ML13354B972

Notification of Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Component Design Bases Inspection - NRC Inspection Report 05000348-14-007, 05000364-14-007

ML13354B972
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	12/20/2013
From:	Nease R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1
To:	Lynch T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-14-007
Download: ML13354B972 (6)

See also: IR 05000348/2014007

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

December 20, 2013

Mr. T. A. Lynch

Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

P.O. Drawer 470, BIN B500

Ashford, AL 36312

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, AND 2

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000348/2014007, 05000364/2014007

Dear Mr. Lynch:

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

Region II staff will conduct a component design bases inspection (CDBI) at your Farley Nuclear

Plant, Units 1, and 2 during the weeks of May 5 - 9, May 19 - 23, and June 2 - 6, 2014. Tonya

Lighty, a Project Engineer from the NRCs Region II Office, will lead the inspection team. This

inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure

71111.21, Component Design Bases Inspection, issued November 29, 2013.

The inspection will evaluate the capability of risk-significant / low margin components to function

as designed and to support proper system operation. The inspection will also include a review

of selected operator actions, operating experience, and modifications.

During a telephone conversation on December 13, 2013, Ms. Lighty confirmed with William

Arens of your staff, arrangements for an information-gathering site visit and the three-week

onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:

• Information-gathering visit: Week of April 7 - 11, 2014

• Onsite weeks: May 5 - 9, May 19 - 23, and June 2 - 6, 2014

The purpose of the information-gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to identify

risk-significant components and operator actions. Information and documentation needed to

support the inspection will also be identified. Mr. George MacDonald, a Region II Senior

Reactor Analyst, will support Ms. Lighty during the information-gathering visit to review

probabilistic risk assessment data and identify risk-significant components, which will be

examined during the inspection.

The enclosure lists documents needed prior to the information-gathering visit. Please provide

the referenced information to the Region II Office by March 14, 2014.

T.A. Lynch 2

Additional documents will be requested during the information-gathering visit. The inspectors

will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents

required for inspection preparation. The additional information should be available to the team

in the Region II Office prior to the inspection teams preparation week of April 28, 2014.

Ms. Lighty will also discuss the following inspection support administrative details:

(1) availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of

contact during the inspection, (2) method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection,

(3) licensee computer access, (4) working space, (5) arrangements for site access, and (6)

other applicable information.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," 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 Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC

website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, regarding the

information requested or the inspection, please contact Ms. Lighty at 404-997-4565 or contact

me at 404-997-4530.

Sincerely,

RA

Rebecca L. Nease, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-348, 50-364

License Nos.: NPF-2, NPF-8

Enclosure:

Information Request for Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1, and 2, Component

Design Bases Inspection

cc: Distribution via Listserv

Additional documents will be requested during the information-gathering visit. The inspectors

will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents

required for inspection preparation. The additional information should be available to the team

in the Region II Office prior to the inspection teams preparation week of April 28, 2014.

Ms. Lighty will also discuss the following inspection support administrative details:

(1) availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of

contact during the inspection, (2) method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection,

(3) licensee computer access, (4) working space, (5) arrangements for site access, and (6)

other applicable information.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," 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 Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC

website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

_ __x SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE RII: DRP RII: DRS RII: DRP

SIGNATURE RA RA RA

NAME Lighty NEASE MacDonald

DATE 12/ 20/2013 12/20/2013 12/20/2013

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

INFORMATION REQUEST FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, AND 2

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION

Please provide the information electronically in .pdf files, Excel, or other searchable format on

CDROM (or FTP site, Sharepoint, etc.). The CDROM (or website) should be indexed and

hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.

1. From your most recent probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) excluding external events and

fires:

a. Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific PSA: one sorted by Risk

Achievement Worth (RAW), and the other sorted by Birnbaum Importance

b. A list of the top 500 cutsets

2. From your most recent PSA including external events and fires:

a. Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific PSA: one sorted by RAW,

and the other sorted by Birnbaum Importance

b. A list of the top 500 cutsets

3. Risk ranking of operator actions from your site-specific PSA sorted by RAW. Provide

human reliability worksheets for these items.

4. List of time-critical operator actions with a brief description of each action.

5. List of Emergency and Abnormal Operating Procedures revised (significant) since

September 1, 2011, with a brief description of each revision.

6. List of components with low design margins (i.e., pumps closest to the design limit for flow

or pressure, diesel generator close to design-required output, heat exchangers close to

rated design heat removal, and motor-operated valve risk-margin rankings, etc.), and

associated evaluations or calculations.

7. List of station operating experience evaluations/reviews performed, and documented in the

stations corrective action program, for industry events and safety-related equipment

failures/vulnerabilities (as communicated by NRC Generic Communications, Industry

Communications, 10 CFR Part 21 Notifications, etc.) since September 1, 2011.

8. List and brief description of safety-related structures, systems, or components (SSCs)

design modifications implemented since September 1, 2011.

9. List and brief description of common-cause component failures that have occurred

since September 1, 2011.

10. List and brief description of operability evaluations completed since September 1, 2011.

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11. List of equipment on the sites Station Equipment Reliability Issues List, including a

description of the reason(s) why each component is on that list, and summaries (if

available) of your plans to address the issue(s).

12. List and brief description of equipment currently in degraded or nonconforming status as

described in Regulatory Issue Summary 05-020.

13. List and reason for equipment classified in maintenance rule (a)(1) status from

September 1, 2011, to present.

14. Copies of system descriptions (or the design basis documents) for safety-related systems.

15. Copy of Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.

16. Copy of Technical Specification(s).

17. Copy of Technical Specifications Bases.

18. Copy of Technical Requirements Manual(s).

19. List and brief description of Root Cause Evaluations performed since September 1, 2011.

20. In-service Testing Program Procedure(s).

21. Corrective Action Program Procedure(s).

22. One-line diagram of electrical plant. (Electronic and full size - hard copy week of

April 7 - 11, 2014)

23. Index and legend for electrical plant one-line diagrams.

24. Primary AC calculation(s) for safety-related buses.

25. Primary DC calculation(s) for safety-related buses.

26. Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) for safety-related systems. (Electronic and

1/2 size - hard copy week of April 7 - 11, 2014)

27. Index and Legend for P&IDs.

28. Copy of Operability Determination procedure(s).

30. Copies of corrective action documents (i.e. CRs) associated with findings from previous

CDBI. (If applicable)

31. Index (procedure number, title, and current revision) of station Emergency Operating

Procedures, Abnormal Operating Procedures, and Annunciator Response Procedures.

32. Copy of any self-assessments performed in preparation for this inspection.

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33. List of any condition reports generated in preparation for this inspection.

34. Copies of condition reports generated from previous CDBI (2011).

35. Contact information for a person to discuss PSA information prior to the information-

gathering trip. (Name, title, phone number, and e-mail address)