ML112630003

Oconee Nuclear Station - Notification of Inspection and Request for Information for NRC Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

ML112630003
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Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	09/20/2011
From:	Hopper G T Reactor Projects Branch 7
To:	Gillespie P Duke Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 September 20, 2011 Mr. Preston Gillespie Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Gillespie:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resolution (PI&R) inspection at your Oconee Nuclear Station during the weeks of November 28 - December 2 and December 12-16, 2011. The inspection team will be led by Mr. Joel Rivera, a Senior Reactor Engineering Inspector from the NRC's Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure 711 52, Problem Identification and Resolution, issued on August 18, 2011.

The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensee's Corrective Action Program (CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspections of routine daily screening of all corrective action program issues, quarterly focused issue reviews, and semiannual trend PI&R reviews.

On September 19, 2011, Mr. Rivera confirmed with Ms. Judy Smith of your staff, arrangements for the two-week onsite inspection.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the inspection. Please have the referenced information available no later than November 4 th, 2011. Contact Mr. Rivera with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required for inspection preparation.

DEC 2 If additional documents are needed, they will be requested when identified. Prior to the onsite inspection, Mr. Rivera will discuss with your staff the following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection; access to licensee computers; working space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Rivera at (404) 997-4825.

Sincerely, /RA/

George T. Hopper, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects

Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

Enclosure:

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTION INSPECTION cc w/encl: (See page 3)

"PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 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.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION 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."

_ ML112630003 __ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE JER6 by email GTH1 NAME JRivera GHopper DATE 09/19/2011 09/20/2011 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO DEC 3 cc w/encl: Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Charles J. Thomas Fleet Licensing Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Baxter Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

David A. Cummings Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Judy E. Smith Licensing Administrator Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Kent Alter Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Lara S. Nichols Vice President-Legal Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Luellen B. Jones Fleet Licensing Engineer Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

M. Christopher Nolan Fleet Safety Assurance Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution

Scott L. Batson Station Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oconee Nuclear Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Hwy Seneca, SC 29672

Terry L. Patterson Safety Assurance Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Charles Brinkman Director Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Tom D. Ray Engineering Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145

W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

DEC 4 Letter to Preston Gillespie from George T. Hopper dated September 20, 2011

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII EICS L. Douglas, RII EICS OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMOconee Resource Enclosure INFORMATION REQUEST FOR OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 2, 2011 AND DECEMBER 12-16, 2011)

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since August 1 st, 2009. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format. If the information is not available in electronic format, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate other available methods to provide the information.

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to:

a) Corrective action process b) Cause evaluation c) Operating experience program d) Employee concerns program e) Self-assessment program f) Maintenance rule program and implementing procedures g) Operability determination process h) Degraded/non-conforming condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20) i) System health process or equivalent equipment reliability improvement programs j) Preventive maintenance deferral process If any of the procedures requested above were revised after August 1 st, 2009, please provide (or have available) copies of all revisions during the onsite inspection.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, top ten risk significant components for each one of the top ten risk significant systems, and top ten risk significant operator manual actions 3. List of all Problem Investigation Program reports (PIPs) initiated including the following information for each PIP:

a) PIP number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Priority or level d) Affected system e) Affected component f) Responsible plant department g) PIP completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below).

PIP # Problem PrioritySystem Component Org StatusPIP-O-2008-01 "A" RHR Pump failed flow criteria per SR 5.0.5.4 2 RHR 2-RHR-PMP-A ENG Open 2 Enclosure

4. List of outstanding corrective actions including the following information for each action:

a) Corrective action number b) Corrective action type (e.g., corrective action to prevent recurrence, enhancement, maintenance rule evaluation, etc) c) Brief, but complete corrective action description d) Associated PIP number e) Corrective action initiation date f) Number of extensions g) Corrective action due date h) Completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below).

Corrective Action # Type Description PIPInitiation Date Extensions Due Date StatusAI2008000 001 CAPR Revise Procedure NGK-003-4585 PIP-O-2008-01 01/05/08 2 06/15/08 Awaiting CARB Review 5. List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding PIP and/or work order (WO) number

6. List of operator workarounds and operator burdens with a brief description and corresponding PIP number

7. List of all currently extended or overdue PIPs, sorted by initiation date, with the following information:

a) PIP number b) Priority or Significance c) PIP title and short description

8. List of all PIPs that have been voided, cancelled, or deleted. Please provide the following information for each PIP:

a) PIP number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Reason voided, cancelled, or deleted

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSCs) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since August 2009. Please include the following information for each system in (a)(1):

a) Date of classification in (a)(1) 3 Enclosure b) Reason for being placed in (a)(1) c) Planned actions and their status

10. List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of risk significant systems. Please include actions completed and current status.

11. List of corrective maintenance work orders. Please include the following information for each work order:

a) WO number b) Brief, but complete work description c) Affected system and components d) Date of initiation e) Date of completion (if completed)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below).

Work Order # Description System ComponentInitiation Date Due Date StatusWO01345 Replace breaker 2A-BKR-08-BB4 for 2A SI Pump. SI 2A-SI-PMP, BKR-08-BB4 01/05/08 03/15/09 Closed

12. Corrective action closeout packages, including PIPs with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee identified violations (LIVs). Please include a cross reference linking NRC Finding numbers and LIVs to appropriate PIP numbers

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including PIPs with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports (LERs) issued. Please include a cross reference linking LER number to appropriate PIP number.

14. List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.) and industry operating experience (OE) documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information letters, information from other sites, etc.) evaluated by the site for applicability to the station, regardless of the determination of applicability. Please include the reference number (e.g., PIP number) for the documents that evaluated the aforementioned OE information.

15. Copies of all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two audits/assessments of the corrective action program

16. Copies of all department self-assessments

17. Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departmental trend report(s), and corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment reliability trends 4 Enclosure

18. Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if exists) such as the number of PIPs initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may be available

19. Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. In addition, please provide a list of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite

20. List of PIPs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since August 2006 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.; environmental qualification). Please provide the following information for each PIP:

a) PIP number b) Priority c) PIP problem description

21. If performed, please provide any recent self-assessment of the site safety culture.

22. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other oversight methods

23. List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description

24. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report, if available

25. System Health Reports, system design basis documents, and system description information for the top ten risk significant systems