ML14063A628
| ML14063A628 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2014 |
| From: | Dapas M L Region 4 Administrator |
| To: | Heflin A C Wolf Creek |
| O'Keefe N F | |
| References | |
| IR-13-001 | |
| Download: ML14063A628 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2013001
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UNI T E D S T A T ES NUCL E A R RE G U L A T O R Y C O M MI S SION R E G I ON IV 160 0 E. L A M A R B L V D. A RL I NGTO N , TX 76011-4511 M a r ch 4, 2014 M r. Adam C. H e f lin, P r e s ident and C h i e f E xecu t i v e O f f i c e r W o l f C r e e k N uc lear O p e r a t i n g C o r po r a t i on P.O. B ox 411 B u r li n g t o n , K S 66839 SUB J EC T: ANNUA L ASSES S M E N T L E T T E R F O R W O LF CREE K GENERA T I N G S T A T I O N (REP O R T 05 0 00482/201300 1) D ear M r. H e f li n: O n Fe b r ua r y 1 2, 201 4 , t he NRC co m p l e t ed i t s e n d-o f-c y c l e pe r f o rm a n ce r e v i e w of W o l f C r e e k G ene r a t i ng S t a t i o n. T he NR C r e v i e w ed t he m o s t recent q ua r t e r l y pe r f o rmance i nd i ca t o r s (P Is) i n add i t i on t o inspec t i on resu l t s and e n f o r ce ment ac t i ons fr o m Janu a r y 1, 20 13, t h r o u g h Dece mber 31, 2 0 1 3. T h i s l e tt e r i n f o r m s y ou o f t h e NRC's asses s ment o f W o l f C r eek G ene r a t i ng S t a t i on d u r i ng t h i s p e r i od and i t s p lans f o r f u t u r e inspe c t ions a t t hat f ac ili t y. T he NRC de t e rm i ned t h a t o v e r a ll , W o l f C r e e k G e ne r a t i n g S t a t i on w as op e r a t ed i n a manner that p rese r v ed pub li c hea l t h and s a f e t y and met a l l c o r ne r s t one o b j e c t i ves. T h e NRC de t e rm i ned t he p e r f o rmance a t W o l f C r eek G ene r a t i ng S t a t i o n du r i n g t he m o s t recent q u a rt e r w as w i t h i n t he L icensee Response C o l u m n o f t he NR C's R ea c tor O v e r s i ght P roce s s (ROP) A c t i on M a tr i x because a l l inspec t i on f i nd i n g s had v e r y l ow (i.e., G reen) s a f e t y s i g n i f i ca nce, and a l l P I s i nd i ca t ed t h a t p lant pe r f o rmance w as w i t h i n t he n o m i na l , e x pec t ed r a n g e (i.e., G r een). T h e r e f o re, t he NR C p lans t o condu c t R OP base l i ne inspec t i ons a t your f a c ili t y. Al t hou g h p lant p e r f o r m ance w as w i t h i n t he L icensee Response C o l u mn, t he NRC has n o t yet f i na l i z ed t he s i g n i f icance o f a p r e li m i n a r y Gr e a t e r-t ha n-G r een f i nd i n g i n t he ph y s ical secu r i t y co r ne r s t one d o cu m e n t ed i n NR C Insp e c t i on R ep o rt 05000482
/2013403 (M L13346 A 22 7). The f i nal s a f e t y s i g n i f icance d e t e r m i na t i on m ay a f f ect t he NRC's asses s ment o f p l ant p e r f o rm a nce and t he enc losed insp e c ti on p lan. Y ou w ill be no t i f i ed by sepa r a t e c o rr e s pondence o f t he f inal s i g n i f icance f o r t h i s f i nd i ng, as w e ll as any changes t o our pe r f o r mance a ssess m e n t and assoc i a t ed inspe c t ion p l an. A t t he b e g i nn i ng o f t h i s assess m e n t c y c l e, W ol f C r e e k G ene r a t i n g S t a t i on w as i n t he D e g r aded C o r ne r s t o ne C o l u m n be cause t h e r e w as one Y e l l ow f i nd i ng and one W h i t e pe r f o r mance i nd i ca t or i n t he M i t i g a t i n g S y s t e m s C o r ne r s t on e. T he Y e ll ow f i nd i ng i n v o lved y our s t a f f's f a il u r e t o p r o v i de ade q u a t e o v e r s i ght o f co n tr a c t o r s w h il e t hey pe r f o r m ed w o r k t h a t cou l d a f fect s a f e t y- r e l a t ed e q u i p ment i n A p r il 2011. T he p e r f o r m an c e i nd i ca t or f o r M i t i