ML22271A857
| ML22271A857 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 10/03/2022 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB1 |
| To: | Kapellas B Entergy Operations |
| Sifre W | |
| References | |
| IR 2023011 | |
| Download: ML22271A857 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000416/2023011
Text
October 3, 2022
Mr. Brad Kapellas, Site Vice President
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
P.O. Box 756
Port Gibson, MS 39150
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL
GRADE DEDICATION INSPECTION 05000416/2023011 AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Kapellas:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will conduct the commercial grade dedication baseline inspection at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
beginning on January 30, 2023. The inspection team will be composed of personnel from the
NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC inspection
procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03, Commercial Grade Dedication, dated June 28, 2022.
The inspection will evaluate the implementation of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station process for
dedicating commercial-grade items, as required in applicable portions of Appendix B to Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 (Appendix B), to ensure reasonable
assurance is provided that these items will perform their intended safety function. Additionally,
this inspection will evaluate implementation of Grand Gulf Nuclear Stations procurement
process for safety-related components, as required in Appendix B.
The inspection will include an onsite information gathering visit by the team lead and two weeks
of onsite inspection by the team. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: December 5 - 8, 2022
Onsite Inspection Weeks: January 30 - February 3, 2023, and February 13 - 17, 2023
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to become
familiar with the process for dedicating commercial-grade items and the process for procuring
safety-related components at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. This visit may include a tour of onsite
commercial-grade item dedication facilities, receipt inspection facilities, storage facilities, and
installed plant components associated with potential inspection samples. The team lead will
also discuss inspection support administrative details such as office space size and location,
specific documents to be made available, arrangements for reactor site access, and the
availability of knowledgeable plant staff and licensing organization personnel to serve as points
of contact during the inspection. Finally, the team lead will review an initial set of documents,
which are requested in Enclosure 1, to select potential inspection samples.
B. Kapellas
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The team lead will contact Mr. T. R. Jones of your Regulatory Assurance organization with a
final list of inspection samples. For the selected samples, the team will review an additional set
of documents, which are requested in Enclosure 2, during the in-office preparation week and
throughout the conduct of the inspection. Also, personnel who are knowledgeable about
dedicating commercial-grade items, procuring safety-related components, and performing
receipt inspection and storage activities should be available during the inspection. Additional
information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or walkdowns of facilities or installed plant
components will be made by the team throughout the inspection to complete their review of the
inspection samples. Finally, it is important that all documentation provided to the team is up-to-
date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the
preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.
If there are any questions about the inspection or the requested materials, please contact the
team lead, Wayne Sifre, by telephone at 817-200-1193 or by e-mail at Wayne.Sifre@nrc.gov.
Additional contact information for the inspection team is found in Enclosure 3.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
This letter contains mandatory 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). Send comments
regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, 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.
Sincerely,
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Signed by Gaddy, Vincent
on 10/03/22
B. Kapellas
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Docket No. 05000416
License No. NPF-29
Enclosures:
1.
Documents Requested for Information Gathering Visit
2.
Documents Requested for Inspection
3.
Inspection Team Contact Information
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DATE
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Enclosure
Enclosure 1
Documents Requested for Information Gathering Visit
The documents and information requested below should generally be made available to the
inspection team for the team's use both on-site and off-site during the information gathering
visit. 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 in the NRC's regional office.
Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hard copy) are acceptable. At the end of
the inspection, the documents in the team's possession will not be retained.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the
listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below.
Documents requested by November 28, 2022:
1.
Licensing basis documents such as the updated final safety analysis report and
technical specifications.
2.
Procedures for dedicating commercial-grade items and for procurement of safety-
related components.
3.
List of items commercial-grade items, with brief description of application, that have
been dedicated for safety-related applications. These items may be dedicated by
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, dedicated by a vendor (or other licensee), and procured
by Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. Please note whether the item has been installed in
the plant. The list should encompass the past six years of dedication activities.
4.
List of components procured as safety-related, with brief description of application, if
not included above. Please note whether the item has been installed in the plant.
The list should encompass the past six years of procurement activities.
5.
List of corrective action program documents, with brief description of application,
related to commercial-grade items, procurement, storage, and/or items that failed
after completing the dedication process. The list should encompass the past six
years of these activities.
6.
List of systems, system numbers/designators, and corresponding names.
7.
List of site contacts that will be associated with the inspection.
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Enclosure 2
Documents Requested for Inspection
For the samples identified by the team lead, the documents and information requested below
should generally be made available to the inspection team for the team's use both on-site and
off-site during the inspection. 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 in the
NRC's regional office. Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hard copy) are
acceptable. At the end of the inspection, the documents in the team's possession will not be
retained.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the
listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below for
each sample.
Documents requested by January 23, 2023:
1.
Purchase requisition and purchase orders.
2.
Other pertinent vendor/licensee correspondence.
3.
Original and updated design specifications.
4.
Catalog specifications.
5.
Procurement basis evaluation such as like-for-like, equivalency, plant design change
packages, drawing and specification updates.
6.
10 CFR 50.59 documentation, if required.
7.
Material receiving reports, packing lists/invoices, and other shipping documents.
8.
Receipt inspection reports and any related test reports.
9.
Other documents to trace the item from the time it was dedicated to the time it was
installed, tested, and accepted.
10.
Certificates of conformance/compliance/quality.
11.
Vendor test and inspection reports.
12.
Third-party or sub vendor test and inspection reports.
13.
Shelf-life information.
14.
Vendor dedication/partial dedication information.
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15.
Design/material/process change history information.
16.
Completed commercial-grade dedication document including safety classification,
identification of safety functions/application requirements, identification of critical
characteristics, identification of verification methods and acceptance criteria for the
critical characteristics, evaluation of credible failure modes, if applicable, and
identification of the suppliers quality assurance program that meets 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix B.
17.
Any deviation from design, material, and performance characteristics relevant to the
safety function (nonconformance dispositions).
18.
Documents showing objective evidence such as special test and inspection
procedures and results, commercial-grade survey reports -item, design, material,
and specific performance characteristic (relevant to safety function), and source
inspection reports.
19.
Completed post-installation test procedure and results.
20.
Completed stock or material issue forms and installation work orders or reports.
21.
Historical performance information.
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Enclosure 3
Inspection Team Contact Information
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1193
Wayne.Sifre@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1534
Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1126
Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Wayne Sifre
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511