ML25007A017
| ML25007A017 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 01/07/2025 |
| From: | Brian Correll NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/PBC |
| To: | Dia K Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR 2025010 | |
| Download: ML25007A017 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2025010
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January 07, 2025
Khalil Dia, Site Vice President
Nebraska Public Power District
72676 648A Avenue
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF BIENNIAL PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION (05000298/2025010)
Dear Khalil Dia:
During the weeks of March 31 and April 14, 2025, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
will conduct a Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R) inspection at your facility.
Four inspectors will perform this two-week inspection in accordance with NRC Inspection
Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution. This inspection focuses on the
corrective action program and its implementation to evaluate the stations effectiveness in
identifying, prioritizing, evaluating, and correcting problems, and to confirm that the station was
complying with NRC regulations and licensee standards. The team also evaluates the stations
processes for use of industry and NRC operating experience information and the effectiveness
of the stations audits and self-assessments. Finally, the team reviews the stations program to
establish and maintain a safety-conscious work environment.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Offsite Preparation Week:
March 24 to March 28, 2025
Onsite Inspection Weeks:
March 31 to April 4, 2025 and April 14 to April 18, 2025
To minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both
parties, we have enclosed a request for information. It is important that all these documents are
up-to-date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the
preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection. Please provide this information
electronically to the lead inspector.
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).
K. Dia
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Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library and Information
Collection 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) OMB, 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.
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.
Sincerely,
Brian Correll, Acting Team Lead
Inspection Program & Assessment Team
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000298
License No. DPR-46
Enclosure:
As stated
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Signed by Correll, Brian
on 01/07/25
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By: BKC
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DATE
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01/07/25
Enclosure
Information Request
Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection
Cooper Nuclear Station
January 07, 2025
Inspection Report: 05000298/2025010
Onsite Inspection Dates: March 31 to April 4, 2025 and April 14 to 18, 2025
This inspection will cover the period from January 1, 2023, through April 18, 2025. All requested
information is limited to this period or to the date of this request unless otherwise specified. To
the extent possible, the requested information should be provided electronically in
word-searchable Adobe PDF (preferred) or Microsoft Office format. To ensure appropriate
handling, if you determine that any requested information is sensitive, the specific handling of
this information should be discussed in advance between the NRC inspectors and the Cooper
Nuclear Station representatives assigned to the Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection.
All requested documents should be provided electronically (e.g., Certrecs IMS) where
possible. If an online inspection management system is used to provide the requested
information, please ensure that all uploaded documents are searchable by title and identification
number (for example, CR 1234567).
Lists of documents (summary lists) should be provided in Microsoft Excel or a similar sortable
format. Please be prepared to provide any significant updates to this information by
Month #, 20YY, and as new information becomes available throughout the inspection. As used
in this request, corrective action documents refers to condition reports, notifications, action
requests, cause evaluations, and/or other similar documents, as applicable to Cooper Nuclear
Station.
Please provide the following information no later than March 14, 2025:
1.
Document Lists
Note: For these summary lists, please include the document/reference number, the
document title, initiation date, current status, and long-text description of the issue.
a.
Summary list of all corrective action documents related to significant
conditions adverse to quality that were opened, closed, or evaluated during
the period; if fewer than approximately 20, provide full documents and
attachments
b.
Summary list of all corrective action documents related to conditions adverse
to quality that were opened or closed during the period
c.
Summary list of all condition reports related to non-conditions adverse to
quality that were opened or closed during the period
d.
Summary list of all apparent cause evaluations (or equivalent) performed
during the period; if fewer than approximately 40, provide full documents and
attachments
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e.
Summary list of all currently open corrective action documents associated
with conditions first identified prior to the beginning of the inspection period;
if fewer than approximately 20, provide full documents and attachments and
the summary list
f.
Summary list of all corrective action documents that were upgraded or
downgraded in priority/significance during the period (these may be limited
to those downgraded from, or upgraded to, apparent cause level or higher);
if fewer than approximately 20, provide full documents and attachments
and the summary list
g.
Summary list of all corrective action documents initiated during the period
that identify an adverse or potentially adverse trend in safety-related or
risk-significant equipment performance or in any aspect of the stations
safety culture; if fewer than approximately 20, provide full documents and
attachments and the summary list
h.
Summary lists of operator workarounds, operator burdens, temporary
modifications, and control room deficiencies (1) currently open and (2) that
were evaluated and/or closed during the period; this should include the date
that each item was opened and/or closed; if fewer than approximately 20,
provide full documents and attachments and the summary list
i.
Summary list of all prompt operability determinations or other engineering
evaluations (or equivalent) to provide reasonable assurance of operability; if
fewer than approximately 20, provide full documents and attachments
j.
Summary list of plant safety issues raised or addressed by the Employee
Concerns Program (or equivalent) (sensitive information should be made
available by appropriate means after discussion with the team lead)
2.
Full Documents with Attachments
a.
All root cause evaluations completed during the period; include a list of
any planned or in progress (if this information is fully included in item
1.a, it need not be provided separately)
b.
Quality Assurance audits performed during the period
c.
Audits/surveillances performed during the period on the Corrective
Action Program, of individual corrective actions, or of cause
evaluations
d.
Functional area self-assessments and non-NRC third-party assessments (e.g.,
peer assessments performed as part of routine or focused station self- and
independent assessment activities; do not include INPO assessments) that
were performed or completed during the period; include a list of those that are
currently in progress
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e.
