ML20099G942
| ML20099G942 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/2020 |
| From: | Peter Jayroe Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Wolf Creek |
| References | |
| IR 2020010 | |
| Download: ML20099G942 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2020010
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April 8, 2020
Mr. Cleve Reasoner, Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT:
WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC BIENNIAL
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION
(05000482/2020010) AND INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Reasoner:
On June 8, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin an onsite
inspection at the Wolf Creek Generating Station. A four-person team will perform this inspection
using NRC Inspection Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution. The inspection
will include 2 weeks of onsite inspection by the team. The inspection period will cover the time
between the end of the last Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection through the last
onsite day of this inspection (June 28, 2018 - June 26, 2020).
Onsite Weeks: June 8-12 and June 22-26
In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we
have enclosed a request for information needed for the inspection. This information should be
made available to the lead inspector by May 25, 2020.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Peter Jayroe. We understand that our licensing contact
for this inspection is Ms. Lucille Stone. If there are any questions about the inspection or the
requested materials, please contact the lead inspector by telephone at 817-200-1174 or by
e-mail at peter.jayroe@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
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
C. Reasoner
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The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average
2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per examination including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
information collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collection,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections
Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by
electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
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for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document
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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/
Peter Jayroe, Senior Reactor Inspector
Inspection Programs and Assessment Team
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-482
License No. NPF-42
Enclosure:
Biennial Problem Identification and Evaluation
Initial Request for Information
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DATE
04/08/2020
Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection
WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION
Inspection Report: 05000482/2020010
Inspection Dates:
June 8-12, 2020, and June 22-26, 2020
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71152 Problem Identification and Resolution
Lead Inspector:
Peter Jayroe, Senior Reactor Inspector
Please provide the following information as they become available, but no later than
May 25, 2020:
1. Document List
Note: For these summary lists, please include the document/reference number, the
document title, initiation date, status, and long-text description of the issue.
a. Summary list of all corrective action documents related to significant conditions
adverse to quality that were opened, closed, or evaluated during the period.
b. Summary list of all apparent cause evaluations (adverse condition assessment)
performed during the period
c. Summary list of all corrective action documents related to conditions adverse to quality
that were opened, closed, or evaluated during the period
d. Summary list of all currently open corrective action documents associated with
conditions adverse to quality first identified any time prior to the beginning of this
assessment period
e. Summary lists of all corrective action documents that were upgraded or downgraded in
priority/significance during the period (these may be limited to those downgraded from,
or upgraded to, apparent-cause level or higher)
f.
Summary list of all corrective action documents initiated during the period that identify an
adverse or potentially adverse trend in safety-related or risk-significant equipment
performance or in any aspect of the station's safety culture
g. Summary lists of operator workarounds, operator burdens, temporary modifications, and
control room deficiencies (1) currently open and (2) that were evaluated and/or closed
during the period; this list should include the date that each item was opened and/or
closed
h. Summary list of all prompt operability determinations or other engineering evaluations
performed to provide reasonable assurance of operability
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i.
Summary list of plant safety issues raised or addressed by the Employee Concerns
Program (or equivalent) (sensitive information should be made available during the
team's first week on site-do not provide electronically)
2.
a. Root cause evaluations (latest revision) completed during the period; include a list of any
planned or in progress
b. Apparent cause evaluations or adverse condition assessments (latest revision)
completed during the period (if less than 30)
c. Quality Assurance audits performed during the period
d. Audits/surveillances performed during the period on the Corrective Action Program, of
individual corrective actions, or of cause evaluations
e. Functional area self-assessments and non-NRC third-party assessments (e.g., peer
assessments performed as part of routine or focused station self- and independent
assessment activities; do not include INPO assessments) that were performed or
completed during the period; include a list of those that are currently in progress
f.
Assessments of the safety-conscious work environment including any safety culture
survey results; if none performed during the inspection period, provide the most recent
g. Corrective action documents generated during the period associated with the following:
i. NRC findings and/or violations
ii. Licensee Event Reports issued
h. Corrective action documents generated for the following, if they were determined to
be applicable to the site (for those that were evaluated but determined not to be
applicable, provide a summary list):
i. NRC Information Notices, Bulletins, and Generic Letters issued or evaluated
during the period
ii. Part 21 reports issued or evaluated during the period
iii. Vendor safety information letters (or equivalent) issued or evaluated during the
period
iv. Other external events and/or Operating Experience evaluated for applicability
during the period
i.
Corrective action documents generated for the following:
i. Maintenance-preventable functional failures that occurred or were evaluated
during the period
ii. Action items generated or addressed by offsite review committees during the
period
Full Documents with Attachments
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j.
Comments, observations, or minor performance deficiencies documented in the
2018 NRC Pl&R (2018007) inspection report or generated due to inspector
comments during the inspection (include any initiated prior to the period)
3. Logs and Reports
a. Corrective action performance trending/tracking information generated during the
period and broken down by functional organization (if this information is fully
included in item 3.b, it need not be provided separately)
b. Current system health reports, Management Review Meeting package, or similar
information; provide past reports as necessary to include 12 months of
metric/trending data
c. Radiation protection event logs during the period
d. Security event logs and security incidents during the period (sensitive information
should be made available during the team's first week on site-do not provide
electronically)
e. List of training deficiencies, requests for training improvements, and simulator
deficiencies for the period
Note: For items 3.c and 3.d, if there is no log or report maintained separate from the
corrective action program, please provide a summary list of corrective action program
items for the category described.
4. Procedures
Note: For these procedures, please include all revisions that were in effect at any time
during the period.
a. Corrective action program procedures, to include initiation and evaluation
procedures, operability determination procedures, cause evaluation procedures, and
any other procedures that implement the corrective action program
b. Quality Assurance program procedures (exclude specific audit procedures)
c. Employee Concerns Program (or equivalent) procedures
d. Procedures that implement/maintain a Safety Conscious Work
Environment
e. Conduct of Operations procedure (or equivalent) and any other
procedures or policies governing control room conduct, operator burdens
and workarounds, etc.
f.
Operating Experience (OE) program procedures and any other procedures or
guidance documents that describe the sites use of OE information
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5. Other
a. List of risk-significant components and systems, ranked by risk worth;
b. List of component/system noun names by system designators
c. List of structures, systems, and components and/or functions that were in
maintenance rule (a)(1) status or evaluated for (a)(1) status at any time during
the inspection period; including dates and results of expert panel reviews and
dates of status changes
d. Organization charts (searchable) for plant staff and long-term/permanent
contractors
e. Electronic copies of the UFSAR (or equivalent), technical specifications, and
technical specification bases, if available
f.
Table showing the number of corrective action documents (or equivalent)
initiated during each month of the inspection period, by screened significance
g. For each day the team is on site,
i. Planned work/maintenance schedule for the station
ii. Schedule of management or corrective action review meetings (e.g.
operations focus meetings, condition report screening meetings, CARBs,
CRGs, MRMs, challenge meetings for cause evaluations, etc.)
iii. Agendas for these meetings
Note: The items listed in 5.g may be provided on a weekly or daily basis after the team
arrives on site.
All requested documents may be provided electronically to an internet-based file library.