ML25322A120
| ML25322A120 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 11/18/2025 |
| From: | Glenn Dentel Division of Operating Reactors |
| To: | Blair B Vistra Operations Company |
| References | |
| IR 2026010 | |
| Download: ML25322A120 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000334/2026010
Text
November 18, 2025
Barry Blair
Senior Vice President
Vistra Operations Company, LLC
Beaver Valley Power Station
P.O. Box 4 - Route 168
Shippingport, PA 15077-0004
SUBJECT:
BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF
COMMERCIAL GRADE DEDICATION INSPECTION (05000334/2026010 AND
05000412/2026010) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Barry Blair:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will conduct the commercial grade dedication baseline inspection at Beaver Valley Power
Station, Units 1 and 2 (Beaver Valley), beginning on February 9, 2026. The inspection team will
be composed of three personnel from the NRC Region I office. The inspection will be conducted
in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.21N.03, Commercial Grade Dedication,
dated February 16, 2023.
The inspection will evaluate the implementation of Beaver Valleys process for dedicating
commercial-grade items, as required in applicable portions of Appendix B to Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, to ensure reasonable assurance is provided that
these items will perform their intended safety function. Additionally, this inspection will evaluate
implementation of Beaver Valleys procurement process for safety-related components as
required in Appendix B.
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:
Offsite Information Gathering Week: January 12-16, 2026
Offsite Preparation Week: February 2-6, 2026
Onsite Inspection Weeks: February 9-13, 2026, and February 23-27, 2026
The purpose of the offsite information gathering week is to virtually meet with staff expected to
support this inspection, and to become familiar with the process for dedicating commercial-
grade items and the process for procuring safety-related components at Beaver Valley. We are
aware that portions of the commercial grade dedication and safety-related procurement process
may be handled at locations other than your site, and we will coordinate the best dates, times,
and location(s) for the offsite information gathering week with your staff. This week may include
discussions with staff regarding onsite commercial-grade item dedication facilities, receipt
B. Blair
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inspection facilities, storage facilities, and installed plant components associated with potential
inspection samples. The team lead will also review your plans for onsite inspection logistics
including resources that will be provided to the team while onsite (e.g., conference rooms,
network access, printers, monitors, etc.) and how information requests will be tracked and
processed.
To minimize the impact on your staff and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed
two separate requests for information needed prior to the offsite information gathering week 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 before January 12, 2026. The team lead will use this information to support
preparation for the offsite information gathering week and selection of a list of potential
inspection samples. The second request (Enclosure 2) is for information that is more specific to
the selected inspection samples, and should be made available before February 2, 2026.
Additional information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or walkdowns 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.
If there are any questions about the inspection or the information requested, please contact the
team lead, Eric C. Miller, by telephone at (610) 337-5116 or by email at Eric.Miller2@nrc.gov.
Enclosure 3 contains additional contact information for the inspection team.
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). Send comments
regarding this information collection to the Information Services 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, (3150-0011) 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.
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This letter, its enclosures, 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 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for
Withholding.
Sincerely,
Glenn T. Dentel, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000334 and 05000412
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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GLENN
DENTEL
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Date: 2025.11.18
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GDentel
DATE
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11/18/2025
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 onsite and offsite 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.
Documents requested by January 12, 2026 (Prior to the Information Gathering Week):
1.
Procedures for dedicating commercial-grade items and for procurement of safety-
related components. This should include procedures for controlling counterfeit,
fraudulent, and suspect items and, if applicable, procedures that address
requirements associated with the parts quality initiative.
2.
List of commercial-grade items, with a brief description of application, that have been
dedicated for safety-related applications. These items may be dedicated by
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 or dedicated by a vendor (or other
licensee) and procured by Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2. Please note
whether the item has been installed in the plant. The list should encompass the past
six years of dedication activities. The list should identify the systems/components
where the items were installed or were intended to be installed for use. It should also
identify whether the item has been installed.
