ML091820702

IR 05000397-09-006, on 07/01/2009, Columbia Generating Station - Notification of NRC Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection

ML091820702
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	07/01/2009
From:	O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2
To:	Parrish J Energy Northwest
References
IR-09-006
Download: ML091820702 (7)

See also: IR 05000397/2009006

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UNITED STATES

NU C LE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N

R E GI ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125

July 1, 2009

J. V. Parrish

Chief Executive Officer

Energy Northwest

P.O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)

Richland, WA 99352-0968

SUBJECT: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC TRIENNIAL

FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION (05000397/2009006)

Dear Mr. Parrish:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),

Region IV staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at the Columbia

Generating Station in September and October of 2009. The inspection team will be comprised

of four reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office and a Reliability and Risk Engineer

from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)accompanying the team for training

purposes. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with Inspection

Procedure 71111.05T, "Fire Protection (Triennial)," the NRC=s baseline fire protection inspection

procedure.

The schedule for the inspection is as follows:

$ Information gathering visit: September 1 - 4, 2009

$ Onsite inspection: September 21 - 25, 2009

October 5 - 9, 2009

Members of the inspection team will visit the Columbia Generating Station on

September 1 - 4, 2009, to meet with selected members of your staff in order to gather

information and documentation needed to support the inspection, to obtain unescorted access to

the facility, to discuss office space assigned to the team, to become familiar with your fire

protection program, and to select the fire areas of interest for the inspection.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and

your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive

inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. Please note

that some of the documents are requested to be provided prior to the information gathering visit.

We request that during the onsite inspection weeks, you ensure that copies of analyses,

evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire

protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the

team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire

protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC

and industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) those

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plant systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and

outside the control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses,

(3) reactor plant fire protection systems, (4) the fire protection program and its implementation

and (5) the operational implementation of fire response procedures should be available to

support the team at the site during the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Fred Schill of your licensing organization. If

there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead

inspector, Sam Graves, at 817-860-8102 or by email, samuel.graves@nrc.gov.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Neil F. OKeefe, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-397

License: DPR-21

Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection

Inspection Documentation Requested

cc w/enclosure:

Chairman

Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council

P.O. Box 43172

Olympia, WA 98504-3172

Gregory V. Cullen

Manager, Regulatory Programs

Energy Northwest

P.O. Box 968, Mail Drop PE20

Richland, WA 99352-0968

Chairman

Benton County Board of Commissioners

P.O. Box 190

Prosser, WA 99350-0190

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William A. Horin, Esq.

Winston & Strawn

1700 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-3817

Lynn Albin

Washington State Department of Health

P.O. Box 7827

Olympia, WA 98504-7827

Ken Niles

Assistant Director

Nuclear Safety and Energy Siting Division

Oregon Department of Energy

625 Marion Street NE

Salem, OR 97301-3737

Special Hazards Program Manager

Washington Emergency Management Division

127 W. Clark Street

Pasco, WA 99301

Chief, Technological Hazards Branch

FEMA Region X

Federal Regional Center

130 228th Street, SW

Bothell, WA 98021-9796

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Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov )

Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov )

DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov )

DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov )

DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Ron.Cohen@nrc.gov )

Resident Inspector (Nicholas.Hernandez@nrc.gov )

Resident Inspector (Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov )

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov )

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Clyde.Osterholtz@nrc.gov )

Columbia Site Secretary (Crystal.Myers@nrc.gov )

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov )

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov )

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov )

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

OEMail Resource

File located: S:\DRS\REPORTS\COL FPT 2009006 RFI- STG ML

SUNSI Rev Compl. X Yes No ADAMS X Yes No Reviewer Initials GAP

Publicly Avail X Yes No Sensitive Yes X No Sens. Type Initials GAP

RIV: DRS/EB2/SRI C: EB2

STGraves CFOKeefe

/RA/ /RA/

6/26/09 6/30/09

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

ENCLOSURE

Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested

Please provide the following documentation prior to the onsite information gathering trip,

preferably no later than August 24, 2009. Where practical, please provide copies electronically.

1. The current version of your Fire Protection program and Fire Hazards Analysis.

2. Post-fire safe shutdown analysis, post-fire alternative shutdown analysis, and any

supporting calculations which demonstrate acceptable plant response.

3. Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (Safety Evaluation Reports,

pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, letters

to/from the NRC regarding fire protection/fire safe shutdown, etc.).

Please provide the following documentation during the onsite information gathering trip

September 1 - 4, 2009. Where practical, please provide copies electronically. However,

drawings should be provided as paper copies of sufficient size that all details are legible. Fire

protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls, surveillance testing).

4. Operating procedures used for achieving and maintaining hot and cold shutdown

conditions from the control room in the event of a fire outside the control room (III.G.2

areas).

5. Operating procedure(s) used to implement alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas) capability

with or without control room evacuation.

6. Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the

information-gathering trip).

7. A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown in the

event of a fire (safe shutdown equipment list), and two copies of the piping and

instrumentation (flow) diagrams for these systems of a size sufficient to read all details.

These should include the systems used for RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay

heat removal, and reactivity control, including the essential support systems.

8. Plant layout and equipment drawings for the selected fire areas that identify (a) the

physical plant locations of major hot standby and cold shutdown equipment; (b) plant fire

area and/or fire zone delineation; and (c) the locations of fire protection equipment, such

as detection, suppression, and post-fire emergency lighting units, and (d) fire area

boundaries.

9. Electrical schematics and cable raceway listings for circuits supplying power to

components used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown for fires

outside the control room and those components used for those areas requiring

alternative shutdown capability.

10. A listing of design change packages, which were determined to impact fire protection and

post-fire safe shutdown, performed in the last 3 years.

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11. A listing of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.

12. A listing of fire protection corrective action documents initiated in the last 3 years which

relate to the fire protection program or equipment.

13. A listing of the applicable codes and standards (e.g. NFPA) related to the design of plant

fire protection features and evaluations of any code deviations showing the version

committed

14. Drawings of the emergency lighting system which support fire response.

15. Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering

studies or calculations which support the design basis.

16. Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and

plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.

17. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.

18. Maintenance Rule performance criteria and 3 years worth of performance history for fire

protection program systems or functions monitored within the Maintenance Rule

program.

19. A copy of fire protection program requirements (e.g. limiting conditions for operation,

surveillance test requirements) covered by Technical Specifications, Technical

Requirements Manual, UFSAR, or similar documents.

20. Copies of internal and external self-assessments, audits, peer-assessments or similar

reviews related to post-fire safe shutdown capability or the fire protection program

completed within the last 3 years.

21. A list of manual actions taken outside the control room which are credited to mitigate the

consequences of fires in III.G.2 areas (non-alternative shutdown areas). The list should

group actions by the initiating fire area or zone and indicate where the action must take

place.

22. Electronic copies of operator study guides (lesson plan text and graphics) or design

basis documents that describe the purpose/function/operating characteristics of the safe

shutdown systems (RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and

reactivity control, including the essential support systems).

23. Two copies of one-line diagrams of the electrical distribution system. These should

depict how power gets from the switchyard to ESF loads. Also include the vital DC

distribution system one-line diagrams.

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24. A copy of any analysis used to determine in which fire areas a fire could cause a loss of

offsite power (or conversely, a fire could never cause a loss of offsite power). If there is

no analysis, please provide a list of fire areas where offsite power cables are routed, or

where key breakers, protective relaying, or transformers are located. We are interested

in the equipment that delivers/controls offsite power from the switchyard to the ESF

buses.

25. Please provide a list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression

systems in the plant, giving location and the key equipment being protected.

26. Please provide a list of repairs (and the procedure that controls the actions) needed to:

a) reach and/or maintain hot shutdown; b) reach and/or maintain cold shutdown.

27. A list of high to low pressure interface valves.

28. A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.

29. Copies of maintenance procedures which routinely verify fuse/breaker coordination in

accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.

30. The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible. Please put us

in contact with the appropriate personnel to plan a drill during the onsite information

gathering trip September 1 - 4, 2009.

31. Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.

32. A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location

of their office and phone number onsite.

Inspector Contact Information:

Samuel Graves

Senior Reactor Inspector

817-860-8102

Samuel.graves@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

US NRC Region IV

Attn: Sam Graves

612 East Lamar Blvd., Suite 400

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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