ML14063A628

Annual Assessment Letter for Wolf Creek Generating Station (Report 05000482/2013001)

ML14063A628
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/04/2014
From:	Dapas M Region 4 Administrator
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
O'Keefe N
References
IR-13-001
Download: ML14063A628 (6)

See also: IR 05000482/2013001

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UNI T E D S T A T ES NUCL E A R RE G U L A T O R Y C O M MI S SION R E G I ON IV 160 0 E. L A M A R B L V D. A RL I NGTO N , TX 76011-4511 M a r ch 4, 2014 M r. Adam C. H e f lin, P r e s ident and C h i e f E xecu t i v e O f f i c e r W o l f C r e e k N uc lear O p e r a t i n g C o r po r a t i on P.O. B ox 411 B u r li n g t o n , K S 66839 SUB J EC T: ANNUA L ASSES S M E N T L E T T E R F O R W O LF CREE K GENERA T I N G S T A T I O N (REP O R T 05 0 00482/201300 1) D ear M r. H e f li n: O n Fe b r ua r y 1 2, 201 4 , t he NRC co m p l e t ed i t s e n d-o f-c y c l e pe r f o rm a n ce r e v i e w of W o l f C r e e k G ene r a t i ng S t a t i o n. T he NR C r e v i e w ed t he m o s t recent q ua r t e r l y pe r f o rmance i nd i ca t o r s (P Is) i n add i t i on t o inspec t i on resu l t s and e n f o r ce ment ac t i ons fr o m Janu a r y 1, 20 13, t h r o u g h Dece mber 31, 2 0 1 3. T h i s l e tt e r i n f o r m s y ou o f t h e NRC's asses s ment o f W o l f C r eek G ene r a t i ng S t a t i on d u r i ng t h i s p e r i od and i t s p lans f o r f u t u r e inspe c t ions a t t hat f ac ili t y. T he NRC de t e rm i ned t h a t o v e r a ll , W o l f C r e e k G e ne r a t i n g S t a t i on w as op e r a t ed i n a manner that p rese r v ed pub li c hea l t h and s a f e t y and met a l l c o r ne r s t one o b j e c t i ves. T h e NRC de t e rm i ned t he p e r f o rmance a t W o l f C r eek G ene r a t i ng S t a t i o n du r i n g t he m o s t recent q u a rt e r w as w i t h i n t he L icensee Response C o l u m n o f t he NR C's R ea c tor O v e r s i ght P roce s s (ROP) A c t i on M a tr i x because a l l inspec t i on f i nd i n g s had v e r y l ow (i.e., G reen) s a f e t y s i g n i f i ca nce, and a l l P I s i nd i ca t ed t h a t p lant pe r f o rmance w as w i t h i n t he n o m i na l , e x pec t ed r a n g e (i.e., G r een). T h e r e f o re, t he NR C p lans t o condu c t R OP base l i ne inspec t i ons a t your f a c ili t y. Al t hou g h p lant p e r f o r m ance w as w i t h i n t he L icensee Response C o l u mn, t he NRC has n o t yet f i na l i z ed t he s i g n i f icance o f a p r e li m i n a r y Gr e a t e r-t ha n-G r een f i nd i n g i n t he ph y s ical secu r i t y co r ne r s t one d o cu m e n t ed i n NR C Insp e c t i on R ep o rt 05000482

/2013403 (M L13346 A 22 7). The f i nal s a f e t y s i g n i f icance d e t e r m i na t i on m ay a f f ect t he NRC's asses s ment o f p l ant p e r f o rm a nce and t he enc losed insp e c ti on p lan. Y ou w ill be no t i f i ed by sepa r a t e c o rr e s pondence o f t he f inal s i g n i f icance f o r t h i s f i nd i ng, as w e ll as any changes t o our pe r f o r mance a ssess m e n t and assoc i a t ed inspe c t ion p l an. A t t he b e g i nn i ng o f t h i s assess m e n t c y c l e, W ol f C r e e k G ene r a t i n g S t a t i on w as i n t he D e g r aded C o r ne r s t o ne C o l u m n be cause t h e r e w as one Y e l l ow f i nd i ng and one W h i t e pe r f o r mance i nd i ca t or i n t he M i t i g a t i n g S y s t e m s C o r ne r s t on e. T he Y e ll ow f i nd i ng i n v o lved y our s t a f f's f a il u r e t o p r o v i de ade q u a t e o v e r s i ght o f co n tr a c t o r s w h il e t hey pe r f o r m ed w o r k t h a t cou l d a f fect s a f e t y- r e l a t ed e q u i p ment i n A p r il 2011. T he p e r f o r m an c e i nd i ca t or f o r M i t i g a t i n g S y s t e m s P e r f o r mance I ndex - E m e r gency A C S y s t em (M SP I - EAC) h a d been r epo r t ed as W h i t e s ince t he f i r s t q u a rt e r o f 201 2. O n Jun e 7 , 2013 , t he NR C c o m p l e t ed a su p p l e m e n t al i n s pec t i on p u r su a n t t o I nspec t i on P r oced u r e 9 5 0 0 2, " S up pl e m e n t al I ns p e c t i on for O ne D e g r ad e d C o r n e r s t one o r Any T h r ee W h i t e I n pu t s i n a S tr a t e g i c P e r f o r m a n ce A r e a ," a t W o l f C r e e k G en e r a t i n g S t a t i o n. T h is

