ML21237A521

Wc Mid-Cycle Inspection Plan Transmittal Letter 2021

ML21237A521
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	09/01/2021
From:	O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To:	Reasoner C Wolf Creek
References
IR 2021005
Download: ML21237A521 (8)

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September 1, 2021

Mr. Cleve Reasoner, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

UPDATED INSPECTION PLAN FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000482/2021005)

Dear Mr. Reasoner:

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2023, for the Wolf Creek Generating Station. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC) provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspect ors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

Inspection procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03 is included in the inspection plan as a placeholder for your next Design Basis Assurance Inspection (Programs). The NRC is still determining the specific technical area to replace the previously performed power-operated valves programs inspection, IP 71111.21N.02. Once the inspection area has been determined, an inspection procedure will be issued publicly at least six months prior to the start of this inspection.

In response to the COVID -19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC is adjusting inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the Reactor Oversight Process ( ROP). Each planned inspection is being carefully reviewed in order to determine if any portions of the inspection can be performed remotely, determine how best to perform on-site portions to minimize personnel health risks, and adjust inspection schedules if needed. This is done in accordance with guidance contained in the February 1, 2021 memo, Calendar Year 2021 Inspection Guidance During COVID-19 Telework Restrictions (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21027A274). For inspections requiring extensive coordination with offsite organizations, such as evaluated emergency preparedness exercises, NRC guidance and frequently asked questions for security and emergency preparedness can be found here: https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/security-ep/. Similarly, the NRC has developed guidance if force-on-force inspections cannot be completed as scheduled due to an emergency, such as the COVID-19 PHE. These changes help ensure the health and safety of C. Reasoner 2

both NRC and licensee staff while maintaining the NRCs important safety and security mission during the COVID-19 PHE. The attached inspection plan is accurate on the date of issuance but remains subject to change based on approval of potential exemption requests or other changes needed due to changing conditions in the COVID-19 PHE. NRC staff will contact your appropriate regulatory affairs staff in order to coordinate inspection planning and scheduling.

On July 18, 2019, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (EA 165) documenting the commitments made as part of a settlement agreement between Wolf Creek and the NRC. The settlement agreement relates to the apparent violation of NRC requirements as discussed in our letter dated April 2, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19092A335). That letter provided you with the results of an investigation conducted by the NRC's Office of Investigations at the Wolf Creek Generating Station to determine whether a maintenance worker and a supervisor willfully documented inaccurate information in a required record regarding the cleaning and inspection of control rod drive mechanisms on October 31, 2016. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Inspection Procedure 92702, Follow Up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders to follow up on your actions to address these commitments. The schedule for this inspection will be decided at a later date since the Confirmatory Order contains actions that are due in 2023.

The NRC will also be performing baseline inspections of licensee cyber security programs. The specific schedule and procedure to be used for these inspections is being developed by the NRC staff. The staff expects to communicate the schedule for these inspections to each utility separately.

Additionally, during this period the NRC will perform an additional inspection per a revised version of Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerability in Electrical Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012- 01) for any sites who elect to implement the guidance of the Industry Initiative on Open Phase Condition, Revision 3 (Accession No. ML19163A176),

which included an option for relying on annunciation and operator manual actions instead of automatic protective features to isolate a power supply affected by an open phase condition.

Licensees will be individually notified when the NRC schedules these inspections.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for

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public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at 817-200- 1141 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

Neil F. OKeefe, Chief Reactor Projects Branch B Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No. 05000482 License No. NPF-42

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan

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ML 21237A521 SUNSI Review ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002 OFFICE PE:DRP/PBB SPE:DRP/PBB BC:DRP/PBB NAME JMelfi JM DProulx DLP NOKeefe nfo DATE 08/23/2021 08/23/2021 09/01/2021 IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan 07200079 - Wolf Creek

07/01/2021 - 06/30/2023

Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count

Wolf Creek ISFSI Programs 72.212 Inspection (1 week in August) 6

1 7/1/2021 9/30/2021 IP 60856 001003 Review of 10 CFR 72.212(b) Evaluations

Wolf Creek ISFSI Dry Runs and First Loading Inspection (May be 3 trips in July-Sep) 2

1 10/1/2021 12/31/2021 IP 60854 001000 Preoperational Testing Of An ISFSI

1 10/1/2021 12/31/2021 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI

ISFSI Initial Security Inspection, Pre-loading, IP 81311 1

1 10/4/2021 10/8/2021 IP 81311 001006 Physical Security Requirements for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations

Prepared on 8/18/2021 2:01:18 PM 1 of 4 IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan Wolf Creek

07/01/2021 - 06/30/2023

Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count

Design Bases Assurance (Team) 21M - Wolf Creek 6

1 7/19/2021 8/6/2021 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE WEEKS - WC 6

1 8/30/2021 9/3/2021 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing

1 9/20/2021 9/24/2021 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing

In-Office EP Exercise Scenario Review - WC 4

1 9/5/2021 10/17/2021 IP 71114.08 000723 Exercise Evaluation Scenario Review

Wolf Creek ISFSI Dry Run and 1st Loading Inspection (Part 50) Feeder to Residents 2

1 10/1/2021 10/31/2021 IP 60854 001000 Preoperational Testing Of An ISFSI

1 10/1/2021 10/31/2021 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI

RP 2,4 2

1 10/4/2021 10/8/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls

1 10/4/2021 10/8/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment

TI 2515/194 - WC 2

1 10/18/2021 10/22/2021 TI 2515/194 000512 Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated With the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerabilities In Electric Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01)

EP Biennial Exercise and PI Inspection - WC 4

1 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation

1 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes

1 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification

Security Access Control.02 1

1 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control

1 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification

1 3/28/2022 4/1/2022 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes

Heat Exchanger/Sink Performance Inspection - 07T - Wolf Creek 2

1 3/7/2022 3/11/2022 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Sink Performance

Wolf Creek Biennial PI&R 4

1 3/14/2022 3/18/2022 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution

1 3/28/2022 4/1/2022 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution

10 CFR 50.59 Inspection - 17T - Wolf Creek 3

1 4/11/2022 4/15/2022 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

Security Protective Strategy.05 2

Prepared on 8/18/2021 2:01:18 PM 2 of 4 IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan

1 6/20/2022 6/24/2022 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation

RP 5,8 2

1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation

1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation

Security Training/Equip Maint.07 and.04 2

1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance

1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training

MC&A 1

1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

WC 2022 BRQ 3

1 7/24/2022 7/30/2022 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance

Cyber Security Inspection - WC 4

1 8/1/2022 8/5/2022 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security

EP Program & PI Inspection - WC 1

1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing

1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System

1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes

1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness

1 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification

Inservice Inspection RF25 - WC 1

1 9/29/2022 10/14/2022 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP 1,2,PI 2

1 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls

Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Program) - 21N - Wolf Creek 3

1 1/1/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 Design Bases Assurance Inspections (Programs) 2023

Security Access Authorization.01 and Access Control.02 + PIV + Plan Change.09 2

1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization

1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control

1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes

1 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification

RP 2,4 2

1 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls

1 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment

Security FFD.08 1

Prepared on 8/18/2021 2:01:18 PM 3 of 4 IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan

1 5/22/20235/26/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program

Prepared on 8/18/2021 2:01:18 PM 4 of 4