ML15082A099

Ltr 03/20/15 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Request for Information for an NRC Triennial Baseline Component Design Bases Inspection (CDBI) Inspection Report 05000263/2015007(AXD)

ML15082A099
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	03/20/2015
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Gardner P Northern States Power Co
References
IR 2015007
Download: ML15082A099 (8)

See also: IR 05000263/2015007

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210

LISLE, IL 60532-4352

March 20, 2015

Mr. Peter A. Gardner

Site Vice President

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Northern States Power Company, Minnesota

2807 West County Road 75

Monticello, MN 55362-9637

SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT - REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION FOR AN NRC TRIENNIAL BASELINE COMPONENT DESIGN

BASES INSPECTION (CDBI) INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

On June 22, 2015, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a Triennial

Baseline Component Design Bases Inspection (CDBI) at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant.

A team of six inspectors will perform this 3-week inspection. This inspection will be performed

in accordance with NRC Baseline Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.21.

The CDBI focuses on the design, maintenance, and operation of risk-significant components

associated with one or more accident scenario or systems. The components to be reviewed

during this baseline inspection will be identified during the in-office preparation week that occurs

prior to the first onsite inspection week. In addition, operating experience issues, associated

with the component samples, will also be selected for review. The inspection team may request

scenarios to be performed on the simulator. This request would require support from your

simulator staff to validate scenarios, simulator time, and a crew to perform the actions which

would most likely occur during the second on-site week. The team will work closely with your

staff early on during the inspection process to ensure this activity can be accomplished with

minimal impact.

The inspection will include 3-weeks onsite. The inspection team will consist of six NRC

inspectors, of which five will focus on engineering/maintenance and one on operations. The

current inspection schedule is as follows:

• Onsite weeks: June 22 - 26, 2015;

July 6 - 10, 2015; and

July 20 - 24, 2015.

The team will be preparing for the inspection, mainly during the week of June 15 - 19, 2015, as

discussed in the Enclosure.

P. Gardner -2-

Experience with previous baseline design inspections of similar depth and length has shown

that this type of inspection is extremely resource intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and the

licensee staff. In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site, and to ensure a productive

inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for information needed for the

inspection.

It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date and complete in order to minimize the

number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of

the inspection. Insofar as possible, this information should be provided electronically to the lead

inspector. The information request has been divided into three groups:

• The first group lists information necessary for our initial inspection scoping activities.

This information should be provided to the lead inspector no later than April 29, 2015.

By May 22, 2015, the lead inspector will communicate the initial selected set of

approximately 15 components.

• The second group of documents requested are those items needed to support our

in-office preparation activities. This set of documents, including the calculations

associated with the initial selected components, should be provided to the lead inspector

at the Regional Office no later than June 11, 2015. During the in-office preparation

activities, the team may identify additional information needed to support the inspection.

• The last group includes the additional information above, as well as plant specific

reference material. This information should be available to the team onsite on

June 22, 2015. It is also requested that corrective action documents and/or questions

developed during the inspection be provided to the lead inspector as the documents are

generated.

The lead inspector for this inspection is Andrew Dunlop. We understand that our licensing

contact for this inspection is Carrie Fosaaen of your organization. If there are any questions

about the inspection or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact the lead

inspector at (630) 829-9726, or via e-mail at Andrew.Dunlop@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information

collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control

Number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or 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 Office of Management and Budget Control

Number.

P. Gardner -3-

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 Systems (PARS) component of

NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

Enclosure:

Information Request for Component Design

Bases Inspection (CDBI)

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION (CDBI)

Inspection Report: 05000263/2015007

Inspection Dates: June 22 - 26, 2015;

July 6 - 10, 2015; and

July 20 - 24, 2015.

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.21, Component Design Bases Inspection

Lead Inspector: Andrew Dunlop, Senior Reactor Engineer, DRS

(630) 829-9726

Andrew.Dunlop@nrc.gov

I. Information Requested Prior to the Onsite Information Gathering/Inspection Week

The following information is requested by April 29, 2015, or sooner, to facilitate

inspection preparation. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call

the team leader as soon as possible. (Please provide the information electronically in

pdf files, Excel, or other searchable formats, preferably on some portable electronic

media [e.g., CDROM, DVD, flash drive, etc.]. The portable electronic media should

contain descriptive names, and be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use.

Information in lists should contain enough information to be easily understood by

someone who has knowledge of light water reactor technology)

1. Risk-ranking of top 250 components from your site-specific probabilistic safety

analysis (PSA) sorted by Risk-Achievement Worth (RAW). Include values for

Birnbaum Importance, Risk-Reduction Worth (RRW), and Fussell-Veseley (FV)

(as applicable).

2. Risk-ranking of top 100 containment-related components (i.e., Large Early

Release Frequency [LERF]) from your site specific PSA sorted by RAW.

3. Provide a list of the top 200 cut-sets from your PSA.

4. Provide a list of the top 100 cut-sets for each initiator modeled in the PSA that

contributes more than 5 percent to the Baseline Plant Core Damage

Frequency (CDF).

