ML12164A330

IR 05000305-12-009 (Drs), Kewaunee Power Station Request for Information for NRC Triennial Baseline Component Design Bases Inspection

ML12164A330
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	06/11/2012
From:	Ann Marie Stone NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Heacock D Dominion Energy Kewaunee
References
IR-12-009
Download: ML12164A330 (8)

See also: IR 05000305/2012009

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210

LISLE, IL 60532-4352

June 11, 2012

Mr. David A. Heacock

President and Chief Nuclear Officer

Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Innsbrook Technical Center

5000 Dominion Boulevard

Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT: KEWAUNEE POWER STATION REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR AN

NRC TRIENNIAL BASELINE COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION

(CDBI) INSPECTION REPORT 05000305/2012009(DRS)

Dear Mr. Heacock:

On October 1, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a triennial

baseline Component Design Bases Inspection (CDBI) at your Kewaunee Power Station.

A team of six inspectors will perform this 3-week inspection. This inspection will be performed

in accordance with NRC Baseline Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.21.

The CDBI focuses on the design, maintenance, and operation of risk significant components

associated with one or more accident scenarios. The components to be reviewed during this

baseline inspection will be identified during the in-office preparation week that occurs prior to the

first on-site inspection week. In addition, operating experience issues, associated with the

component samples, will also be selected for review.

The inspection will include three weeks on-site. The inspection team will consist of six NRC

inspectors, of which five will focus on engineering/maintenance, one on operations. The current

inspection schedule is as follows:

On-site weeks: October 1 through 5, 2012;

October 15 through 19, 2012; and

October 29 through November 2, 2012.

The team will be preparing for the inspection, mainly during the week of September 24, 2012, as

discussed in the attached enclosure. A Region III Senior Reactor Analyst may accompany the

inspection team during the week of October 1, 2012, to review probabilistic risk-assessment

data, and assist in identifying risk significant components and/or specific component functions,

which will be reviewed during the inspection.

D. Heacock -2-

Experience with previous baseline design inspections of similar depth and length has shown

that this type of inspection is extremely resource intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and the

licensee staff. In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive

inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for information needed for the

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 on-site portions of

the inspection. Insofar as possible, this information should be provided electronically to the lead

inspector. The information request has been divided into three groups:

• The first group lists information necessary for our initial inspection scoping activities.

This information should be provided to the lead inspector no later than August 20, 2012.

By September 10, 2012, the lead inspector will communicate the initial selected set of

approximately 20 components.

• The second group is needed to support our in-office preparation activities. This set of

documents, including the calculations associated with the initial selected components,

should be provided to the lead inspector at the Regional Office no later than

September 17, 2012. During the in-office preparation activities, the team may identify

additional information needed to support the inspection.

• The last group includes the additional information mentioned above, as well as plant

specific reference material. This information should be available to the team on-site on

October 1, 2012. It is also requested that corrective action documents and/or questions

developed during the inspection be provided to the lead inspector as the documents are

generated.

The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. George M. Hausman. We understand that our

licensing contact for this inspection is Mr. Richard P. Repshas of your organization. If there are

any questions about the inspection or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact

the lead inspector at (630) 829-9743 or via e-mail at GeorgeHausman@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.

D. Heacock -3-

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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ann Marie Stone, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-305

License No. DPR-43

Enclosure: Component Design Bases Inspection Document Request

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COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION

DOCUMENT REQUEST

Inspection Report: 05000305/2012009(DRS)

Inspection Procedure: Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.21 Component Design Bases

Inspection

Inspection Dates: October 1 through 5, 2012; October 15 through 19, 2012; and

October 29 through November 2, 2012

Lead Inspector: George M. Hausman, Lead Inspector

(630) 829-9743

George.Hausman@nrc.gov

I. Information Requested Prior to the On-Site Information Gathering/Inspection

Week

The following information is requested by August 20, 2012, or sooner, to facilitate

inspection preparation. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call

the team leader as soon as possible. (Please provide the information electronically in

pdf files, Excel, or other searchable formats, preferably on some portable electronic

media (e.g., CDROM, DVD, flash drive, etc.). The portable electronic media should

contain descriptive names, and be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.

Information in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood by

someone who has knowledge of light water reactor technology).

1. Risk ranking of top 250 components from your site specific probabilistic safety

analysis (PSA) sorted by Risk Achievement Worth (RAW). Include values for

Birnbaum Importance, Risk Reduction Worth (RRW), and Fussell-Veseley (FV)

(as applicable).

2. Risk ranking of top 100 containment-related components from your site specific

PSA sorted by Large Early Release Frequency (LERF).

3. Provide a list of the top 200 cut-sets from your PSA.

4. Provide a list of the top 100 cut-sets for each initiator modeled in the PSA that

contributes more than 5 percent to the baseline plant core damage frequency

(CDF).