g a t i n g S y s t e m s P e r f o r mance I ndex - E m e r gency A C S y s t em (M SP I - EAC) h a d been r epo r t ed as W h i t e s ince t he f i r s t q u a rt e r o f 201 2. O n Jun e 7 , 2013 , t he NR C c o m p l e t ed a su p p l e m e n t al i n s pec t i on p u r su a n t t o I nspec t i on P r oced u r e 9 5 0 0 2, " S up pl e m e n t al I ns p e c t i on for O ne D e g r ad e d C o r n e r s t one o r Any T h r ee W h i t e I n pu t s i n a S tr a t e g i c P e r f o r m a n ce A r e a ," a t W o l f C r e e k G en e r a t i n g S t a t i o n. T h is
A.H e flin - 2 - insp e c t i on w a s pe r f o rm e d t o as sess your s t a f f's e va l ua t i o n of t he root c a uses, c o ntri bu t ing cau ses, a nd co r r ec t i v e a c t i o ns a sso c i a t ed wi t h t h e Y e l l o w f in d in g , a n d i nc l uded an as sess m ent o f a c t ions t o ad d ress f o u r open subs t a n t i v e c r os s-cu t t i ng issue s. T he t e a m a l so pe r f o r m ed a li m i t ed scope independent
s a f e t y cu l t u r e asses s m ent f o ll o w-up i n acco r dance w i t h Inspe c t i on P rocedu r e 4010 0 , "I nde p endent S a f e t y C u l t u r e A ssess m e n t Fo ll o w-u p." The inspec t o r s de t e r m i ned t h a t y our s t a f f p e r f o rm ed a c o m p r eh e ns i v e e v a l ua t i on t o i den t i f y ap p r op r i a t e caus e s for t he Y e ll ow f i nd ing, a n d co r r ec t i v e ac t i ons w e r e app r o p r i a t e t o ad d ress those cause s. Based on t he resu lt s o f t h i s i ns p ec t ion, t he Y e ll o w f i nd i ng w as c losed i n NR C I ns p ec t i on R epo r t 05000482/2013010 (M L 13203 A 329). O n A p r il 29, 2 013, t he NRC co m p l e t ed t he supp l e m en tal inspe c t ion t o r e v i e w t he a c t i on t a k en t o add ress t he W h i t e M SP I - EAC, pu rsua n t t o Insp e c t i on P roced u r e 9 5 00 1 , "S upp l e m en tal Inspec t i on f o r O ne o r T w o W h i t e I np u t s i n a S tr a t e g i c P e r f o rm a n ce A r e a." A s doc u m en t e d i n NR C Inspec t i on R epo r t 0 50004 8 2/2 0 13009 (M L 1 3126 A 197), t h i s inspe c t i on w as pe r f o rm ed t o assess your s t a ff's e v a l u a t i on o f t he r o ot cause s, con tr i bu t i n g cause s , and co rr e c t i v e ac t ions assoc i a t ed w i t h t he W h i t e P I. T he P I d a t a r epo r t ed f o r W o l f C r e e k G en er a t i n g S t a t i on f o r the second q ua r ter o f 2013 i nd i ca t ed t h a t M SP I - EAC had r e t u r ned t o Gr ee n. T h e r e f o r e, s ince four q ua r t e r s had p assed s ince t he W h i t e P I w as i den t i f i e d; t he NRC had c onc l uded based on t he 95001 supp l e m e n t al inspec t i on resu l t s, t h a t y ou had ad e q u a t e l y e v a l u a t ed and add r e ssed t he p e r f o rmance issue s; and g i v en that t he P I h a d r e t u r ned t o G r een a s of June 30, 201 3 , W ol f C r eek G ene r a t i ng S t a t i o n w a s r e t u r ned t o t he L i censee Response co l u m n as o f Ju l y 1, 201 3. T he NR C a l so issued a C h il l in g E ff e c t L e tt e r (CE L) (ADA M S M L13233 A 208) t o W o l f C r e e k N uc l ear O p e r a t i n g C o r p o r a t i on on A u gust 19, 20
1 3. T he CE L w as issued because t he Occup a t ional S a f e t y and He a l t h A d mini s tr a t io n (OSHA) had issued a f i n d i ng o f d i s c r i m in a t io n for r a i s i ng s a f e t y conc e r ns a g a inst a f o r mer e m p l o y ee of an e n g i ne e r i ng c on tr a c tor e m p l o y ed by W o l f C r e e k N uc lear O p e r a t i n g C o r po r a t i on, and d ue t o t he NR C i den t i f y i ng t h a t a ch ille d w o r k en v i r on m ent e x i s t ed w i t h i n your f ac ili t y's Q ua li t y A ssu rance G roup. Issua n ce o f a CE L m e e t s t