ML102450523

MD-Cycle Assessment Letter - Watts Bars Nuclear Plant Unit 2 (NRC Inspection Report 05000391-11-601)

ML102450523
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	09/01/2010
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3
To:	Bhatnagar A Tennessee Valley Authority
References
IR-11-601
Download: ML102450523 (7)

See also: IR 05000391/2011601

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVE., NE., SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

September 1, 2010

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar

Senior Vice President

Nuclear Generation Development and Construction

Tennessee Valley Authority

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: MID - CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT

UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000391/2011601)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

On August 11, 2010, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Watts Bar Nuclear

Plant Unit 2 construction project. Our technical staff reviewed inspection results for the period

from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our

assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at

your facility.

Overall, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 construction activities were conducted in a manner that

complied with the Commissions rules and regulations, the conditions of your construction

permit, and the Unit 2 regulatory framework commitments. Our inspections indicated that your

construction program and procedure development, along with project staffing, were sufficiently

implemented to support ongoing construction activities. Management and Quality Assurance

oversight effectively monitored and assessed construction activities. The corrective action

program implementation activities, including initiation, classification, disposition, and trending

were deemed satisfactory. We have increased our inspections to monitor the controls

established to ensure Unit 2 construction activities did not adversely affect Unit 1 operations.

These controls have become increasingly important as the pace of construction activities on

shared systems and in common areas of the plant have increased. In conclusion, project

performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the previous three quarters of the

assessment cycle, was acceptable based on the above inspection conclusions, the fact that all

violations were classified as severity level IV or below, and that no substantive cross-cutting

issues were identified. Therefore, we do not plan to expand our inspection activities beyond

what is specified by Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2517.

As you were previously notified by letter from Mr. Stephen J. Campbell, Chief, Watts Bar

Special Projects Branch, dated July 28, 2010, the staff has identified the need to improve the

timeliness and quality of your documentation submittals related to your operating license (OL)

application. This concern has the potential to impact our construction inspection program.

The enclosed inspection plan contains those major or infrequent projected inspection activities

that we have currently identified, in part, by reviewing your project schedule. It is crucial that

you keep us apprised of any project schedule changes as soon as they are identified, in order to

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maintain our inspection plan current. As additional details of your project schedule become

available, we will plan other inspections specified in IMC 2517. Your staff will be informed of

changes/ additions to our inspection plans. Routine inspections performed by the resident

inspectors and regional staff on construction activities, Corrective Active Programs (CAPs),

Special Programs (SPs), Generic Communications, historical open items, and construction

deficiency reports (CDRs) are not listed on the inspection plan due to their ongoing and

continuous nature. We plan to give your staff ample notification of specific upcoming inspection

activities as their schedule becomes available in order to allow for the resolution of any

scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues.

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 NRCs 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).

Please contact me at (404) 997-4446 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or

our planned inspections.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert C. Haag, Chief

Construction Projects Branch 3

Division of Construction Projects

Docket No. 50-391

Construction Permit No: CPPR-92

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cc w/encl:

Mr. Gordon P. Arent Mr. M.J. Hellstern

Manager General Manager

New Generation Licensing NGDC Governance & Oversight

Nuclear Generation Development Tennessee Valley Authority

and Construction 3A Blue Ridge Place

WBN Nuclear Plant 1101 Market Street

P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801

Spring City, Tennessee 37381

Mr. R.M Krich

Mr. Masoud Bajestani Vice President

Vice President Nuclear Licensing

WBN Unit Two Tennessee Valley Authority

WBN Nuclear Plant 3R Lookout Place

Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street

P.O. Box 2000 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801

Spring City, Tennessee 37381

Mr. E.J. Vigluicci

Mr. Michael K. Brandon, Manager Assistant General Counsel

Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority

WBN Nuclear Plant 6A West Tower

Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive

P.O. Box 2000 Knoxville, Tennessee 37402

Spring City, Tennessee 37381

Lawrence E. Nanney, Director

Mr. Preston D. Swafford Tennessee Department of Environmental

Chief Nuclear Officer Health and Conservation

and Executive Vice President Division of Radiological Health

Tennessee Valley Authority 3rd Floor, L&C Annex

3R Lookout Place 401 Church Street

1101 Market Place Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801

Mr. D. E. Grissette

County Executive Site Vice President

375 Church Street WBN Nuclear Plant

Suite 215 Tennessee Valley Authority

Dayton, Tennessee 37321 P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, Tennessee 37381

W.D. Crouch, Manager

WBN Unit 2 Licensing County Mayor

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 156

Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur, Tennessee 37322

P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, Tennessee 37381 Senior Resident Inspector

WBN Nuclear Plant

Mr. Gregory A. Boerschig U.S. NRC

Plant Manager, WBN Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road

Tennessee Valley Authority Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000

P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, Tennessee 37381

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cc email distribution w/encl:

Greg Scott

Tennessee Valley Authority

Electronic Mail Distribution

Watts Bar Unit 2 Licensing

Tennessee Valley Authority

Electronic Mail Distribution

Letter to Ashok S. Bhatnagar from Robert C. Haag dated September 1, 2010.

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 CONSTRUCTION - NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000391/2009601

Distribution w/encl:

S. Campbell, NRR

L. Raghavan, NRR

J. Wiebe, NRR

P. Milano, NRR

C. Evans, RII

S. Lewis, RII EICS

E. Guthrie, RII DRP

R. Monk, RII Watts Bar Unit 1 SRI

PUBLIC

Inspection Plan

Watts Bar Unit 2*

Inspection Activity Calendar Quarter for Inspection

Problem Identification and Resolution (IP 35007) Second Quarter 2011

Fourth Quarter 2010

Pipe Supports Inspections (IP 50090)

Second Quarter 2011

Independent Design Verification Programs (IMC 2535) Fourth Quarter 2010

Cyber Security Inspection (NRC Inspection Guidance is in

Second Quarter 2011

Progress)

Environmental Protection Inspection (IP 80210) Third Quarter 2010

Electrical System Design Inspection (TI 2515/107 and 111) Second Quarter 2011

Construction Refurbishment Process (IP 37002) Ongoing

• The inspections listed above are limited to major or infrequently performed inspections. They

are in addition to routine inspections performed by the resident inspectors and regional staff

such as inspections of routine construction activities, CAPs, SPs, Generic Communications and

historical open items.

Enclosure