ML101121011

Notification of Inspection (NRC Inspection Report 05000483-10-003) and Request for Information

ML101121011
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	04/22/2010
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Heflin A C AmerenUE
References
IR-10-003
Download: ML101121011 (7)

See also: IR 05000483/2010003

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

REGION IV 612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

April 22, 2010 Mr.Adam C.Heflin, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer AmerenUE P.O.Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 SUBJECT: CALLAWAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-NOTIFICATION

OF INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000483/2010003)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr.Heflin: On June 7-18, 2010, Reactor Inspectors

from NRC's Region IV office will perform the baseline inspection

of heat sink performance

and changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant modifications

at Callaway Nuclear Power Plant, using NRC Inspection

Procedure 71111.07,"Heat Sink Performance", and NRC Inspection

Procedure 71111.17,"Evaluations

of Changes, Tests, Experiments, and PermanentPlantModifications." Experience

has shown that this inspection

is resource intensive both for 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 arequestfor

documents needed for this inspection.

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 Steve Petzel of your regulatory

affairs organization.

if there are any questions about this inspection

or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector James Adams at (817)860-8294 or by email 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(the Public Electronic

Reading Room).

AmerenUE Sincerely, L.C Thomas Farnholtz, Chief Engineering

Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket: 50-483 License: NPF-30 Enclosure:

Evaluations

of Changes, Tests, or Experiments

and Permanent Plant Modifications

and Heat Exchanger Performance

Document Request cc w/enclosure:

Mr.Luke H.Graessle Director, Operations

Support AmerenUE P.O.Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 E.Hope Bradley Manager, Protective

Services AmerenUE P.O.Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Mr.Scott Sandbothe, Manager Plant Support AmerenUE P.O.Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 R.E.Farnam Assistant Manager, Technical Training AmerenUE P.O.Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 J.S.Geyer Radiation Protection

Manager AmerenUE P.O.Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251

AmerenUE John O'Neill, Esq.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N.Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20037 Missouri Public Service Commission

P.O.Box 360 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0360

Dru Buntin Director of Government

Affairs Department

of Natural Resources P.O.Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

Mr.Rick A Muench, President and Chief Executive officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O.Box411 Burlington, KS 66839-3-Kathleen Logan Smith, Executive Director and Kay Drey, Representative, Board of Directors Missouri Coalition for the Environment

6267 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 2E St.Louis, MO 63130 Presiding Commissioner

Callaway County Court House 10 East Fifth Street Fulton, MO 65251 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management

Agency P.O.Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116

Chief, Technological

Hazards Branch FEMA Region VII 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Mr.Scott Clardy, Administrator

Section for Disease Controi Missouri Department

of Health and Senior Services P.O.Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

AmerenUE Certrec Corporation

4200 South Hulen, Suite 422 Fort Worth, TX 76109 Mr.Keith G.Henke, Planner II Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination

Missouri Department

of Health and Senior Services 930 Wildwood Drive P.O.Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-4-

Evaluations

of Changes, Tests, or Experiments

and Permanent Plant Modifications

Heat Sink Performance

Inspection

Dates: Inspection

Procedures:

Inspectors:

June 7-18,2010 IP 71111.07"Heat Sink Performance" IP 71111.17"Evaluation

of Changes, Tests, or Experiments

and Permanent Plant Modifications" James Adams, Reactor Inspector, Lead Inspector Theresa Buchanan, Reactor Inspector Abin Fairbanks, Reactor Inspector Dustin Reinert, 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 James Adams, by May 31, 2010, 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.Inspection

Procedure 71111.07 Prior to May 31, 2010, the inspectors

will contact your regulatory

affairs organization

with the sample of two to four heat exchangers

and/or heat sinks that will be selected for the inspection.

Once the inspectors

select the inspection

sample, they will be requesting

the following information

for the selected sample: 1.Callaway Nuclear Power Plant responses and commitments

to NRC Generic Letter13.2.Heat exchanger test program/procedures, including the specific heat exchanger testing and cleaning procedures

for each selected heat exchanger.

3.FSAR sections for selected heat exchangers.

4.Biofouling/chemistry

control program/procedures

for selected heat exchangers.

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5.Operations

training manual sections and design basis notebooks for the selected heat exchangers.

6.Vendor specifications

and recommendations

for selected heat exchangers.

This should include data that can be used to determine design heat transfer coefficient

and determine vendor recommended

maintenance.

7.Design heat transfer coefficient

and fouling factors for selected heat exchangers.

8.Water hammer evaluations

for selected heat exchangers (if performed).

9.System health reports for the selected heat exchangers.

10.Test/Inspection

results and reports covering the last 3 years for the selected heat exchangers.

11.Trended performance

for the selected heat exchangers.

12.System flow balance test results of the selected heat exchangers

for last 3 years.13.Any applicable

eddy current tests for the selected heat exchangers.

14.If any selected heat exchanger systems are scheduled to be opened during the onsite week, the team would like to observe the interior of the system.15.A list of corrective

maintenance

performed in the last 3 years for the selected heat exchangers.

16.A list of correctiveactiondocuments

issued in the last 3 years for the selected heat exchangers.

Inspection

Procedure 71111.17 1.A list with descriptions, of all 50.59 screenings (or equivalent)

performed since August 3, 2007, which did not result in an evaluation.

Note: Description

of screenings

should be brief, but of sufficient

detail 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 August 3, 2007, 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.Callaway Nuclear Power Plantprocedure(s)for

conducting

10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and evaluations.

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5.A list with descriptions

of all permanent plant modifications

dating from August 3, 2007.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.

6.Callaway Nuclear Power Plant procedure for implementing

and controlling

permanent plant modifications.

7.A list with descriptions, of all updates to the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant Final Safety Analysis Report performed per 10 CFR 50.71(e)from August 3,2007, to the present.Note: Description

of evaluations

should be brief, but of sufficient

detail that inspectors

can determine the significance

of the issue.8.A list with descriptions

of all Corrective

Action documents related to your permanent plant modification

program and its implementation

since August 3, 2007.Include sufficient

detail to enable the inspector to determine the significance

of each modification.

9.A listing of personnel qualified to prepare 50.59 screenings

and evaluations, including qualification

dates.10.A listing of personnel qualified to review and approve 50.59 screenings

and/or evaluations, including qualification

dates.Inspector Contact Information:

James Adams Reactor Inspector 817-860-8294 Theresa Buchanan Reactor Inspector 817-276-6503 Mailing Address: US NRC Region IV Attn: James Adams 612 E.Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4125

Abin Fairbanks Reactor Inspector 817-860-8158

Dustin Reinert Reactor Inspector 817-860-8244-3-Enclosure