ML18242A249

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information for NRC Confirmatory Order Follow-up Inspection

ML18242A249
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	08/30/2018
From:	Masters A NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB5
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 August 30, 2018 Mr. J. W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and Support Services Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC CONFIRMATORY ORDER FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Shea:

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

Region II staff will conduct a Confirmatory Order Follow-up inspection at your Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the week of September 17-21, 2018. The inspection will be performed by Mr. Patrick Heher, a Project Engineer in the NRC Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with inspection procedure (IP), 92702, Followup on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders, issued January 10, 2008.

This IP 92702 follow-up inspection is being performed to disposition Unresolved Item (URI) 05000390,391/2018012-01, Potential Failure to Implement Reviews of Adverse Employment Actions in Accordance with Confirmatory Order, EA-09-009 and EA-09-203, documented in our inspection report issued on August 17, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18229A153).

On August 27, 2018, Mr. Heher confirmed with Ms. Kim Hulvey of your staff, arrangements for the one-week onsite inspection.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the inspection. Please have the referenced information available no later than September 7, 2018. Contact Mr. Heher with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required for inspection preparation.

If additional documents are needed, they will be requested when identified. Prior to the onsite inspection, Mr. Heher will discuss with your staff the, following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable adverse employment action process and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection; access to licensee computers; working space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

J. Shea 2 In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Heher at (404) 997-4450.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony D. Masters, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-390, 50-391 License Nos.: NPF-90, NPF-96

Enclosure:

Information Request for NRC Confirmatory Order Follow-up Inspection cc: Distribution via ListServ PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 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 number 3150-0011.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION 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 number.

ML18242A249 OFFICE RII/DRP RII/DRP NAME PHeher AMasters DATE 8/30/2018 8/30/2018 INFORMATION REQUEST FOR WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT NRC CONFIRMATORY ORDER FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION (September 17-21, 2018)

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since March 1, 2017. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format.

If the information is not available in electronic format, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate other available methods to provide the information.

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the TVA Adverse Employee Action Process and the Nuclear Safety Culture Monitoring Process. Please provide (or have available) copies of all revisions during the onsite inspection for revisions beginning on January 1, 2013.

2. List of the following types of proposed adverse actions, at a minimum, for TVA employees from March 1, 2017:

a) All Suspensions and All Terminations b) Involuntary Reduction in Force (RIF) c) All Involuntary Permanent Reassignments or All Directed Transfers d) Denial or suspension of Protected Area Site access unless a Fitness for Duty determination was made revoking such access Please include the following information for each proposed action:

a) Date of proposed action b) Proposed Adverse Action (Type) c) Procedure and Revision in effect at the time of proposed action d) Adverse Action Review Completed (Yes/No) e) ERB Review Completed (Yes/No) e) Site Leadership Team (SLT) Review Completed (Yes/No) f) Adverse Action Implemented (Yes/No)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below).

Date of Proposed Procedure / Adverse ERB SLT Review Adverse Proposed Adverse Revision Action Review Action Action Action Review Implemented 4/1/2017 Directed NPG-SPP- YES YES YES YES Transfer 11.10, Rev. 7 Enclosure

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3. List of the following types of proposed adverse actions, at a minimum, for TVA contract employees from March 1, 2017:

a) All Suspensions b) All Terminations/Layoffs/Reductions/Furloughs c) All Unplanned, premature or for cause termination of contract Please include the following information for each proposed action:

a) Date of proposed action b) Proposed Adverse Action (Type) c) Procedure and Revision in effect at the time of proposed action d) Adverse Action Review Completed (Yes/No) e) ERB Review Completed (Yes/No) e) Site Leadership Team (SLT) Review Completed (Yes/No) f) Adverse Action Implemented (Yes/No)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below).

Date of Proposed Procedure / Adverse ERB SLT Review Adverse Proposed Adverse Revision Action Review Action Action Action Review Implemented 4/1/2017 Suspension NPG-SPP- YES YES YES YES 11.10, Rev. 7

4. List of any audits or reviews of aspects of their adverse employment action program or processes conducted on contracting companies with employees working at Watts Bar since January 1, 2016.