ML21160A038

Construction Reactor Oversight Process Resources Report June 2021

ML21160A038
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	06/09/2021
From:	NRC/NRR/VPOB
To:
Gaslevic J
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CONSTRUCTION REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS RESOURCES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff originally estimated that direct inspection will require 35,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> per unit over the course of a 5-year nuclear power plant construction project. As of June 9, 2021, revised estimates are approximately 41,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 3 and 27,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 4. These revised estimates include:

• 19,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> for inspections related to ITAAC for Vogtle Unit 3, and 11,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 4;

• 12,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> for construction and operational program inspections for Vogtle Unit 3, and 6,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 4;

• 5,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> for reactive inspections above the baseline program in response to licensee performance issues, allegations, and nonperformance issues or events;

• and 5,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> for technical support of construction inspections.

Table 1 and figure 1 show the total number of direct inspection hours expended through June 9, 2021, for Vogtle Units 3 and 4.

Table 1: Actual Total Construction Inspection Program Resource Expenditures Unit ITAAC Inspection Program Reactive/Allegation- Technical Total Hours/Percentage Inspections Related Inspections Support*

of Planned Inspections Vogtle, 16,856 / 89% 10,196 609 2,200 29,861 Unit 3 Vogtle, 7,912 / 72% 5,532 400 1,397 15,241 Unit 4

• To date, NRC Headquarters technical staff inspection support has not been linked to a specific docket and has not been fee billable. Therefore, it is not possible to distinguish the technical support hours expended by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation on each unit. In Table 1, the total hours expended on technical support have been split between the units.

June 9, 2021 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Proj Hours Vogtle, Unit 3, Cumulative Data Vogtle, Unit 4, Cumulative Data Figure 1 Total cumulative direct inspection hours for Vogtle, Unit 3 and 4 20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Vogtle, Unit 3, ITAAC direct inspections Proj Hours Vogtle, Unit 4, ITAAC direct inspections Figure 2 Cumulative ITAAC-related direct inspection hours for Vogtle, Units 3 and 4 Figure 2 summarizes the direct inspection hours expended for inspections related to ITAAC since the start of construction at Vogtle Units 3 and 4. The staff estimates that there will be approximately 19,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of direct inspection related to ITAAC for Unit 3 and 11,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of direct inspection related to ITAAC for Unit 4.

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Proj Hours Vogtle, Unit 4, Program direct inspection Vogtle, Unit 4, QA direct inspection Vogtle, Unit 3, Program direct inspection Vogtle, Unit 3, QA direct inspection Figure 3 Cumulative quality assurance and program inspection for Vogtle, Units 3 and 4 Figure 3 summarizes the NRC staff resources in hours expended for programmatic inspection since the start of construction at Vogtle, Units 3 and 4. Based on Vogtles schedule, total cumulative program inspections are estimated at 12,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 3, and 6,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> for Unit 4.

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Proj Hours Vogtle, Unit 3, Reactive and Allegations Vogtle, Unit 3, HQ Technical Support Vogtle, Unit 4, Reactive and Allegations Vogtle, Unit 4, HQ Technical Support Figure 4 Cumulative reactive and technical support hours for Vogtle, Units 3 and 4 Figure 4 summarizes the direct inspection hours expended for reactive and allegation inspections and hours spent providing technical support for inspections since the start of construction at Vogtle, Units 3 and 4. The staff has not identified a need to revise the estimate of 5,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> for reactive inspections above the baseline program in response to licensee performance issues, allegations, and nonperformance issues or events, or the 5,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> estimated for technical support for construction inspections.