IR 05000482/2015006

Annual Assessment Letter for Wolf Creek Generating Station (Report 05000482/2015006)

ML16061A402
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/02/2016
From:	Taylor N H NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To:	Heflin A C Wolf Creek
Taylor N H
References
IR 2015006
Download: ML16061A402 (6)

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March 2, 2016

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

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000482/2015006)

Dear Mr. Heflin:

On February 16, 2016, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Wolf Creek Generating Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1 through December 31, 2015. This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC determined that overall, Wolf Creek Generating Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Wolf Creek Generating Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2017. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the second half of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events." This Order requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation." This Order requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items. This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of a Safety Evaluation for the site. The date for the onsite component at your site is being coordinated with your staff. A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations. Following the audit, and after the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 191: "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans." In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 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 817-200-1141 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,/RA/

Nick Taylor, Chief Project Branch B Division of Reactor Projects Docket No: 50-482 License No: NPF-42

Enclosure:

Wolf Creek Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan

ML16061A402 SUNSI Review By: NHT ADAMS: Yes No Sensitive Non-Sensitive Non-Publicly Available Publicly Available Keyword NRC-002 OFFICE RIV/BC/DRP RIV/D/DRS RIV/D/DRP NAME NTaylor AVegel TPruett SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/RLantz, for DATE 2/25/16 2/25/16 2/26/16 Letter to Adam from Nick Taylor dated March 2, 2016

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000482/2015005) DISTRIBUTION: Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov) Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov) DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov) DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov) DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov) DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov) Senior Resident Inspector (Douglas.Dodson@nrc.gov) Resident Inspector (Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov) WC Administrative Assistant (Vacant) Branch Chief, DRP/B (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (David.Proulx@nrc.gov) Project Engineer, DRP/B (Shawn.Money@nrc.gov) Project Engineer, DRP/B (Steven.Janicki@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov) Project Manager (Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov) Team Leader, DRS/TSS (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov) ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov) Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov) Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov) Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov) RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov) RIV/ETA: OEDO (Raj.Iyengar@nrc.gov) Director, DIRS, NRR (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov) Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (Clay.Johnson@nrc.gov) Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov) Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov) Director, DPR (Lawrence.Kokajko@nrc.gov) Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov) DRP Branch Chiefs (R4DRPBC@nrc.gov) DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRSBC@nrc.gov) ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov Page 1 of 202/29/201615:49:02Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteWolf CreekInspection / Activity Plan04/01/2016-12/31/2017EB1-21T-WC COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION61 IPComponent Design Bases Inspection711112103/28/201604/29/2016EB1-07T-WC HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE21 IPHeat Sink Performance7111107T05/23/201605/27/2016RS 5678-RADIATION SAFETY - TEAM41 IPRadiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.0505/23/201605/27/20161 IPRadioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment71124.0605/23/201605/27/20161 IPRadiological Environmental Monitoring Program71124.0705/23/201605/27/20161 IPRadioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation71124.0805/23/201605/27/2016TSB 52B-BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION41 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B06/13/201606/17/20161 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B06/27/201607/01/2016INSP-BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION21 IPLicensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B06/27/201607/01/2016EP-1-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS11 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0208/01/201608/05/20161 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0308/01/201608/05/20161 IPUnplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hrs71151-IE0108/01/201608/05/2016EP-2-BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION11 IPAlert and Notification System Testing711140208/01/201608/05/20161 IPEmergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System711140308/01/201608/05/20161 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140408/01/201608/05/20161 IPCorrection of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies711140508/01/201608/05/2016RS 12 PI-RADIATION SAFETY21 IPRadiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.0110/03/201610/07/20161 IPOccupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.0210/03/201610/07/20161 IPOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness71151-OR0110/03/201610/07/20161 IPRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences71151-PR0110/03/201610/07/201671111.08-INSERVICE INSPECTION11 IPInservice Inspection Activities - PWR7111108P10/03/201610/14/2016INIT EXA-INITIAL EXAM71 INITIAL EXAM WOLF CREEK (11/2017)X0259710/16/201710/20/20171 INITIAL EXAM WOLF CREEK (11/2017)X0259711/13/201711/24/2017This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 202/29/201615:49:02Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteWolf CreekInspection / Activity Plan04/01/2016-12/31/2017RS 13 PI-RADIATION SAFETY21 IPRadiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.0105/08/201705/12/20171 IPIn-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation71124.0305/08/201705/12/20171 IPOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness71151-OR0105/08/201705/12/20171 IPRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences71151-PR0105/08/201705/12/2017RS 24-RADIATION SAFETY21 IPOccupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.0206/12/201706/16/20171 IPOccupational Dose Assessment71124.0406/12/201706/16/2017EB2-05T-TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION41 IPFire Protection [Triennia]7111105T08/07/201708/11/20171 IPFire Protection [Triennia]7111105T08/21/201708/25/2017EP-2-BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE INSPECTION41 IPExercise Evaluation711140111/13/201711/17/20171 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140411/13/201711/17/2017EP-3-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION11 IPDrill/Exercise Performance71151-EP0111/13/201711/17/20171 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0211/13/201711/17/20171 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0311/13/201711/17/2017This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.