IR 05000259/2022005

Updated Inspection Plan for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3 Report 05000259/2022005, 05000260/2022005 and 05000296/2022005

ML22242A117
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	08/30/2022
From:	Wesley Deschaine NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB5
To:	Jim Barstow Tennessee Valley Authority
References
IR 2022005
Download: ML22242A117 (5)

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August 30, 2022 Mr. Jim Barstow Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and Support Services Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT: UPDATED INSPECTION PLAN FOR BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 - REPORT 05000259/2022005, 05000260/2022005 AND 05000296/2022005

Dear Mr. Barstow:

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2024, for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

Beginning on January 1, 2023, the engineering inspection frequency will transition from a triennial (3-year) to a quadrennial (4-year) cycle. The new engineering inspection program will consist of a Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection (CETI)1and three Focused Engineering Inspections (FEIs) that will be performed in each quadrennial cycle. For the cycle beginning in 2023, the FEIs will be: Fire Protection Team Inspection, Commercial Grade Dedication and an engineering inspection that reviews age-related degradation and management2.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC adjusted inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). While the PHE continues, overall conditions throughout the country support performance of our inspection and oversight activities to return to normal onsite presence by our resident and region-based inspectors and completion of nominal baseline inspection samples. We continue to monitor site-specific conditions and as discussed in our November 2, 2021 memo, Implementation of Inspection Programs Following Re-Entry from the Public Health Emergency for the Reactor Safety Program (ML21295A302), it may be necessary to alter how and when we perform our inspection and oversight activities as we balance the importance of protecting the health and safety of our staff with the need to conduct effective oversight that supports the NRCs critical safety mission.

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1Aspects of the Design Basis Assurance Inspection (DBAI), Evaluations of Changes, Tests, & Experiments, and Heat Sink inspections will be included in the CETI inspection. Attached Report 22 will reference DBAI procedure until the CETI procedure is made publicly available. Previously scheduled Evaluation of Changes, Tests, & Experiments and Heat Sink inspections have been cancelled and removed from Report 22.

2The age-related degradation and management procedure is under development and will be publicly available by the end of calendar year 2022. For inspections requiring extensive coordination with offsite organizations, such as evaluated emergency preparedness exercises, NRC guidance and frequently asked questions for security and emergency preparedness can be found here: https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/security-ep/. Similarly, the NRC has developed guidance if force-on-force inspections cannot be completed as scheduled due to an emergency, such as the COVID-19 PHE. These changes help ensure the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while maintaining the NRCs important safety and security mission during the COVID-19 PHE. The attached inspection plan is accurate on the date of issuance but remains subject to change based on approval of potential exemption requests or other changes needed due to changing conditions in the COVID-19 PHE. NRC staff will contact your appropriate regulatory affairs staff in order to coordinate inspection planning and scheduling.

In addition to the ROP baseline inspections, the Regional Administrator has approved the staffs plan to conduct Inspection Procedure (IP) 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal, at your facility.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs 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) 997-4624 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Signed by Deschaine, Wesley on 08/30/22 Wesley D. Deschaine, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260 and 50-296 License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 and DPR-68 Enclosure:

Browns Ferry Inspection/Activity Plan (09/01/2022- 06/30/2024)

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ML22242A117 X Non-Sensitive X Publicly Available X SUNSI Review Sensitive Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RII/DRP RII/DRP NAME S. Ninh J. Steward W. Deschaine DATE 08/30/22 08/30/22 08/30/2022

Site Inspection Activity Plan Browns Ferry 09/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count BROWNS FERRY REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 9/12/2022 9/16/2022 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 10/3/2022 10/7/2022 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

POST-APPROVAL LICENSE RENEWAL PHASE 4 4 1,2,3 12/5/2022 12/9/2022 IP 71003 000687 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING 1 1,2,3 1/1/2023 3/31/2023 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

TVA CORPORATE AA/FFD INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 1/9/2023 1/13/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1,2,3 1/9/2023 1/13/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1,2,3 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1,2,3 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program 1,2,3 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1,2,3 2/6/2023 2/10/2023 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification UNIT 2 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 2/27/2023 3/3/2023 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY BASELINE INSPECTION 3 1,2,3 2/27/2023 3/3/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2,3 2/27/2023 3/3/2023 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1,2,3 2/27/2023 3/3/2023 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1,2,3 2/27/2023 3/3/2023 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1,2,3 2/27/2023 3/3/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification 1,2,3 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2,3 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1,2,3 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1,2,3 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1,2,3 3/13/2023 3/17/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification OPERATION ON AN ISFSI 2 1,2,3 6/5/2023 6/9/2023 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI BROWNS FERRY INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 5 Prepared on 8/24/2022 2:12:03 PM 1 of 2

Site Inspection Activity Plan 1,2,3 5/8/2023 5/12/2023 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1,2,3 6/12/2023 6/23/2023 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE INSPECTION 5 1,2,3 6/26/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1,2,3 6/26/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1,2,3 6/26/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification FOCUSED ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS (CGD) 3 1,2,3 10/16/2023 10/20/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication 1,2,3 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication UNIT 3 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 3 2/26/2024 3/1/2024 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP RAD SAFETY OCCUPATIONAL AND TRANSPORTATION BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 2/26/2024 3/1/2024 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2,3 2/26/2024 3/1/2024 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation 1,2,3 2/26/2024 3/1/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1,2,3 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1,2,3 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training 1,2,3 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1,2,3 3/25/2024 3/29/2024 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification TARGET SET INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 4/29/2024 5/3/2024 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets BROWNS FERRY INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 4 1,2,3 4/14/2024 4/20/2024 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1,2,3 5/19/2024 6/1/2024 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

RP RAD SAFETY PUBLIC BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1,2,3 6/24/2024 6/28/2024 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1,2,3 6/24/2024 6/28/2024 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1,2,3 6/24/2024 6/28/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Prepared on 8/24/2022 2:12:03 PM 2 of 2