ML112630692

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML112630692
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire
Issue date:	09/15/2011
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Krich R Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 September 15, 2011 Mr. R. M. Krich Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3R-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Krich:

During the period of October 17-21, 2011, the NRC will conduct baseline emergency preparedness inspection activities at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The inspection will evaluate activities in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone using NRC Inspection Procedures (IP) 71114.01 and 71114.04. The inspection will also review the emergency preparedness performance indicators using IP 71151.

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. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete, thereby minimizing the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. The inspector has requested that the subject informational material be made available to the NRC staff upon arrival on October 17, 2011.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Robert Clark of your organization of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Mark Speck at (404) 997-4759.

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).

Sincerely,

/ RA / Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-370 License Nos.: NPF-90

Enclosure:

Document Request List

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D. E. Grissette Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution G. A. Boerschig Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, MOB 2R-WBN Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution C. J. Riedl Acting Manager, Licensing Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, ADM 1L-WBN Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 J. W. Shea Manager, Corp. Nuclear Licensing - WBN Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution E. J. Vigluicci Assistant General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution W. D. Crouch Licensing Manager, Unit 2 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, EQB 1B-WBN Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 County Mayor P.O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322

County Executive 375 Church Street Suite 215 Dayton, TN 37321

Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Division of Radiological Health 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Watts Bar Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, TN 37381-2000 Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854

Enclosure Document Request List

Inspection Dates: October 17-21, 2011

Inspection Procedures: IP 71114.01 Exercise Evaluation IP 71114.04 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Note: This is a list of the documents to be delivered to the NRC Region II Office (Attention: Mark Speck, 245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE, Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30303-1257) and/or provided to the Team Lead Inspector upon arrival for the respective inspections. The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic media is preferred, if readily available (the preferred file format is Word or searchable ".pdf" files on CDROM or "thumb" drive). Please organize the information as it is arranged below (e.g. a folder labeled "Miscellaneous"). It is not the intent that large or burdensome data be scanned for this purpose. This data will be inspected using original documentation. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

EP1 Exercise Evaluation Drill and exercise related procedures Core damage assessment procedure Dose assessment procedure Special/emergency exposure procedure Potassium Iodide distribution procedure Assembly/accountability procedure Emergency Facility Activation procedures Previous two exercise packages: scenario timeline drill reports or assessment, and respective Final Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) / Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exercise reports All drill reports within inspection period Current exercise package: scenario timeline, expected Drill and Exercise Performance opportunities, exercise objectives, radiological assumptions and distributions, and scope of play and participation Corrective action program entries related to the exercises and drills for the two year inspection period

EP4 Emergency Action Level (EAL) and Emergency Plan Changes Governing document for 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluation process 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluator training program and qualification records Changed procedure 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluation Changed procedure current and previous revisions to last inspection Corrective action program entries related to Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan changes for the two year inspection period 2 Enclosure EP01/EP02/EP03 Performance Indicators (PI) Verification Governing document for the performance indicator process Drill and Exercise Performance (DEP), Emergency Response Organization (ERO), and Alert and Notification System (ANS) PI data submitted for the two year inspection period DEP documentation and evaluations for the two year inspection period Current ERO roster Corrective action program entries related to performance indicators, that is DEP, ERO training and participation, and ANS for the two year inspection period Miscellaneous Procedures Current Emergency Plan Safety Evaluation Report approved Emergency Plan Current Emergency Action Levels Safety Evaluation Report approved Emergency Action Levels Current Emergency Plan implementing procedures Corrective Action Program procedure

Lead Inspector Contact Information

Mark E. Speck (404) 997-4759 mark.speck@nrc.gov Mailing Address US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II ATTN: Mark Speck 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303-1257