ML12003A291

MOD 50.59 Request for Information

ML12003A291
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	01/03/2012
From:	Robert Daley Engineering Branch 3
To:	Meyer L Point Beach
Alan Dahbur
References
IR-12-007
Download: ML12003A291 (8)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 3, 2012 Mr. Larry Meyer Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241

SUBJECT:

POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR AN NRC TRIENNIAL BASELINE PERMANENT MODIFICATIONS AND 10 CFR 50.59 (MOD/50.59) BASELINE INSPECTION 05000266/2012007 (DRS); 05000301/2012007 (DRS)

Dear Mr. Meyer:

On April 16, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a MOD/50.59 baseline inspection at your Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. This inspection will be performed in accordance with the NRC baseline Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.17. The onsite portion of the inspection will take place on April 16 - 20 and April 30 thru May 4, 2012.

Experience has shown that these baseline inspections are 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 documents needed for the inspection. These documents have been divided into three groups.

The first group of information is necessary to ensure that the inspection team is adequately prepared for the inspection. This information should be made available via compact disc and delivered to the regional office no later than February 13, 2012. The inspection team will review this information by March 2, 2012, and will request specific items that should be provided for review in the regional office by April 2, 2012.

The second group of requested documents contains additional items that the team will review, or need access to, during the inspection. Certain documents contained within this group, i.e.,

Item (1), will be requested for review in the regional office prior to the inspection by April 2, 2012, as identified above. The remaining documents should be available by the first day of the onsite inspection, April 16, 2012.

The third group lists information necessary to aid the inspection team in tracking issues identified as a result of the inspection. The remaining documents in group three should be available by the first day of onsite inspection, April 16, 2012. It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is generated during 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.

L. Meyer The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. Alan Dahbur. We understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection is Ms. F. Flentje of your organization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at (630) 829-9810 or via e-mail at Alan.Dahbur@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 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 (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/

Robert C. Daley, Chief Engineering Branch 3 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-266; 50-301 License No. DPR-24; DPR-27

Enclosure:

Modification and 50.59 Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ'

MODIFICATION AND 50.59 INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST Inspection Report: 05000266/2012007 (DRS); 05000301/2012007 (DRS)

Inspection Dates: April 16 - 20 and April 30 thru May 4, 2012 Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications Lead Inspector: Alan Dahbur (630) 829-9810 Alan.Dahbur@nrc.gov I. Information Requested for in-Office Preparation Week.

The following information is requested by February 13, 2012, or sooner, to facilitate the selection of specific items that will be reviewed during the onsite inspection week.

The inspection team will select specific items from the information requested below and submit a list to your staff by March 2, 2012. We will request that certain items be made available to the regional office prior to the inspection by April 2, 2012.

We request that the remaining items selected from the lists be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. All requested information should identify the associated system and cover the time frame from the receipt of information for the last inspection on October 2, 2009, to the present.

The required information identified below should be provided on compact disc (CD).

Please provide three copies of each CD submitted (i.e., one for each inspector). The preferred file format is a searchable pdf file. The CDs should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use, if possible. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.

1. List of permanent plant modifications to systems, structures, or components that are field work complete. (For the purpose of this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent: plant changes, design changes, set point changes, equivalency evaluations, suitability analyses, and commercial grade dedications.)

The list should contain the number of each document, the title, the revision (or date), and the affected system. In addition to the list, please provide a description of each modification and a list of associated calculations and affected procedures.

2. List of all 10 CFR 50.59 completed evaluations involving (a) calculations, (b) procedure revisions, (c) changes to the facility (modifications), (d) non-routine operating configurations, or (e) departures in methods of analyses. This list should include 50.59 evaluations for the following:

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a. Changes that have been made under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 that have been updated in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) since October 2, 2009;

b. Modifications that are field work complete; and

c. Changes to calculations (or initiation of new calculations) that have been issued. The list should contain the number and title of each document, a brief description of the change, and the corresponding number and type of the affected document (i.e., the modification or procedure to which the evaluation applies). The list should NOT include any evaluations in which prior NRC approval was sought and obtained.

