CP-202100092, (CPNPP) - Second Supplement to Subsequent Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs

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(CPNPP) - Second Supplement to Subsequent Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs
ML21041A541
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Site: Comanche Peak  Luminant icon.png
Issue date: 02/10/2021
From: Thomas McCool
Luminant, Vistra Operating Co. (VistraOpCo)
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
CP-202100092, TXX-21056
Download: ML21041A541 (4)
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Thomas P. McCool Comanche Peak Site Vice President Nuclear Power Plant (Vistra Operations Company LLC)

P.O. Box 1002 6322 North FM 56 Glen Rose, TX 76043 T 254.897.6042 CP-202100092 TXX-21056 February 10, 2021 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ref 10 CFR 26.9 ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP)

Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446 Second Supplement to Subsequent Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs

References:

1. Vistra OpCo letter dated February 8, 2021, Subsequent Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs [ML21039A688]
2. NRC letter from H. Nieh to NEI dated November 10, 2020, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Updated Planned Actions Related to Certain Requirements for Operating and Decommissioning Reactor Licensees During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Public Health Emergency (ML20261H515)
3. NRC letter from Philip J. McKenna to Vistra OpCo dated December 16, 2020, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 - Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0236 [COVID-19]) [ML20349A038]
4. Vistra OpCo letter dated February 9, 2021, Supplement to Subsequent Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs

[ML21040A512]

Dear Sir or Madam:

In Reference 1, supplemented with Reference 4, Vistra Operations Company LLC (Vistra OpCo) requested a subsequent exemption from certain 10 CFR Part 26 work hour requirements for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP) as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE).

The following information supplements the Reference 1 submittal and the Reference 4 supplement to further address the guidance for subsequent requests detailed in the Reference 2 NRC letter.

Specifically, the following table provides information related to actual hours worked during the initial exemption period (i.e., shift duration, whether the shift is fixed or rotating, shift start and end times, pattern of days on and off, and average number of hours worked per week) of each work group for which Vistra OpCo is requesting an exemption from the work hour controls:

TXX-21056 Page 2 of 4 Positions Shift Information Operations has been following the normal online schedule during the initial exemption period. Alternative controls have not been utilized.

Operations works a 5-week rotating 12-hour shift schedule (0630-1830/1830-0630) staffed with five independent crews:

7 days off 26.4(a)(1) 4 Nights Thursday - Sunday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 3 Days -Thursday - Saturday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (1 day off)

Operators Training Monday - Thursday (10.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 3 Nights Monday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 4 Days Sunday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />)

Operations averaged 39.9 hours1.041667e-4 days <br />0.0025 hours <br />1.488095e-5 weeks <br />3.4245e-6 months <br /> worked per week during the initial exemption period.

Health Physics (Radiation Protection) has been following the normal online schedule during the initial exemption period. Alternative controls have not been utilized.

Radiation Protection works a 5-week rotating 12-hour shift schedule (0600-1800/1800-0600) staffed with five independent crews:

26.4(a)(2) 7 days off 4 Nights Thursday - Sunday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off)

Health Physics 3 Days -Thursday - Saturday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (1 day off)

Training Monday - Thursday (10.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />) (3 days off)

(Radiation 3 Nights Monday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off)

Protection) 4 Days Sunday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />)

Radiation Protection averaged 35.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> worked per week during the initial exemption period.

Chemistry has been following the normal online schedule during the initial exemption period. Alternative controls have not been utilized.

10 Chemistry Technicians work a 5-week rotating 12-hour shift schedule (0600-26.4(a)(2) 1800/1800-0600) staffed with five independent crews:

7 days off Chemistry 4 Nights Thursday - Sunday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 3 Days -Thursday - Saturday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (1 day off)

Training Monday - Thursday (10.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 3 Nights Monday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 4 Days Sunday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />)

TXX-21056 Page 3 of 4 Positions Shift Information Chemistry also has 6 Technicians working a day-shift schedule with workdays of 8, 10 or 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> starting at 0600:

6 days off 4 days Wednesday - Saturday (2 days off) 4 days Tuesday - Friday (2 days off) 4 days Monday - Thursday (3 days off) 4 days Monday - Thursday (3 days off) 3 days Monday - Wednesday Chemistry averaged 39.2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> worked per week during the initial exemption period.

26.4(a)(3) Operations and Maintenance rotating shift members make up the Fire Brigade.

The assessment for this position is included with the Maintenance and Operations Fire Brigade information.

Maintenance has been following the normal online schedule during the initial exemption period. Alternative controls have not been utilized.

Maintenance works a 5-week rotating 12-hour shift schedule (0600-1800/1800-0600) staffed with five independent crews (typically 7 persons per crew):

7 days off 4 Nights Thursday - Sunday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 26.4(a)(4) 3 Days -Thursday - Saturday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (1 day off)

Training Monday - Thursday (10.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />) (3 days off)

Maintenance 3 Nights Monday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />) (3 days off) 4 Days Sunday - Wednesday (12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />)

The bulk of covered maintenance personnel work a nominal 10-hour day shift, Monday through Thursday typically starting at 0600.

Maintenance averaged 37.9 hours1.041667e-4 days <br />0.0025 hours <br />1.488095e-5 weeks <br />3.4245e-6 months <br /> worked per week during the initial exemption period.

Security has been following the normal schedule during the initial exemption period. Alternative controls have not been utilized.

Security personnel typically work a fixed schedule of either Days (0700-1930) or 26.4(a)(5) Nights (1900-0730).

Security The schedule consists of a series of shifts of either two or three days (or nights) on shift with two or three days off.

Security averaged 39.2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> worked per week during the initial exemption period.

TXX-21056 Page 4 of 4 This communication contains no new commitments regarding CPNPP Units 1 and 2.

Should you have any questions, please contact Jim Barnette at (254) 897-5866 or James.barnette@luminant.com.

Sincerely, Thomas P. McCool c (email) - Scott Morris, Region IV [Scott.Morris@nrc.gov]

Dennis Galvin, NRR [Dennis.Galvin@nrc.gov]

John Ellegood, Senior Resident Inspector, CPNPP [John.Ellegood@nrc.gov]

Neil Day, Resident Inspector, CPNPP [Neil.Day@nrc.gov]

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