ML25038A005
| ML25038A005 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | BWX Technologies |
| Issue date: | 02/06/2025 |
| From: | Timothy Sippel NRC/RGN-II |
| To: | |
| References | |
| IR 2025001 | |
| Download: ML25038A005 (1) | |
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NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST SITE: BWXT INSPECTION REPORT NUMBER: 2025-001 PRE-INSPECTION VISIT:
NA INSPECTION DATES:
March 17 - 20, 2025 NRC INSPECTORS:
Lead: Timothy Sippel, Timothy.Sippel@nrc.gov Nicholas Peterka, Nicholas.Peterka@nrc.gov ACCOMPANYING PERSONNEL:
None IDENTIFIED LICENSEE CONTACTS:
Manager, Licensing and Safety Analysis: Daniel Ashworth, dlashworth@bwxt.com Manager, Nuclear Criticality Safety:
David Faidley, dwfaidley@bwxt.com ASSOCIATED PROCEDURES:
88015 - Nuclear Criticality Safety Note: This is a broad list of the documents the NRC inspectors will be interested in obtaining and reviewing during the inspection visit. The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. The lead inspector can answer questions regarding specific information needs with licensee staff and may request additional documents.
DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED 1.
Information Requested for On-Site Inspection a.
Any recent audits of the NCS program (if any since the last NCS inspection in July) b.
List of NCS and CAAS-related Corrective Action Program entries since the last NCS inspection c.
Any new or revised NCS procedures since the last NCS inspection (including any revisions to: NCS-01 to -10, NCSE-02, -03, -07, and -11, QWIs 5.1.26, and 4.1.5, and EPR-01-03, and EPR-02-03) d.
List of new and revised NCS PAs, NCS Evaluations, Safety Concern Analyses, Technical Work Records, Justification Analyses, Safety Releases (since the last NCS inspection)
- The inspectors will select a sample of documents for detailed review e.
List of NCS PAs and NCS TR implemented since the last NCS inspection.
f.
Please provide NCS CSEs for SARs 15.19, 15.38, and15.40 g.
List of operators in 15.19, 15.38, and 15.40, the inspectors will select a sample to review records demonstrating completion of required NCS training and specific training material on criticality safety h.
Qualification records for in-training or recently (since the last inspection) qualified NCS engineers
- i.
Training material and procedures related to NCS support for emergency response, including re-entry, actions to terminate a criticality, and means of assessing/estimating dose from a criticality accident
- j.
NCS inspection reports (a.k.a.: weekly/monthly walkdowns) since the last NCS inspection, schedule for walkdowns in 2025
- k. List of planned CAAS tests and calibrations; NCS related IROFS tests, PMs, or calibrations scheduled for the inspection week; and other NCS related activities occurring during the inspection week
- 2. Activities Requested for On-Site Inspection
- a. Please schedule us to accompany whatever portions of the quarterly NCS audit that can be performed during the week of the inspection
- b. Please provide a schedule for any change process meetings NCS is participating in, and schedule us to accompany whatever portions of change review walkdowns are being performed during the week of the inspection
- c. Please schedule us for a walkdown of the NCS controls in the LTC, SFF, and Core Assembly 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 3150-0009). The burden to the public for these information collections is estimated to average 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />(s) per response. 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 e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0009) 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.