ML22335A041
| ML22335A041 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/2022 |
| From: | Glenn Dentel Division of Operating Reactors |
| To: | Carr E Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| IR 2023011 | |
| Download: ML22335A041 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000354/2023011
Text
December 1, 2022
Eric Carr
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
P.O. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL
GRADE DEDICATION INSPECTION (05000354/2023011) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Eric Carr:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will begin conducting the onsite portion of the commercial-grade dedication baseline inspection
at Hope Creek Generating Station on March 13, 2023. The inspection team will be composed of
three personnel from the NRC Region I office. The inspection will be conducted in accordance
with NRC inspection procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03, Commercial Grade Dedication, dated
June 28, 2022.
The inspection will evaluate the implementation of Hope Creeks process for dedicating
commercial-grade items, as required in applicable portions of Appendix B to Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 (Appendix B), to ensure reasonable assurance is
provided that these items will perform their intended safety function. Additionally, this inspection
will evaluate implementation of Hope Creeks procurement process for safety-related
components as required in Appendix B.
The inspection will include an information gathering visit by the teams lead inspector and two
weeks of onsite inspection by the team. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Proposed Onsite Information Gathering Visit: February 20-22, 2023
Offsite Preparation Week: March 6-10, 2023
Onsite Inspection Weeks: March 13-17, 2023, and March 27-31, 2023
The purpose of the onsite information gathering visit is to meet with staff expected to support
this inspection, and to become familiar with the process for dedicating commercial-grade items
and the process for procuring safety-related components at Hope Creek. We understand that
most of the commercial grade dedication and safety-related procurement process is handled at
a location other than your site, and we will coordinate the best dates, times and location(s) for
the onsite information gathering visit with your staff. This visit may include a tour of commercial-
grade item dedication facilities, receipt inspection facilities, storage facilities, and installed plant
components associated with potential inspection samples. The team lead will also review your
E.Carr
2
plans for onsite inspection logistics including resources that will be provided to the team while
onsite (e.g., conference rooms, network access, printers, monitors, etc.) and how information
requests will be tracked and processed.
To minimize the impact on your staff and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed
two separate requests for information needed prior to the onsite information gathering visit and
offsite inspection preparation week. The first request (Enclosure 1) is generally for information
that will be used to choose the inspection samples or information that will be applicable to all
inspection samples throughout the inspection. This information should be made available to the
team lead before February 10, 2023. The team lead will use this information to support
preparation for the information gathering visit and selection of a list of potential inspection
samples. The second request (Enclosure 2) is for information that is more specific to the
selected inspection samples and should be made available before February 24, 2023.
Additional information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or walkdowns of facilities or
installed plant components will be made by the team throughout the inspection to complete their
review of the selected inspection samples. It is important that all documentation provided to the
team is complete and up-to-date to minimize the number of additional documents requested
during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. Additionally, to facilitate an
efficient inspection, we request that a contact individual be assigned to each inspector to ensure
information requests, questions, and concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
We understand that Bernadette Cizin from your Regulatory Assurance organization is our
contact for this inspection. If there are any questions about the inspection or the information
requested, please contact the team lead, Len Cline, by telephone at (610) 337-5373 or by email
at leonard.cline@nrc.gov. Enclosure 3 contains additional contact information for the inspection
team.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments
regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION
The NRC may not conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request
for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
E.Carr
3
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 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for
Withholding.
Sincerely,
Glenn T. Dentel, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 05000354
License Nos. NPF-57
Enclosures:
1. Documents Requested Prior to
Information Gathering Visit
2. Documents Requested Prior to
Inspection Preparation Week
3. Inspection Team Contact Information
cc w/ encl: Distribution via LISTSERV
Glenn T.
Dentel
Digitally signed by Glenn
T. Dentel
Date: 2022.12.01
08:28:39 -05'00'
X
SUNSI Review
X
Non-Sensitive
Sensitive
X
Publicly Available
Non-Publicly Available
OFFICE
RI/DORS
RI/DORS
NAME
LCline
GDentel
DATE
11/30/2022
12/1/2022
Enclosure 1
Enclosure 1
Documents Requested Prior to Information Gathering Visit
The documents and information requested below should generally be made available to the
inspection team for the team's use both on-site and off-site during the information gathering
visit. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is made available via an
internet based remote document management system, then the remote document access must
allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the NRC's regional office. Paper
records (hard copy) are acceptable when necessary. At the end of the inspection, the
documents in the team's possession will not be retained.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the
listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below.
