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Notification of NRC Fire Protection Team Inspection Request for Information; Inspection Report 05000373/2020012 and 05000374/2020012
	ML20037B235
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	02/06/2020
From:	Atif Shaikh; Engineering Branch 3
To:	Bryan Hanson; Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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	IR 2020012
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February 6, 2020

Mr. Bryan C. Hanson

Senior VP, Exelon Generation Company, LLC

President and CNO, Exelon Nuclear

4300 Winfield Road

Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT: LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2NOTIFICATION OF NRC

FIRE PROTECTION TEAM INSPECTION REQUEST FOR INFORMATION;

INSPECTION REPORT 05000373/2020012 AND 05000374/2020012

Dear Mr. Hanson:

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

Region III staff will conduct a Fire Protection Team Inspection at your LaSalle County Station,

Units 1 and 2 beginning April 27, 2020. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with

Inspection Procedure 71111.21N.05, Fire Protection Team Inspection, dated June 12, 2019.

The inspection will verify that plant SSCs and/or administrative controls credited in the approved

Fire Protection Program can perform their licensing basis function.

The schedule for the inspection is as follows:

Preparation week (R-III office): April 20-24, 2020

Week 1 of onsite inspection: April 27-May 1, 2020

Week 2 of onsite inspection: May 11-15, 2020

Experience has shown that the baseline fire protection team inspections are extremely

resource intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order to minimize

the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both organizations,

we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection. These documents have

been divided into three groups.

The first group lists information necessary to aid the inspection team in choosing

specific focus areas for the inspection and to ensure that the inspection team is

adequately prepared for the inspection. It is requested that this information be

provided to the lead inspector via mail or electronically no later than April 13, 2020.

The second group of requested documents consists of those items that the team

will review, or need access to, during the inspection. Please have this information

available by the first day of the first onsite inspection week April 27, 2020.

B. Hanson -2-

The third group lists the information necessary to aid the inspection team in tracking

issues identified as a result of the inspection. It is requested that this information be

provided to the lead inspector as the information is generated during the inspection. It is

important that all of these documents are up to date and complete in order to minimize

the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite

portions of the inspection.

The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr. Atif Shaikh. We understand that our regulatory

contact for this inspection is Mr. Terry Lanc of your organization. If there are any questions

about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at

630-829-9824 or via e-mail at Atif.Shaikh@nrc.gov.

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. 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.

This letter and its enclosure will be made available for public inspection and copying at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2.390, Public Inspections,

Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Atif Shaikh, Senior Reactor Inspector

Engineering Branch 3

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374

License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

Fire Protection Team Inspection

Supporting Documentation

cc: Distribution via LISTSERV

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Letter to Bryan C. Hanson from Atif Shaikh dated February 6, 2020.

SUBJECT: LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2NOTIFICATION OF NRC

FIRE PROTECTION TEAM INSPECTION REQUEST FOR INFORMATION;

INSPECTION REPORT 05000373/2020012 AND 05000374/2020012

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

FIRE PROTECTION TEAM INSPECTION SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

I. Information Requested Prior To the Inspection Preparation Week

The following information is requested by April 13, 2020. If you have any questions

regarding this request, please call the lead inspector as soon as possible. All information

should be sent to Atif Shaikh (e-mail address Atif.Shaikh@nrc.gov). Electronic media is

preferred. The preferred file format is a searchable pdf or Microsoft Excel file on a

compact disk (CD). The CD should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use,

if possible. Please provide three copies of each CD submitted (one for each inspector).

1. One set of hard-copy documents for facility layout drawings which identify plant fire area

delineation; areas protected by automatic fire suppression and detection; and locations

of fire protection equipment.

2. Licensing Information:

a. All Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs)

applicable to fire protection (specifically including those SERs referenced by

the plant fire protection license condition) and all licensing correspondence

referenced by the SERs;

b. All licensing correspondence associated with the comparison to Standard Review

Plan (NUREG-0800), Section 9.5.1 or equivalent for licensing purposes;

c. Exemptions from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 50.48

and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, and associated licensing correspondence;

d. For pre-1979 plants, all licensing correspondence associated with those

sections of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, that are not applicable to the plant under

10 CFR 50.48(b)(1). Specifically, the licensing correspondence associated with

those fire protection features proposed or implemented by the licensee that have

been accepted by the NRC staff as satisfying the provisions of Appendix A to Branch

Technical Position APCSB 9.5-1 reflected in the NRC fire protection SERs issued

before February 19, 1981, (10 CFR 50.48(b)(1)(i)); or those fire protection features,

which were accepted by the NRC staff in comprehensive fire protection SERs issued

before Appendix A to Branch Technical Position APCSB 9.5-1 was published in

August 1976 (10 CFR 50.48(b)(1)(ii)); and

e. The final safety analysis report sections applicable to fire protection, FHA, and SSA

in effect at the time of original licensing.

3. Fire Protection Program:

a. A listing of changes made to the Fire Protection Program since the last triennial

fire protection inspection;

b. For pre-1979 plants, a listing of the protection methodologies identified under

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G used to achieve compliance for

fire zones/areas. That is, please specify whether 3-hour rated fire barriers;

(Section III.G.2.a), 20-foot separation along with detection and suppression;

(Section III.G.2.b), 1-hour rated fire barriers with detection and suppression;

(Section III.G.2.c), or alternative shutdown capability; (Section III.G.3) is used

as a strategy for each selected fire zone/area;

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c. A list of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations (i.e., a list of adverse to safe-shutdown

evaluations);

d. A list of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection

features. The list should include National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) code

versions committed to (i.e., the NFPA Codes of Record);

e. List of plant deviations from code commitments and associated evaluations;

f. Fire Protection Program and/or Fire Protection Plan document;

g. (If available) Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Summary Report or full PRA

document (if summary document not available);

h. List of the top 25 highest fire CDF scenarios for each unit;

i. List of Fire Areas/Zones ranked by contribution to CDF, (i.e., ranking of highest to

lowest risk fire areas/zones);

j. List of the top 25 highest fire LERF scenarios for each unit; and

k. Risk ranking of operator actions and/or recovery actions from your site-specific PRA

sorted by RAW and human reliability worksheets for these items.

