ML16043A355

Report of Full Compliance with Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

ML16043A355
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/19/2016
From:	Gerry Powell South Texas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EA-12-051, NOC-AE-1 003297, STI 34206364, TAC MF0827, TAC MF0828
Download: ML16043A355 (7)

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Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Pro/ect Electric GeneratingStation P.O. Box 28.9 Wadsworth, Toxas 77483 -*AV--

January 19, 2016 NOC-AE-1 5003297 10 CFR 2.202 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 South Texas Project Unit 1 & 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 Report of Full Compliance with Order EA-12-051 Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

References:

1. Letter, Eric Leeds to All Power Reactor Licensees, Issuance of Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, March 12, 2012 (EA-1 2-051 ) (ST-AE-NOC-1 2002271)

(ML12054A679)

2. Letter, D. L. Koehl to NRC Document Control Desk, Overall Integrated Plan Regarding Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), February 28, 2013 (NOC-AE-1 3002959) (MLE13070A006)

3. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAC Nos. MF0827 and MF0828), August 27, 2013 (ML13249A078)

4. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 2 nd Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAC Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) February 27, 2014 (ML14066A388)

5. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 3 rd Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-1 2-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel

...... .Pool Instrumerntation" (TAC Nos.iMF0827 and MF0828) AuguSt 27, 2014 (ML14251A028)

6. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 4th Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-1 2-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAC Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) February 26, 2015 (ML1 5069A2;20)

STI 34206364

NOC-AE-1 5003297 Page 2 of 3

7. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 5th Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-1 2-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAC Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) August 26, 2015 (ML15251A206)

8. NRC Letter, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Interim Staff Evaluation and Request For Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA-1 2-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC Nos. MF0827 AND MF0828), September 19, 2013 (ML13254A210)

On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Order EA-12-051 (Reference 1) modifying licenses with regard to requirements for reliable spent fuel pool instrumentation. The Order was immediately effective and directed STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation. Reference 1 required submission of an overall integrated plan (OIP) and status reports at 6 month intervals pursuant to Section IV, Condition C (See References 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7).

The purpose of this letter is to provide the report of full compliance with the Order EA-1 2-051 (Reference 1) pursuant to Section IV, Condition 0.3 of the Order for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2. Full compliance with Order EA-12-051 was achieved. See further details in .

The STPNOC responses providing additional information as requested in Reference 8 have been summar'ized in the Attachment 1. As such, STPNOC considers these items complete pending NRC closure.

There are no regulatory commitments in this letter.

If there are any questions, please contact Robyn Savage at 361-972-7438.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on: "**'t/ *&

G. T. Powell Site Vice President

Attachment:

Compliance Bases for Order EA-12-051 and Status of Requests for Information STI 34206364

NOC-AE-1 5003297 Page 3 of 3 cc:

(paper copy) (electronic copy)

Regional Administrator, Region IV Morgqan, Lewis & Bockius LLP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Steve Frantz, Esquire 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 U.S. Nuclear Requlatory Commission Lisa M. Regner Lisa M. Regner NRG South Texas LP Senior Project Manager John Ragan U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chris O'Hara One White Flint North (MS O8H04) Jim von Suskil 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 CPS Energy Kevin Polio NRC Resident Inspector Cris Eugster U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission L. 0. Blaylock P. O. Box 289, Mail Code: MN116 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Cramn Caton & James, P.C.

Peter Nemeth Tony Brown Project Manager City of Austin Orders Management Branch Elaina Ball Japan Lessons-Learned Division John Wester U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North (MS 13F15) Texas Dept. of State Health Services 11555 Rockville Pike Richard A. Ratliff Rockville, MD 20852 Robert Free Milton Valentin Project Manager Orders Management Branch Japan Lessons-Learned Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North (MS 13F15) 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

Attachment NOC-AE-1 5003297 ATTACHMENT Compliance Bases for Order EA-12-051 and Status of Requests for Information

Attachment NOC-AE-1 5003297 Page 1 of 3 Compliance Bases for Order EA-12-051 and Status of Requests for Information Backpqround On March 12, 2012, the NRC issued Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Instrumentation (Reference 1) to STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC). The Order was effective immediately and directed STPNOC to install reliable SFP instrumentation as outlined in Attachment 2 of the Order at South Texas Project (STP). The information provided herein documents full compliance by STPNOC in response to the Order.

Compliance STPNOC has installed two independent full-scale lejvel monitors in the STP Unit 1 and Unit 2 SFPs in response to Reference 1. Implementation includes diverse level sensors in the SFPs, backup uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), and level indicators in the radwaste control room area. Modifications and training have been completed and applicable procedures have been developed and are available for use in accordance with the site procedure control program.

