ML23335A011

IP 95001 Inspection Notification and Request for Information (EA-23-080)

ML23335A011
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	12/01/2023
From:	Alan Blamey NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB2
To:
References
IR 2023040, EA-23-080
Download: ML23335A011 (3)

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NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION FOR FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION (95001)

Inspection Procedure: IP 95001, Supplemental Inspection Response to Action Matrix Column 2 (Regulatory Response) Inputs, dated August 19, 2021 (ADAMS ML21175A172)

Inspection Dates: Preparation Week: December 4-8, 2023 Onsite Week: December 11-15, 2023 Inspection Report: 05000348/2023040 (Standalone Inspection Report)

Inspectors: P. Boguszewski (Lead)

M. Donithan By letter dated October 19, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) communicated to you the agencys intent to perform a supplemental inspection to review your evaluation of the root and contributing cause(s) and corrective actions for the White finding associated with a failure to promptly identify and correct a condition adverse to quality resulting in the inoperability of the Unit 1 B train (1B) emergency diesel generator (EDG)

(ML23263B166) for your Farley Nuclear Plant, Unit 1.

On November 14, 2023 (ML23318A473), your staff notified the NRC of your readiness for the agency to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the performance issues. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection Response to Action Matrix Column 2 (Regulatory Response) Inputs, beginning on December 11, 2023. This inspection procedure is conducted to provide assurance that the root and contributing causes for the performance issues are understood and to provide assurance that the corrective actions are sufficient to address the root and contributing causes and prevent recurrence.

To minimize the impact on your staff and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for information needed prior to the inspection preparation week. The documents identified are those that the inspectors will need prior to arrival at the plant. It is important that all documents are up-to-date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the inspection. If possible, we would request that this information be provided electronically to the inspectors. Please provide the information requested in the Enclosure to the Region II Office or a file sharing site (i.e., Certrec) by Friday, December 1, 2023. Additional documents may be requested during the preparation week. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required for inspection preparation.

Prior to arriving onsite, Mr. Boguszewski will discuss the following inspection support administrative details: (1) availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection, (2) method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection, (3) computer access, (4) working space, (5) arrangements for site access, and (6) other applicable information. We have discussed the schedule for the inspection with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mr. Ronnie (Gene) Surber of your organization. If there are any questions regarding our schedule for the inspection or the material requested, please contact Mr. Peter Boguszewski at 404-997-5151 or electronically at Peter.Boguszewski@nrc.gov.

Logistics:

Please schedule an entrance meeting for around 12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2023 (approximately 15 minutes). The date and time of the exit meeting will be discussed at a later date. In addition, Mr. Boguszewski would like to have a daily debrief with your inspection support staff at a convenient time in the afternoons of the onsite inspection week. (Time TBD, approximately 30 minutes).

The inspectors will need a conference room as workspace for the inspectors with Wi-Fi access available. The inspectors will also need an area available for conducting interviews.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT This letter contains voluntary information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). The burden to the public for these information collections is estimated to average 60 hours6.944444e-4 days <br />0.0167 hours <br />9.920635e-5 weeks <br />2.283e-5 months <br /> per response. Send comments regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION The NRC may not conduct nor 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 OMB control number.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week Please provide the information electronically in .pdf files, Excel, or other searchable format on a website (Certrec site, SharePoint, etc.) to the inspectors listed above. The website should be indexed to facilitate ease of use. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is made available via an internet-based remote document management system, then the remote document access must allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents from NRC offices. Paper records (hard copy) are acceptable. At the end of the inspection, the documents in our possession will not be retained. We also request that the information provided be sorted as numbered in the list below.

Documents requested by December 1, 2023:

1. Administrative procedures governing the sites corrective action program, including:

a. The identification and resolution of problems;

b. Root cause and apparent cause evaluations; and

c. Common cause assessments, effectiveness reviews, and self-assessments;

2. The root cause evaluation report(s) and associated documents for the White finding.

3. A copy of any corrective action documents related to the root cause evaluation report(s).

4. For those documents requested in item 2 and 3 above:

a. A list of all the corrective actions including the identifying number, short description, action owner, completion/estimated completion date, and status;

b. Documentation supporting completion of any corrective actions;

c. Current schedule and resource commitments for open corrective actions;

d. Schedule and status of any ongoing, planned, or completed effectiveness reviews; and

e. Documentation supporting completion of any effectiveness reviews.

5. A copy of all documents referenced in the root cause report(s) for the White finding (if uploaded electronically: with a title similar to Ref. [#] - [Title of document]).

6. A list of all condition reports initiated after February 26, 2020, associated with Unit 1 and Unit 2 EDGs, including a title or brief description, organized by date.

7. Documents (if numerous: at least a list of documents) used by the site to assess the extent of condition, such as completed maintenance work orders and equipment photographs.

8. Documents (if numerous: at least a list of documents) used by the site to assess the extent of cause, such as completed maintenance work orders and equipment photographs.

9. EDG vendor manuals relating to, at least, the lube oil system.

10. Any internal and/or external assessments of the root cause evaluation(s) and any follow-up assessments that occurred because of the root cause evaluation(s). This would include the results of any Quality Assurance Department assessments, corporate assessments, and mock 95001 assessments conducted at the plant to assess readiness for the inspection.

11. Site Organization Charts at the Senior Leadership level and for the Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance departments.

Enclosure