ML22271A857

Notification of Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection (05000416/2023011) and Request for Information

ML22271A857
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	10/03/2022
From:	Vincent Gaddy NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB1
To:	Kapellas B Entergy Operations
Sifre W
References
IR 2023011
Download: ML22271A857 (8)

See also: IR 05000416/2023011

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October 3, 2022

Mr. Brad Kapellas, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL

GRADE DEDICATION INSPECTION 05000416/2023011 AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Kapellas:

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

will conduct the commercial grade dedication baseline inspection at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,

beginning on January 30, 2023. The inspection team will be composed of personnel from the

NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC inspection

procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03, Commercial Grade Dedication, dated June 28, 2022.

The inspection will evaluate the implementation of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station process for

dedicating commercial-grade items, as required in applicable portions of Appendix B to Title 10

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 (Appendix B), to ensure reasonable

assurance is provided that these items will perform their intended safety function. Additionally,

this inspection will evaluate implementation of Grand Gulf Nuclear Stations procurement

process for safety-related components, as required in Appendix B.

The inspection will include an onsite information gathering visit by the team lead and two weeks

of onsite inspection by the team. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:

Onsite Information Gathering Visit: December 5 - 8, 2022

Onsite Inspection Weeks: January 30 - February 3, 2023, and February 13 - 17, 2023

The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to become

familiar with the process for dedicating commercial-grade items and the process for procuring

safety-related components at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. This visit may include a tour of onsite

commercial-grade item dedication facilities, receipt inspection facilities, storage facilities, and

installed plant components associated with potential inspection samples. The team lead will

also discuss inspection support administrative details such as office space size and location,

specific documents to be made available, arrangements for reactor site access, and the

availability of knowledgeable plant staff and licensing organization personnel to serve as points

of contact during the inspection. Finally, the team lead will review an initial set of documents,

which are requested in Enclosure 1, to select potential inspection samples.

B. Kapellas

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The team lead will contact Mr. T. R. Jones of your Regulatory Assurance organization with a

final list of inspection samples. For the selected samples, the team will review an additional set

of documents, which are requested in Enclosure 2, during the in-office preparation week and

throughout the conduct of the inspection. Also, personnel who are knowledgeable about

dedicating commercial-grade items, procuring safety-related components, and performing

receipt inspection and storage activities should be available during the inspection. Additional

information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or walkdowns of facilities or installed plant

components will be made by the team throughout the inspection to complete their review of the

inspection samples. Finally, it is important that all documentation provided to the team is up-to-

date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the

preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

If there are any questions about the inspection or the requested materials, please contact the

team lead, Wayne Sifre, by telephone at 817-200-1193 or by e-mail at Wayne.Sifre@nrc.gov.

Additional contact information for the inspection team is found in Enclosure 3.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments

regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION

The NRC may not conduct nor 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 OMB control number.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection

and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document

Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public

Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely,

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Operating Reactor Safety

Signed by Gaddy, Vincent

on 10/03/22

B. Kapellas

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Docket No. 05000416

License No. NPF-29

Enclosures:

1.

Documents Requested for Information Gathering Visit

2.

Documents Requested for Inspection

3.

Inspection Team Contact Information

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Enclosure

Enclosure 1

Documents Requested for Information Gathering Visit

The documents and information requested below should generally be made available to the

inspection team for the team's use both on-site and off-site during the information gathering

visit. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is made available via an

internet based remote document management system, then the remote document access must

allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the NRC's regional office.

Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hard copy) are acceptable. At the end of

the inspection, the documents in the team's possession will not be retained.

This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,

this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the

listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document

titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below.

Documents requested by November 28, 2022:

1.

Licensing basis documents such as the updated final safety analysis report and

technical specifications.

2.

Procedures for dedicating commercial-grade items and for procurement of safety-

related components.

3.

List of items commercial-grade items, with brief description of application, that have

been dedicated for safety-related applications. These items may be dedicated by

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, dedicated by a vendor (or other licensee), and procured

by Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. Please note whether the item has been installed in

the plant. The list should encompass the past six years of dedication activities.

4.

List of components procured as safety-related, with brief description of application, if

not included above. Please note whether the item has been installed in the plant.

The list should encompass the past six years of procurement activities.

5.

List of corrective action program documents, with brief description of application,

related to commercial-grade items, procurement, storage, and/or items that failed

after completing the dedication process. The list should encompass the past six

years of these activities.

6.

List of systems, system numbers/designators, and corresponding names.

7.

List of site contacts that will be associated with the inspection.

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Enclosure 2

Documents Requested for Inspection

For the samples identified by the team lead, the documents and information requested below

should generally be made available to the inspection team for the team's use both on-site and

off-site during the inspection. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is

made available via an internet based remote document management system, then the remote

document access must allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the

NRC's regional office. Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hard copy) are

acceptable. At the end of the inspection, the documents in the team's possession will not be

retained.

This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,

this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the

listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document

titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below for

each sample.

Documents requested by January 23, 2023:

1.

Purchase requisition and purchase orders.

2.

Other pertinent vendor/licensee correspondence.

3.

Original and updated design specifications.

4.

Catalog specifications.

5.

Procurement basis evaluation such as like-for-like, equivalency, plant design change

packages, drawing and specification updates.

6.

10 CFR 50.59 documentation, if required.

7.

Material receiving reports, packing lists/invoices, and other shipping documents.

8.

Receipt inspection reports and any related test reports.

9.

Other documents to trace the item from the time it was dedicated to the time it was

installed, tested, and accepted.

10.

Certificates of conformance/compliance/quality.

11.

Vendor test and inspection reports.

12.

Third-party or sub vendor test and inspection reports.

13.

Shelf-life information.

14.

Vendor dedication/partial dedication information.

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15.

Design/material/process change history information.

16.

Completed commercial-grade dedication document including safety classification,

identification of safety functions/application requirements, identification of critical

characteristics, identification of verification methods and acceptance criteria for the

critical characteristics, evaluation of credible failure modes, if applicable, and

identification of the suppliers quality assurance program that meets 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix B.

17.

Any deviation from design, material, and performance characteristics relevant to the

safety function (nonconformance dispositions).

18.

Documents showing objective evidence such as special test and inspection

procedures and results, commercial-grade survey reports -item, design, material,

and specific performance characteristic (relevant to safety function), and source

inspection reports.

19.

Completed post-installation test procedure and results.

20.

Completed stock or material issue forms and installation work orders or reports.

21.

Historical performance information.

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Enclosure 3

Inspection Team Contact Information

Wayne Sifre

Senior Reactor Inspector

817-200-1193

Wayne.Sifre@nrc.gov

Dustin Reinert

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1534

Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov

Fabian Thomas

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1126

Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Wayne Sifre

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511