ML23191A456
| ML23191A456 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 07/10/2023 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB1 |
| To: | Ferrick J Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR 2023010 | |
| Download: ML23191A456 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000382/2023010
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July 10, 2023
Mr. John Ferrick
Site Vice President
Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road
Killona, LA 70057
SUBJECT:
WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF
COMPREHENSIVE ENGINEERING TEAM INSPECTION (05000382/2023010)
AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Ferrick:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will conduct the comprehensive engineering team inspection at Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3, beginning on November 27, 2023. The inspection team will be composed of
seven personnel from the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be conducted in
accordance with NRC inspection procedure (IP) 71111.21M, Comprehensive Engineering
Team Inspection, dated October 7, 2022.
The objectives of the inspection are to verify that risk-significant structures, systems, and
components (SSCs) have been maintained and will operate within their design and licensing
bases requirements; modifications to risk-significant SSCs did not introduce conditions that
adversely impact the ability of SSCs to perform their design and licensing bases functions; the
design basis, licensing basis, and performance capability of SSCs have not been adversely
impacted by changes introduced through degraded conditions and other activities; and that
requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.59 have been
appropriately implemented.
The inspection will include an onsite information gathering visit by the team lead and two weeks
of onsite inspection by the team. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: August 28 - September 1, 2023
Offsite Preparation Week: November 13 - 17, 2023
Onsite Inspection Weeks: November 27- December 1, 2023, and December 11 -15,
2023
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with your staff to become familiar with
the Waterford Steam Electric Plant, Unit 3, SSCs, programs, processes, and procedures and to
ensure the resources needed to support the team, as necessary, to conduct an effective and
efficient inspection. This visit may include a tour of installed plant SSCs associated with
potential inspection samples. During the visit, the team lead will also review the information
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provided in the initial information request to select a list of potential inspection samples. The
team lead may also identify other information needed to support the inspection during this visit.
To minimize the impact on your staff and to ensure an effective and efficient 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 prior to the information gathering visit. The second request
(Enclosure 2) is for information that is specific to an individual sample and should be made
available prior to the offsite preparation week.
Additional information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or tours 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 Ms. Monica Peak 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, Mr. Wes Cullum, by telephone at 817-200-1563 or by
e-mail at wes.cullum@nrc.gov. Enclosure 3 contains additional contact information for the
inspection team.
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, under Control Number
3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or 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 Office of Management and Budget control number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC rules and practices, a copy of this letter and its
enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC public document
room or from the publicly available records (PARS) component of NRCs document system
(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site.
Sincerely,
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Signed by Gaddy, Vincent
on 07/10/23
J. Ferrick
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Docket No. 05000382
License No. NPF-38
Enclosures:
1.
Documents Requested Prior to
Information Gathering Visit
2.
Documents Requested Prior to
Inspection Preparation Week
3.
Inspection Team Contact Information
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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.
Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hard copy) are acceptable. 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.
Items should be provided, if possible, as a single zipped file under each corresponding item.
Documents requested by August 21, 2023:
1.
Copy of the Waterford Electric Plant, Unit 3, probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)
summary document for the current internal events, external events (e.g., fire,
flooding, seismic), and shutdown PRA models of record.
2.
From the internal events PRA, a sortable list of structures, systems, and components
(SSCs) with risk achievement worth (RAW) and Birnbaum values for both core
damage frequency (CDF) and large early release frequency (LERF). Include all basic
events with RAW values of 1.3 or greater and Birnbaum values of 1E-6 or greater.
3.
From the external events PRA, a sortable list of SSCs with RAW and Birnbaum
values for both CDF and LERF. Include all basic events with RAW values of 1.3 or
greater and Birnbaum values of 1E-6 or greater.
4.
From the internal events PRA, a sortable list of human failure events (HFEs) with
RAW and Birnbaum values for both CDF and LERF.
5.
From the external events PRA, a sortable list of HFEs with RAW and Birnbaum
6.
Sortable list of SSCs and HFEs sorted by engineering or expert panel judgement
such as those performed to identify risk significant SSCs for the Waterford Electric
Plant, Unit 3, Maintenance Rule program.
7.
Sortable list of SSCs with known low analytical, operating, maintenance, or
complexity margin, if available.
8.
Sortable list of temporary or permanent modifications that were implemented within
the past four years including a brief description, modification type, and whether the
modification is safety related. Implemented means accepted or placed into service
and declared functional/operable, as applicable.
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Modifications may include, but are not limited to, equivalency evaluations,
commercial grade dedications, and changes to SSCs, procedures, set points,
calculations, designs, and/or the licensing bases.
