ML19043A946

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection (05000482/2019002) and Request for Information

ML19043A946
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	02/12/2019
From:	Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
References
IR 2019002
Download: ML19043A946 (5)

See also: IR 05000482/2019002

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February 12, 2019 Adam C. Heflin, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1

- NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION

(05000482/2019002)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will conduct the baseline inspection

of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant modifications

at your Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1

, from April 29 - May 3, 2019.

The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the

NRC's Region IV office

for one week. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure

(IP) 71111.17 T , "Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

." Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for

bot h the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by

April 15, 2019. It is important that all of these documents are up

-to-date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be

Mr. J. Knust of your licensing organization.

If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector

, Gerond George , by telephone at

817-200-1562 or by e-mail at Gerond.George@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150

-0011. The NRC may not conduct or 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 Office of Management and Budget control number.

A.Heflin2 I n accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice

& Procedure," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No:

50-482 License No: NPF-42 Enclosure: Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection Request

for Information

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to the Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1

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Enclosure Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection

Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1

Inspection Report:

0500048 2/2019002 Inspection Dates: April 29, 2019 to May 3, 2019

Inspection Procedure:

IP 71111.17

T , "Evaluation

s of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

" Lead Inspector:

Gerond George, Senior Reactor Inspector

Information Requested for the In

-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in

hard copy or electronic format (preferred)

by April 15, 2019, to the attention

of Gerond A. George.

We request that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the lead inspector and provide the document s on the first day of the onsite inspection.

Based upon a review of the documents provided from the request below, the inspectors may have additional document requests. If so, we will communicate these needs and request that these items be available for review on the first day of inspection

. We ask that these items

be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection.

If you have any questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.

2. A list with descriptions

of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed

since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection

that did not result in an evaluation.

3. A list with descriptions

of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59

inspection

that did not result in an application for a license amendment.

4. A list with descriptions of all temporary plant modifications implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59

inspection

. 5. A list with descriptions of all

compensatory actions for degraded or non

-conforming conditions implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection

. 6. A list with titles and descriptions of all

normal, abnormal, and emergency operating procedure changes implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

7. A list with descriptions of all

corrective

action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59

inspection

. 8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare, review, and approve

10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and/or evaluations, including qualification dates.

2 9. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.

10. A copy of the most recent audits/self

-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59 programs.

11. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each, required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).

12. A list of systems and system designators and a set of

one-line (i.e., simplified) system diagrams. Note: Description

s should be brief

but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications

. Inspector Contact Information:

Gerond George Senior Reactor Inspector

817-200-1562 Gerond.George@nrc.gov

Wes Cullum

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1563 Wes.Cullum@nrc.gov

Shiattin Makor

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1079 Shiattin.Makor@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC , Region IV Attn: Gerond George 1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX

76011-4125