A.H e flin - 2 - insp e c t i on w a s pe r f o rm e d t o as sess your s t a f f's e va l ua t i o n of t he root c a uses, c o ntri bu t ing cau ses, a nd co r r ec t i v e a c t i o ns a sso c i a t ed wi t h t h e Y e l l o w f in d in g , a n d i nc l uded an as sess m ent o f a c t ions t o ad d ress f o u r open subs t a n t i v e c r os s-cu t t i ng issue s. T he t e a m a l so pe r f o r m ed a li m i t ed scope independent

s a f e t y cu l t u r e asses s m ent f o ll o w-up i n acco r dance w i t h Inspe c t i on P rocedu r e 4010 0 , "I nde p endent S a f e t y C u l t u r e A ssess m e n t Fo ll o w-u p." The inspec t o r s de t e r m i ned t h a t y our s t a f f p e r f o rm ed a c o m p r eh e ns i v e e v a l ua t i on t o i den t i f y ap p r op r i a t e caus e s for t he Y e ll ow f i nd ing, a n d co r r ec t i v e ac t i ons w e r e app r o p r i a t e t o ad d ress those cause s. Based on t he resu lt s o f t h i s i ns p ec t ion, t he Y e ll o w f i nd i ng w as c losed i n NR C I ns p ec t i on R epo r t 05000482/2013010 (M L 13203 A 329). O n A p r il 29, 2 013, t he NRC co m p l e t ed t he supp l e m en tal inspe c t ion t o r e v i e w t he a c t i on t a k en t o add ress t he W h i t e M SP I - EAC, pu rsua n t t o Insp e c t i on P roced u r e 9 5 00 1 , "S upp l e m en tal Inspec t i on f o r O ne o r T w o W h i t e I np u t s i n a S tr a t e g i c P e r f o rm a n ce A r e a." A s doc u m en t e d i n NR C Inspec t i on R epo r t 0 50004 8 2/2 0 13009 (M L 1 3126 A 197), t h i s inspe c t i on w as pe r f o rm ed t o assess your s t a ff's e v a l u a t i on o f t he r o ot cause s, con tr i bu t i n g cause s , and co rr e c t i v e ac t ions assoc i a t ed w i t h t he W h i t e P I. T he P I d a t a r epo r t ed f o r W o l f C r e e k G en er a t i n g S t a t i on f o r the second q ua r ter o f 2013 i nd i ca t ed t h a t M SP I - EAC had r e t u r ned t o Gr ee n. T h e r e f o r e, s ince four q ua r t e r s had p assed s ince t he W h i t e P I w as i den t i f i e d; t he NRC had c onc l uded based on t he 95001 supp l e m e n t al inspec t i on resu l t s, t h a t y ou had ad e q u a t e l y e v a l u a t ed and add r e ssed t he p e r f o rmance issue s; and g i v en that t he P I h a d r e t u r ned t o G r een a s of June 30, 201 3 , W ol f C r eek G ene r a t i ng S t a t i o n w a s r e t u r ned t o t he L i censee Response co l u m n as o f Ju l y 1, 201 3. T he NR C a l so issued a C h il l in g E ff e c t L e tt e r (CE L) (ADA M S M L13233 A 208) t o W o l f C r e e k N uc l ear O p e r a t i n g C o r p o r a t i on on A u gust 19, 20

