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Annual Assessment Letter - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 (NRC Inspection Report 05000391-09-601)
ML090710856
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 03/11/2009
From: Haag R
NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3
To: Bhatnagar A
Tennessee Valley Authority
References
ir-09-601
Download: ML090710856 (6)


See also: IR 05000391/2009601

Text

March 11, 2009

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2009601)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

On February 10, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction project. Our technical staff reviewed inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2008. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future

inspections at your facility.

Overall, activities conducted under the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 construction permit for this assessment period, as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations, with the conditions of your construction permit, and with fulfillment of Unit 2

regulatory framework commitments, were adequate. Our inspections indicated that your construction program and procedure development along with project staffing were sufficiently implemented to support ongoing construction activities. Management and QA oversight were adequate commensurate with the level of activities. The corrective action program implementation activities, including initiation, classification, disposition, and trending were deemed satisfactory. In conclusion, project performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, was adequate based on the above

inspection conclusion, all inspection findings being classified as severity level IV, and no substantive cross-cutting issues being identified. Therefore, we do not plan to expand our inspection activities beyond what is specified by Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2517.

We continue to develop the construction inspection plan as the details of your project schedule

become available. For the remainder of 2009 we plan to perform inspections specified in IMC 2512, Light Water Reactor Inspection Program - Construction Phase. In addition we plan to perform inspections in the following areas: Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R), Corrective Action Programs (CAPs), Special Programs (SPs), open items and generic communications. At this time, we have not finalized the details of the schedule for most of these

inspection activities due to uncertainties or lack of detail in the Watts Bar Unit 2 project schedule. We plan to give your staff ample notification of specific upcoming inspection activities as their schedule becomes available in order to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

TVA 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter 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).

Please contact me at (404) 562-6347 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or our planned inspections.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert C. Haag, Chief Construction Projects Branch 3 Division of Construction Projects

Docket No. 50-391 Construction Permit No: CPPR-92

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TVA 3 cc: Gordon P. Arent, Manager New Generation Licensing Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Watts Bar Unit Two

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

Michael K. Brandon, Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

County Executive 375 Church Street Suite 215 Dayton, TN 37321

County Mayor P.O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322

Greg A. Boerschig, Plant Manager

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

John C. Fornicola, General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 6A West Tower 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902

Lawrence E. Nanney, Director Tennessee Department of Environmental Health and Conservation Division of Radiological Health

3 rd Floor, L&C Annex 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Larry E. Nicholson, General Manager Performance Improvement

Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Michael D. Skaggs Site Vice President

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

Mr. Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority

3Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Mr. Thomas Coutu, Vice President

Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Mr. Michael A. Purcell Senior Licensing Manager Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

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TVA 4 cc cont: Michael K. Lorek, Vice President Nuclear Engineering & Projects Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Mr. Frederick C. Mashburn, Acting Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs

Tennessee Valley Authority 4K Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Senior Resident Inspector Tennessee valley Authority

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant U.S. NRC 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, TN 37381-2000

Letter to Ashok S. Bhatnagar from Robert C. Haag dated March 11, 2009

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 CONSTRUCTION - NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2008010

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