ML17004A177

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant - Notification of NRC Triennial Heat Sink Performance Inspection (05000445/2017001 and 05000446/2017001) and Request for Information

ML17004A177
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	01/04/2017
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Peters K J TEX Operations Company
References
IR 2017001
Download: ML17004A177 (7)

See also: IR 05000445/2017001

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January 4, 2017

Mr. Ken J. Peters, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Attention: Regulatory Affairs TEX Operations Company LLC P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT: COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF NRC TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION (05000445/2017001 AND 05000446/2017001) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Peters:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will conduct a triennial heat sink performance inspection at your Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, from January 30, 2017, through February 3, 2017. The inspection will consist of two reactor inspectors from the NRC's Region IV office for one week. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.07, "Heat Sink Performance."

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 on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by January 23, 2017. We request that during the on-site inspection week you ensure that copies of analyses, evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of your heat exchanger program are available. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your heat exchanger program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of safety-related heat exchangers should be available to support the inspector at the site during the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for this inspection activity with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Gary Merka of your licensing organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the inspector, Jonathan Braisted, by telephone at 817-200-1194 or by e-mail at Jonathan.Braisted@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 3150-0011. 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 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice and Procedure," 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 R. Farnholtz, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446 License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89

Enclosure:

Triennial Heat Sink Performance Inspection Request for Information cc: Electronic Distribution