Documents requested by February 10, 2023 (Prior to the Information Gathering Visit):
1.
Licensing basis documents such as the updated final safety analysis report and
technical specifications.
2.
Procedures for dedicating commercial-grade items and for procurement of safety-
related components. Procedure for controlling counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect
items.
3.
List of commercial-grade items, with a brief description of application, that have been
dedicated for safety-related applications. These items may be dedicated by Hope
Creek Generating Station or dedicated by a vendor (or other licensee) and procured
by Hope Creek Generating Station. Please note whether the item has been installed
in the plant. The list should encompass the past six years of dedication activities.
4.
List of components procured as safety-related, with descriptions, if not included
above. Please note whether the item has been installed in the plant. The list should
encompass the past six years of procurement activities.
5.
List of corrective action program documents, with descriptions, related to
commercial-grade items, procurement, or storage, including any items that failed
after completing the dedication process. The list should encompass the past six
years of these activities.
6.
List components procured as safety-related or commercial-grade items intended to
be dedicated for safety-related applications that are on hold because of concerns
identified during receipt, dedication, or from operating experience/corrective action
program as applicable. If possible, the list should identify the systems in which these
items were intended for use.
7.
List of components procured as safety-related or commercial-grade items dedicated
for safety-related applications, in the past six years, where the
procurement/dedication process was expedited to support rapid turnaround (less
than seven days). If possible, the list should identify the systems in which these
items were intended for use.
8.
List of systems, system numbers/designators, and corresponding names.
9.
List of site contacts that will be associated with the inspection.
Enclosure 2
Enclosure 2
Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week
For the samples selected by the team lead and provided to your point of contact following the
information gathering visit, the documents and information requested below should generally be
made available to the inspection team for the team's use both on-site and off-site during the
inspection. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is made available via an
internet based remote document management system, then the remote document access must
allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the NRC's regional office. Paper
records (hard copy) are acceptable when necessary. At the end of the inspection, the
documents in the team's possession will not be retained.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the
listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below for
each sample.
Documents requested by February 24, 2023 (Prior to Preparation Week):
1.
Purchase requisition and purchase orders.
2.
Other pertinent vendor/licensee correspondence.
3.
Original and updated design specifications.
4.
Catalog specifications.
5.
Procurement basis evaluation such as like-for-like, equivalency, plant design change
packages, drawing and specification updates.
6.
10 CFR 50.59 documentation, if required.
7.
Material receiving reports, packing lists/invoices, and other shipping documents.
8.
Receipt inspection reports and any related test reports.
9.
Other documents to trace the item from the time it was dedicated to the time it was
installed, tested, and accepted.
10.
Certificates of conformance/compliance/quality.
11.
Vendor test and inspection reports.
12.
Third-party or sub vendor test and inspection reports.
13.
Shelf-life information.
14.
Vendor dedication/partial dedication information.
2
15.
Design/material/process change history information.
16.
Completed commercial-grade dedication document including safety classification,
identification of safety functions/application requirements, identification of critical
characteristics, identification of verification methods and acceptance criteria for the
critical characteristics, evaluation of credible failure modes, if applicable, and
identification of the suppliers quality assurance program that meets 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix B.
17.
Any deviation from design, material, and performance characteristics relevant to the
safety function (nonconformance dispositions).
18.
Documents showing objective evidence such as special test and inspection
procedures and results, commercial-grade survey reports -item, design, material,
and specific performance characteristic (relevant to safety function), and source
inspection reports.
19.
Completed post-installation test procedure and results.
20.
Completed stock or material issue forms and installation work orders or reports.
21.
Historical performance information.
Enclosure 3
Enclosure 3
Inspection Team Contact Information
Len Cline (Lead)
Senior Reactor Inspector
(610) 337-5373
leonard.Cline@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
(610) 337-5177
andrey.turilin@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspection
(610) 337-5116
eric.miller2@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region I
Attn: Leonard Cline
475 Allendale Road
STE 102
King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415