ML090710856

Annual Assessment Letter - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 (NRC Inspection Report 05000391-09-601)

ML090710856
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	03/11/2009
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3
To:	Bhatnagar A Tennessee Valley Authority
References
ir-09-601
Download: ML090710856 (6)

See also: IR 05000391/2009601

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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

March 11, 2009

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar

Senior Vice President

Nuclear Generation Development and Construction

Tennessee Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2009601)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

On February 10, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Watts Bar

Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction project. Our technical staff reviewed inspection results for the

period from January 1 through December 31, 2008. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of

our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future

inspections at your facility.

Overall, activities conducted under the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 construction permit for this

assessment period, as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commissions rules and

regulations, with the conditions of your construction permit, and with fulfillment of Unit 2

regulatory framework commitments, were adequate. Our inspections indicated that your

construction program and procedure development along with project staffing were sufficiently

implemented to support ongoing construction activities. Management and QA oversight were

adequate commensurate with the level of activities. The corrective action program

implementation activities, including initiation, classification, disposition, and trending were

deemed satisfactory. In conclusion, project performance for the most recent quarter, as well as

for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, was adequate based on the above

inspection conclusion, all inspection findings being classified as severity level IV, and no

substantive cross-cutting issues being identified. Therefore, we do not plan to expand our

inspection activities beyond what is specified by Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2517.

We continue to develop the construction inspection plan as the details of your project schedule

become available. For the remainder of 2009 we plan to perform inspections specified in IMC 2512, Light Water Reactor Inspection Program - Construction Phase. In addition we plan to

perform inspections in the following areas: Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R),

Corrective Action Programs (CAPs), Special Programs (SPs), open items and generic

communications. At this time, we have not finalized the details of the schedule for most of these

inspection activities due to uncertainties or lack of detail in the Watts Bar Unit 2 project

schedule. We plan to give your staff ample notification of specific upcoming inspection activities

as their schedule becomes available in order to allow for the resolution of any scheduling

conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the

Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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).

Please contact me at (404) 562-6347 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or

our planned inspections.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert C. Haag, Chief

Construction Projects Branch 3

Division of Construction Projects

Docket No. 50-391

Construction Permit No: CPPR-92

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cc:

Gordon P. Arent, Manager Lawrence E. Nanney, Director

New Generation Licensing Tennessee Department of Environmental

Nuclear Generation Development Health and Conservation

and Construction Division of Radiological Health

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 3rd Floor, L&C Annex

P.O. Box 2000 401 Church Street

Spring City, TN 37381 Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Larry E. Nicholson, General Manager

Watts Bar Unit Two Performance Improvement

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge

P.O. Box 2000 1101 Market Street

Spring City, TN 37381 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Michael K. Brandon, Manager Michael D. Skaggs

Licensing and Industry Affairs Site Vice President

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority

P.O. Box 2000 P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381 Spring City, TN 37381

County Executive

375 Church Street Mr. Preston D. Swafford

Suite 215 Chief Nuclear Officer and

Dayton, TN 37321 Executive Vice President

Tennessee Valley Authority

County Mayor 3Lookout Place

P.O. Box 156 1101 Market Street

Decatur, TN 37322 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Greg A. Boerschig, Plant Manager Mr. Thomas Coutu, Vice President

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Nuclear Support

Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority

P.O. Box 2000 3R Lookout Place

Spring City, TN 37381 1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

John C. Fornicola, General Manager

Nuclear Assurance Mr. Michael A. Purcell

Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Licensing Manager

3R Lookout Place Nuclear Power Group

1101 Market Street Tennessee Valley Authority

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 3R Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

General Counsel Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Tennessee Valley Authority

6A West Tower

400 West Summit Hill Drive cc: See next page

Knoxville, TN 37902

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cc cont:

Michael K. Lorek, Vice President

Nuclear Engineering & Projects

Tennessee Valley Authority

3R Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Mr. Frederick C. Mashburn, Acting Manager

Corporate Nuclear Licensing

and Industry Affairs

Tennessee Valley Authority

4K Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Senior Resident Inspector

Tennessee valley Authority

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

U.S. NRC 1260 Nuclear Plant Road

Spring City, TN 37381-2000

Letter to Ashok S. Bhatnagar from Robert C. Haag dated March 11, 2009

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 CONSTRUCTION - NRC INTEGRATED

INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2008010

Distribution w/encl:

L. Raghavan, NRR

J. Williams, NRR

P. Milano, NRR

C. Evans, RII

L. Slack, RII EICS

E. Guthrie, RII DRP

R. Monk, RII Watts Bar Unit 1 SRI

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