ML081930252

Notification of an NRC Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000482-08-010) and Request for Information

ML081930252
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	07/11/2008
From:	O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB2
To:	Muench R Wolf Creek
References
IR-08-010
Download: ML081930252 (7)

See also: IR 05000482/2008010

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UNITE D S TATES

NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMIS SI ON

R EG I O N I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU ITE 400

AR L IN GTON , TEXAS 7 6 011 - 4125

July 11, 2008

Rick A. Muench, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC

TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000482/2008010) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Muench:

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

Region IV staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at your Wolf Creek

Generating Station in September and October of 2008. The inspection team will be comprised

of reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office and a contractor. The team will conduct the

inspection in accordance with the baseline Inspection Procedure 71111.05T, "Fire Protection

(Triennial)."

The schedule for the inspection is as follows:

• Information gathering visit: September 10 - 11, 2008

• Onsite inspection: September 29 - October 3, 2008

October 20 - 24, 2008

The team will visit the Wolf Creek Generating Station on September 10-11, 2008, to gather

information, select the fire areas for evaluation, identify documents needed to support the

inspection, obtain unescorted access, and to become familiar with your fire protection program.

The enclosure to this letter provides an initial list of the documents the team will want to review.

You are requested to transmit copies of the documents listed in the enclosure to the NRC

Region IV office for team use in preparation for the inspection. We would appreciate it if you

could send this information so that it will arrive in our office in Arlington, Texas, by the dates

listed in the enclosure.

We request that during the onsite inspection weeks, you ensure that copies of analyses,

evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire

protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the

team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire

protection program satisfies the NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC

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and industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) plant

systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and outside the

control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses, (3) reactor plant

fire protection systems, and (4) the fire protection program and its implementation should be

available to support the team at the site during the inspection.

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 NRCs 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).

Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions

concerning this inspection or the inspection team's information or logistical needs, please

contact the lead inspector, John Mateychick, at 817-276-6560.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Neil OKeefe, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-482

License: DPR-42

Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection

Inspection Supporting Documentation

cc w/enclosure:

Vice President Operations/Plant Manager

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

Jay Silberg, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

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Supervisor Licensing

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

Chief Engineer

Utilities Division

Kansas Corporation Commission

1500 SW Arrowhead Road

Topeka, KS 66604-4027

Office of the Governor

State of Kansas

Topeka, KS 66612

Attorney General

120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor

Topeka, KS 66612-1597

County Clerk

Coffey County Courthouse

110 South 6th Street

Burlington, KS 66839

Chief, Radiation and Asbestos

Control Section

Kansas Department of Health and

Environment

Bureau of Air and Radiation

1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310

Topeka, KS 66612-1366

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Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov )

DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov )

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov )

DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Chris.Long@nrc.gov )

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Vincent.Gaddy@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Rick Deese@nrc.gov)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov )

DRS STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov )

P. Lougheed, OEDO RIV Coordinator (Patricia.Lougheed@nrc.gov )

ROPreports

WC Site Secretary (Shirley.Allen@nrc.gov )

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Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive Non-Sensitive

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ENCLOSURE

Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested

Please provide the following documentation prior to the onsite information-gathering trip,

preferably no later than August 29, 2008. Where practical, please provide copies electronically.

1. The current version of your fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.

2. Post-fire safe shutdown analysis and the supporting calculations that demonstrate

acceptable plant response.

3. Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (Safety Evaluation Reports,

pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, letters

to/from the NRC regarding fire protection/fire safe shutdown, etc.).

4. The Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment or portions of the plants Individual Plant

Examination for External Events report addressing fire events.

Please provide the following documentation during the information-gathering visit or by

September 19, 2008, in order to support inspection preparation. Where practical, please

provide copies electronically. However, drawings should be provided as paper copies of

sufficient size that all details are legible.

5. Fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls, operator

response procedures for fires, fire fighting procedures, etc.).

6. Operating procedures used for achieving and maintaining hot and cold shutdown

conditions from the control room in the event of a fire outside the control room (III.G.2

areas).

7. Operating procedure(s) used to implement an alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas)

capability with or without control room evacuation.

8. Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the

information-gathering trip).

9. A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdowns in the

event of a fire (safe shutdown equipment lists).

10. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams showing the components used to achieve

and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown for normal and alternate shutdown. Please

provide two copies of the piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for these systems

of a size sufficient to read all details. These should include the systems used for RCS

makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and reactivity control, including the

essential support systems.

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11. Plant layout and equipment drawings for the selected fire areas (these areas will be

selected during the information gathering trip) that identify: (a) the physical plant

locations of major hot standby and cold shutdown equipment; (b) plant fire area and/or

fire zone delineation; and (c) the locations of fire protection equipment, such as

detection, suppression, and post-fire emergency lighting units; and (d) fire area

boundaries.

12. A listing of design change packages which were determined to impact fire protection and

post-fire safe shutdowns, performed in the last 3 years.

13. Copies of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.

14. A listing of open and closed corrective action documents initiated in the last 3 years,

which relate to the fire protection program or equipment. Include corrective action

document number, date, and subject.

15. A listing of the applicable codes and standards (with the versions) related to the design

of plant fire protection features and evaluations of any code deviations.

16. Drawings of the portions of the emergency lighting system which support fire response.

17. Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering

studies or calculations which support the design basis.

18. Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and

plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.

19. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.

20. A listing of maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown

capability and fire barriers, detectors, pumps and suppression systems.

21. Maintenance Rule performance criteria and a summary of the last 3 years performance

history for fire protection program systems or functions monitored within the

Maintenance Rule program.

22. A copy of fire protection program requirements (e.g. limiting conditions for operation,

surveillance test requirements) covered by Technical Specifications, Technical

Requirements Manual, Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, or similar documents.

23. Copies of internal and external self-assessments, audits, peer-assessments or similar

reviews related to post-fire safe shutdown capability or the fire protection program

completed since November 1, 2005.

24. A list of manual actions taken outside the control room which are credited to mitigate the

consequences of fires in III.G.2 areas (non-alternative shutdown areas). The list should

group actions by the initiating fire area or zone and indicate where the action must take

place.

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25. Electronic copies of operator study guides (i.e. lesson plan text and graphics) or design

basis documents that describe the purpose/function/operating characteristics of the safe

shutdown systems (reactor coolant system (RCS) makeup, RCS pressure control, decay

heat removal, and reactivity control, including the essential support systems).

26. Two copies of one-line diagrams of the electrical distribution system. These should

depict how power gets from the switchyard to the engineered safety feature loads (480V

and 4160V). Also, include the vital DC distribution system one-line diagrams.

27. A list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression systems in the plant,

giving location and the key equipment being protected.

28. A list of repairs (and the procedure that controls the actions) needed to: a) reach and/or

maintain hot shutdown and b) reach and/or maintain cold shutdown.

29. A list of high to low pressure interface valves.

30. A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.

31. Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.

32. A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location

of their office and phone number onsite.

33. The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible, during the

week of October 20, 2008. Please put us in contact with the appropriate personnel for

planning drills during the onsite information gathering trip.

34. The team would like to perform a walkthrough of the procedure for control room

evacuation due to fire with qualified operators in the plant during the week of September

29, 2008. Please put us in contact with the appropriate personnel for planning the

walkthrough during the onsite information gathering trip.

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