ML23038A008

Construction Reactor Oversight Process Resources Report February 7, 2023

ML23038A008
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	02/07/2023
From:	James Gaslevic NRC/NRR/VPOB
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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 February 7, 2023, revised estimates are approximately 42,700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 3 and 28,300 hours0.00347 days <br />0.0833 hours <br />4.960317e-4 weeks <br />1.1415e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 4. These revised estimates include:

• 19,063 hours7.291667e-4 days <br />0.0175 hours <br />1.041667e-4 weeks <br />2.39715e-5 months <br /> for inspections related to ITAAC for Vogtle Unit 3 (at 100% completion),

and 10,600 hours0.00694 days <br />0.167 hours <br />9.920635e-4 weeks <br />2.283e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 4;

• 13,600 hours0.00694 days <br />0.167 hours <br />9.920635e-4 weeks <br />2.283e-4 months <br /> for construction and operational program inspections for Vogtle Unit 3, and 7,700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-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 February 7, 2023, 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, 19,063 / 100% 12,461 701 2,242 34,467 Unit 3 Vogtle, 8,612 / 81% 6,730 467 1,439 17,248 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.

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Vogtle, Unit 3, Cumulative Data Vogtle, Unit 4, Cumulative Data Figure 1 Total cumulative direct inspection hours for Vogtle, Unit 3 and 4 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Vogtle, Unit 3, ITAAC direct inspections 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 are approximately 19,063 hours7.291667e-4 days <br />0.0175 hours <br />1.041667e-4 weeks <br />2.39715e-5 months <br /> of direct inspection related to ITAAC for Unit 3 (at 100%

completion) and estimates there will be approximately 10,600 hours0.00694 days <br />0.167 hours <br />9.920635e-4 weeks <br />2.283e-4 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 2022 2023 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 13,600 hours0.00694 days <br />0.167 hours <br />9.920635e-4 weeks <br />2.283e-4 months <br /> for Vogtle Unit 3, and 7,700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> for Unit 4.

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 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.