STPNOC submitted STP's Overall Integrated Plan (OIP) by Reference 2. STPNOC's responses to the NRC Interim Staff Evaluation Requests for Additional Information (ISE RAIs) in Reference 8 have been addressed as documented in the correspondence referenced in the table below.

The RAIs are considered complete pending NRC closure.

Actions Completed SEP Level Instrumentation (SFPLI) required by NRC Order EA-12-051 has been implemented in both Unit I and Unit 2 providing SEP level monitoring capability displaying remotely in each respective unit's Radwaste Control Room.

Milestone Completion SFPLI Milestones Unit 1 & Unit 2 Completion Date Submit Overall Integrated Plan (Unit 1 & Unit 2) February 28, 2013 6 Month Updates & Unit Compliance Submittals 1 st Update August 27, 2013 "2 nd Up)date February 27, 2014 3 rd Update August 27, 2014 4 th Update February 26, 2015 5 th Update August 26, 2015 NRC Notification of Compliance with SFPLI Order for Unit 2 July 2, 2015 Modifications/Implementation:

Attachment NOC-AE-1 5003297 Page 2 of 3 Unit 1 Modification Design Complete October 24, 2015 Unit 1 SEPLI Modification Implemented November 3, 2015 Unit 2 Modifications Design Complete April 18, 2015 Unit 2 SEPLI Modification Implemented May 1, 2015 Programs Established:

Training January 2015 Procedures Issued (final changes for both units) November 11, 2015 NRC Rea]uests for Additional Information (RAIs)

STPNOC's response to the NRC Interim Staff Evaluation (ISE) Open Items (ISE RAIs) identified in Reference 8 have been addressed and closed as documented in References 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and are considered complete pending NRC Closure. Additional documents were provided to the NRC staff through the ePortal. NRC QIP Requests for Additional Information (OIP RAIs) in Reference 11 were superseded by the NRC ISE RAIs. The following table provides completion references for each ISE RAI.

RAIs References ISE AI ,5,67,89,1,13,4,1,18 2 nd status update ISERAI_4,_5,_,_7,_8,_9,_12,13,_14,_15,_1 (Reference 4)

ISE RA 3,11 3 rd status update ISE AI 3 11(Reference 5)

ISE AI 6, 1,19 4 th status update ISE 19(Reference AI 1, 17 6)

ISE AI 12,10 4 th and 5 th status updates ISE 10(References Pl 1, , 6, 7)

NRC Onsite Audit Questions (AQs)

The NRC Onsite Audit of STP's SFPLI implementation of Order EA-12-051 occurred the week of February 9, 2015. Three specific items remained open following the exit to include ISE RAl

1. 1, ISE RAl #2 and ISE RAI #10. The responses to these RAls have been revised and subsequently closed as indicated in NRC report for the Onsite Audit (Reference 10) where no NRC Open Audit Questions were identified.* ..... .... ..

References 1..Letter, Eric Leeds to All Power Reactor Licensees, Issuance of Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, March 12, 2012 (EA-12-051) (ST-AE-NOC-12002271) (ML12054A679)

Attachment NOC-AE-1 5003297 Page 3 of 3

2. Letter, D. L. Koehl to NRC Document Control Desk, Overall Integrated Plan Regarding Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), February 28, 2013 (NOC-AE-13002959) (ML13070A006)

3. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAC Nos. MF0827 and MF0828), August 27, 2013 (ML13249A078)

4. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 2 nd Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAO Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) February 27, 2014 (ML14066A388)

5. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 3 rd Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAC Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) August 27, 2014 (ML14251A028)

6. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 4 th Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAO Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) February 26, 2015 (MLI 5069A220)

7. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, 5th Six-Month Status Update of Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-12-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAO Nos. MF0827 and MF0828) August 26, 2015 (ML15251A206)

8. NRC Letter, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Interim Staff Evaluation and Request For Additional Information Regarding the Overall Integrated Plan for Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC Nos. MF0827 AND MF0828), September 19, 2013 (ML13254A210)

9. Letter, G. T. Powell to NRC Document Control Desk, Unit 2 Notification of Compliance with Orders EA-12-049 for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events and EA-12-051 for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC Nos. MF0826 and MF0828) July 2, 2015 (ML15196A031)

10. Letter from T. Brown, NRC, to D.L. Koehl, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Report for the Onsite Audit Regarding Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Reliable Spent Fuel Instrumentation Related to Orders EA-12-049 and EA-12-051 (TAO Nos.

MF0825, MF0826, MF0827, and MF0828), May 6, 2015 (ML15I111A465)

11. NRC letter, "South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Request for Additional Information RE: Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA-1 2-051, "Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation" (TAO Nos. MF0827 and MF0828), June 7, 2013 (ML1 311 49A09)