4. Facility Information:

a. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams showing the 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;

b. One-line schematic drawings of the electrical distribution system for 4160 Volts

alternating current (Vac) down to 480 Vac;

c. One-line schematic drawings of the electrical distribution system for 250 Volts direct

current (Vdc) and 125 Vdc systems as applicable;

d. Logic diagrams showing the components used to achieve and maintain hot standby

and cold shutdown; and

e. Safe shutdown cable routing database (requested electronically, such as on compact

disc, if available).

5. Operations Response for Fire Protection:

a. Pre-fire plans for fire zones/areas; and

b. Plant operating procedures which specify the initial operations response to a fire

alarm or annunciator.

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6. Corrective Actions:

a. Listing of open and closed fire protection condition reports (i.e., problem identification

forms and their resolution reports) since the date of the last triennial fire protection

inspection; and

b. List of current fire impairments, including duration.

7. General Information:

a. A listing of abbreviations and/or designators for plant systems;

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

personnel; and

c. A phone list for onsite licensee personnel.

II. Information Requested to be Available on First Day of the FIRST ONSITE Inspection

Week (APRIL 27, 2020)

The following information is requested to be provided on the first day of inspection. It is

requested that this information be provided on three sets of CDs (searchable, if possible).

1. Program Procedures:

a. Procedures for:

i. Administrative controls (such as allowed out of service times and compensatory

measures) for fire protection systems and components;

ii. Control of transient combustibles; and

iii. Control of hot work.

b. List of maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown

capability and fire barriers, detectors, pumps, and suppression systems; and

c. List of maintenance procedures which routinely verify fuse breaker coordination

in accordance with the post-fire safe shutdown coordination analysis.

2. Design and Equipment Information (for only selected fire zone/area(s) and/or SSCs

to be determined during inspection preparation week):

a. Coordination calculations and/or justifications that verify fuse/breaker coordination for

SSCs that are fed off of the same electrical buses as components in the protected

safe shutdown train;

b. Copies of significant fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown related

design change package descriptions (including their associated 10 CFR 50.59

evaluations) and Generic Letter 86-10 (or adverse to safe shutdown) evaluations;

c. Gaseous suppression system pre-operational testing, if applicable, for selected fire

zones/areas;

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d. Hydraulic calculations and supporting test data which demonstrate operability for

water suppression systems;

e. Alternating current (ac) coordination calculations for 4160 Vac down to 480 Vac

electrical systems; and

f. List of all fire protection or Appendix R calculations.

3. Assessment and Corrective Actions:

The three most recent fire protection Quality Assurance audits and/or fire protection

self-assessments.

4. Any updates to information previously provided.

5. Classic Fire Protection (for only selected fire zone/area(s) and/or SSCs to be

determined during inspection preparation week):

a. Copy of fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative

controls, surveillance testing, and fire brigade).

b. Pre-fire plans for selected fire area(s).

c. List of fire protection system design changes completed in the last 3 years.

6. Electrical (for only selected fire zone/area(s) and/or SSCs to be determined during

inspection preparation week):

a. Nuclear safety circuit coordination analysis for fuse and breaker coordination of safe

shutdown components.

b. Administrative or configuration control procedures that govern fuse replacement

(e.g., fuse control procedures).

c. Maintenance procedures that verify breaker over-current trip settings to ensure

coordination remains functional, for post-fire nuclear safety capability components.

d. Last surveillance demonstrating operability of those components operated from the

primary control stations.

e. Schematic or elementary diagrams for circuits (only for selected SSCs) to be

reviewed (C-size paper drawings).

f. Cable routing for components and equipment credited for post-fire nuclear safety

capability systems and components.

g. List of post-fire nuclear safety capability system and component design changes

completed, in the last 3 years.

h. List of identified fire induced circuit failure analyses.

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7. Operations

a. List of procedures that implement Cold Shutdown Repairs (if applicable for selected

fire area).

b. For Cold Shutdown Repairs, provide the following:

i. Procedure for inventory and inspection (i.e., needed tools, material, etc.); and

ii. Most recent inspection and inventory results.

c. List of licensed operator Job Performance Measures for operator actions required to

achieve and maintain post-fire nuclear safety performance criteria (for selected SSCs

and fire area).

d. For Radio communications, provide the following:

i. Communications Plan for firefighting and post-fire safe shutdown manual actions;

ii. Repeater locations;

iii. Cable routing for repeater power supply cables;

iv. Radio coverage test results; and

v. Radio Dead Spot locations in the plant.

e. Environmental and habitability evaluations for post-fire operator actions

(temperature, smoke, humidity, SCBAs, etc.).

8. Administrative Control, Oversight, and Corrective Action Programs.

a. Self-assessments, peer assessments, and audits of fire protection activities for the

last 3 years.

b. Self-assessments, peer assessments, and audits of post-fire nuclear safety

capability methodology for the last 3 years.

c. List of fire event analysis reports for the last 3 years.

9. Any updates to information previously provided.

III. Information Requested to Be Provided Throughout the Inspection

1. Copies of any corrective action documents generated as a result of the inspection

teams questions or queries during this inspection.

2. Copies of the list of questions submitted by the inspection team members and the

status/resolution of the information requested (provided daily during the inspection

to each inspection team member).

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