ML083080314
| ML083080314 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/2008 |
| From: | Vias S Reactor Projects Region 2 Branch 6 |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| References | |
| IR-09-006 | |
| Download: ML083080314 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000338/2009006
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931
November 3, 2008
Mr. David A. Christian
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Innsbrook Technical Center
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 23060
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000338/2009006 AND 05000339/2009006
Dear Mr. Christian:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resolution (PI&R) inspection at your
North Anna Power Station during the weeks of January 12 - 16 and February 2 - 6, 2009. The
inspection team will be led by Daniel Merzke, a Senior Project Engineer from the NRCs Region
II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection
procedure, Procedure 71152, Identification and Resolution of Problems Inspection, issued
January 10, 2008.
The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensees Corrective Action Program
(CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspections of routine daily
screening of all corrective action program issues, quarterly focused issue reviews, and
semiannual trend PI&R reviews.
During a telephone conversation on October 29, 2008, Mr. Merzke confirmed with Mr. Jay
Leberstien of your staff, arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the two-week
onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:
Information gathering visit: December 9 - 10, 2008
Onsite weeks: January 12 - 16 and February 2 - 6, 2009
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to define the
scope of the inspection. Information and documentation needed to support the inspection will
also be identified.
The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the information gathering visit.
Please have the referenced information available prior to December 9, 2008. Contact Mr.
Merzke 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.
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Additional documents will be requested during the information gathering visit. The additional
information will need to be made available to the team in the Region II office prior to the
inspection teams preparation week of January 5, 2009. Mr. Merzke will also discuss the
following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant
engineering 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.
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).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the
information requested or the inspection, please contact Mr. Daniel Merzke at (404) 562-4421 or
me at (404) 562-4560.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Steven J. Vias, Chief
Reactor Projects Branch 7
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-338, 50-339
Enclosure:
INFORMATION REQUEST FOR NORTH ANNA POWER STATION PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION
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cc w/encl:
Daniel G. Stoddard
Site Vice President
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Eric Hendrixson
Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Chris L. Funderburk
Director, Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution
Executive Vice President
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Electronic Mail Distribution
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Senior Resident Inspector
North Anna Power Station
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P.O. Box 490
Mineral, VA 23117
County Administrator
Louisa County
P.O. Box 160
Louisa, VA 23093
Michael M. Cline
Director
Virginia Department of Emergency Services Management
Electronic Mail Distribution
Ginger L. Alligood (NORTH ANNA EXAM REPORTS ONLY)
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Electronic Mail Distribution
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Letter to David A. Christian from Steven J. Vias dated November 3, 2008
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF NORTH ANNA POWER STATION - PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION
REPORT 05000338/2009006 AND 05000339/2009006
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Enclosure
INFORMATION REQUEST FOR NORTH ANNA POWER STATION PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION
Note: Unless otherwise noted, please provide documents from September 1, 2007
1.
Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated
with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to: 1)
corrective action process, 2) operating experience program, 3) employee concerns
program, 4) self-assessment program, 5) maintenance rule program and implementing
procedures, 6) Operability Determination process, 7) Degraded/non-conforming
condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20), 8) System health process, or equivalent
Equipment Reliability Improvement Programs, 9) PM deferral and CR extension process.
2.
List of top ten risk significant systems, components, and operator manual actions.
3.
List of all CRs initiated, sorted by Priority, with the following information: a) CR #,
b) Priority, and c) CR Title.
4.
List of all CRs initiated, sorted by the following responsible plant departments. In each
department grouping, please provide the following information sorted by CR # : a) CR #,
b) Priority, and c) CR Title.
b) Health Physics;
c) Chemistry; and,
d) Security.
5.
List of outstanding corrective actions with a brief description, priority level, initiation date,
and due date.
6.
List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding CR and or
work order #.
7.
List of all currently extended CRs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following
information: a) CR #, b) Priority, and c) CR Title.
8.
List of all CRs that have been voided or cancelled. Please sort by CR #, with title or
description of problem, and reason voided or cancelled.
9.
List of all structures, systems, and components (SSC) which were classified as (a)(1) in
accordance with the Maintenance Rule since September 1, 2007. Include applicable
procedures for classifying systems or components as (a)(1), date and reason for being
placed in (a)(1), and actions completed and current status. Also, provide copy of any
self-assessment of the Maintenance Rule program conducted.
10.
List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of risk significant systems.
Include actions completed and current status.
11.
Copies of latest System Health Reports. Copies of system design basis documents,
system description information, P&IDs, etc. (Will select systems during bagman).
12.
List of corrective maintenance work orders, sorted by system and component, to include:
WO number, title or description, date of initiation, and date of completion (if completed).
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13.
Corrective action closeout packages for all NRC findings and Licensee identified
violations, to include copies of all CRs.
14.
Corrective action closeout packages for all LERs issued.
15.
List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.)
and industry operating experience documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information
letters, information from other sites, etc.,) evaluated by the site for applicability to the
station, regardless of the determination of applicability.
16.
List of industry operating experience evaluated by the site.
17.
Copies all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two
audits/assessments of the corrective action program. Also, any self-assessment of the
site safety culture conducted should be provided.
18.
Copies of all department self-assessments.
19.
List of corrective action documents that have resulted from the Employee Concerns
Program. (Note: This should be provided by the ECP Coordinator during an onsite
interview with the PI&R team leader).
20.
Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departmental trend report(s), and
corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment
reliability trends.
21.
Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if exists) such as the number
initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may
be available.
22.
Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. Also, list
of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite.
23.
List of CRs related to equipment aging issues of top ten risk significant systems since
September 1, 2003 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic
component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.;
environmental qualification). Please sort by CR # with the following information: a) CR
- , b) priority, and c) CR Title.
24.
If performed, results from safety culture survey.
25.
Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human
performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work
environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other
oversight methods.
26.
List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description.
27.
Copy of PRA importance measures report.