5. Copies of PSA system notebooks and latest PSA summary document.

6. List of time critical operator actions. Identify those actions that do not have job

performance measures (JPMs).

7. Provide copies of the emergency operating procedures (EOPs).

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DOCUMENT REQUEST

8. If you have an External Events or Fire PSA Model, provide the information

requested in Items 1 and 2 for external events and fire. Provide narrative

description of each coded event (including fire, flood zone description).

9. Electronic copy of the site IPEEE, if available.

10. Any pre-existing evaluation or list of components and associated calculations

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 etc.).

11. List of available design (setup) margins in both the open and closed direction

(identify safety-related direction) for valves in the motor-operated valve (MOV)

and air-operated valve (AOV) programs. Identify the basis for how the margin

was determined.

12. List of high risk Maintenance Rule systems/components based on engineering or

expert panel judgment (i.e., those systems/components not identified in the

PRA).

13. Structures, systems, and components (SSCs) in the Maintenance Rule (a)(1)

category for the last three years.

14. Site top ten issues list (if applicable).

15. A list of operating experience evaluations for the last three years.

16. Information of any common cause failure of components experienced in the last

five years at your facility.

17. List of Root Cause Evaluations associated with component failures or design

issues initiated/completed in the last five years.

18. List of open operability evaluations.

19. List of components/systems considered operable but degraded/nonconforming.

20. Current management and engineering organizational chart.

21. Electronic copies of Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, Technical

Specifications, Technical Specifications Bases, and Technical Requirements

Manual.

22. Major one line electrical drawings (ac and dc) and key diagrams (paper copies).

23. Electronic copy of P&IDs (if available).

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DOCUMENT REQUEST

II. Information Requested (for the approx. 20 selected components) to be Available

by September 17, 2012, (will be reviewed by the team in the Regional Office during

the week of September 24, 2012)

This information should be separated for each selected component, especially if

provided electronically (e.g., folder with component name that includes calculations,

condition reports, maintenance history, etc.).

1. List of condition reports (corrective action documents) associated with each of

the selected components for the last four years.

2. The maintenance history (corrective, preventive, and elective) associated with

each of the selected components for the last ten years. Identify the frequency of

preventive maintenance activities.

3. Copies of calculations associated with each of the selected components (if not

previously provided), excluding data files. Please review the calculations and

also provide copies of important referenced material (such as drawings,

engineering requests, and vendor letters).

4. System Health Reports, System Descriptions, Design Basis Documents, and/or

Training Lesson Plans, associated with each of the selected components.

5. A list of modifications, including equivalency evaluations and setpoint changes,

associated with each of the selected components. This list should include a

descriptive paragraph on the purpose of the modification. Please ensure this list

only includes design completed (not canceled) modifications.

6. Copies of operability evaluations (opened/closed for last three years) associated

with each of the selected components and plans for restoring operability, if

applicable.

7. Copies of selected operator work-around evaluations associated with each of the

selected components and plans for resolution, if applicable.

8. Copies of any open temporary modifications associated with each of the selected

components, if applicable.

9. Trend data on the selected electrical/mechanical components performance for

last three years; (For example, pumps performance including in-service testing,

other vibration monitoring, oil sample results, etc., for valves: stroke time and

leak rate results, etc.).

10. Copy of latest completed surveillance tests for each component (for example, for

pumps this would include: comprehensive test; quarterly test; flow balance etc.;

for valves: stroke time testing; diagnostic testing; and leak testing, etc.).

Acceptance criteria basis calculations should also be included.

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11. Provide copies of the normal and abnormal operating procedures associated with

the selected components.

12. A copy of any internal/external self-assessments and associated corrective

action documents generated in preparation for the inspection.

13. A copy of engineering/operations related audits completed in the last two years.

III. Additional Information to be provided on October 1, 2012, on-site (for final

selected components)

During the in-office preparation activities, the team will be making final selections and

may identify additional information needed to support the inspection. The lead inspector

will provide a list of the additional information needed during the week of

September 24, 2012.

IV. Information Requested to be Provided Throughout the Inspection

1. Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the teams

questions or queries during this inspection.

2. Copies of the list of questions submitted by the team members and the

status/resolution of the information requested (provide daily during the inspection

to each team member).

3. One complete set of P&IDs (paper copies).

4. Reference materials such as:

• IPE/PRA report;

• Procurement documents for components selected (verify retrievable);

• Plant procedures (normal, abnormal, emergency, surveillance, etc.); and

• Vendor manuals.

If you have questions regarding the information requested, please contact the lead inspector.

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D. Heacock -3-

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 System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at

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

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ann Marie Stone, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-305

License No. DPR-43

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