Any assessments of the safety conscious work environment at Cooper
Nuclear Station including any safety culture survey results; if none
performed during the inspection period, provide the most recent
assessments and/or survey results
f.
Corrective action documents generated during the period associated with
the following:
i.
NRC findings and/or violations issued to Cooper Nuclear Station
ii.
Licensee Event Reports issued by Cooper Nuclear Station
Please provide a crosswalk or key tying corrective action documents to specific
findings or violations.
g.
Corrective action documents generated for the following, if they were
determined to be applicable to Cooper Nuclear Station (for those that were
evaluated but determined not to be applicable, provide a summary list; if
fewer than approximately 20, provide full documents and attachments and the
summary list):
i.
NRC Information Notices, Bulletins, and Generic Letters
issued or evaluated during the period
ii.
Part 21 reports issued or evaluated during the period
iii.
Vendor safety information letters (or equivalent) issued or
evaluated during the period
iv.
Other external events and/or operating experience evaluated
for applicability during the period
h.
Corrective action documents generated for the following:
i.
Maintenance preventable functional failures that occurred or were
evaluated during the period
ii.
Adverse trends in equipment, processes, procedures, or
programs that were evaluated during the period
iii.
Action items generated or addressed by offsite review committees
during the period
3.
Logs and Reports
a.
Corrective action performance trending/tracking information generated during
the period and broken down by functional organization (if this information is
fully included in item 3.b, it need not be provided separately)
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b.
Current system health reports, Management Review Meeting packages, or
similar information; provide past reports as necessary to include
greater-than-or-equal to 12 months of metric/trending data
c.
Radiation protection event logs during the period
d.
Security event logs and security incidents during the period (sensitive
information should be made available during the teams first weekdo not
provide electronically) - Handling of this item will need additional discussion
e.
Employee Concerns Program (or equivalent) logs (sensitive information should
be made available during the teams first week of inspectiondo not provide
electronically)
f.
List of training deficiencies, requests for training improvements, and
simulator deficiencies for the period
g.
Control room logs during the period
Note: For items 3.c and3.d, if there is no log or report maintained separate from the
corrective action program, please provide a summary list of corrective action
program items for the category described.
4.
Procedures
Note: For these procedures, please include all revisions that were in effect at any time
during the period.
a.
Corrective action program procedures, to include initiation and evaluation
procedures, operability determination procedures, cause evaluation
procedures, and any other procedures that implement the corrective action
program at the station, including applicable corporate procedures
b.
Quality Assurance program procedures (specific audit procedures are
not necessary)
c.
Employee Concerns Program (or equivalent) procedures
d.
Procedures that implement/maintain a Safety Conscious Work Environment
e.
Conduct of Operations procedure (or equivalent) and any other procedures or
policies governing control room conduct, operator burdens and workarounds,
etc.
f.
Maintenance rule procedures and any procedures implementing any portion of
the maintenance rule at the station
g.
Operating experience program procedures and any other procedures or
guidance documents that describe the sites use of operating experience
information
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h.
Procedures associated with the 10 CFR Part 21 program
5.
Other
a.
List of risk-significant components and systems, ranked by risk worth; if the list
uses system designators, provide a list of the associated equipment/system
names
b.
List of structures, systems and components and/or functions that were in
maintenance rule (a)(1) status or evaluated for (a)(1) status at any time during
the inspection period; include dates and results of expert panel reviews and
dates of status changes
c.
Organization charts for plant staff and long-term/permanent contractors
d.
Electronic copies of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (or equivalent),
technical specifications, and technical specification bases, if available
e.
Table showing the number of corrective action documents (or equivalent)
initiated during each month of the inspection period, by screened
significance
f.
Table showing the number of anonymous corrective action documents (or
equivalent) initiated during each month of the inspection period; if fewer
than approximately 40, provide full documents and attachments
g.
For each day the team is inspecting, provide the following:
i.
Planned work/maintenance schedule for the station
ii.
Schedule of management, maintenance rule, corrective action
related, or corrective action review meetings (e.g. operations focus
meetings, condition report screening meetings, Corrective Action
Review Boards, Management Review Meetings, challenge meetings
for cause evaluations, etc.)
iii.
Agendas and materials for these meetings
h.
Provide a copy of Cooper Nuclear Stations probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)
summary document for the current internal events, external events (e.g., fire,
flooding, seismic), and shutdown PRA models of record, as applicable.
6.
Focused System or Area Review(s): High Pressure Coolant Injection
a.
System design basis documents
b.
Quarterly system health reports, maintenance rule determinations, 50.59
screens/evaluations, apparent and root cause evaluations
c.
Condition reports associated with the system
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d.
Engineering walkdown schedule
e.
Operating Procedures/Abnormal Operating Procedures/Emergency Operating
Procedures
f.
Work orders from system maintenance outages
Additionally, please note that system or areas for increased inspection focus will be identified in
the coming weeks, and additional documentation may be requested. The inspection for the
focused system will cover the period from January 1, 2020 to April 14, 2025.
U.S. NRC Senior Resident Inspector
Inspection Program and Assessment Team
Division of Operating Reactor Safety, Region IV
1600 E. Lamar Blvd, Arlington, TX 76011
christopher.henderson@nrc.gov