ML20099G942

Notification of NRC Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection (05000482/2020010) and Initial Request for Information

ML20099G942
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	04/08/2020
From:	Peter Jayroe Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Wolf Creek
References
IR 2020010
Download: ML20099G942 (7)

See also: IR 05000482/2020010

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April 8, 2020

Mr. Cleve Reasoner, Chief Executive Officer

and Chief Nuclear Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC BIENNIAL

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

(05000482/2020010) AND INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Reasoner:

On June 8, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin an onsite

inspection at the Wolf Creek Generating Station. A four-person team will perform this inspection

using NRC Inspection Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution. The inspection

will include 2 weeks of onsite inspection by the team. The inspection period will cover the time

between the end of the last Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection through the last

onsite day of this inspection (June 28, 2018 - June 26, 2020).

Onsite Weeks: June 8-12 and June 22-26

In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we

have enclosed a request for information needed for the inspection. This information should be

made available to the lead inspector by May 25, 2020.

The lead inspector for this inspection is Peter Jayroe. We understand that our licensing contact

for this inspection is Ms. Lucille Stone. If there are any questions about the inspection or the

requested materials, please contact the lead inspector by telephone at 817-200-1174 or by

e-mail at peter.jayroe@nrc.gov.

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.

C. Reasoner 2

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average

2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per examination including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing

data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the

information collection. You may submit comments on any aspect of the information collection,

including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the FOIA, Privacy and Information Collections

Branch (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by

electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS.RESOURCE@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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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 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 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Peter Jayroe, Senior Reactor Inspector

Inspection Programs and Assessment Team

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-482

License No. NPF-42

Enclosure:

Biennial Problem Identification and Evaluation

Initial Request for Information

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DATE 04/08/2020

Initial Request for Information

Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION

Inspection Report: 05000482/2020010

Inspection Dates: June 8-12, 2020, and June 22-26, 2020

Inspection Procedure: IP 71152 Problem Identification and Resolution

Lead Inspector: Peter Jayroe, Senior Reactor Inspector

Please provide the following information as they become available, but no later than

May 25, 2020:

1. Document List

Note: For these summary lists, please include the document/reference number, the

document title, initiation date, status, and long-text description of the issue.

a. Summary list of all corrective action documents related to significant conditions

adverse to quality that were opened, closed, or evaluated during the period.

b. Summary list of all apparent cause evaluations (adverse condition assessment)

performed during the period

c. Summary list of all corrective action documents related to conditions adverse to quality

that were opened, closed, or evaluated during the period

d. Summary list of all currently open corrective action documents associated with

conditions adverse to quality first identified any time prior to the beginning of this

assessment period

e. Summary lists of all corrective action documents that were upgraded or downgraded in

priority/significance during the period (these may be limited to those downgraded from,

or upgraded to, apparent-cause level or higher)

f. Summary list of all corrective action documents initiated during the period that identify an

adverse or potentially adverse trend in safety-related or risk-significant equipment

performance or in any aspect of the station's safety culture

g. Summary lists of operator workarounds, operator burdens, temporary modifications, and

control room deficiencies (1) currently open and (2) that were evaluated and/or closed

during the period; this list should include the date that each item was opened and/or

closed

h. Summary list of all prompt operability determinations or other engineering evaluations

performed to provide reasonable assurance of operability

Enclosure

i. Summary list of plant safety issues raised or addressed by the Employee Concerns

Program (or equivalent) (sensitive information should be made available during the

team's first week on site-do not provide electronically)

2. Full Documents with Attachments

a. Root cause evaluations (latest revision) completed during the period; include a list of any

planned or in progress

b. Apparent cause evaluations or adverse condition assessments (latest revision)

completed during the period (if less than 30)

c. Quality Assurance audits performed during the period

d. Audits/surveillances performed during the period on the Corrective Action Program, of

individual corrective actions, or of cause evaluations

e. Functional area self-assessments and non-NRC third-party assessments (e.g., peer

assessments performed as part of routine or focused station self- and independent

assessment activities; do not include INPO assessments) that were performed or

completed during the period; include a list of those that are currently in progress

f. Assessments of the safety-conscious work environment including any safety culture

survey results; if none performed during the inspection period, provide the most recent

g. Corrective action documents generated during the period associated with the following:

i. NRC findings and/or violations

ii. Licensee Event Reports issued

h. Corrective action documents generated for the following, if they were determined to

be applicable to the site (for those that were evaluated but determined not to be

applicable, provide a summary list):

i. NRC Information Notices, Bulletins, and Generic Letters issued or evaluated

during the period

ii. Part 21 reports issued or evaluated during the period

iii. Vendor safety information letters (or equivalent) issued or evaluated during the

period

iv. Other external events and/or Operating Experience evaluated for applicability

during the period

i. Corrective action documents generated for the following:

i. Maintenance-preventable functional failures that occurred or were evaluated

during the period

ii. Action items generated or addressed by offsite review committees during the

period

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j. Comments, observations, or minor performance deficiencies documented in the

2018 NRC Pl&R (2018007) inspection report or generated due to inspector

comments during the inspection (include any initiated prior to the period)

3. Logs and Reports

a. Corrective action performance trending/tracking information generated during the

period and broken down by functional organization (if this information is fully

included in item 3.b, it need not be provided separately)

b. Current system health reports, Management Review Meeting package, or similar

information; provide past reports as necessary to include 12 months of

metric/trending data

c. Radiation protection event logs during the period

d. Security event logs and security incidents during the period (sensitive information

should be made available during the team's first week on site-do not provide

electronically)

e. List of training deficiencies, requests for training improvements, and simulator

deficiencies for the period

Note: For items 3.c and 3.d, if there is no log or report maintained separate from the

corrective action program, please provide a summary list of corrective action program

items for the category described.

4. Procedures

Note: For these procedures, please include all revisions that were in effect at any time

during the period.

a. Corrective action program procedures, to include initiation and evaluation

procedures, operability determination procedures, cause evaluation procedures, and

any other procedures that implement the corrective action program

b. Quality Assurance program procedures (exclude specific audit procedures)

c. Employee Concerns Program (or equivalent) procedures

d. Procedures that implement/maintain a Safety Conscious Work

Environment

e. Conduct of Operations procedure (or equivalent) and any other

procedures or policies governing control room conduct, operator burdens

and workarounds, etc.

f. Operating Experience (OE) program procedures and any other procedures or

guidance documents that describe the sites use of OE information

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5. Other

a. List of risk-significant components and systems, ranked by risk worth;

b. List of component/system noun names by system designators

c. List of structures, systems, and components and/or functions that were in

maintenance rule (a)(1) status or evaluated for (a)(1) status at any time during

the inspection period; including dates and results of expert panel reviews and

dates of status changes

d. Organization charts (searchable) for plant staff and long-term/permanent

contractors

e. Electronic copies of the UFSAR (or equivalent), technical specifications, and

technical specification bases, if available

f. Table showing the number of corrective action documents (or equivalent)

initiated during each month of the inspection period, by screened significance

g. For each day the team is on site,

i. Planned work/maintenance schedule for the station

ii. Schedule of management or corrective action review meetings (e.g.

operations focus meetings, condition report screening meetings, CARBs,

CRGs, MRMs, challenge meetings for cause evaluations, etc.)

iii. Agendas for these meetings

Note: The items listed in 5.g may be provided on a weekly or daily basis after the team

arrives on site.

All requested documents may be provided electronically to an internet-based file library.

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