ML25227A099
| ML25227A099 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 08/15/2025 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-II |
| To: | NRC/RGN-II/DFRSS/FOB2 |
| References | |
| IR 2025003 | |
| Download: ML25227A099 (1) | |
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NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY /
PLANT MODIFICATIONS (ANNUAL)
INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST SITE: Westinghouse INSPECTION REPORT NUMBER: 2025-003 PRE-INSPECTION VISIT:
NA INSPECTION DATES:
September 22 - 26, 2025 NRC INSPECTORS:
Timothy Sippel, Timothy.Sippel@nrc.gov Cameron Ubben Cameron.Ubben@nrc.gov ACCOMPANYING PERSONNEL:
Brandon Bout Brandon.Bout@nrc.gov Mac Read Carey.Read@nrc.gov IDENTIFIED LICENSEE CONTACTS:
Steve Subosits, Licensing, Stephen.Subosits@westinghouse.com Chris Miller, NCS Manager, mille1cs@westinghouse.com ASSOCIATED PROCEDURES:
88015 - Nuclear Criticality Safety 88070 - Plant Modifications (Annual)
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. You are not required to provide documents that are already available in ADAMS. The lead inspector can answer questions regarding specific information needs with licensee staff and may request additional documents.
DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED
- 1. Information Requested for NCS Inspection (Sippel)
- a. Any NCS Program procedures (e.g., those related to NCS review of events and establishment of corrective actions, NCS audits and weekly walkdowns, NCS engineer qualification, development of CSEs, NCS-related emergency response), manuals, and guidance that are newly created or have been revised since the last inspection.
- b. Any self-assessments or audits of the NCS program by QA or external organizations since the last NCS inspection in June.
- c. The CSEs, and NCS-related calc notes, that have been created or revised since the last inspection.
- d. A list of NCS and CAAS-related Corrective Action Program entries, Redbook entries, events reports, and any related NCS safety analyses or evaluations in the last six months
- e. Documentation of any CAAS design changes or maintenance in the last year.
- f.
Qualification records for any NCS engineers who have completed an NCS qualification since the September 2024 NCS inspection.
- g. NCS inspection reports/facility walkthrough assessments since the last NCS inspection, schedule for walkdowns and inspections in 2025.
- 2. Activities Requested for On-Site Inspection for NCS Inspection
- a. List of planned CAAS tests; NCS walkdowns or audits; NCS related IROFS tests, PMs, or calibrations scheduled for the inspection week; other NCS related activities occurring during the inspection week.
- 3. Information Requested for PMA Inspection (Ubben)
- a. Procedures for the configuration management system required per 10 CFR 70.72 (e.g.,
RA0104, etc); including procedures for other management measures (e.g., post-modification testing, audits, training and qualification, and records retention) related to the configuration management system.
- b. Procedures used to implement changes to the license application; and records of any changes made to the license application that did not require NRC approval to make (including any that have not yet been submitted to the NRC), since August 2024.
- c. Training/qualification procedure/plan for personnel who perform and approve 70.72 evaluations, CCF packages, and other changes.
- d. List of corrective action / Redbook entries related to plant modification issues, since August 2024.
- e. Copy any self-assessments or audit of the configuration management system since August 2024.
- f.
Contact information for key personnel expected to support the Plant Modifications inspection.
- g. List, with a brief description, of facility changes that are currently open/in-progress.
Please include all plant changes that affected items relied on for safety (IROFS) and the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary, including modifications of existing controls, elimination of previous controls, and addition of new controls.
- h. A request for specific CCF packages will follow.
- 4. Activities Requested for On-Site Inspection for PMA Inspection
- a. The inspectors will need site support to conduct field observations, plant tours of selected plant modifications, operations, maintenance/functional testing of IROFS and interviews with staff responsible for these activities.
- b. List of any ongoing work, tests, or meetings related to plant modifications and the configuration manage system occurring during the inspection week.
- c. Please provide a list of any plant meetings (maintenance meetings, pre-job briefings, CAP review meetings, change review meetings, etc.).
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.