ML20126C270

Advises That NRC Will Conduct Svc Water Sys Operational Performance Insps at Most Power Reactor Facilities.Insps Will Evaluate Capability of Svc Water Sys to Fulfill Thermal & Hydraulic Performance Requirements

ML20126C270
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	12/17/1992
From:	Beach A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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I Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

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Bart D. Withers l President and Chief Executive Officer 1- P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839

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SUBJECT:

SERVICE WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE INSPECTIONS i

s A number of 3roblems have recently been identified with service water systems, therefore, tie NRC has designated these systems as the next generic area of emphasis and will perform an indepth team inspection at most power reactor

> facilities. The inspections will be conducted in accordance with new guidance

! and will be referred to as service water system operational performance

inspections (SWSOPIs). It will be our intention to complete the inspection i process at all involved facilities within the next 3 years.

The inspections will evaluate the capability of the service water system to i fulfill its thermal and hydraulic performance requirements. The inspections i will include evaluations of the system design, its operation, maintenance, and surveillance, and its past performance indicators. The NRC has conducted pilot inspections at a number of facilities, including the South Texas Project

! in Region IV. These pilot inspections established the inspection criteria

! that will be utilized in the performance of future inspections.

$ In order to. accomplish the planned inspections, Region IV will form five-

person inspection teams. The teams will be composed of. Region IV personnel and a mechanical design engineering consultant. The inspections will include a 4-day preparatory site visit and 2 weeks of onsite inspection. -Each of the

onsite trips will be separated by a one week review of the gathered j documentation, it will be our intent to have the normal authorized-access for 3

the NRC inspectors.and escorted access, as necessary, for the consultant.

! We will advise you of our schedule for performing the inspection at your Wolf Creek Generating Station facility in future correspondence. We would appreciate being made aware of any conflicts with our proposed dates as soon as possible. We will confirm this schedule several weeks prior to the start' of the-inspection and will request that specific information be made available upon-the team's arrival at the site.

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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation If you have any questions related to the schedule, conduct, or content of the inspection, please contact the assigned team leader, Philip C. Wagner, at (817) 860-8127.

Sincerely,

. Bill Beach, rect Division of Rea tor P ojects cc:

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

ATTN: Otto Maynard, Director Plant Operations P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66B39 Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge ATTN: Jay Silberg, Esq.

2300 M Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037 Public Service Commission ATTN: C. John Renken Policy & Federal Department P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Regional Administrator, Region III '

799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

ATTN: Kevin J. Moles Manager Regulatory Services P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Kansas Corporation Commission ATTN: Robert Elliot, Chief Engineer Utilities Division ,

1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.

Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027

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Gerald Allen, Public Health Physicist Division of Environment Forbes field Building 321 Topeka, Kansas 66620 Kansas Department of Health and Environment ATIN: Robert Eye, General Counsel LSOB, 9th Floor 900 SW Jackson Topeka, Kansas 66612

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