he NR C c r i t e r i a i n Insp e c t i on Manual C hap ter (I M C) 0305, "O pe r a t i ng R eac tor Asses s ment P r og r a m ," for t he i den t i f i ca t i on o f a c r os s-c u tt i n g t he m e i n t he a r ea o f s a f e t y consc i ous w o r k en v i r on ment (S C W E). H o w e v e r , t he NRC has a ssessed y our 3 0-day and 6-m o n t h responses t o t he CEL, and conduc t ed a pub li c m e e t i ng i n t he R e g i on I V o ff i ce on Janu a r y 22, 2014, t o d iscuss t he a c t i ons t hat y ou a r e t a k i n g t o add r e s s t he w o r k i n g en v i r on m e nt a t your f ac il i t y. T he NRC has dec i ded n o t t o open a sub s t a n t i v e c r os s-cu t t i ng issue i n t he a r ea o f S C W E a t t h i s t i m e because t he NR C s t a f f d oes not ha v e a conc e r n wi t h y our ac t i on s. T h i s t he m e w ill con t i nue t o be r e v i e w ed du r i ng t he n e x t t w o pe r f o rmance as sess m e n t s as w e con t i n u e t o m on i t o r y our s t a f f's a c t i ons t o ens u r e W ol f C r e e k G ene r a t i n g S t a t i on i s a w o r k p lace that f o s t e r s an en v i r on m ent w he r e e m p l o y ees f eel free, and a r e encou r a ged, t o r a i se s a f e t y conce r n s. T he enc losed inspe c t i on p l an li s t s t he inspec t i ons s c hedu l ed t h r o u g h June 30, 2 0 1 5. R ou t i ne inspec t i ons pe r f o r m ed b y r es ident inspe c t o r s a r e not i nc l uded i n t he insp e c t i on p lan. T he inspec t i ons schedu l ed t o be condu c t ed du r i n g t he last n i ne m o n t hs a r e t e n t a t i v e and m ay be r e v ised based on t he r e s u l t s o f t h e m i d-c y c l e pe r f o rmance r e v i e w. T he N R C p r o v i des t he inspec t i on p l an t o a ll ow for t he reso l u t i on o f any schedu li ng co n f li c t s and p e rsonnel a v a il ab i l i t y issues. T he NR C w ill con tact y our s t a f f as soon as poss i b l e t o d iscuss c h an g es t o t he inspec t i on p l an shou l d c i r cu m s tances w a rrant a n y chan g e s. T h i s inspe c t i on p l an does not i nc l ude secu r i t y r e l a t ed inspec t ions, w h i ch will be sent v i a sepa r a t e , no n-p ub li c l y a v a i l ab l e co rresponde nce.
A.H e flin - 3 - A n NRC aud i t o f licens e e e ff o r t s t o w a r ds c o m p liance w i t h Or d e r E A-1 2-0 49, "O rder M od i f y i ng L icenses w i t h R e g a r d t o R e q u i r e m en t s f o r M i t i g a t i on S tr a t e g i es for B e y on d-De s i g n-B as i s E x t e rnal E v en t s ," i s o n g o i n g. T h i s aud i t i nc l udes an ons i t e co m pone n t i n o r der f o r t he NR C t o e v a l ua t e m i t i g a t i n g s tr a t e g i es a s des c r i bed i n li c ensee su b m i tt a l s , and t o rece i v e and r e v i e w i n f o rm a t i on r e l a t i v e t o a ssoc i a t ed open i t e m s. T h i s ons i t e ac t i v i t y wil l a i d t he NR C s t a f f i n de v e l op m ent o f an u l t i m a t e S a f e t y E v a l ua t i on for t he s i t e. T he NR C s t a f f will be w o r k in g w i t h y our s t a f f t o es t a b li sh a d a t e for t he ons i t e co m p o nent audit. A s i t e-spec i f i c aud i t p l an f o r t he v i s i t w i ll be p r o v i ded i n a d vance t o a ll ow su f f i c ient t i m e f o r p r epa r a t ions. A s a resu l t o f t he S a f e t y C u l t u r e C o m m on La n g u a g e I n i t i a t i ve, t he t e r m i n o l o g y and cod i n g o f c ross-cu t t i ng aspe c t s w e r e r e v ised e f f e c t i v e Janua r y 1, 201 4. N ew c ross-cu tt i n g aspec t s w ill be coded i n acc o rdance w i t h t he l a t e s t r e v i s i on t o N R C Inspe c t i on Manual C hap ter (I M C) 0310, "Aspec t s w i t h i n C ross-C u tt i n g A r eas", d a t ed D e c e mber 19, 2013.
