ML13094A213

IR 05000424-13-007 and 05000425-13-007, on 07/15-19, 07/29 -008/02, 08/12-16/2013, Notification of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant - Component Design Bases Inspection

ML13094A213
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	04/03/2013
From:	Nease R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1
To:	Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-13-007
Download: ML13094A213 (10)

See also: IR 05000424/2013007

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

April 3, 2013

Mr. Tom E. Tynan

Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

7821 River Road

Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT -

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000424/2013007 AND 05000425/2013007

Dear Mr. Tynan:

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

Region II staff will conduct a component design bases inspection (CDBI) at your Vogtle Electric

Generating Plant during the weeks of July 15 - 19, July 29 - August 2, and August 12 - 16,

2013. The inspection team will be led by Geoffrey Ottenberg, a Senior Reactor Inspector from

the NRC's Region II Office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline

inspection procedure, Procedure 71111.21, Component Design Bases Inspection, issued

August 14, 2012.

The inspection will evaluate the capability of risk significant / low margin components to function

as designed and to support proper system operation. The inspection will also include a review

of selected operator actions, operating experience, and modifications.

During a telephone conversation on March 28, 2013, Mr. Ottenberg confirmed with George

Gunn of your staff, arrangements for an information-gathering site visit and the three-week

onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:

• Information-gathering visit: Week of June 24 - 28, 2013

• Onsite weeks: July 15 - 19, July 29 - August 2, and August 12 - 16, 2013

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

risk-significant components and operator actions. Information and documentation needed to

support the inspection will also be identified. Mr. George Macdonald, a Region II Senior

Reactor Analyst, will support Mr. Ottenberg during the information-gathering visit to review

probabilistic risk assessment data and identify risk significant components, which will be

examined during the inspection.

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

Please provide the referenced information to the Region II office by June 10, 2013. The

inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those

documents required for inspection preparation.

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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 July 8, 2013. Mr. Ottenberg will also discuss the

following inspection support administrative details: (1) availability of knowledgeable plant

engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection, (2)

method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection, (3) licensee computer access, (4)

working space, (5) arrangements for site access, and (6) 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 NRCs Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC

Website 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. Ottenberg at 404-997-4658 or me at

404-997-4530.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Rebecca L. Nease, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425

License Nos. NPF-68, NPF-81

Enclosure:

Information Request for Vogtle Electric

Generating Plant - Component Design

Bases Inspection

cc: (See page 3)

_________________________ GX SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE G FORM 665 ATTACHED

OFFICE RII: DRS RII: DRS

SIGNATURE RA RA

NAME Ottenberg Nease

DATE 4/3/2012 4/3/2013 4/ /2013 4/ /2013 4/ /2013 4/ /2013 4/ /2013

E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

T. Tynan 3

cc: Leigh Perry

C. Russ Dedrickson SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC

Fleet Support Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

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T. E. Tynan

S. Kuczynski Site Vice President

Chairman, President and CEO Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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Todd L. Youngblood C. R. Pierce

Vice President Nuclear Licensing Director

Fleet Oversight Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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B. D. McKinney, Jr.

W. L. Bargeron Regulatory Response Manager

Plant Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. L. L. Crumpton

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Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (cc contd - See page 3)

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(cc contd) Richard Haynes

Hickox, T. Mark Director, Division of Waste Management

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Bureau of Land and Waste Management

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Environmental Control

Mark Rauckhorst 2600 Bull Street

Site Vice President Columbia, SC 29201

Vogtle Units 3 and 4

Southern Nuclear Operating Company Lee Foley

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Oglethorpe Power Corporation

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Site Support Manager

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Mark Williams

Electronic Mail Distribution Commissioner

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Chuck Mueller

U.S. NRC Manager

7821 River Road Policy and Radiation Program

Waynesboro, GA 30830 Georgia Department of Natural Resources

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Troutman Sanders Cynthia A. Sanders

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Environmental Protection Division

Jerry Ranalli Georgia Department of Natural Resources

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(cc contd - See page 4)

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Letter to Tom E. Tynan from Rebecca L. Nease dated April 3, 2013

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT -

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000424/2013007 AND 05000425/2013007

DISTRIBUTION:

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PUBLIC

RidsNrrPMVogtle Resource

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION

Please provide the information electronically in .pdf files, Excel, or other searchable format on

CDROM. (or FTP site, SharePoint, etc.) The CDROM (or website) should be indexed and

hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.

1. From your most-recent probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) excluding external events and

fires:

a. Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific probabilistic safety

analysis (PSA): one sorted by Risk Achievement Worth (RAW), and the other

sorted by Birnbaum Importance

b. A list of the top 500 cutsets

2. From your most-recent probabilistic safety analysis (PSA) including external events and

fires:

a. Two risk rankings of components from your site-specific probabilistic safety

analysis (PSA): one sorted by Risk Achievement Worth (RAW), and the other

sorted by Birnbaum Importance

b. A list of the top 500 cutsets

3. Risk ranking of operator actions from your site-specific PSA sorted by RAW. Provide

human reliability worksheets for these items.

4. List of time critical operator actions with a brief description of each action.

5. List of Emergency and Abnormal Operating Procedures revised (significant) since June 14,

2010, with a brief description of each revision.

6. List of components 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, and MOV risk-margin rankings, etc.), and associated

evaluations or calculations.

7. List of station operating experience evaluations/reviews performed, and documented in the

stations corrective action program, for industry events and safety related equipment

failures/vulnerabilities [as communicated by NRC Generic Communications, Industry

Communications, 10 CFR Part 21 Notifications, etc.] since June 14, 2010.

8. List and brief description of safety related SSC design modifications implemented since

June 14, 2010.

9. List and brief description of common-cause component failures that have occurred since

June 14, 2010.

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10. List and brief description of operability evaluations completed since June 14, 2010.

11. List of equipment on the sites Station Equipment Reliability Issues List, including a

description of the reason(s) why each component is on that list, and summaries (if

available) of your plans to address the issue(s).

12. List and brief description of equipment currently in degraded or nonconforming status as

described in RIS 05-020.

13. List and reason for equipment classified in maintenance rule (a)(1) status since

June 14, 2010, to present.

14. Copies of System Descriptions (or the like design basis documents) for Safety-Related

Systems.

15. Copy of UFSAR(s).

16. Copy of Technical Specification(s).

17. Copy of Technical Specifications Bases.

18. Copy of Technical Requirements Manual(s).

19. List and brief description of Root Cause Evaluations that have been performed since June

14, 2010.

20. In-service Testing Program Procedure(s).

21. Corrective Action Program Procedure(s).

22. One line diagram of electrical plant. (Electronic and full size - hard copy week of June 24,

2013)

23. Index and legend for electrical plant one-line diagrams.

24. Primary AC calculation(s) for safety-related buses.

25. Primary DC calculation(s) for safety-related buses.

26. PI&Ds for Safety-Related systems. (Electronic and 1/2 size - hard copy week of June 24,

2013)

27. Index and Legend for PI&Ds.

28. Copy of Operability determination procedure(s).

30. Copies of condition reports associated with findings from previous CDBI. (If applicable)

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31. Index (procedure number, titles, and current revision) of station Emergency Operating

Procedures (EOPs), Abnormal Operating Procedures (AOPs), and Annunciator Response

Procedures (ARPs).

32. Copy of any self-assessments performed in preparation for this inspection.

33. List of any condition reports generated in preparation for this inspection.

34. Copies of condition reports generated from previous CDBI (2010).

35. Contact information for a person to discuss PRA information prior to and during the

information-gathering trip. (Name, title, phone number, and e-mail address)

Enclosure