ML25213A189
| ML25213A189 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 08/04/2025 |
| From: | Greg Pick NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB2 |
| To: | Kharrl C South Texas |
| Pick G | |
| References | |
| IR 2025010 | |
| Download: ML25213A189 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000499/2025010
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August 04, 2025
Charles Kharrl, President
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 -
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR AN NRC POST-APPROVAL SITE
INSPECTION FOR LICENSE RENEWAL - INSPECTION REPORT
Dear Charles Kharrl:
On October 20, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a post-
approval site inspection for license renewal for Unit 2. Two inspectors will perform this 1-week
inspection in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71003. This inspection will focus on
outage related activities to verify that license conditions added as part of your renewed license
and a sample of license renewal commitments have been implemented.
To minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we have
enclosed a request for information for the inspection. It is important that all these documents are
up to date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the
preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection. Insofar as possible this information
should be provided electronically to the lead inspector. This information request has been
divided into two groups:
The first group lists information necessary for our initial inspection scoping and in-office
preparation activities. During the in-office preparation activities, the inspectors will identify as
much as possible the information and activities to be reviewed during the inspection. Please
provide this information by September 15, 2025.
The second group lists the additional information required for the inspectors to review the
selected activities. Please provide this information to the inspectors when they arrive onsite
October 20, 2025. It is also requested that corrective action documents and/or questions
developed during the inspection be provided to the inspectors as the documents are
generated.
C. Kharrl
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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 and its enclosure 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 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Greg Pick. We understand that our licensing contact for
this inspection is Chris Warren of your organization. If there are any questions about the
inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at (817) 504-2105 or via
e-mail at greg.pick@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
Greg Pick, Senior Reactor Inspector
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Docket No. 50-499
License No. NPF-80
Enclosure: Post-Approval Site Inspection for
License Renewal Request for Information
Signed by Pick, Gregory
on 08/04/25
SUNSI Review
By: GAP
Non-Sensitive
Sensitive
Publicly Available
Non-Publicly Available
Keyword
OFFICE
BC:DORS/EB2
SRI:DORS/EB2
NAME
GWarnick
GPick
SIGNATURE
/RA/
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DATE
08/04/25
08/04/25
Enclosure
Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal Request for Information
I.
Information Requested Prior to the On-Site Inspection - required by
September 15, 2025
The documents and information requested below should generally be made available to
the inspectors prior to the inspection. Electronic format is the preferred format, except
where specifically noted. If electronic files are made available via a secure document
management service, then the remote document access must allow inspectors to
download, save, and print the documents.
If a secure document management service is utilized, it is recommended that a separate
folder be used corresponding to each item listed below. It is recommended that multiple
documents within each folder be individually entered and for folders with ten or more
documents place them into a ZIP file uploaded into the same folder. Documents should
be identified by both document number and descriptive noun name.
1.
Provide a list of your license renewal commitments associated with appropriate
aging management programs. Include the completion status of each. For those
not yet complete, please provide an estimated completion date.
2.
Provide a list of your aging management programs, copies of the program basis
document for each and/or any associated plant program. Please include a listing
of the action tracking items for each.
3.
For aging management programs that are one-time inspection programs, provide
a list of completed work order numbers for inspections that have been
completed. This should include identification of the inspected component.
4.
Provide a listing of planned inspections that will be conducted during the onsite
week, credited for license renewal. This provides the inspectors with the ability to
observe activities and areas that are generally inaccessible at power (e.g.,
containment liner and containment coating inspections). If there are no
inspections planned, the inspectors will select areas normally inaccessible to
tour.
5.
Provide current management and license renewal organizational charts, as well
as contact information for aging management program owners and the license
renewal project staff.
6.
Provide copies of any internal/external self-assessments and associated
corrective action documents generated in preparation for the inspection.
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II.
Information Requested to be Available When the Inspectors Arrive On-Site on
October 20, 2025
1.
Copies of the work orders requested during the preparation week related to the
selected commitments/aging management programs. This will include work
orders for the inspections to be observed and completed work orders to be
reviewed by the inspectors.
2.
Contact information to facilitate inspector observation of the selected work
activities or evaluation of inaccessible areas.
3.
Documentation demonstrating completion of license renewal commitments
considered completed as of the inspection date. For example, this may include a
binder for each commitment, which includes implementing documentation and
references.
III. Information Requested to be Provided Throughout the Inspection
1.
Copies of any corrective action documents generated because of the inspectors
questions or queries during this inspection.
2.
Copies of the list of questions submitted by the inspectors and the
status/resolution of the information requested (provide daily during the inspection
to each inspector).
If you have questions regarding the information requested, please contact the lead inspector.