ML13130A345

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information 05000327 and 05000328

ML13130A345
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	05/10/2013
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 May 10, 2013 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Manager, Corp. Nuclear Licensing Programs Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4B-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR STATION, NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 05000327 AND 05000328

Dear Mr. Shea:

From June 3 through June 7, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will perform the baseline Public Radiation Safety Inspection at the Sequoyah Nuclear Station for NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.06, 71124.07 and 71151. Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. 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 Jon Johnson at 423-843-8129 of your organization, and that the material be available for review by May 24, 2013. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672.

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, under control numbers 3150-0011, 3150-0014, and 3150-0135. 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document

J. Shea 2 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,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No: 50-327, 50-328 License No: DPR-77, DPR-79

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request cc: (See page 3)

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KELLNER for/

NAME R.HAMILTON B. BONSER DATE 5/10/2013 5/10/2013 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

J. Shea 3 cc:

J. T. Carlin Site Vice President Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution P. R. Simmons Plant Manager Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution J. W. Proffitt Manager, Site Licensing Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution C. D. Mackaman Program Manager, Corporate Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Edward J. Vigluicci Associate General Counsel, Nuclear Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution County Mayor Sequoyah 208 Courthouse 625 Georgia Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Division of Radiological Health 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy Daisy, TN 37379-3624 Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854

Pre-Inspection Document Request Inspection Dates: June 3-7, 2013 Inspection Procedures: 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Cornerstones]

Note: The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise.

Electronic media is preferred if readily available (The preferred file format is Word, or searchable .pdf files on CDROM). Note that the inspectors cannot accept data provided on USB or flash drives due to NRC IT security policies. Please organize the information as it is arranged below to the extent possible. Experience has shown that a poorly organized CD leads to a less efficient inspection and places additional burden on licensee staff. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Documentation is requested from the date of the last time the effluents and environmental programs were inspected, September 16, 2011, to present. However, information for IP 71151 is requested from December 3, 2012, to present.

We would prefer as much of the information as possible in electronic form. An index to the contents is also helpful. For those items requesting a list of documents/areas, the inspectors will select documents/areas from the list for on-site review. If any of the requested information is too burdensome to provide electronically or as hard copies, simply indicate that the requested material is available for onsite review by the inspectors.

If you have any questions, please call Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection

• Assistance in plant walk-downs of the solid and liquid radwaste processing systems.

• Schedule of when REMP run is done to coordinate when we arrive for inspection of that program area.

General Information Request

• Telephone numbers of contacts.

• Radiation Protection organizational chart.

• Electronic copy of applicable chapters of UFSAR (e.g. radiation protection program, liquid and solid radioactive waste program, etc.)

Enclosure

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• Corrective Action Program (CAP) procedures.

• Audits and self-assessments performed since September 16, 2011 that encompasses the areas of (1) liquid and solid radwaste processing; and (2) REMP program.

• List of radiation protection procedures. Procedure(s) for identifying, notification, tracking, and correcting PI occurrences.

• 10 CFR 61.55 DAW and other waste stream analysis results 71124.06: Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment Provide site and/or corporate procedures associated with implementing the effluents and the groundwater monitoring program. Procedures should include those that address:

Effluent sampling Effluent monitor set-point determinations Dose calculations Groundwater monitoring and reporting of spills/leaks Methodology for determining effluent stack/vent flow rates ARERRs for CYs 2011, and 2012 List of all unmonitored spills, leaks, or unexpected liquid/gaseous discharges since September 16, 2011. If applicable, provide the LER, event report, and/or special report.

List of non-radioactive systems that have become contaminated and any 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed (Data since September 16, 2011)

List of any changes to the effluent release points or effluent treatment systems and associated 50.59 documentation (Data since September 16, 2011)

Material condition surveillance records for effluent system components not readily accessible, including those inaccessible due to radiological conditions Effluent release permits for continuous gaseous, batch gaseous, continuous liquid, and/or batch liquid releases. Only provide permits for last releases within each category.

Results of inter-laboratory comparison program for count lab for CY 2011, to 2013 YTD.

The last two surveillance results for ESF ventilation systems (e.g. system flow, HEPA, and charcoal filter tests)

Groundwater monitoring results since September 16, 2011 List of changes to written ground water monitoring program for identifying/controlling contaminated spills/leaks since September 16, 2011

3 List of onsite surface water bodies (e.g. ponds, retention basins, lakes) that contain or potentially contain radioactivity List of CAP PERs/ SRs and audit documents generated since September 16, 2011, related to liquid and gaseous effluent treatment and monitoring, unmonitored spills, leaks, or effluent discharges, or the groundwater monitoring program.

71124.07: Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Site and corporate procedures associated with radiological environmental monitoring, including:

o Collection, preparation, and analysis of environmental samples including air samples, TLD stations, ground and surface water, sediment, vegetation, milk, fish, etc.

o Calibration and maintenance of air/water sampling equipment.

o Calibration and QC activities for sample counting instruments.

o Sampling and monitoring program to detect leaks from contaminated or potentially contaminated systems, structures or components.

o Meteorological instrument calibration, operation, and routine surveillances.

AREOR CYs 2011, and 2012 List of structures, systems, or components that contain or could contain licensed material for which there is a credible mechanism for the radioactive material to reach ground water.

Summary of leaks and/or spills since September 16, 2011, i.e. additions to the 50.75(g) file.

Calibration and maintenance records for REMP air and composite water samplers since September 16, 2011 Inter-laboratory comparison program results for the past two years (in-house or vendor laboratory)

Last two calibration /surveillance/maintenance records for the meteorological monitoring instruments since September 16, 2011.

List of PERs/SRs and audit documents generated since September 16, 2011, related to environmental monitoring activities.

4 IP 71151: Performance Indicator Verification

• Monthly/Quarterly PI reports since December 3, 2012, and copies of associated Condition Report documents for any Occupational Exposure or RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent PI events occurrences.

• Liquid and gaseous effluent release permits which specify the quarterly and annual CYs 2011, and 2012, curies released by isotope and associated public dose assessments.

• List of all PER/ SR documents since December 3, 2012, using keywords such as: HRA, LHRA, VHRA, unintended dose, unlocked LHRA door, etc.

• List of all PER/SR documents since December 3, 2012, using keywords abnormal/

unmonitored effluent release, etc.

• List of all electronic dosimeter (ED) dose rate alarms and all ED dose alarms since December 3, 2012.