ML22174A272

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information for NRC Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

ML22174A272
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	06/24/2022
From:	Gwynne Eatmon NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB5
To:	Jim Barstow Tennessee Valley Authority
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June 24, 2022

Mr. James Barstow Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and Support Services Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Barstow:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nucle ar Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resol ution (PI&R) inspection at your Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2, and 3, during the weeks of August 08 and 22, 2022.

The inspection team will be led by Mr. Nicholas Peterka, Fuel F acility Inspection, Division of Fuel Facility Inspection, from the NRCs Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, 71152, Probl em Identification and Resolution, effective date January 1, 2022.

The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensees C orrective Action Program (CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspec tions of routine daily screening of all CAP issues, quarte rly focused issue reviews, and semiannual trend PI&R reviews.

On June 21, 2022, Mr. Peterka confirmed with Mr. Denzel Housley of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the arrangements for the two-week onsite inspe ction.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the inspection. Please have the referenced information available no later than July 22, 2022. C ontact Mr. Peterka with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those do cuments required for inspection preparation.

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If additional documents are needed, they will be requested when identified. Prior to the inspection, Mr. Peterka will discuss with your staff the follow ing inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and l icensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method of tracking ins pector requests during the inspection; and if necessary: access to licensee computers; wor king space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Peterka at (770 ) 314-9954.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gwy nne R. Eatmon, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects

Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, and 296 License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68

Enclosure:

Information Request for Browns Ferry PI&R Inspection

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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-0011.

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OFFICE RII/DRP RII/DRP RII/DRP NAME N. Peterka S. Ninh G. Eatmon DATE 06/21/2022 06/23/2022 06/24/2022 INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (August 8-12, 2022 AND August 22-26, 2022)

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below c orresponds to documents generated since August 1, 2020. Pl ease provide the requested documents in electronic format. If the information is not available in electronic form at, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate other available methods to provide th e information.

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to:

a) Corrective action process b) Cause evaluation c) Operating experience program d) Employee concerns program e) Self-assessment program f) Maintenance rule program and implementing procedures g) Operability determination process h) Degraded/non-conforming condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20) i) System health process or equivalent equipment reliability impro vement programs j) Preventive maintenance deferral process

If any of the procedures requested above were revised after Aug ust 1, 2020, please provide (or have available) copies of all revisions during the onsite i nspection.

2. List of top ten risk-significant systems, top ten risk-signific ant components for each one of the top ten risk-significant systems, and top ten risk-signific ant operator manual actions.

3. List of all Condition Reports (CR) initiated including the foll owing information for each CR:

a) CR number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Priority or level d) Affected system e) Affected component f) Responsible plant department g) CR completion status

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spre adsheet software (i.e., Excel example shown below) and ensure the list is searchable and can be filtered by system.

CR # Problem Priority System Component Org Status CR001 1A RHR Pump 2 RHR 2-RHR-ENG Open failed flow criteria PMP-A per SR 5.0.5.4

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4. List of outstanding corrective actions including the following information for each action:

a) Corrective action number b) Corrective action type (e.g., corrective action to prevent recu rrence, enhancement, maintenance rule evaluation, etc.)

c) Brief, but complete corrective action description d) Associated CR number e) Corrective action initiation date f) Number of extensions g) Corrective action due date h) Completion status

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spre adsheet software (i.e., Excel example shown below) and ensure the list is searchable and can be filtered by system.

Corrective Type Description CR Initiation Extensions Due Status Action # Date Date 001 CAPR Revise CR0058 5/01/18 2 6/15/18 Awaiting Procedure CARB NGK-003-4585 review

5. List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding CR and/or work order (WO) number, searchable and can be filtered by syste m.

6. List of operator workarounds and operator burdens with a brief description and corresponding CR number, searchable and can be filtered by syst em.

7. List of all currently extended or overdue CRs, searchable and c an be filtered by system, sorted by initiation date, with the following information:

a) CR number b) Priority or Significance c) CR title and short description

8. List of all CRs that have been voided, cancelled, or deleted, s earchable and can be filtered by system. Please provide the following information f or each CR:

a) CR number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Reason voided, cancelled, or deleted

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSCs) which we re classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since August 2020, searcha ble and can be filtered by system. Please include the following information for each s ystem in (a)(1):

a) Date of classification in (a)(1) b) Reason for being placed in (a)(1) c) Planned actions and their status

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10. List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of r isk-significant systems searchable and can be filtered by system. Please include action s completed and current status.

11. List of corrective maintenance work orders searchable and can b e filtered by system.

Please include the following information for each work order:

a) WO number b) Brief, but complete work description c) Affected system and components d) Date of initiation e) Date of completion (if completed)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spre adsheet software (i.e., Excel example shown below) and ensure the list is searchable and can be filtered by system.

Work Description System Component Initiation Due Status Order # Date Date WO01345 Replace breaker SI 2A-SI-PMP, 5/01/18 7/15/18 Closed 2A-BKR-08-BB4 BKR-08-BB4 for 2A SI Pump.

12. Corrective action closeout packages, including CRs with descrip tion of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and li censee-identified violations (LIVs). Please include a cross-reference linking NRC finding numbers and LIVs to approp riate CR numbers.

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including CRs with descrip tion of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports (LERs) issued. Please include a cross reference linking LER number to appropriate CR number.

14. List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notic es, Generic Letters, etc.)

and industry operating experience (OE) documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information letters, information from other sites, etc.) evalua ted by the site for applicability to the station, regardless of the determination of applicabilit y. Please include the reference number (e.g., CR number) for the documents that evaluated the a forementioned OE information.

15. Copies of all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issue d, including the last two audits/assessments of the corrective action program.

16. Copies of all department self-assessments.

17. Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departme ntal trend report(s), and corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment reliability trends.

18. Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if any exists) such as the number of CRs initiated by department, human performance errors by depart ment, and others as may be available.

19. Please provide a list of routine meetings involving the CAP dur ing the inspection. If those meetings will be conducted remotely please provide bridge call in numbers or any other links if available (i.e. TEAMS, etc.).

20. List of CRs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten ri sk-significant systems since August 2020 (i.e., system erosion and/or corrosion proble ms; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power suppli es, relays, etc.;

environmental qualification) and ensure the list is searchable and can be filtered by system. Please provide the following information for each CR:

a) CR number b) Priority c) CR problem description

21. If performed, please provide any recent completed or in progres s updates regarding self-assessments of the sites safety culture.

22. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other oversight methods

23. List of all root cause, apparent cause, common cause and relate d evaluations and any safety significant equipment cause evaluations. Include a brief description, and ensure the list is searchable and can be filtered by system.

24. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures repor t, if available.

25. System health reports, system design basis documents, and syste m description information upon notification of system selections.

26. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Safety Culture Assessment #2 with co rrective actions and weaknesses identified conducted per Section 3.e.1 of the 2017 C onfirmatory Order (ML17208A647).

27. Independent third-party quarterly and semi-annual audits for co mpliance with the Adverse Employment Action process per section 3.d.1 of the 2017 Confirm atory Order (ML17208A647).