ML090050450

IR 05000266-09-002, IR 05000301-09-002, on 02/23/2009, for Point Beach, NRC Triennial Heat Sink Performance Inspection and Request for Information

ML090050450
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	01/05/2009
From:	Stone A M NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Meyer L Florida Power & Light Energy Point Beach
References
IR-09-002
Download: ML090050450 (9)

See also: IR 05000266/2009002

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January 5, 2009

Mr. Larry Meyer Site Vice President FPL Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241

SUBJECT: POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT-NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION-INSPECTION REPORT 05000266/2009002; 05000301/2009002(DRS) Dear Mr. Meyer: On February 23, 2009, the NRC will begin the onsite portion of the Triennial Heat Sink Performance Inspection at your Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant. This inspection will be performed in accordance with NRC baseline inspection procedure (IP) 71111.07. In order to minimize the impact that the inspection has on the site and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection. The documents have been divided into three groups.

• The first group lists information necessary for our initial inspection scoping activities. This information should be available to the lead inspector no later than January 19, 2009. By January 26, 2009, the inspector will communicate the initial selected set of approximately 2-3 risk significant heat exchangers.

• The second group of documents requested includes those items needed to support our in-office preparation activities. This set of documents, including the calculations associated with the selected heat exchangers, should be available at the Regional Office no later than February 9, 2009. This information should be separated for each selected component, especially if provided electronically (e.g., folder with component name that includes

calculations, condition reports, maintenance history, etc.). During the in-office preparation activities, the inspector may identify additional information needed to support the inspection.

• The last group includes the additional information above, as well as plant specific reference material. This information should be available onsite to the inspector on February 23, 2009. It is also requested that corrective action documents and/or questions developed during the inspection be provided to the inspector as the documents are generated. The lead inspector for this inspection is Nestor Feliz-Adorno. If there are questions about the material requested, or the inspection, please call him at (630) 829-9739. Please send the information to the following e-mail address Nestor.Feliz-Adorno@nrc.gov. A hard-copy with the required information is also an acceptable option. It is important that these documents be as complete as possible, in order to minimize the number of documents requested during the

preparation week or during the onsite inspection.

L. Meyer -2- All requested documents are to be for the time period from the onsite inspection period back to the last Heat Sink Performance Inspection. If no actions addressing a request were performed in that time period, then the request applies to the last applicable document in the previous time period. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Sincerely, /RA/ Ann Marie Stone, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-266; 50-301 License No. DPR-24; DPR-27 Enclosure: TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST cc w/encl: M. Nazar, Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer J. Stall, Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

A. Khanpour, Vice President, Engineering Support Licensing Manager, Point Beach Nuclear Plant R. Hughes, Director, Licensing and Performance Improvement M. Ross, Managing Attorney A. Fernandez, Senior Attorney

T. O. Jones, Vice President, Nuclear Operations, Mid-West Region P. Wells, (Acting) Vice President, Nuclear Training and Performance Improvement J. McCarthy, Vice President, Point Beach Recovery

J. Bjorseth, Plant General Manager K. Duveneck, Town Chairman, Town of Two Creeks Chairperson, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin J. Kitsembel, Electric Division, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer

L. Meyer -2- All requested documents are to be for the time period from the onsite inspection period back to the last Heat Sink Performance Inspection. If no actions addressing a request were performed in that time

period, then the request applies to the last applicable document in the previous time period. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Sincerely, /RA/ Ann Marie Stone, Chief Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-266; 50-301 License No. DPR-24; DPR-27 Enclosure: TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST cc w/encl: M. Nazar, Senior Vice President and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer

J. Stall, Executive Vice President, Nuclear and

Chief Nuclear Officer A. Khanpour, Vice President, Engineering Support Licensing Manager, Point Beach Nuclear Plant

R. Hughes, Director, Licensing and Performance Improvement

M. Ross, Managing Attorney A. Fernandez, Senior Attorney

T. O. Jones, Vice President, Nuclear Operations, Mid-West Region P. Wells, (Acting) Vice President, Nuclear

Training and Performance Improvement

J. McCarthy, Vice President, Point Beach Recovery

J. Bjorseth, Plant General Manager K. Duveneck, Town Chairman, Town of Two Creeks Chairperson, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin J. Kitsembel, Electric Division, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

P. Schmidt, State Liaison Officer

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Engineering Branch 2\Work in Progress\PB 2009 HS RFI.doc

Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl; "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME NFeliz-Adorno:ls AMStone DATE 01/02/09 01/05/09 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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Letter to Mr. Larry Meyer from Ms. A. M. Stone dated January 5, 2009. SUBJECT: POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - INSPECTION REPORT 05000266/2009002; 05000301/2009002(DRS) DISTRIBUTION

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INFORMATION REQUEST FOR TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION

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1Inspection Report

05000266/2009002; 05000301/2009002 Inspection Dates

February 23-27, 2009 Inspection Procedure

IP 71111.07, Triennial

AHeat Sink Performance Inspection

@ Lead Inspector: Nestor Feliz-Adorno (630) 829-9739, Nestor.Feliz-Adorno@nrc.gov

I. Information Requested By January 19, 2009 1. List of the Generic Letter (GL) 89-13, "Service Water System Problems Affecting Safety-Related Equipment," heat exchangers in order of risk significance. 2. Copy of heat exchanger performance trending data tracked for each GL 89-13 heat exchanger.

3. List of corrective action program documents (with a short description) associated with GL 89-13 heat exchangers, heat sinks, silting, corrosion, fouling, or heat exchanger testing, for the previous two years, or since the last heat sink performance inspection.

