ML15135A486

Wc 2015007 17T RFI

ML15135A486
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	05/14/2015
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Heflin A C Wolf Creek
J. Braisted
References
IR 2015007
Download: ML15135A486 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 E. LAMAR BLVD. ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511 May 14, 2015

Mr. Adam C. Heflin, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS INSPECTION (05000482/2015007) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant modifications at your Wolf Creek Generating Station during July 6-10, 2015, and July 20-24, 2015. The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRC's Region IV office for two weeks. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.17T, "Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications." Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by June 22, 2015. Upon review of these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review upon arrival. 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.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Larry Stevens of your licensing organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Jonathan Braisted, by telephone at 817-200-1194 or by e-mail at Jonathan.Braisted@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. 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). Sincerely, /RA/ Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-482 License: NPF-42

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications Inspection Request for Information Electronic Distribution to the Wolf Creek Generating Station

Enclosure Request for Information Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications Inspection Wolf Creek Generating Station Inspection Report: 05000482/2015007 Inspection Dates: July 6-10, 2015, and July 20-24, 2015 Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, "Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications" Lead Inspector: Jonathan Braisted, Reactor Inspector Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic format (preferred) by June 22, 2015, to the attention of Jonathan Braisted. We request that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the onsite inspection. Also, the inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations. 2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) performed since the last triennial modification inspection that did not result in an evaluation. 3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed the last triennial modification inspection that did not result in an application for license amendment. 4. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations since the last triennial modification inspection. 5. A list of personnel qualified to prepare 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations, including qualification dates. 6. A list of personnel qualified to review and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations, including qualification dates. 7. Procedure(s) for implementing permanent plant modifications. 8. A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications since the last triennial modification inspection.

9. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to permanent plant modifications since the last triennial modification inspection. 10. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.

Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications. Note: For this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent plant changes, design changes, set point changes, procedure changes, equivalency evaluations, suitability analyses, calculations, and commercial grade dedications

Inspector Contact Information:

Jonathan Braisted Nnaerika Okonkwo Grant Larkin Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Emergency Response Coordinator 817-200-1194 817-200-1114 817-200-1449 Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov Grant.Larkin@nrc.gov

Mailing Address: U.S. NRC, Region IV Attn: Jonathan Braisted 1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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. 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). Sincerely, /RA/ Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-482 License: NPF-42

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications Inspection Request for Information Electronic Distribution to the Wolf Creek Generating Station Distribution See next page

ML15135A486 SUNSI Review By: JDB ADAMS: Yes No Sensitive Non-Sensitive Non-Publicly Available Publicly Available Keyword NRC-002 OFFICE DRS/EB1/RI C: NAME JBraisted TFarnholtz SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ DATE 5/13/15 5/14/15 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Letter from Adam C. Heflin from Thomas R. Farnholtz dated May 14, 2015

SUBJECT:

WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS INSPECTION (05000482/2015007) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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