ML091050600
| ML091050600 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 04/15/2009 |
| From: | O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2 |
| To: | Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| References | |
| IR-09-008 | |
| Download: ML091050600 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000002/1975009
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UNITED STATES
NUC LE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N
R E GI ON I V
612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400
AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125
April 15, 2009
John T. Conway
Senior Vice President &
Chief Nuclear Officer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
P. O. Box 3
Mail Code 104/6/601
Avila Beach, CA 93424
SUBJECT: DIABLO CANYON, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL
FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION (NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000275/2009008 and 05000323/2009008) REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Conway:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
Region IV staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at your Diablo Canyon
facility in July 2009. The inspection team will be comprised of reactor inspectors from the NRC
Region IV office. The team will conduct the inspection in accordance with the baseline
Inspection Procedure 71111.05TTP, "Fire Protection-NFPA 805 Transition Period (Triennial)."
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
- Information gathering visit: June 10 - 11, 2009
- Onsite inspection: July 06 - 10, 2009
July 20 - 24, 2009
Three individuals will participate in the information gathering visit, to select the fire areas for
evaluation, identify additional documents needed to support the inspection, obtain unescorted
access, meet with the key personnel who will support the inspection, and become familiar with
your fire protection program. The enclosure to this letter provides an initial list of the documents
the team will want to review. We request that your staff transmit copies of the documents listed
in the enclosure to the NRC Region IV office for team use in preparation for the inspection.
Please send this information so that it will arrive in our office in Arlington, Texas, by the dates
listed in the enclosure.
We request that during the onsite inspection weeks, you ensure that copies of analyses,
evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire
protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the
team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire
protection program satisfies the NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC
and industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) plant
systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and outside the
control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses, (3) reactor plant
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fire protection systems, and (4) the fire protection program and its implementation should be
available to support the team at the site during the inspection.
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 NRCs 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).
Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions
concerning this inspection or the inspection team's information or logistical needs, please
contact the lead inspector, John Mateychick, at 817-276-6560.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Neil OKeefe, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-275; 50-323
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Supporting Documentation
DISTRIBUTION:
Sierra Club San Lucia Chapter
ATTN: Andrew Christie
P. O. Box 15755
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Nancy Culver
San Luis Obispo
Mothers for Peace
P. O. Box 164
Pismo Beach, CA 93448
Chairman
San Luis Obispo County
Board of Supervisors
1055 Monterey Street, Suite D430
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
Truman Burns\Robert Kinosian
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Ave., Rm. 4102
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
Attn: Robert R. Wellington, Esq.
Legal Counsel
857 Cass Street, Suite D
Monterey, CA 93940
Director, Radiological Health Branch
State Department of Health Services
P. O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)
Sacramento, CA 95899-7414
City Editor
The Tribune
3825 South Higuera Street
P. O. Box 112
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112
James D. Boyd, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street (MS 31)
Sacramento, CA 95814
James R. Becker, Site Vice President &
Station Director
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
P. O. Box 56
Avila Beach, CA 93424
Jennifer Tang
Field Representative
United States Senator Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section
FEMA Region 9
1111 Broadway, Suite 1200
Oakland, CA 94607-4052
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Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Michael.Peck@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Tony.Brown@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (Vincent.Gaddy@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Rick.Deese@nrc.gov)
DC Site Secretary (Agnes.Chan@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
File located: R:REACTORS\DC 2009008 RFI-TFP ML091050600
SUNSI Rev Compl. X Yes No ADAMS X Yes No Reviewer Initials JMM
Publicly Avail X Yes No Sensitive Yes X No Sens. Type Initials JMM
EB2 C: EB 2
J. Mateychick N.OKeefe
/RA/ /RA/
04/13 /09 04/15/09
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
ENCLOSURE
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested
Please provide the following documentation items 1 - 4 prior to the onsite information-gathering
visit, preferably no later than June 1, 2009. Where practical, please provide copies
electronically.
1. The current version of your fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.
2. Post-fire safe shutdown analysis and the supporting calculations that demonstrate
acceptable plant response.
3. Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (Safety Evaluation Reports,
pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, letters
to/from the NRC regarding fire protection/fire safe shutdown, etc.).
4. The Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment or portions of the plants Individual Plant
Examination for External Events report addressing fire events.