3. A list of all 10 CFR 50.59 changes that have been screened out as not requiring a full evaluation involving: (a) calculations; (b) procedure revisions; (c) changes to the facility (modifications); (d) non-routine operating configurations; or (e) departures in methods of analyses.

The list should contain the number and title of each document, a brief description of the change, and the corresponding number and type of the affected document (i.e., the modification or procedure to which the evaluation applies).

4. A list of any modifications, procedure revisions, or Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) changes where it was determined that 10 CFR 50.59 did not apply.

5. A list of calculation changes that have been issued for use.

6. A list of corrective action documents (open and closed) that address permanent plant modifications or 10 CFR 50.59 issues, concerns, or processes. These documents should also include the corrective action documents associated with the modification and the 50.59 change implementation.

The list should contain the number, title and revision (or date) of each document, the affected system and corresponding documentation (if applicable), and should be sorted in order of significance.

7. Copies of procedures addressing the following: modifications, design changes, set point changes, equivalency evaluations or suitability analyses, commercial grade dedications, post-modification testing, 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations and screenings, and UFSAR updates.

8. UFSAR updates submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4). Provide copies of the complete submittal.

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9. Copy of the UFSAR change log or a synopsis of the changes. This should include all of the changes made to the UFSAR that were incorporated in the last 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) submittal.

10. Electronic copy of the UFSAR and technical specifications, if available.

11. Name(s) and phone numbers for the regulatory and technical contacts.

12. Current management and engineering organizational chart.

II. Information Requested to be Available Prior to Inspection (Request will be made by March 2, 2012, for availability of documents by April 2, 2012), or on First Day of Inspection (April 16, 2012).

1. Copies of all selected items from Section I. This includes copies of associated documents such as calculations, post-modification test packages, 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations, or screenings, and any corrective action documents.

2. Copies of these documents do not need to be solely available to the inspection team as long as the inspectors have easy and unrestrained access to them.

a. Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, if not previously provided;

b. Original FSAR Volumes;

c. Original SER and Supplements;

d. FSAR Question and Answers;

e. Quality Assurance Plan;

f. Technical Specifications, if not previously provided;

g. Latest IPE/PRA Report;

h. Vendor Manuals; and

i. The latest 10 CFR 50.59 UFSAR Update Submittal.

3. Please ensure that other supporting documents for the selected items have been located and are readily retrievable as the inspection team will likely be requesting these documents during the inspection. Examples of supporting documents are:

a. Drawings supporting the modifications;

b. Procedures affected by the modifications; and

c. Updated Final Safety Analysis Report change papers generated due to a 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation.

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4. Assessment and Corrective Actions:

a. The most recent MOD/50.59 Quality Assurance (QA) audit and/or self-assessment; and

b. Corrective action documents (e.g., condition reports, including status of corrective actions) generate as a result of the most recent MOD/50.59 Quality Assurance (QA) audit and/or self-assessment.

III. Information Requested to be provided throughout the inspection.

1. Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the inspection teams questions or queries during this inspection.

2. Copies of the list of questions submitted by the inspection team members and the status/resolution of the information requested (provide daily during the inspection to each inspection team member).

If you have any questions regarding the information requested, please contact the inspection team leader.

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L. Meyer The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. Alan Dahbur. We understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection is Ms. F. Flentje of your organization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at (630) 829-9810 or via e-mail at Alan.Dahbur@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 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 (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/

Robert C. Daley, Chief Engineering Branch 3 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27

Enclosure:

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Letter to Mr. Larry Meyer from Mr. Robert C. Daley dated January 3, 2012.

SUBJECT:

POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR AN NRC TRIENNIAL BASELINE PERMANENT MODIFICATIONS AND 10 CFR 50.59 (MOD/50.59) BASELINE INSPECTION 05000266/2012007 (DRS); 05000301/2012007 (DRS)

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