ML19043A946

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection (05000482/2019002) and Request for Information

ML19043A946
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	02/12/2019
From:	Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
References
IR 2019002
Download: ML19043A946 (5)

See also: IR 05000482/2019002

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February 12, 2019

Adam C. Heflin, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 - NOTIFICATION OF

EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION

(05000482/2019002) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff

will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant

modifications at your Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1, from April 29 - May 3, 2019. The

inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs Region IV office for one week.

The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure (IP) 71111.17T,

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both 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 a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by April 15, 2019. 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 Mr. J. Knust of your licensing organization.

If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the

lead inspector, Gerond George, by telephone at 817-200-1562 or by e-mail at

Gerond.George@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.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice & 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/

Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No: 50-482

License No: NPF-42

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and

Experiments Inspection Request for

Information

Electronic Distribution to the Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1

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SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/

DATE 02/11/19 02/12/19

Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection

Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1

Inspection Report: 05000482/2019002

Inspection Dates: April 29, 2019 to May 3, 2019

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

Lead Inspector: Gerond George, Senior 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 (preferred) by April 15, 2019, to the attention of Gerond A. George. We request that you

categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of

the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the

lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the onsite inspection. Based upon

a review of the documents provided from the request below, the inspectors may have additional

document requests. If so, we will communicate these needs and request that these items be

available for review on the first day of inspection. We ask that these items be available and

ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any questions regarding this

information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.

2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully

implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR

50.59 inspection that did not result in an evaluation.

3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes,

tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection that

did not result in an application for a license amendment.

4. A list with descriptions of all temporary plant modifications implemented since the last

triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

5. A list with descriptions of all compensatory actions for degraded or non-conforming

conditions implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

6. A list with titles and descriptions of all normal, abnormal, and emergency operating

procedure changes implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

7. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare, review, and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and/or evaluations, including qualification dates.

Enclosure

9. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report.

10. A copy of the most recent audits/self-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59

programs.

11. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any

changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,

required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).

12. A list of systems and system designators and a set of one-line (i.e., simplified) system

diagrams.

Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can

determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications.

Inspector Contact Information:

Gerond George Wes Cullum Shiattin Makor

Senior Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector

817-200-1562 817-200-1563 817-200-1079

Gerond.George@nrc.gov Wes.Cullum@nrc.gov Shiattin.Makor@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Gerond George

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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