IR 05000440/2015008

IR 05000440/2015008, 09/21/15, Perry Nuclear Power Plant - Notification of NRC Triennial Fire Protection Baseline

ML15204A829
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	07/23/2015
From:	Daley R C Engineering Branch 3
To:	Harkness E FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR 2015008
Download: ML15204A829 (11)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 July 23, 2015 Mr. Ernest Harkness Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Perry Nuclear Power Plant P. O. Box 97, 10 Center Road, A

-PY-A 290 Perry, OH 44081

-0097

SUBJECT: PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 05000 440/201 5 00 8 Dear Mr. Harkness

On September 21, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at your Perry Nuclear Power Plan Th is inspection will be performed in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.05T, the NRC's baseline fire protection inspection procedure

. Changes were made to the IP 71111.05T , which now requir es the fire protection inspection to review your actions to mitigate postulated events that could potentially cause loss of large areas of power reactor facilities due to explosions or fire This requirement was implemented by the issuance of the Interim Compensatory Measures Order EA-02-026, Section B.5.b and the subsequent requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2), which are collectively referred to as B.5.b requirements

. During t his inspection, the B.5.b requirements review will be performed during the first onsite week of the inspection starting on September 23, 2015

. The schedule for the onsite inspection activity is as follows:

Information Gathering Visit: September 21

- 23, 2015; B.5.b Requirements

September 23

- 25, 2015; and Fire Protection Inspection

October 5

- 9 and October 19

- 23, 2015. The purpose of the information gathering visit is:

(1) to obtain information and documentation needed to support the inspection; (2) to become familiar with the Perry Nuclear Power Plant fire protection program s, fire protection features, post

-fire safe shutdown capabilities, and plant layout; and (3) to arrange administrative details

, such as office space, availability of knowledgeable office personnel and to ensure unescorted site access privilege E. Harkness

-2- Experience has shown that the baseline fire protection inspections are extremely resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staf In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both organizations, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspectio These documents have been divided into four group The first group lists information necessary to aid the inspection team in choosing specific focus area s for the inspectio It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector via mail or electronically no later than September 11, 2015

. The second group also list s information and areas for discussion necessary to aid the inspection team in choosing specific fire protection focus areas for the inspection and to ensure that the inspection team is adequately prepared for the inspectio It is requested this information be available during the information gathering visit (September 21, 2015

). The third group of requested documents consists of those items that the team will review, or need access to, during the inspectio Please have this information available by the first day of the second onsite inspection week (October 5, 2015). The fourth group lists the information necessary to aid the inspection team in tracking issues identified as a result of the inspectio It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is generated during the inspectio It is important that all of these documents are up

-t o-date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspectio The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. Dariusz Szwarc

. We understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection is Mr. David Lockwood of your organizatio If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at (630) 829-9803 or via e-mail at dariusz.szwarc@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

-001 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 Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public E. Harkness

-3- 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).

Sincerely,/RA George Hausman Acting for/

Robert C. Daley, Chief Engineering Branch 3 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket N License No. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Fire Protection Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

NOTIFICATION OF NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Enclosure Inspection Report: 05000 440/201 5008 Onsite Inspection Dates: September 21

- 23, 2015 (Information Gathering Visit

) September 23

- 25, 2015 (B.