ML090440038

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

ML090440038
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	02/12/2009
From:	Vias S Division Reactor Projects II
To:	Waldrep B Carolina Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 February 12, 2009 Mr. Benjamin C. Waldrep Vice President Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant PO Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT:

BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Waldrep:

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 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant during the weeks of April 20 - 24 and May 4 - 8, 2009. The inspection team will be led by Joel Rivera-Ortiz, a Senior Project Inspector from the NRCs Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure 71152, Identification and Resolution of Problems Inspection, issued January 10, 2008.

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.

During a telephone conversation on February 12, 2009, Mr. Rivera-Ortiz confirmed with Mr.

Thomas Sherrill of your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the two-week onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:

• Information gathering visit: March 18 - 19, 2009

• Onsite weeks: April 20 - 24 and May 4 - 8, 2009 The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to define the scope of the inspection. Information and documentation needed to support the inspection will also be identified.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.

Please have the referenced information available prior to March 18, 2009. Contact Mr. Rivera-Ortiz 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.

CP&L 2 Additional documents will be requested during the information gathering visit. The additional information will need to be made available to the team in the Region II office prior to the inspection teams preparation week of April 13, 2009. Mr. Rivera-Ortiz will also discuss 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.

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. Joel Rivera-Ortiz at (404) 562-4825 or me at (404) 562-4560.

Sincerely,

/RA by Randall A. Musser for/

Steven J. Vias, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324 License Nos.: DPR-71, DPR-62

Enclosure:

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION cc w/enc - See page 3

_________________________ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE (J. Rivera-Ortiz)

OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE JER6 RMusser for NAME J.Rivera-Ortiz SVias DATE 02/12/2009 02/12/2009 2/ /2009 2/ /2009 2/ /2009 2/ /2009 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

CP&L 3 cc w/encl.

R. J. Duncan, II Donald L. Griffith Vice President Manager Nuclear Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Michael J. Annacone Garry D. Miller Director Site Operations Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant License Renewal Carolina Power & Light Company Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Edward L. Wills, Jr. Gene Atkinson Plant General Manager Supervisor Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Licensing/Regulatory Programs Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Benjamin C. Waldrep Senior Resident Inspector Vice President Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company U.S. NRC Electronic Mail Distribution 8470 River Road, SE Southport, NC 28461 Christos Kamilaris Director John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Fleet Support Services Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Carolina Power & Light Company 2300 N. Street, NW Electronic Mail Distribution Washington, DC 20037-1128 T. D. Walt Peggy Force Vice President Assistant Attorney General Nuclear Oversight State of North Carolina Carolina Power and Light Company P.O. Box 629 Electronic Mail Distribution Raleigh, NC 27602 Brian C. McCabe Chairman Manager North Carolina Utilities Commission Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Phyllis N. Mentel Public Staff - NCUC Manager 4326 Mail Service Center Support Services Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution David R. Sandifer Brunswick County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 249 Bolivia, NC 28422

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James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute Electronic Mail Distribution Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 Beverly O. Hall Chief, Radiation Protection Section Department of Environmental Health N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management 230 Government Center Drive Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403

CP&L 5 Letter to Benjamin C. Waldrep from Steven J. Vias dated February 12, 2009

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BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION Distribution w/encl:

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (APRIL 20-24 AND MAY 4-8, 2009)

A. Documents Needed Prior to the Information Gathering Visit Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since February 29, 2008. 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 how the information will be provided.

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, and j) preventive maintenance deferral and action request/nuclear condition report (AR/NCR) extension process. If any of the procedures requested above were revised after February 29, 2008, please provide copies of all revisions.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, components, and operator manual actions.

3. List of all AR/NCRs initiated, sorted by priority, with the following information: a) AR/NCR

1. , b) priority, and c) AR/NCR title and short description.

4. List of all AR/NCRs initiated, sorted by the following responsible plant departments. In each department grouping, please provide the AR/NCRs sorted by priority, with the following information: a) AR/NCR #, b) priority, and c) AR/NCR title and short description.

a) Emergency Preparedness; b) Health Physics; c) Chemistry; and, d) Security.

5. List of outstanding corrective actions with a brief description, priority level, initiation date, and due date.

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

7. List of all currently extended AR/NCRs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following information: a) AR/NCR #, b) priority, and c) AR/NCR title and short description.

8. List of all AR/NCRs that have been voided or cancelled. Please sort by AR/NCR #, with title or description of problem, and reason voided or cancelled.

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSC) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since February 29, 2008. Please include Enclosure

2 applicable procedures for classifying systems or components as (a)(1), date and reason for being placed in (a)(1), and actions completed and current status. Also, provide copy of any self-assessment of the Maintenance Rule program conducted.

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, sorted by system and component, to include:

WO number, title or description, date of initiation, and date of completion (if completed).

12. Corrective action closeout packages, including AR/NCRs with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee identified violations.

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including AR/NCRs with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event report (LERs) issued.

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. AR/NCR #) 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. In addition, please provide any self-assessment of the site safety culture conducted.

16. Copies of all department self-assessments.

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 AR/NCRs initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may be available.

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 AR/NCRs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since April 1, 2004 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.;

environmental qualification). Please sort by AR/NCR # with the following information: a)

AR/NCR #, b) priority, and c) AR/NCR title and short description.

21. If performed, provide the results from the latest safety culture survey.

22. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work Enclosure

3 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.

B. Documents Needed during or after the Information Gathering Visit, but prior to the Inspection Preparation Week (April 13-17, 2009)

1. For the risk significant systems selected by the team leader during the information gathering visit, please provide copies of the latest System Health Reports, system design basis documents, system description information, and P&IDs.

2. List of corrective action documents that have resulted from the Employee Concerns Program (ECP). (Note: This should be provided by the ECP Coordinator)

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