ML12348A540

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information for NRC Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

ML12348A540
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	12/13/2012
From:	Hooper G NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB7
To:	Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVE N.E., SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 December 13, 2012 Mr. Tom E. Tynan Vice President - Vogtle Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Tynan:

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

Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resolution (PI&R) inspection at your Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 during the weeks of January 28 - February 1 and February 11-15, 2013. The inspection team will be led by Reinaldo Rodriguez, a Senior Project Engineer from the NRC Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution, issued on December 5, 2011.

The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensees Corrective Action Program (CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspections of routine daily screening of all corrective action program issues, quarterly focused issue reviews, and semiannual trend PI&R reviews.

On December 11, 2012, Mr. Rodriguez confirmed with Mr. George Gunn of your staff, arrangements for the two-week onsite inspection.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the inspection. Please have the referenced information available no later than January 11, 2013. Contact Mr. Rodriguez with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required for inspection preparation.

If additional documents are needed, they will be requested when identified. Prior to the onsite inspection, Mr. Rodriguez will discuss with your staff the following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection; access to licensee computers; working space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

T. Tynan 2 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 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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Rodriguez at (404) 997-4498.

Sincerely,

/RA/

George T. Hopper, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 05000424, 05000425 License Nos.: NPF-68 and NPF-81

Enclosure:

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION cc w/encl: (See page 3)

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 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.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION 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.

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NAME RRodriguez GHopper DATE 12/13/2012 12/13/2012 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

T. Tynan 3 (cc w/encl.)

C. Russ Dedrickson Dennis R. Madison Fleet Support Supervisor Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution S. Kuczynski Chairman, President and CEO Leigh Perry Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Todd L. Youngblood Vice President M. J. Ajluni Fleet Oversight Nuclear Licensing Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution W. L. Bargeron B. D. McKinney, Jr.

Plant Manager Regulatory Response Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution D. W. Daughhetee D. G. Bost Licensing Engineer Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Bradley J. Adams N. J. Stringfellow Vice President Licensing Manager Fleet Operations Support Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Paula Marino T. D. Honeycutt Vice President Regulatory Response Supervisor Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution L. P. Hill T. A. Lynch Licensing Supervisor Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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T. Tynan 4 (cc w/encl.) Division of Radiological Health L. L. Crumpton TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Administrative Assistant, Sr. 401 Church Street Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Electronic Mail Distribution Richard Haynes T. Mark Hickox Director, Division of Waste Management Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Bureau of Land and Waste Management Electronic Mail Distribution S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Mark Rauckhorst 2600 Bull Street Site Vice President Columbia, SC 29201 Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Southern Nuclear Operating Company Lee Foley Electronic Mail Distribution Manager of Contracts Generation Oglethorpe Power Corporation S. C. Swanson Electronic Mail Distribution Site Support Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Mark Williams Electronic Mail Distribution Commissioner Georgia Department of Natural Resources Senior Resident Inspector Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Chuck Mueller 7821 River Road Manager Waynesboro, GA 30830 Policy and Radiation Program Georgia Department of Natural Resources Arthur H. Domby, Esq. Electronic Mail Distribution Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution Cynthia A. Sanders Radioactive Materials Program Manager Jerry Ranalli Environmental Protection Division Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Department of Natural Resources Georgia Power Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution James C. Hardeman Sandra Threatt, Manager Environmental Radiation Program Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Protection Division Environmental Surveillance Georgia Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Land and Waste Management Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl. continued next page)

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Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Director Consumers' Utility Counsel Division Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive Plaza Level East; Suite 356 Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Amy Whaley Resident Manager Electronic Mail Distribution

T. Tynan 6 Letter to Tom E. Tynan from George T. Hopper dated December 13, 2012.

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (January 28 - February 1 and February 11 - 15, 2012)

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since February 2011. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format.

If the information is not available in electronic format, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate other available methods to provide the information.

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to:

a) Corrective action process b) Cause evaluation c) Operating experience program d) Employee concerns program e) Self-assessment program f) Maintenance rule program and implementing procedures g) Operability determination process h) Degraded/non-conforming condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20) i) System health process or equivalent equipment reliability improvement programs j) Preventive maintenance deferral and Condition Report (CR) extension process If any of the procedures requested above were revised after February 2011, please provide (or have available) copies of all revisions during the onsite inspection.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, top ten risk significant components for each one of the top ten risk significant systems, and top ten risk significant operator manual actions

3. List of all CRs initiated including the following information for each CR:

a) CR Number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Priority or level d) Affected system e) Affected component f) Responsible plant department g) CR completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

CR # Problem Priority System Component Org Status CR001 A RHR Pump 2 RHR 2-RHR- ENG Open failed flow criteria PMP-A per SR 5.0.5.4 Enclosure

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4. List of outstanding corrective actions including the following information for each action:

a) Corrective action number b) Corrective action type (e.g., corrective action to prevent recurrence, enhancement, maintenance rule evaluation, etc) c) Brief, but complete corrective action description d) Associated CR number e) Corrective action initiation date f) Number of Extensions g) Corrective action due date h) Completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Corrective Type Description CR Initiation Extensions Due Status Action # Date Date AR0034 CAPR Revise CR0058 01/05/08 2 06/15/08 Closed Procedure NGK-003-4585

5. List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding CR and/or work order (WO) number

6. List of operator workarounds and operator burdens with a brief description and corresponding CR number

7. List of all currently extended CRs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following information:

a) CR #

b) Priority or Significance c) CR title and short description

8. List of all CRs that have been voided or cancelled. Please provide the following information for each CR:

a) CR Number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Reason voided or cancelled

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSCs) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since February 2011. Please include the following information for each system in (a)(1):

a) Date of classification in (a)(1) b) Reason for being placed in (a)(1) c) Planned actions and their status Enclosure

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10. List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of risk significant systems.

Please include actions completed and current status.

11. List of corrective maintenance work orders. Please include the following information for each work order:

a) WO number b) Brief, but complete work description c) Affected system and components c) Date of initiation d) Date of completion (if completed)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Work Description System Component Initiation Due Status Order # Date Date WO01345 Replace breaker SI 2A-SI-PMP, 01/05/08 03/15/09 Closed 2A-BKR-08-BB4 BKR-08-BB4 for 2A SI Pump.

12. Corrective action closeout packages, including CRs with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee identified violations. Please include a cross reference linking NRC Finding numbers and LIVs to appropriate CR numbers.

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including CRs with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports (LERs) issued. Please include a cross reference linking LER number to appropriate CR number.

14. List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.)

and industry operating experience (OE) documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information letters, information from other sites, etc.,) evaluated by the site for applicability to the station, regardless of the determination of applicability. Please include the reference number (e.g., CR #) for the documents that evaluated the aforementioned OE information.

15. Copies of all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two audits/assessments of the corrective action program.

16. Copies of all department self-assessments for those programs related to the Corrective Action Program (e.g. Operating Experience, Maintenance Rule, etc)

17. Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departmental trend report(s), and corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment reliability trends

18. Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if exists) such as the number of CRs initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may be available Enclosure

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19. Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. In addition, please provide a list of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite.

20. List of CRs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since February 2008 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.;

environmental qualification). Please provide the following information for each CR:

a) CR number b) Priority c) CR problem description

21. If performed, please provide any recent self-assessment of the site safety culture.

22. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other oversight methods

23. List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description

24. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report, if available

25. System Health Reports, system design basis documents, and system description information for the top ten risk significant systems Enclosure