4. Copy of any self-assessment of GL 89-13 heat exchangers conducted since last heat sink performance inspection.

5. System health report(s) and maintenance rule system notebooks for all the GL 89-13 heat exchangers.

6. Copy of your responses for GL 89-13.

II. Information Requested By February 9, 2009 1. For the specific heat exchangers selected: a. Copies of the two most recent completed tests confirming thermal performance for those heat exchangers, which are performance tested. b. Copy of system description and design basis document for the heat exchangers (as applicable). c. Copy of any operability determinations or other documentation of degradation associated with the heat exchangers or the systems that support the operation for the selected heat exchangers.

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2d. Copy of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) sections applicable for each heat exchanger. e. Provide a list of calculations with a description, which currently apply to each heat exchanger. 2. A schedule of all inspections, cleanings, maintenance, or testing of any plant heat exchanger to be done during the onsite portion of the inspection. 3. Copies of procedures developed to implement the recommendations of GL 89-13, (e.g., the GL 89-13 Heat Exchanger Program) description. 4. Pages from the UFSAR for the GL 89-13 Heat Exchanger Program. 5. Maximum GL 89-13 heat exchanger inlet temperatures that still allow full licensed power operation of the nuclear reactor. Please provide the documents that state these limits (e.g., UFSAR or Technical Requirements Manual (TRM)) and the operating procedures that ensure these limits are not exceeded. III. Information Requested to be Available on First Day of Inspection, February 23, 2009 1. For the specific heat exchangers selected: a. Provide the Design Basis Documents and Updated Final Safety Analysis Report pages for the selected heat exchangers. b. Copy of the design specification and heat exchanger data sheets for each heat exchanger. c. Copy of the vendor manuals including component drawings for each heat exchanger. d. Copy of the calculation which establishes the limiting (maximum) design basis heat load, which is required to be removed by each of these heat exchangers. e. Copy of the calculation which correlates surveillance testing results from these heat exchangers with design basis heat removal capability (e.g., basis for surveillance test acceptance criteria). f. Copy of the calculations or documents, which evaluate the potential for water hammer or excessive tube vibration in the heat exchanger or associated piping. g. List of engineering-related Operator Workarounds/Temporary Modifications for these heat exchangers since the last Heat Sink Performance Inspection.

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3h. Copy of the evaluations of data for the two most recent completed tests confirming the thermal performance of each heat exchanger. i. Documentation and procedures that identify the types, accuracy, and location of any special instrumentation used for the two most recent completed thermal performance tests for the heat exchangers (e.g., high accuracy ultrasonic flow instruments or temperature instruments). Include calibration records for the instruments used during these tests. j. Copies of those documents that describe the methods taken to control water chemistry in the heat exchangers. k. Copies of the documents that verify the structural integrity of the heat exchanger, (e.g., eddy current summary sheets, ultrasonic testing results, and visual inspection results). l. The cleaning and inspection maintenance schedule for each heat exchanger for the next 5 years. m. Copy of the document describing the inspection results for the last two cleaning and inspection activities completed on each heat exchanger. n. Copy of the document which identifies the current number of tubes in service for each heat exchanger and the supporting calculation, which establishes the maximum number of tubes which can be plugged in each heat exchanger. o. Copy of the document establishing the repair criteria (plugging limit) for degraded tubes, which are identified in each heat exchanger. p. Information regarding any alarms, which monitor on-line performance. 2. For the ultimate heat sink: a. Maintenance or inspection of inaccessible below-water portions of the UHS system including results of underwater diving inspections and assessments of sediment intrusion and/or removal of sediment. b. Inspections and/or maintenance-related to preventing macrofouling (silt, dead mussel shells, debris, etc.), and aquatic life such as fish, algae, grass or kelp; c. inspections and/or maintenance-related to preventing biotic fouling;

d. Copies of chemistry procedures and surveillances that monitor for pH, calcium hardness, etc. e. Copies of any design change performed on the system.

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4f. Copies of procedures for a loss of UHS. g. Copies of procedures associated with operating during adverse weather conditions, (e.g., icing or high temperatures or low levels). h. Copies of calculations and surveillances that determine the UHS reservoir capacity and heat transfer capability. i. Copies of surveillance procedures and testing results conducted on the level instrumentation relied upon to determine UHS reservoir capability. 3. For the safety-related service water system (or equivalent): a. Last two performance tests, such as the ASME inservice test, for all pumps, all valves and the cooling towers, if applicable, in the safety-related service water system. If the components are not performance tested, please provide documentation verifying performance by the methods actually used. b. Copies of the documents that verify flow testing was done at maximum design flow during the last two years or since the last time it was done. Copies of the documents that verify maximum design flow testing will continue to be periodically done in the future. c. Copies of any design changes performed on the system. d. Copies of procedures for a loss of service water system. e. Copies of inspections and/or maintenance-related to macrofouling (silt, dead mussel shells, debris, etc.), and aquatic life such as fish, algae, grass, or kelp. f. Copies of inspections and/or maintenance-related to preventing biotic fouling. g. Copies of chemistry procedures and surveillances that monitor for pH, calcium hardness, etc. h. Copies of procedures and/or test results to survey or monitor interface valves between the safety-related section of the service water system and the non-safety-related section. i. Copies of the pipe testing and/or inspection program procedures and surveillances. j. Copies of the documents that verify the structural integrity of the heat exchanger, (e.g., eddy current summary sheets, ultrasonic testing results, and visual

inspection results). k. History of any through wall pipe leak on the system.

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5l. Copies of the procedures to monitor assess and disposition active through wall pipe leaks, including structural evaluations, and/or planned corrective actions. If the information requested above will not be available, please contact Nestor Feliz-Adorno as soon as possible at (630) 829-9739 or email him at Nestor.Feliz-Adorno@nrc.gov.