ML12131A459
| ML12131A459 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 05/09/2012 |
| From: | O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B |
| To: | Matthew Sunseri Wolf Creek |
| O'Keefe N | |
| References | |
| IR-12-009 | |
| Download: ML12131A459 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000482/2012009
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I V
1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511
May 9, 2012
Mr. Matthew W. Sunseri
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
P.O. Box 411
Burlington, KS 66839
SUBJECT: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION - NRC AUGMENTED
INSPECTION TEAM FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION PLANNING LETTER,
INSPECTION REPORT 05000482/2012009
Dear Mr. Sunseri:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV
staff will conduct the augmented inspection team follow-up inspection at your Wolf Creek
Generating Station. The inspection will be comprised of one senior resident, one resident and
two regional reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be
conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 93800 and multiple reactor oversight
process baseline inspection procedures.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
In-office preparation: May 21 - 25, 2012
Onsite inspection: May 28 - June 1, 2012
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 the documents are requested to be provided by May 14, 2012. We request
that during the onsite inspection week, you ensure that copies of analyses, evaluations, or
documentation regarding the root cause of the failures of the main generator output breaker and
the startup transformer are available. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of each of the
unresolved items documented in Inspection Report 0500482/2012008 should be available to
support the inspectors at the site during the inspection.
We have discussed the schedule for this inspection activity with your staff and understand that
our regulatory contact for this inspection will be William Muilenburg of your licensing
organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please
contact the team lead, John Dixon, at 361-972-2507 or by email, john.dixon@nrc.gov.
M. Sunseri -2-
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection
requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control No. 3150 0011.
The NRC may not conduct or 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 Office of Management and Budget Control No.
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 OKeefe, Chief
Project Branch B
Division of Reactor Projects
Dockets: 50-482
Licenses: NPF-42
Enclosure: Augmented Inspection Team Follow-up Inspection Document Request
cc: Electronic distribution for Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
M. Sunseri -3-
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Acting DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)
Acting DRS Deputy Director (Patrick.Louden@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Chris.Long@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Charles.Peabody@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/B (Neil.Okeefe@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Leonard.Willoughby@nrc.gov,
Project Engineer, DRP/B (Nestor.Makris@nrc.gov)
WC Administrative Assistant (Shirley.Allen@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Randy.Hall@nrc.gov)
Acting Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Dale.Powers@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
OEMail Resource
Only inspection reports to the following:
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Michael.McCoppin@nrc.gov)
R:\_REACTORS\WC\2012\WC2012009 Inspection Planning Ltr.doc
SUNSI Rev Compl. Yes No ADAMS Yes No Reviewer Initials NFO
Publicly Avail Yes No Sensitive Yes No Sens. Type Initials NFO
RIV:SRI:DRP/B D:DRP/B
JDixon NOKeefe
/RA/ /RA/
05/9/2012 05/9/2012
OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
Augmented Inspection Team Follow-up Inspection Document Request
Inspection Dates: In-office preparation: May 21 - 25, 2012
Onsite : May 28, 2012 - June 1, 2012
Inspection Procedures: IP 93800, Augmented Inspection Team
Various Reactor Oversight Process Baseline Inspection
Procedures
Inspectors: John Dixon, Senior Resident Inspector, South Texas Project
Mica Baquera, Resident Inspector, Palo Verde
John Watkins, Reactor Inspector
Nnaerika Okonkwo, Reactor Inspector
Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week
The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic
format (ims.certrec.com database preferred), in care of John Dixon, by May 14, 2012. The
inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and then request from
your staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection week. Also, we request
that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. Please
provide requested documentation electronically if possible. If requested documents are large
and only hard copy formats are available, please inform the inspectors and provide subject
documentation during the first day of the onsite inspection. If you have any questions regarding
this information request, please call the lead inspector as soon as possible.
For the following items as related to the Augmented Inspection Team inspection, as
documented in Inspection Report 05000482/2012008, please provide associated condition
reports, work orders, root cause and/or apparent cause investigations, design basis documents,
UFSAR descriptions, technical specification requirements, plans of actions, and risk profiles:
1. Main generator output breaker fault
2. Startup transformer fault
3. Turbine driven auxiliary feedwater pump operation at low flow, pressure, and speed
4. Turbine driven auxiliary feedwater mechanical overspeed trip device settings
5. Emergency diesel generator B ground
6. ESW water hammer
7. ESW piping corrosion
8. Source range nuclear instrument NI-31 response on loss of cavity cooling
9. Failure to maintain fire water pressure
10. Training/Operation/Procedures for temporary diesel-driven fire pump
11. Diesel-driven fire pump and temporary diesel-driven fire pump differences
12. Diesel-driven fire pump unavailability
13. Security issue
Inspector Contact Information:
Sr. Resident Inspector
361-972-2507
john.dixon@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
US NRC Region IV
Attn: John Dixon
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511