1 3. T he CE L w as issued because t he Occup a t ional S a f e t y and He a l t h A d mini s tr a t io n (OSHA) had issued a f i n d i ng o f d i s c r i m in a t io n for r a i s i ng s a f e t y conc e r ns a g a inst a f o r mer e m p l o y ee of an e n g i ne e r i ng c on tr a c tor e m p l o y ed by W o l f C r e e k N uc lear O p e r a t i n g C o r po r a t i on, and d ue t o t he NR C i den t i f y i ng t h a t a ch ille d w o r k en v i r on m ent e x i s t ed w i t h i n your f ac ili t y's Q ua li t y A ssu rance G roup. Issua n ce o f a CE L m e e t s t he NR C c r i t e r i a i n Insp e c t i on Manual C hap ter (I M C) 0305, "O pe r a t i ng R eac tor Asses s ment P r og r a m ," for t he i den t i f i ca t i on o f a c r os s-c u tt i n g t he m e i n t he a r ea o f s a f e t y consc i ous w o r k en v i r on ment (S C W E). H o w e v e r , t he NRC has a ssessed y our 3 0-day and 6-m o n t h responses t o t he CEL, and conduc t ed a pub li c m e e t i ng i n t he R e g i on I V o ff i ce on Janu a r y 22, 2014, t o d iscuss t he a c t i ons t hat y ou a r e t a k i n g t o add r e s s t he w o r k i n g en v i r on m e nt a t your f ac il i t y. T he NRC has dec i ded n o t t o open a sub s t a n t i v e c r os s-cu t t i ng issue i n t he a r ea o f S C W E a t t h i s t i m e because t he NR C s t a f f d oes not ha v e a conc e r n wi t h y our ac t i on s. T h i s t he m e w ill con t i nue t o be r e v i e w ed du r i ng t he n e x t t w o pe r f o rmance as sess m e n t s as w e con t i n u e t o m on i t o r y our s t a f f's a c t i ons t o ens u r e W ol f C r e e k G ene r a t i n g S t a t i on i s a w o r k p lace that f o s t e r s an en v i r on m ent w he r e e m p l o y ees f eel free, and a r e encou r a ged, t o r a i se s a f e t y conce r n s. T he enc losed inspe c t i on p l an li s t s t he inspec t i ons s c hedu l ed t h r o u g h June 30, 2 0 1 5. R ou t i ne inspec t i ons pe r f o r m ed b y r es ident inspe c t o r s a r e not i nc l uded i n t he insp e c t i on p lan. T he inspec t i ons schedu l ed t o be condu c t ed du r i n g t he last n i ne m o n t hs a r e t e n t a t i v e and m ay be r e v ised based on t he r e s u l t s o f t h e m i d-c y c l e pe r f o rmance r e v i e w. T he N R C p r o v i des t he inspec t i on p l an t o a ll ow for t he reso l u t i on o f any schedu li ng co n f li c t s and p e rsonnel a v a il ab i l i t y issues. T he NR C w ill con tact y our s t a f f as soon as poss i b l e t o d iscuss c h an g es t o t he inspec t i on p l an shou l d c i r cu m s tances w a rrant a n y chan g e s. T h i s inspe c t i on p l an does not i nc l ude secu r i t y r e l a t ed inspec t ions, w h i ch will be sent v i a sepa r a t e , no n-p ub li c l y a v a i l ab l e co rresponde nce.

A.H e flin - 3 - A n NRC aud i t o f licens e e e ff o r t s t o w a r ds c o m p liance w i t h Or d e r E A-1 2-0 49, "O rder M od i f y i ng L icenses w i t h R e g a r d t o R e q u i r e m en t s f o r M i t i g a t i on S tr a t e g i es for B e y on d-De s i g n-B as i s E x t e rnal E v en t s ," i s o n g o i n g. T h i s aud i t i nc l udes an ons i t e co m pone n t i n o r der f o r t he NR C t o e v a l ua t e m i t i g a t i n g s tr a t e g i es a s des c r i bed i n li c ensee su b m i tt a l s , and t o rece i v e and r e v i e w i n f o rm a t i on r e l a t i v e t o a ssoc i a t ed open i t e m s. T h i s ons i t e ac t i v i t y wil l a i d t he NR C s t a f f i n de v e l op m ent o f an u l t i m a t e S a f e t y E v a l ua t i on for t he s i t e. T he NR C s t a f f will be w o r k in g w i t h y our s t a f f t o es t a b li sh a d a t e for t he ons i t e co m p o nent audit. A s i t e-spec i f i c aud i t p l an f o r t he v i s i t w i ll be p r o v i ded i n a d vance t o a ll ow su f f i c ient t i m e f o r p r epa r a t ions. A s a resu l t o f t he S a f e t y C u l t u r e C o m m on La n g u a g e I n i t i a t i ve, t he t e r m i n o l o g y and cod i n g o f c ross-cu t t i ng aspe c t s w e r e r e v ised e f f e c t i v e Janua r y 1, 201 4. N ew c ross-cu tt i n g aspec t s w ill be coded i n acc o rdance w i t h t he l a t e s t r e v i s i on t o N R C Inspe c t i on Manual C hap ter (I M C) 0310, "Aspec t s w i t h i n C ross-C u tt i n g A r eas", d a t ed D e c e mber 19, 2013.

