ML22230C739

2022 Mid-Cycle Planning Letter

ML22230C739
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	08/23/2022
From:	Rick Deese NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/PBA
To:	Schuetz R Energy Northwest
Deese R
References
IR 2022005
Download: ML22230C739 (6)

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August 23, 2022 Mr. Robert Schuetz, Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest MD 1023 76 North Power Plant Loop P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352

SUBJECT:

UPDATED INSPECTION PLAN FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000397/2022005)

Dear Mr. Schuetz:

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2024, for Columbia 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 inspectors 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.

Beginning on January 1, 2023, the engineering inspection frequency will transition from a triennial (3-year) to a quadrennial (4-year) cycle. The new engineering inspection program will consist of a Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection (CETI)1 and three Focused Engineering Inspections (FEIs) that will be performed in each quadrennial cycle. For the cycle beginning in 2023, the FEIs will be: Fire Protection Team Inspection, Commercial Grade Dedication and an engineering inspection that reviews age-related degradation and management2.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC adjusted inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the ROP. While the PHE continues, overall conditions throughout the country support performance of our inspection and oversight activities to return to normal onsite presence by our resident and region-based inspectors and completion of nominal baseline inspection samples. We continue to monitor site-specific conditions and as discussed in our November 2, 2021 memo, Implementation of Inspection Programs Following Re-Entry from the Public Health Emergency for the Reactor Safety Program (ML21295A302), it 1 Aspects of the Design Basis Assurance Inspection (DBAI), Evaluations of Changes, Tests, & Experiments, and Heat Sink inspections will be included in the CETI inspection. Attached Report 22 will reference DBAI procedure until the CETI procedure is made publicly available. Previously scheduled Evaluation of Changes, Tests, & Experiments and Heat Sink inspections have been cancelled and removed from attached Report 22.

2 The age-related degradation and management procedure is under development and will be publicly available by the end of calendar year 2022.

R. Schuetz 2 may be necessary to alter how and when we perform our inspection and oversight activities as we balance the importance of protecting the health and safety of our staff with the need to conduct effective oversight that supports the NRCs critical safety mission.

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 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.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for 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 817-200-1573 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Signed by Deese, Richard on 08/23/22 Richard W. Deese, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch A Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket No. 05000397 License No. NPF-21

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By: Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002 OFFICE SPE:DORS/A BC:DORS/A NAME DProulx DLP RDeese DATE 08/18/2022 08/23/2022 Site Inspection Activity Plan 07200035 - Columbia Generating Station (ISFSI) 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Columbia ISFSI Aging Management Inspection (if IP 60859 gets issued)(1 week, during baseline inspection activities) 2 9/1/2023 11/30/2023 IP 60859 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION (ISFSI) LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:42:52 PM 1 of 3

Site Inspection Activity Plan Columbia Generating Station 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count EP 2022 Exercise Scenario Rvw 71114.08 - CGS 4 2 8/21/2022 9/24/2022 IP 71114.08 000723 Exercise Evaluation - Scenario Review Security Training/Equip Maint .07 and .04 - CGS 2 2 8/22/2022 8/26/2022 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 2 8/22/2022 8/26/2022 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training MC&A - CGS 1 2 8/29/2022 9/2/2022 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

Cyber Security Inspection - CGS 4 2 10/2/2022 10/8/2022 IP 71130.10 000741 Cybersecurity Security Protective Strategy .05 - CGS 2 2 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation EP 2022 Biennial Exercise & PI Inspection - CGS 4 2 10/24/2022 10/28/2022 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 2 10/24/2022 10/28/2022 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 2 10/24/2022 10/28/2022 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification EP 2023 Program Inspection - CGS 1 2 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 2 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 2 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 2 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 2 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification CGS 2023 INITIAL EXAM 6 2 1/22/2023 1/28/2023 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV) 2 2/19/2023 2/25/2023 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection - 21N - Columbia Generating Station 3 2 3/27/2023 3/31/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication 2 4/10/2023 4/14/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 + PIV + Plan Change .09 - CGS 2 2 4/24/2023 4/28/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization Inservice Inspection R26 - CGS 1 2 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP 1,3,PI - 2 2 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:42:52 PM 2 of 3

Site Inspection Activity Plan 2 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 2 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification License Renewal Inspection 71003 (Phase 2) - CGS 4 2 8/7/2023 8/11/2023 IP 71003 000687 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal 2 8/21/2023 8/25/2023 IP 71003 000687 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal Security FFD .08 - CGS 1 2 8/28/2023 9/1/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program Biennial PI&R - CGS 4 2 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 2 9/25/2023 9/29/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution RP 5,8 - 2 2 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 2 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation CGS 2023 BRQ 3 2 11/26/2023 12/2/2023 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance EP Exercise & PI Inspection (2024) - CGS 4 2 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 2 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 2 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification RP 1,4,PI 2 2 5/6/2024 5/10/2024 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 2 5/6/2024 5/10/2024 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 2 5/6/2024 5/10/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification RP 6,7 2 2 6/10/2024 6/14/2024 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 2 6/10/2024 6/14/2024 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:42:52 PM 3 of 3