ML13220B026

Letter Catawba Nuclear Station - Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML13220B026
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	08/08/2013
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Henderson K Duke Energy Corp, Duke Energy Carolinas
Linda K. Gruhler 404-997-4633
References
Download: ML13220B026 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 August 8, 2013 Mr. Kelvin Henderson Site Vice President Duke Energy Corporation Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT:

CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Henderson:

During the week of September 23 - 27, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will perform a baseline Radiation Safety Inspection at Catawba Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01 and 71124.08). 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 activity. The NRC requests that these documents be provided to the inspectors no later than September 13, 2013.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Toni Pasour. If there are any questions about this inspection, or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Adam Nielsen at 404-997-4660, or the Plant Support Branch 1 Chief, Brian Bonser at 404-997-4653.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (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 component of 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.

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 under control numbers 3150-0008, 3150-0011, 3150-0014, 3150-0044, and 3150-0135. The NRC may not conduct or

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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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos: 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos: NPF-35 and NPF-52

Enclosure:

Document Request List cc: (See page 3)

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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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos: 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos: NPF-35 and NPF-52

Enclosure:

Document Request List cc: (See page 3)

DISTRIBUTION:

C. Evans, RII, EICS L. Douglas, RII, EICS RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC A. Adams, NRR RidsNrrPMCatawba Resource X PUBLICLY AVAILABLE NON-PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SENSITIVE X NON-SENSITIVE ADAMS: X Yes ACCESSION NUMBER: ML13220B026 X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE X FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS/PSB1 RII:DRS/PSB1 SIGNATURE ADN BRB1 NAME A. Nielsen B. Bonser DATE 8/ 7 /2013 8/ 8 /2013 E-MAIL COPY YES NO YES NO OFFICIAL RECORD COPY DOCUMENT NAME:

G:\\DRSII\\PSB1\\RFI INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS\\CATAWBA\\CAT_13-04_DOCREQUEST.DOCX

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cc:

Michael J. Annacone Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness and Regulatory Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution William M. Suslick Design Engineering Manager Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Steven B. Putnam Organizational Effectiveness Manager Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Randall D. Hart Regulatory Compliance Manager Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Joseph Michael Frisco, Jr.

Vice President, Nuclear Design Engineering General Office Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution M. Christopher Nolan Director, Regulatory Affairs Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Alicia Richardson Licensing Administrative Assistant General Office Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Lara S. Nichols Deputy General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Beth J. Horsley Wholesale Customer Relations Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catawba Nuclear Station U.S. NRC 4830 Concord Road York, SC 29745 David A. Repka Winston Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution County Manager of York County York County Courthouse P. O. Box 66 York, SC 29745-0066 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Electronic Mail Distribution Vanessa Quinn Federal Emergency Management Agency Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program 1800 S. Bell Street Arlington, VA 20598-3025

Enclosure Document Request List Inspection Dates:

September 23 - 27, 2013 Documents Due to Region II by:

September 13, 2013 Inspection Procedures:

IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation Lead Inspector:

Adam Nielsen Sr. Health Physicist US NRC Region II (404) 997-4660 Adam.Nielsen@nrc.gov Note: The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise.

Electronic media is preferred if readily available. Note that the inspectors cannot accept data provided on USB or flash drives due to NRC IT security policies. Please organize the information as it is arranged below to the extent possible. Experience has shown that a poorly organized CD leads to a less efficient inspection and places additional burden on licensee staff.

Pay particular attention to the date ranges for the items requested as they may change from item to item. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, or if the documents cannot be provided by the due date, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Miscellaneous

1. List of primary contacts for each inspection area w/phone numbers

2. Corrective action program procedure 71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1. List of outage RWPs

2. Timeline of major outage activities (e.g., Gantt chart or similar list)

3. Procedures related to HP controls (e.g., Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, HRA/LHRA/VHRA control, key control, control of divers, special controls during fuel offload, hot spots, etc.)

4. Procedures related to release of personnel and materials (e.g., release surveys, decontamination, guidance for alarm follow-up, etc.)

5. List of Nationally Tracked Sources and any change-of-ownership transactions

6. Most recent sealed source inventory record

7. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool

8. Most recent self-assessment or audit covering HP controls

9. LIST of PIPs related to HP controls (e.g., radworker error, HP technician error, posting issues, HRA/LHRA/VHRA issues, survey problems, etc.) issued since April 2012. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a PIP number and brief description, not full PIPs.

2 71124.08 - Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation

1. All procedures related to transportation of radioactive material/waste, radwaste characterization, solid radwaste processing, and storage of RAM and radwaste

2. Process Control Program

3. Liquid and solid radwaste system diagrams and detailed system descriptions (e.g.,

information that might be contained in curricula for training new system engineers)

4. List of all shipments made since September 2011 (shipping logs)

5. List of all changes made to solid and liquid radwaste processing systems since September 2011

6. List of all abandoned solid and liquid radwaste processing equipment

7. Last two 10 CFR Part 61 analyses for each waste stream, including QA data (e.g., in-house vs. vendor lab comparisons, current results vs. database, etc.)

8. Most recent self-assessment or audit of Shipping/radwaste processing and RAM storage programs

9. List of PIPs related to shipping, radwaste processing, or RAM storage since September 2011. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a PIP number and brief description, not full PIPs.

10. Training records for all individuals qualified to ship radioactive material/waste demonstrating the requirements of 49 CFR 172 Subpart H (HAZMAT training) have been met. This information can be reviewed onsite rather than included with the submittal because it may contain Personally Identifiable Information.