ML110190725

IR 05000498-11-002, 05000499-11-002, 03/07/2011 - 03/18/2011, South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML110190725
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/18/2011
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Halpin E D South Texas
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See also: IR 05000498/2011002

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January 18, 2011

Mr. Edward D. Halpin President and Chief Executive Officer STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483 SUBJECT: SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION, NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION, NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000498/2011002: and 05000499/2011002; AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION Dear Mr. Halpin: From March 7, 2011 through March 18,.2011, Reactor Inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission's Region IV office will perform the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant modifications at South Texas Project Electric Generating Station using Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Procedure 71111.17, "Evaluations of Changes, Tests, Experiments, and Permanent Plant Modifications." Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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. Upon arrival, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review. 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 Joseph Loya of your licensing organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector Robert Latta at telephone number 817-276-6532 or by email robert.latta@nrc.gov UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 2 - 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 Farnholtz, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-498; 50-499 Licenses: NPF-76; NPF-80

Enclosure: Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications Document Request

Kevin Richards, Senior Vice President and Assistant to CEO STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483 David W. Rencurrel Senior Vice President Units 1 and 2 STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Louis Peter, Plant General Manager

STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Tim Powell, Vice President, Engineering STP Nuclear Operating Company

South Texas Project P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 3 - A. W. Harrison, Manager, Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483 Charles T. Bowman, General Manager, Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Marilyn Kistler Senior Staff Specialist, Licensing STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project

P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Cheryl Mele City of Austin

Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 J. J. Nesrsta/R. K. Temple

Ed Alercon/Kevin Pollo City Public Service P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296

A. H. Gutterman, Esq.. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004

Richard A. Ratliff, P.E., L.M.P. Radiation Safety Licensing Branch Manager Division for Regulatory Services Texas Department of State Health Mail Code 2385 P.O. Box 149347 Austin, TX 78714-9347

Brian Almon Public Utility Commission of Texas P.O. Box 13326 Austin, TX 78711-3326

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 4 - Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director, Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428

Austin, TX 78711-3189 Mr. Nate McDonald Judge, Matagorda County Matagorda County Courthouse

1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414 Anthony P. Jones, Chief Boiler Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division E.O. Thompson State Office Building

P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087

Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen, Suite 422 Fort Worth, TX 76109 Kevin Howell/Catherine Callaway/Jim von Suskil

NRG Energy, Inc. 1301 McKinney, Suite 2300 Houston, TX 77010 Peter G. Nemeth

Crain, Caton, & James, P.C. P.O. Box 289 Mail Code: N5005 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region VI 800 North Loop 288 Federal Regional Center Denton, TX 76201-3698

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 5 - Chairperson Radiological Assistance Committee FEMA Region VI

800 North Loop 288 Federal Regional Center Denton, TX 76201-3698 C. Kierksey

City of Austin Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704

STP Nuclear Operating Company - 6 - Electronic distribution by RIV: Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov ) Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov ) DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov ) DRP Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov ) DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov ) DRS Deputy Director (Vacant) Senior Resident Inspector (John.Dixon@nrc.gov ) Resident Inspector (Binesh.Tharakan@nrc.gov ) Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov ) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (David.Proulx@nrc.gov ) STP Administrative Assistant (Lynn.Wright@nrc.gov ) Project Engineer, DRP/A (Laura.Micewski@nrc.gov ) Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov ) Project Manager (Mohan.Thadani@nrc.gov ) Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov ) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov ) Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov ) Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov ) OEMail Resource

Inspection Reports/MidCycle and EOC Letters to the following: ROPreports Only inspection reports to the following:

OEDO RIV Coordinator (James.Trapp@nrc.gov) DRS/TSB STA (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov )

S:\DRS\REPORTS\STP 2011002 RFI-PAG ADAMS ML ADAMS: No Yes SUNSI Review Complete Reviewer Initials: PAG Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Non-publicly Available Sensitive DRS\EB1 EB1 DRS:C:EB1 P. Goldberg B. Latta T. Farnholtz 1/18/11 1/18/11 1/18/11 /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

- 1 - Enclosure Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modification Inspection Dates: March 7 through March 18, 2011 Inspection Procedures: IP 71111.17 "Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and

Permanent Plant Modifications" Inspectors: Robert Latta, Senior Reactor Inspector, Lead Inspector Paula Goldberg, Reactor Inspector Blake Rice, 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 (Certrec database preferred), in care of Robert Latta by February 28, 2011 to facilitate the selection of specific items that will be reviewed during the onsite inspection week. The

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and then 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. Also, we request that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. Please provide requested documentation electronically if possible. If requested documents are large and only hard copy formats are available, please inform the inspector(s), and provide subject documentation during the first day of the onsite inspection. If you have any questions regarding this information request, please call the lead inspector as soon as possible. 1. A list with descriptions, of all 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) performed since March 9, 2009, which did not result in an evaluation. Note: Description of screenings should be brief, but of sufficient detail so that inspectors can determine the significance of the issue. 2. A list with descriptions, of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed which did not result in an application for license amendment to NRC from March 9, 2009 to the present. Note: Description of evaluations should be brief, but of sufficient detail so that inspectors can determine the significance of the issue. 3. South Texas Project Electric Generating Station procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations. 4. A list with descriptions of all Corrective Action documents related to 50.59 activities, including screenings and evaluations from March 9, 2009, to the present. 5. A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications dating from March 9, 2009. Include sufficient detail to enable the inspector to determine the significance of each

modification. For this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent plant changes, design changes, setpoint changes, procedure changes, equivalency evaluations, suitability analyses, calculations, and commercial grade dedications.

- 2 - Enclosure 6. South Texas Project Electric Generating Station procedure for implementing and controlling permanent plant modifications. 7. A list with descriptions of all Corrective Action documents related to your permanent plant modification program and its implementation since March 9, 2009. Include

sufficient detail to enable the inspector to determine the significance of each modification. 8. A listing of personnel qualified to prepare 50.59 screenings and evaluations, including qualification dates. 9. A listing of personnel qualified to review and approve 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations, including qualification dates. Inspector Contact Information:

Robert Latta Paula Goldberg Blake Rice Senior Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector 817-276-6532 817-860-8168 817-276-6563 robertlatta@nrc.gov paula.goldberg@nrc.gov blake.rice@nrc.gov

Mailing Address: US NRC Region IV Attn: Robert Latta 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400

Arlington, TX 76011-4125