C r os s-cu tt i n g aspects i den t i f i ed i n t he last s i x m on t hs o f 2013 us i ng t h e p r e v i ous t e rm i no l o g y will be con v e rt ed t o t he r e v ised l an g u a g e i n a cc o rdance w i t h t he c r o s s-r e f e rence i n I MC 0310. T h e r e v ised c r o s s- cu tt i n g aspec t s w ill be eva l ua t ed f o r c r os s-cu t t i n g t he m es and p o t e n t ial s u bs t an t i v e c r o s s- cu tt i n g i ssu e s i n a c co r d ance w i t h I MC 0305 s t a r t i ng w i t h t he ca l end a r y ear 2014 m i d-c y c l e assess m e n t. I n acc o rdance w i t h 10 CFR 2.390 o f t he NRC's Rule s o f P r ac t i c e , a copy o f t h i s l e t ter w i ll be a v a i l ab l e e l ec tr on i ca ll y f o r pub li c inspe c t i on i n t he NR C P ub li c Docu ment R oom o r fr o m the P ub li c l y A v a il ab l e Reco r ds (PARS) co m pone n t o f NRC's doc u m e n t s y s t e m (ADA M S). ADA M S i s access i b l e fr om t he N R C W e b s i t e a t
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WolfCreek Inspection
I Activity Plan 03/01/2014
- 06/30/2015
Page 1 of 2 02/27/2014
Report22 13:10:28 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection
procedures.
Enclosure RS 12 PI - RADIATION SAFETY Title 2 03/17/2014
03/21/2014
03/17/2014
03/21/2014
IP 71124.01 IP 71124.02 Radiologica
lHazard Assessment
and Exposure Controls Occupational
ALARA Planning and Controls 03/17/2014
03/21/2014
03/17/2014
03/21/2014
IP 71151-0R01 Occupational
Exposure Control Effectiveness
IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological
Effluent TSB 52B - BIENNIAL PI&R 4 05/19/2014
05/23/2014
IP 71152B Problem Identification
and Resolution
06/02/2014
06/06/2014
IP 711528 Problem Identification
and Resolution
RS 5678 - RADIATION SAFETY- TEAM 4 06/02/2014
06/06/2014
06/02/2014
06/06/2014
06/02/2014
06/06/2014
06/02/2014
06/06/2014
IP '11124.05 IP 71124.06 IP 71124.0'1 IP 71124.08 INSP Radiation Monitoring
Instrumentation
Radioactive
Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment Radiological
Environmental
Monitoring
Program Radioactive
Solid Waste Processing
and Radioactive
Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation
- BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION
3 08/25/2014
08/29/2014
10/20/2014
10/24/2014
11/03/2014
11/07/2014
IP 711111 1 B Licensed Operator Requalification
Program EB2-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION
INSPECTION
4 IP 7111105T Fire Protection
[Triennial]
IP 7111105T Fire Protection
[Triennial]
INDICATORS
11/17/2014
11/1712014
11/17/2014
11/21/2014
11/21/2014
11/21/2014
IP 71151-EP01 IP 71151-EP02 IP 71151-EP03 Drill/Exercise
Performance
ERO Drill Participation
Alert & Notification
System EP-2 - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
11/17/2014
11/1712014
11/17/2014
11/17/2014
11121/2014
11/21/2014
11/2112014
11121/2014
IP 7111402 IP 7111403 IP 7111404 IP 7111405 71111.08 Alert and Notification
System Testing Emergency Preparedness
Organization
Staffing and Augmentation
System Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes Correction
Weaknesses
and Deficiencies
- INSERVICE INSPECTION
02/23/2015
03/06/2015
IP 7111108P lnservice Inspection
Activities
- PWR RS 13 PI - RADIATION SAFETY 2 03/09/2015
03/13/2015
IP 71124.01 Radiological
Hazard Assessment
and Exposure Controls 03/09/2015
03/13/2015
IP '11124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity
Control and Mitigation
03/09/2015
03/13/2015
IP '11151-0R01 Occupational
Exposure Control Effectiveness
rfhis report does not include
INPO and OUTAGE adlvffles.
WolfCreek Inspection
I Activity Plan 03/01/2014
- 06/30/2015
Page 2 of 2 02/27/2014
Report22 13:10:28 *This report shows only on-site and announced inspection
procedures.
Enclosure i Unit i Number Planned Dates Start End RS 13 PI -RADIATION SAFETY - --*L. Title No. of Staff on Site 2 03/09/2015
03/13/2015
IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological
Effluent EB1-17T - WC PERMANENT PLANT MODS & 50.59 06/15/2015
06/26/2015
IP 7111117T Evaluations
of Changes, Tests, and Experiments
and Permanent Plant Modifications
Ttiis report does not inClude I N PO and OUTAGE activit ies.