5. Copies of PSA system notebooks and latest PSA summary document.

6. List of time critical operator actions. Identify those actions that do not have Job

Performance Measures (JPMs).

7. Provide copies of the Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs).

Enclosure

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION (CDBI)

8. If you have an External Events or Fire PSA Model, provide the information

requested in Items 1 and 2 for external events and fire. Provide narrative

description of each coded event (including fire and flood zone description).

9. Electronic copy of the site Individual Plant Examination of External Events, if

available.

10. Any pre-existing evaluation or list of components and associated 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 etc.).

11. List of available design (setup) margins in both the open and closed direction

(identify safety-related direction) for valves in the Motor-Operated Valve (MOV)

and Air-Operated Valve (AOV) programs. Identify the basis for how the margin

was determined.

12. List of high-risk Maintenance Rule Systems/Components based on engineering

or expert panel judgment (i.e., those systems/components not identified in the

PRA).

13. Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs) in the Maintenance Rule (a)(1)

category for the last 3 years.

14. Site top 10 issues list (if applicable).

15. A list of operating experience evaluations for the last 3 years.

16. Information of any common cause failure of components experienced in the last

5 years at your facility.

17. List of Root Cause Evaluations associated with component failures or design

issues initiated/completed in the last 5 years.

18. List of open operability evaluations.

19. List of components/systems considered operable but degraded/nonconforming.

20. Current management and engineering organizational chart.

21. Electronic copies of Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, Technical

Specifications, Technical Specifications Bases, and Technical Requirements

Manual.

22. Major one line electrical drawings (ac and dc) and key diagrams (paper copies).

23. Electronic copy of Piping and Instrumentation Drawings (P&IDs) (if available).

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION (CDBI)

II. Information Requested (for the approximate 15 selected components) to be

Available by June 11, 2015 (will be reviewed by the team in the Regional office

during the week of June 15, 2015).

This information should be separated for each selected component, especially if

provided electronically (e.g., folder with component name that includes calculations,

condition reports, maintenance history, etc.).

1. List of condition reports (corrective action documents) associated with each of

the selected components for the last 6 years.

2. The maintenance history (corrective, preventive, and elective) associated with

each of the selected components for the last 10 years. Identify frequency of

preventive maintenance activities.

3. Copies of calculations associated with each of the selected components (if not

previously provided), excluding data files. Please review the calculations and

also provide copies of important referenced material (such as drawings,

engineering requests, and vendor letters). (Pipe stress calculations are excluded

from this request)

4. System Health Reports, System Descriptions, Design Basis Documents, and/or

Training Lesson Plans associated with each of the selected components.

5. A list of modifications, including equivalency evaluations and setpoint changes,

associated with each of the selected components. This list should include a

descriptive paragraph on the purpose of the modification. Please ensure this list

only includes design completed (not canceled) modifications.

6. Copies of operability evaluations (open/closed for last 3 years) associated with

each of the selected components, and plans for restoring operability, if

applicable.

7. Copies of selected operator work-around evaluations associated with each of the

selected components and plans for resolution, if applicable.

8. Copies of any open temporary modifications associated with each of the selected

components, if applicable.

9. Trend data on the selected electrical/mechanical components performance for

last 3 years (e.g., pumps performance including inservice testing, other vibration

monitoring, oil sample results, etc., for valves: stroke time and leak rate results,

etc.).

10. Provide copies of the normal and abnormal operating procedures associated with

the selected components and selected scenarios.

11. A copy of any internal/external self-assessments, and associated corrective

action documents generated in preparation for the inspection.

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12. Copy of latest completed tests and surveillances for each component, for

example:

• Pumps: comprehensive test, quarterly test, flow balance, etc.

• Valves: stroke time testing, diagnostic testing, leak testing, interlocks,

etc., and

• Heat Exchangers/Room Coolers: thermal performance, clean/inspect,

fan flows, etc.

Acceptance criteria basis calculations should also be included.

III. Additional Information to be Provided on June 22, 2015 Onsite (for final selected

components)

1. During the in-office preparation activities, the team will be making final selections

and may identify additional information needed to support the inspection. The

lead inspector will provide a list of the additional information needed during the

week of June 15 - 19, 2015.

2. Schedule of any testing/maintenance activities to be conducted on the selected

components during the 3 onsite inspection weeks.

IV. Information Requested to be Provided Throughout the Inspection

1. Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the teams

questions or queries during this inspection.

2. Copies of the list of questions submitted by the team members and the

status/resolution of the information requested (provide daily during the inspection

to each team member).

3. One complete set of P&IDs (paper copies).

4. Reference materials. (make available, if needed, during all on-site weeks):

• Individual Plant Examination/Probabilistic Risk Assessment report;

• Procurement documents for components selected (verify retrievable);

• Plant procedures (normal, abnormal, emergency, surveillance, etc.); and

• Vendor manuals.

If you have questions regarding the information requested, please contact the lead inspector.

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P. Gardner -3-

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 Systems (PARS) component of

NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

Enclosure:

Information Request for Component Design

Bases Inspection (CDBI)

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