019-006)

ML20063L605
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/03/2020
From:	Nicole Coovert NRC/RGN-II/DCI
To:	Yox M Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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March 3, 2020 Mr. Michael Yox Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company 7825 River Road, Bldg. 302, Vogtle 3&4 Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNITS 3 & 4 (NRC REPORT 05200025/2019006 AND 05200026/2019006)

Dear Mr. Yox:

On February 10, 2020, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 & 4. The NRC reviewed inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and the NRCs plans for future inspections at your facility.

The NRC determined that overall, VEGP Units 3 & 4 were being constructed in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at VEGP Units 3 & 4 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Construction Reactor Oversight Process (cROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct cROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 2020. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed are tentative and may be revised based on construction activities at the site.

The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. Please be advised that the NRC will continue to track the completion of Confirmatory Orders EA-18-130 and EA-18-171 (NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19249B552) dated November 20, 2019, and EA-18-032 (ML19029B321) dated January 29, 2019.

In accordance with 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).

M. Yox 2 Please contact me at (404) 997- 4510 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Nicole Coovert, Chief Construction Inspection Branch 1 Division of Construction Oversight Docket Nos.: 52-00025, 52-00026 License Nos.: NPF-91, NPF-92

Enclosure:

Vogtle Units 3&4 Inspection Plan cc w/encl.: (See next page)

M. Yox 3 cc:

Resident Manager Resident Inspector Oglethorpe Power Corporation Vogtle Plant Units 3 & 4 Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant 8805 River Road 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Barty Simonton Office of the Attorney General Team Leader 40 Capitol Square, SW Environmental Radiation Program Atlanta, GA 30334 Air Protection Branch Environmental Protection Division Southern Nuclear Operating Company 4244 International Parkway, Suite 120 Document Control Coordinator Atlanta, GA 30354-3906 3535 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243 Brian H. Whitley Regulatory Affairs Director Anne F. Appleby Southern Nuclear Operating Company Olgethorpe Power Corporation 3535 Colonnade Parkway, BIN N-226-EC 2100 East Exchange Place Birmingham, AL 35243 Tucker, GA 30084 Mr. Michael Yox County Commissioner Site Regulatory Affairs Director Office of the County Commissioner Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Burke County Commission 7825 River Road, Building 302 (ESB)

Waynesboro, GA 30830 Bin 6031 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Wayne Guilfoyle Commissioner District 8 Augusta-Richmond County Commission 4940 Windsor Spring Rd Hephzibah, GA 30815 Gwendolyn Jackson Burke County Library 130 Highway 24 South Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Atlanta, GA 30334

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ML20063L605 OFFICE RII:DCO RII:DCO NAME C. Taylor N. Coovert DATE 2/27/2020 2/27/2020 Inspection Test Analysis Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) Inspections Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC 2503)

Est. Date Description The majority of ITAAC related inspections, for the next year, are expected to be associated with the following construction and fabrication activities:

Unit 3:

1. Final structural inspections of the auxiliary and shield buildings (Including structural reconciliation ITAAC)

2. Completion of welding and Non Destructive Examination (NDE) inspections

3. Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Hydrostatic Testing

4. Installation of key valves (RCS Safety, Squib)

5. Containment structural integrity tests 1st to 4th Quarter 6. Review of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

(Qtr.) 2020 reports

7. Electrical and instrumentation ITAAC

8. As-built walkdowns of safety-related Structures Systems and Components (SSCs)

Unit 4:

1. Rebar/concrete and structural steel for the Auxiliary and Shield Buildings

2. Welding and NDE of all targeted SSCs

3. Installation of motor operated valves

4. Electrical cables, raceways and major electrical and instrumentation cabinets Construction and Operational Program Inspections (IMC 2504)

Construction Programs - Appendix A 2nd & 3rd Qtr. 2020 Quality Assurance (QA), Inspection Procedure (IP) 35007 2nd & 3rd Qtr. 2020 ITAAC Maintenance, IP 40600 3rd Qtr. 2020 Corrective Action Program, IP 35007 Operational Programs - Appendix B (See Note 1) 1st Qtr. 2020 Maintenance Rule, IP 62712 1st & 2nd Qtr. 2020 Preservice Inspection, IPs 73054, 73754, 73757 1 - 3 Qtr. 2020 st nd Physical Security/Cyber (Security-Related) (See Note 2) 2nd Qtr. 2020 Environmental Qualification, IP 51080 2nd Qtr. 2020 Contaimment Leak Rate Testing, IP 70368 2nd Qtr. 2020 Target Set (Security-Related) (See Note 2) 2nd Qtr. 2020 Emergency Preparedness, IP 82002 QA Operations, IPs 35101, 36100, 36302, 42401, 42453, 2nd Qtr. 2020 42454 2nd Qtr. 2020 Radiation Protection, IPs 83533 thru 85337 Process Effluent Monitoring, IPs 84527 thru 84529, 80522, 2nd Qtr. 2020 83531 2nd Qtr. 2020 Preservice and MOV Testing, IP 73758 2nd Qtr. 2020 Inservice Testing, IP 73758 2nd Qtr. 2020 Startup Test Program, IP 72401 1st - 4th Qtr. 2020 Component and Preoperational Testing, IP 70702 3rd Qtr. 2020 Fire Protection, IP 64704 Operational Programs - Appendix B Cont (See Note 1)

Part 52, Inspection of Startup Test Program, IP 72304 4th Qtr. 2020 (See Note 3)

2 Notes:

1. Inspection schedule is subject to change based on licensing and construction activities.

2. All Physical Security, Target Sets, and Cyber Security IPs are planned to be completed by August 2020

3. This inspection will occur after the 10 CFR 52.103(g) determination