ML20137U911

Advises of Planned Insp Effort Resulting from Plant Ppr. Details of Insp Plan for Next 6 Months Encl

ML20137U911
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/04/1997
From:	Skinner P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Mccoy C SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.
References
NUDOCS 9704170149
Download: ML20137U911 (5)

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i April 4,1997

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Inc. '

ATTN: Mr. C. K. McCoy Vice President P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham. AL 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

PLANT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (PPR) - V0/JILE On March 14. 1997, the regional staff completed the semiannual Plant Performance Review (PPR) of Vogtle. The staff conducts these reviews for all operating nuclear power plants to develop an integrated understanding of safety performance. The results are used by regional management to facilitate planning and allocation of inspection resources. The PPR for Vogtle involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating inspection results and safety performance information for the period from September 1,1996 through February 28, 1997. PPRs provide regional management with a current  :

summary of licensee performance and serve as inputs to the NRC Systematic  !

Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) and senior management meeting (SMM) i reviews. '

This letter advises you of our planned inspection effort resulting from the Vogtle PPR review. It is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. The enclosure details our inspection plan for the next six months. The rational or basis for each inspection outside the core inspection program is provided so that you are aware of the reasons for emphasis in these program areas. Resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

During each NRC inspection planned during this period, specific attention will be given to the verification of selected Updated Final Safety Analysis Re) ort (UFSAR) commitments. Applicable portion (s) of the UFSAR that relate to t1e inspection activities will be reviewed and verification made that the UFSAR commitments have been properly implemented into plant practices. 3rocedures and/or parameters. The goal is to determine the accuracy of the JF F regarding existing plant practices and conditions by providing speci b attention to the UFSAR when performing various reactor inspections.

Inspectors will not be judging the overall completeness of the UFSAR: rather, the inspectors will focus on identifying differences between the UFSAR description and the plant. l l

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We will inform you of any changes to the inspection plan. If you have any ,,,,

questions, please contact P. H. Skinner at (404) 331-6299.

Sincerely.

(Original signed by Pierce H. Skinner)

Pierce H. Skinner, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425 License Nos. NPF-68, NPF-81

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/ encl:

W. G. Hairston, III President and Chief Executive Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company Inc.

P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 J. B. Beasley General Manager, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Inc.

P. O. Box 1600 Waynesboro, GA 30830 J. A. Bailey Manager, Licensing Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Nancy G. Cowles, Counsel Office of the Consumer's Utility Council 84 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 201 Atlanta, GA 30303-2318 cc w/ encl cont'd: (See Page 3)

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Room 615B 270 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Waynesboro, GA 30830 cc w/ encl cont'd: (See Page 3) cc w/ encl: Continued j Harold Reheis. Director  !

Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street. SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334 Thomas Hill, Manager t Radioactive Materials Program Department of Natural Resources 4244 International Parkway Suite 114  :

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Attorney General Law Department  !

132 Judicial Building l Atlanta, GA 30334 Thomas P. Mozingo Manager of Nuclear Operations Oglethorpe Power Corporation  !

2100 E. Exchange Place Tucker, GA 30085-1349 Charles A. Patrizia. Esq.

Paul. Hastings, Janofsky & Walker 10th Floor 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D. C. 20004-9500 Distribution w/ encl:

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V0GTLE INSPECTION PLAN MARCH 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1997 IP - Inspection Procedure TI - Temporary Instruction Core Inspection - Minimum NRC Inspection Program (mandatory all plants)

INSPECTION TITLE / NUMBER OF PUNdED TYPE OF INSPECTION -

PROGRAN AREA INSPECTORS INSPECTION COPOENTS DATES IP 82701 Emergency Preparedness 1 4/14-4/18/97 Core IP 37550 Engineering Inspection 1 4/14-4/18/97 Core 2 & 5/5-5/16/97 IP 71001 Operator Requalification 1 5/27-5/30/97 Regional Initiative Program IP 83750 Radiological Controls. 1 6/2-6/97 & Core and Safety Issues 84750 Radioactive Waste 7/14-18/97 86750 & treatment / solid radwaste TI 133 & Transportation ,

IP 40500 Effectiveness of Licensee 4 6/23-6/27/97 Core Controls IP 71001 Control Room Observation 1 7/14-7/18/97 Regional Initiative IP 81700 Security Inspection 1 7/21-7/25/97 Core IP 73753 In-Service Inspection 1 9/97 Core & Regional Initiative IP 83750 Outage Radiological 1 9/97 RegionalInitiative-cover $ge Controls of RCP changeout, split pin changeout & other outage RP activities Enclosure

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