9.
Sortable list of 10 CFR 50.59 applicability determinations of implemented changes,
tests, and experiments that did not result in a screening within the past four years.
10.
Sortable list of 10 CFR 50.59 screenings of implemented changes, tests, and
experiments that did not result in an evaluation within the past four years.
11.
Sortable list of 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of implemented changes, tests, and
experiments that did not result in an application for a license amendment within the
past four years.
12.
Sortable list of implemented changes, tests, and experiments where an alternate
process or screening criteria was applied within the past four years.
13.
Copy of the last two submittals of the report containing a brief description of any
changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,
required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).
14.
Sortable list of operating experience evaluations performed within the past four years
including whether the operating experience was applicable. Operating experience
sources may include, but are not limited to, NRC generic communications, licensee
event reports, plant operating experience, 10 CFR Part 21 reports, previous NRC
inspection findings, and vendor communications.
15.
Sortable list of corrective action program documents associated with issues identified
during the last NRC design bases inspection.
16.
Copy of implementing/program procedures, as applicable, for performing
modifications, time critical/sensitive operator actions, 10 CFR 50.59 activities,
operating experience evaluations, and the corrective action program.
17.
Copy of any self-assessments or audits in preparation for this inspection or related to
activities associated with this inspection (i.e., design, modifications, 10 CFR 50.59,
operating experience) performed within the past four years.
18.
Copy of the updated final safety analysis report, technical specifications, and
technical requirements manual, including applicable bases documents.
19.
Sortable list of normal, abnormal, or emergency procedures.
20.
Sortable list of systems, including identifying designators and corresponding names.
21.
List of personnel who will be assisting with the inspection, including contact
information.
Enclosure 2
Enclosure 2
Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week
For the samples identified by the team lead, 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. Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hard copy) are
acceptable. 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. Items should be provided, if possible, as a single zipped file under each
corresponding item.
Documents requested for each sample type by November 6, 2023:
1.
Structure, System, and Component (SSC) Samples
a.
Copy of relevant design bases document, system description, etc.
b.
Copy of relevant vendor manuals (i.e., installation, operation, maintenance).
c.
Copy of relevant calculations and drawings.
d.
List of preventive maintenance activities and frequency. Include
procedures/instructions and most recently completed work order/job for each
activity.
e.
List of inspections/tests and frequency. Include procedures/instructions and
most recently completed work order/job for each inspection/test.
f.
Copy of the relevant PRA system notebook.
g.
Copy of the system health notebook.
h.
Sortable list of relevant corrective action program documents, including a
brief description, within the past four years. Alternatively, if the number of
documents is few, provide complete copies of these documents with any
attachments.
2.
Modification Samples
a.
Copy of the complete change package.
b.
Copy of the completed implementing work order.
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c.
Copy of any post-modification tests, etc.
d.
Copy of any relevant corrective action program documents.
e.
Copy of relevant vendor manuals (i.e., installation, operation, maintenance).
f.
Copy of affected procedures, training materials, preventive maintenance or
inspection/testing activities, calculations, design specifications, drawings,
updated final safety analysis report, technical specifications, etc.
3.
10 CFR 50.59 Samples
a.
Copy of the relevant 10 CFR 50.59 applicability determination, screening, or
evaluation.
b.
Copy of training/qualification record/status of personnel who performed the
10 CFR 50.59 activity.
c.
Copy of any relevant corrective action program documents.
d.
Copy of any affected procedures, training materials, preventive maintenance
or inspection/testing activities, calculations, design specifications, drawings,
updated final safety analysis report, technical specifications, etc.
4.
Operating Experience Samples
a.
Copy of the complete operating experience evaluation.
b.
Copy of any relevant corrective action program documents.
c.
Copy of any affected procedures, training materials, preventive maintenance
or inspection/testing activities, calculations, design specifications, drawings,
updated final safety analysis report, technical specifications, etc.
Enclosure 3
Enclosure 3
Inspection Team Contact Information
Senior Reactor Inspector
Region IV
817-200-1563
wes.cullum@nrc.gov
Senior Reactor Inspector
Region IV
817-200-1469
jonathan.braisted@nrc.gov
Dustin Bryen
Reactor Inspector
Region IV
817-200-1078
dustin.bryen@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
Region IV
817-200-1126
fabian.thomas@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
Region II
404-997-4717
chase.franklin.gov
Reactor Inspector
Region I
610-337-5284
nathaniel.mentzer@nrc.gov
Eucherius Rosario
Reactor Inspector
Region III
630-829-9577
eucherius.rosario@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Wes Cullum
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511