C r os s-cu tt i n g aspects i den t i f i ed i n t he last s i x m on t hs o f 2013 us i ng t h e p r e v i ous t e rm i no l o g y will be con v e rt ed t o t he r e v ised l an g u a g e i n a cc o rdance w i t h t he c r o s s-r e f e rence i n I MC 0310. T h e r e v ised c r o s s- cu tt i n g aspec t s w ill be eva l ua t ed f o r c r os s-cu t t i n g t he m es and p o t e n t ial s u bs t an t i v e c r o s s- cu tt i n g i ssu e s i n a c co r d ance w i t h I MC 0305 s t a r t i ng w i t h t he ca l end a r y ear 2014 m i d-c y c l e assess m e n t. I n acc o rdance w i t h 10 CFR 2.390 o f t he NRC's Rule s o f P r ac t i c e , a copy o f t h i s l e t ter w i ll be a v a i l ab l e e l ec tr on i ca ll y f o r pub li c inspe c t i on i n t he NR C P ub li c Docu ment R oom o r fr o m the P ub li c l y A v a il ab l e Reco r ds (PARS) co m pone n t o f NRC's doc u m e n t s y s t e m (ADA M S). ADA M S i s access i b l e fr om t he N R C W e b s i t e a t

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WolfCreek Inspection

I Activity Plan 03/01/2014

- 06/30/2015

Page 1 of 2 02/27/2014

Report22 13:10:28 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection

procedures.

Enclosure RS 12 PI - RADIATION SAFETY Title 2 03/17/2014

03/21/2014

03/17/2014

03/21/2014

IP 71124.01 IP 71124.02 Radiologica

lHazard Assessment

and Exposure Controls Occupational

ALARA Planning and Controls 03/17/2014

03/21/2014

03/17/2014

03/21/2014

IP 71151-0R01 Occupational

Exposure Control Effectiveness

IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological

Effluent TSB 52B - BIENNIAL PI&R 4 05/19/2014

05/23/2014

IP 71152B Problem Identification

and Resolution

06/02/2014

06/06/2014

IP 711528 Problem Identification

and Resolution

RS 5678 - RADIATION SAFETY- TEAM 4 06/02/2014

06/06/2014

06/02/2014

06/06/2014

06/02/2014

06/06/2014

06/02/2014

06/06/2014

IP '11124.05 IP 71124.06 IP 71124.0'1 IP 71124.08 INSP Radiation Monitoring

Instrumentation

Radioactive

Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment Radiological

Environmental

Monitoring

Program Radioactive

Solid Waste Processing

and Radioactive

Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation

- BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION

3 08/25/2014

08/29/2014

10/20/2014

10/24/2014

11/03/2014

11/07/2014

IP 711111 1 B Licensed Operator Requalification

Program EB2-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION

INSPECTION

4 IP 7111105T Fire Protection

[Triennial]

IP 7111105T Fire Protection

[Triennial]

EP-1 - EP PERFORMANCE

INDICATORS

11/17/2014

11/1712014

11/17/2014

11/21/2014

11/21/2014

11/21/2014

IP 71151-EP01 IP 71151-EP02 IP 71151-EP03 Drill/Exercise

Performance

ERO Drill Participation

Alert & Notification

System EP-2 - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION

11/17/2014

11/1712014

11/17/2014

11/17/2014

11121/2014

11/21/2014

11/2112014

11121/2014

IP 7111402 IP 7111403 IP 7111404 IP 7111405 71111.08 Alert and Notification

System Testing Emergency Preparedness

Organization

Staffing and Augmentation

System Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Correction

of Emergency Preparedness

Weaknesses

and Deficiencies

- INSERVICE INSPECTION

02/23/2015

03/06/2015

IP 7111108P lnservice Inspection

Activities

- PWR RS 13 PI - RADIATION SAFETY 2 03/09/2015

03/13/2015

IP 71124.01 Radiological

Hazard Assessment

and Exposure Controls 03/09/2015

03/13/2015

IP '11124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity

Control and Mitigation

03/09/2015

03/13/2015

IP '11151-0R01 Occupational

Exposure Control Effectiveness

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INPO and OUTAGE adlvffles.

WolfCreek Inspection

I Activity Plan 03/01/2014

- 06/30/2015

Page 2 of 2 02/27/2014

Report22 13:10:28 *This report shows only on-site and announced inspection

procedures.

Enclosure i Unit i Number Planned Dates Start End RS 13 PI -RADIATION SAFETY - --*L. Title No. of Staff on Site 2 03/09/2015

03/13/2015

IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological

Effluent EB1-17T - WC PERMANENT PLANT MODS & 50.59 06/15/2015

06/26/2015

IP 7111117T Evaluations

of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

and Permanent Plant Modifications

Ttiis report does not inClude I N PO and OUTAGE activit ies.