ML080150323

IR 05000400-08-006, on 04/14-182008, 04/28/2008 - 05/02/2008, Notification of Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant - Component Design Bases Inspection and Information Request

ML080150323
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	01/15/2008
From:	Binoy Desai NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1
To:	Duncan R Carolina Power & Light Co
References
IR-08-006
Download: ML080150323 (5)

See also: IR 05000400/2008006

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GA 30303-8931

January 15, 2008

Carolina Power & Light Company

ATTN: Mr. Robert J. Duncan, II

Vice President - Harris Plant

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

P. O. Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1

New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT -

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000400/2008006

Dear Mr. Duncan:

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 at your Shearon Harris

Nuclear Power Plant during the weeks of April 14 - 18, 2008, April 28 - May 2, 2008, and May

12 - 16, 2008. The inspection team will be led by W. Russell Lewis, 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 September 20, 2007.

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 January 9, 2008 and subsequent e-mail exchange on

January 10, 2008, Mr. Lewis confirmed with Mr. Wallace 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 March 31 - April 4, 2008.

• Onsite weeks: April 14 - 18, 2008, April 28 - May 2, 2008, and May 12 - 16, 2008.

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. Walt Rogers, a Region II Senior Reactor

Analyst, and Mr. Steve Rose, a Region II Senior Reactor Inspector and Team Leader, may

accompany Mr. Lewis 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

contact Mr. Lewis with any questions prior to preparing materials listed in the enclosure, and

provide the referenced information to the Region II office by March 13, 2008. The inspectors

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

required for the inspection preparation.

CP&L 2

During the information gathering visit, the team leader will also discuss the following inspection

support administrative details: office space; supplemental documents requested to be made

available to the team in the Region II office prior to the inspection preparation week of April 7,

2008; arrangements for site access; and the availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and

licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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. Lewis at (404) 562-4541 or me at

(404) 562-4519.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Binoy B. Desai, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-400

License Nos.: NPF-63

Enclosure: Information Request For Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Component Design

Bases Inspection

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Carolina Power & Light Company

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Chris L. Burton

Director Site Operations

Carolina Power & Light Company

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

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J. Wayne Guganious

Training Manager

Harris

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Thomas J. Natale

Manager

Support Services

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

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Carolina Power & Light Company

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David T. Conley

Associate General Counsel

Legal Dept.

Progress Energy Service Company, LLC

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION

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

CDROM. The CDROM should be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use. Information

in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood to someone who has

knowledge of pressurized water reactor technology.

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

fires, please provide:

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, please provide:

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

copies of your human reliability worksheets for these items.

4. Any pre-existing evaluation or list of components and calculations 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,

MOV risk-margin rankings, etc.).

5. A list of station applicability evaluations/reviews performed and documented in the station

corrective action program in the past two years for industry events, critical equipment

failures, and safety related equipment vulnerabilities (as communicated by NRC generic

communications, industry communications, 10 CFR Part 21 notifications, etc.).

6. A list of operability evaluations completed within the last two years, sorted by associated

component or system.

7. A list of common-cause failures of components that have occurred at Shearon Harris

Nuclear Power Plant and have been identified within the last five years.

8. A list of equipment currently on the sites Key Equipment Priorities List, including a

description of the reason(s) why each component (i.e. not a programmatic or system

level concern) is on that list and summaries (if available) of your plans to address those

reasons.

9. A list of equipment currently in RIS 05-020 (formerly GL 91-18) status, or in MR (a)(1)

status.

10. Contact information for a person to discuss PRA information prior to the information

gathering trip: name, title, phone number, and e-mail address.

Enclosure