ML090220347

Notification of Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant - Component Design Bases Inspection - NRC Inspection Report 05000321-09-006 and 05000366-09-006

ML090220347
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	01/21/2009
From:	Binoy Desai NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-09-006
Download: ML090220347 (6)

See also: IR 05000321/2009006

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

January 21, 2009

Mr. Dennis R. Madison

Vice President - Hatch

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

11028 Hatch Parkway North

Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT - COMPONENT

DESIGN BASES INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT

05000321/2009006 AND 05000366/2009006

Dear Mr. Madison:

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 Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear

Plant during the weeks of May 4 - 8, May 18 - 22, and June 1 - 5, 2009. The inspection team

will be led by D. Jones, 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 19, 2008.

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 7, 2009, Mr. Jones confirmed with Mr. S. Tipps 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 April 13 - 17, 2009

• Onsite weeks: May 4 - 8, May 18 - 22, and June 1 - 5, 2009

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. R. Bernhard, a Region II Senior Reactor

Analyst, may accompany Mr. Jones during the information gathering visit to review probabilistic

risk assessment data and identify risk significant components which will be examined during the

inspection.

SNC 2

Please provide the information requested in the enclosure to the Region II office by March 30,

2009. The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.

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

those documents required for the inspection preparation. Contact Mr. Jones with any questions

related to the information request. During the information gathering visit, the team leader will

also discuss the following inspection support administrative details: request for supplemental

documents to be made available to the inspection team in the Region II office prior to the team

preparation week of April 27 - May 1, 2009; office space; 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. Jones at (404) 562-4631 or me at

(404) 562-4519.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Binoy Desai, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366,

License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

Enclosure: Information Request for Hatch Component Design Bases Inspection

cc w/encl.: (See page 3)

SNC 3

cc w/encl: Bob Masse

Angela Thornhill Resident Manager

Managing Attorney and Compliance Officer Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution

Jeffrey T. Gasser Senior Resident Inspector

Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. NRC

11030 Hatch Parkway N

Raymond D. Baker Baxley, GA 30334

Licensing Manager

Licensing-Hatch Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Troutman Sanders

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L. Mike Stinson Dr. Carol Couch

Vice President Director

Fleet Operations Support Environmental Protection

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution

David H. Jones Cynthia Sanders

Vice President Program Manager

Engineering Radioactive Materials Program

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution

Moanica Caston Jim Sommerville

Vice President and General Counsel (Acting) Chief

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Environmental Protection Division

Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Natural Resources

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Steven B. Tipps

Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing Mr. Steven M. Jackson

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Senior Engineer - Power Supply

Electronic Mail Distribution Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

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Mr. K. Rosanski

Resident Manager Mr. Reece McAlister

Oglethorpe Power Corporation Executive Secretary

Electronic Mail Distribution Georgia Public Service Commission

Electronic Mail Distribution

Laurence Bergen

Oglethorpe Power Corporation Chairman

Electronic Mail Distribution Appling County Commissioners

County Courthouse

69 Tippins Street, Suite 201

Baxley, GA 31513

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OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRP RII:DRS

SIGNATURE

NAME DJONES SSHAEFFER RBERNHARD

DATE 01/ /2009 01/ /2009 01/ /2009

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

Information Request for Hatch 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.

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 since January 1, 2006 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, 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 January 1, 2006.

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

January 1, 2006.

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

January 1, 2004.

10. List and brief description of operability evaluations completed since January 1, 2006.

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).

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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 January 1,

2006 to present.

14. Copies of System Descriptions (or the like) for Safety-Related Systems

15. Copy of UFSAR(s)

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

January 1, 2006.

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

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

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