Please provide the following documentation items 5 - 37 during the information-gathering visit or
by June 29, 2009, in order to support inspection preparation. Whenever practical, please
provide copies electronically. However, drawings should be provided as paper copies of
sufficient size that all details are legible.
5. Plant layout and equipment drawings for the selected fire areas (these areas will be
selected during the information gathering trip) that identify: (a) the physical plant
locations of major hot standby and cold shutdown equipment; (b) plant fire area and/or
fire zone delineation; and (c) the locations of fire protection equipment, such as
detection, suppression, and post-fire emergency lighting units; and (d) fire area
boundaries.
6. Fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls, operator
response procedures for fires, fire fighting procedures, etc.).
7. Operating procedures used for achieving and maintaining hot and cold shutdown
conditions from the control room in the event of a fire outside the control room (III.G.2
areas).
8. Operating procedure(s) used to implement an alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas)
capability with or without control room evacuation.
9. Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the
information-gathering trip).
10. A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdowns in the
event of a fire (safe shutdown equipment lists).
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11. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams showing the components used to achieve
and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown for normal and alternate shutdown. Please
provide one copy of the piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for these systems of
a size sufficient to read all details. These should include the systems used for RCS
makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and reactivity control, including the
essential support systems.
12. A listing of design change packages which were determined to impact fire protection and
post-fire safe shutdowns, performed in the last 3 years.
13. Copies of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.
14. A listing of open and closed corrective action documents initiated in the last 3 years,
which relate to the fire protection program or equipment. Include corrective action
document number, date, and subject.
15. A listing of the applicable codes and standards (with the versions) related to the design
of plant fire protection features and evaluations of any code deviations.
16. Drawings of the portions of the emergency lighting system which support fire response
and post-fire safe shutdown.
17. Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering
studies or calculations which support the design basis.
18. Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and
plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.
19. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.
20. A listing of maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown
capability and fire barriers, detectors, pumps and suppression systems.
21. Maintenance Rule performance criteria and a summary of the last 3 years performance
history for fire protection program systems or functions monitored within the
22. A copy of fire protection program requirements (e.g. limiting conditions for operation,
surveillance test requirements) covered by Technical Specifications, Technical
Requirements Manual, Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, or similar documents.
23. Copies of internal and external self-assessments, audits, peer-assessments or similar
reviews related to post-fire safe shutdown capability or the fire protection program
completed since January 1, 2006.
24. A list of manual actions taken outside the control room which are credited to mitigate the
consequences of fires in III.G.2 areas (non-alternative shutdown areas). The list should
group actions by the initiating fire area or zone and indicate the location where the action
must take place.
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25. Electronic copies of operator study guides (i.e. lesson plan text and graphics) or design
basis documents that describe the purpose/function/operating characteristics of the safe
shutdown systems (reactor coolant system (RCS) makeup, RCS pressure control, decay
heat removal, and reactivity control, including the essential support systems).
26. Two copies of one-line diagrams of the electrical distribution system. These should
depict how power gets from the switchyard to the engineered safety feature loads (480V
and 4160V). Also, include the vital DC distribution system one-line diagrams.
27. A list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression systems in the plant,
giving location and the key equipment being protected.
28. A list of repairs (and the procedure that controls the actions) needed to: a) reach and/or
maintain hot shutdown and b) reach and/or maintain cold shutdown.
29. A list of high to low pressure interface valves.
30. A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.
31. Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
32. A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location
of their office and phone number onsite.
33. The team would like to observe an unannounced fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible,
during the week of July 20, 2009. Please put us in contact with the appropriate
personnel for planning drills during the onsite information gathering trip.
34. The team would like to perform a walkthrough of the procedure for control room
evacuation due to fire with qualified operators in the plant during the week of
July 6, 2009. Please put us in contact with the appropriate personnel for planning the
walkthrough during the onsite information gathering trip.
35. Corrective action documents listing fire protection program deficiencies,
non-compliances and past violations to be resolved during the transition to NFPA 805.
36. A list of compensatory measures in place for the fire protection program identifying those
that are in place due to issues to be addressed by the transition to NFPA 805.
37. Drawings showing the installed location details for fire suppression and detection
systems for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the
information-gathering trip).
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