ML14219A751

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments, and Permanent Plant Modifications Inspection (05000397-14-005) and Request for Information

ML14219A751
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	08/07/2014
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Reddemann M Energy Northwest
References
IR-14-005
Download: ML14219A751 (6)

See also: IR 05000397/2014005

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

August 7, 2014

Mr. Mark E. Reddemann

Chief Executive Officer

Energy Northwest

P. O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)

Richland, WA 99352-0968

SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF

CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT

MODIFICATIONS INSPECTION (05000397/2014005) AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Reddemann:

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 Columbia Generating Station from September 22-26, 2014, and

October 5-10, 2014. The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs

Region IV office for two weeks. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC

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

Permanent Plant Modifications.

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 information. Please note that the

information is requested to be provided by September 15, 2014. Upon review of this

information, the inspectors will select additional information for review upon arrival onsite. It is

important that all of this information is up-to-date and complete in order to minimize the amount

of additional information 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 Richard Garcia of your licensing

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

contact the lead 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.

M. Reddemann -2-

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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/

Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.: 50-397

License No.: NPF-21

Enclosure:

Evaluations of Changes, Tests,

and Experiments and Permanent Plant

Modifications Inspection Request for Information

Electronic Distribution to Columbia Generating Station

Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications

Inspection

Columbia Generating Station

Inspection Report: 05000397/20140045

Inspection Dates: September 22-26, 2014, and October 5-10, 2014

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

and Permanent Plant Modifications

Lead Inspector: Jonathan Braisted, 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 September 15, 2014, to the attention of Jonathan Braisted. We request

that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. The

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your

staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific

items requested 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 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) performed since the last

triennial modification inspection that did not result in an evaluation.

3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed the last triennial

modification inspection that did not result in an application for license amendment.

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

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial modification inspection.

5. Procedure(s) for implementing permanent plant modifications.

6. A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications since the last triennial

modification inspection.

7. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to permanent plant

modifications since the last triennial modification inspection.

8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations,

including qualification dates.

9. A list of personnel qualified to review and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or

evaluations, including qualification dates.

Enclosure

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

Safety Analysis Report.

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.

Note: For this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent plant changes,

design changes, set point changes, procedure changes, equivalency evaluations, suitability

analyses, calculations, and commercial grade dedications

Inspector Contact Information:

Jonathan Braisted Mahdi Hayes Nnaerika Okonkwo

Reactor Inspector Operations Engineer Reactor Inspector

817-200-1194 817-200-1508 817-200-1114

Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Jonathan Braisted

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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DATE 8/6/14 8/6/14 8/7/14

Letter to Mark Reddemann from Thomas Farnholtz, dated August 7, 2014

SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF

CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS

INSPECTION (05000397/2014005) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

DISTRIBUTION:

Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Deputy Director (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Dan.Bradley@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Douglas.Bodine@nrc.gov)

Acting Branch Chief, DRP/D (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/D (Brian.Parks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Andrea.George@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Anthony.Bowers@nrc.gov)