3.
List of components procured as safety-related, with descriptions, if not included
above. Please note whether the item has been installed in the plant. The list should
encompass the past six years of procurement activities. The list should identify the
systems/components where the items were installed or were intended to be installed
for use. It should also identify whether the item has been installed.
4.
List of corrective action program documents, with descriptions, associated with
commercial-grade items, safety-related procurement, receipt, or storage. The list
should include any items that failed while in service after completing the dedication
or safety-related procurement process. It should encompass the past six years of
these activities and should identify the systems/components where the items were
installed. The list should also identify the vendor who supplied the associated item.
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5.
List components procured as safety-related or commercial-grade items intended to
be dedicated for safety-related applications that are on hold because of concerns
identified during receipt, dedication, or from operating experience/corrective action
program as applicable. The list should identify the systems/components where the
items were intended to be installed for use.
6.
List of components procured as commercial-grade items dedicated for safety-related
applications, in the past six years, where the procurement/dedication process was
expedited to support rapid turnaround (less than seven days). If possible, the list
should identify the systems in which these items were intended for use.
7.
List of systems, system numbers/designators, corresponding names, and risk-
ranking.
8.
Copies of any self-assessments/audits of the safety-related procurement or the
commercial-grade dedication and procurement processes that were completed within
the two-years prior to the start date of this inspection.
9.
List of site contacts that will be associated with the inspection and a copy of
qualifications, as applicable, of personnel who performed commercial-grade
dedication, safety-related component procurement, and/or receipt inspection/testing
activities within the past six years.
Enclosure 2
Enclosure 2
Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week
For the samples selected by the team lead and provided to your point of contact following the
information gathering visit, the documents and information requested below should generally be
made available to the inspection team for the team's use both onsite and offsite 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. Paper
records (hard copy) are acceptable when necessary. 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.
Documents requested by February 2, 2026 (Prior to Preparation Week):
1.
Purchase requisition and purchase orders.
2.
Other pertinent vendor/licensee correspondence.
3.
Original and updated design specifications.
4.
Catalog specifications.
5.
Procurement basis evaluation such as like-for-like, equivalency, plant design change
packages, drawing and specification updates.
6.
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.59 documentation, if
required.
7.
Material receiving reports, packing lists/invoices, and other shipping documents.
8.
Receipt inspection reports and any related test reports.
9.
Other documents to trace the item from the time it was dedicated to the time it was
installed, tested, and accepted.
10.
Certificates of conformance/compliance/quality.
11.
Vendor test and inspection reports.
12.
Third-party or sub vendor test and inspection reports.
13.
Shelf-life information.
14.
Vendor dedication/partial dedication information.
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15.
Design/material/process change history information.
16.
Completed commercial-grade dedication document including safety classification,
identification of safety functions/application requirements, identification of critical
characteristics, identification of verification methods and acceptance criteria for the
critical characteristics, evaluation of credible failure modes, if applicable, and
identification of the suppliers quality assurance program that meets 10 CFR 50,
Appendix B.
17.
Any deviation from design, material, and performance characteristics relevant to the
safety function (nonconformance dispositions).
18.
Documents showing objective evidence such as special test and inspection
procedures and results, commercial-grade survey reports-item, design, material, and
specific performance characteristic (relevant to safety function), and source
inspection reports.
19.
Completed post-installation test procedure and results.
20.
Completed stock or material issue forms and installation work orders or reports.
21.
Historical performance information.
Enclosure 3
Enclosure 3
Inspection Team Contact Information
Eric C. Miller (Lead)
Senior Reactor Inspector
(610) 337-5116
Eric.Miller2@nrc.gov
Joseph Cunningham
Reactor Inspector
(610) 337-5390
Joseph.Cunningham@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
(610) 337--5177
Andrey.Turilin@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region I
Attn: Eric C. Miller
475 Allendale Road
STE 102
King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415