ML17103A627
| ML17103A627 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 04/13/2017 |
| From: | Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1 |
| To: | Gerry Powell South Texas |
| References | |
| IR 2017007 | |
| Download: ML17103A627 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2017007
Text
April 13, 2017
Mr. G. T. Powell
Executive Vice President and CNO
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION -
NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND
EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION (05000498/2017007 AND 05000499/2017007)
AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Powell:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant
modifications at your South Texas Project Electric Generating Station from May 22-26, 2017.
The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs Region IV office for
one week. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection
Procedure 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments.
Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors
and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site 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 15, 2017. Upon review of
these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review upon arrival. 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 on-site portions of
the inspection.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand
that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Rafael Gonzalez of your licensing
organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please
contact the lead inspector, Chris Smith, by telephone at 817-200-1095 or by e-mail at
Chris.Smith@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
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD
ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511
G. Powell
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requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control
number.
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/
Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499
License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80
Enclosure:
Evaluations of Changes, Tests,
and Experiments Inspection
Request for Information
cc: Electronic Distribution for STP
SUNSI Review
ADAMS:
Non-Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive
Keyword:
By: TFarnholtz
Yes No
Publicly Available
Sensitive
OFFICE
RI:EB1
C:EB1
NAME
CSmith
TFarnholtz
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE
4/12/17
4/13/17
Enclosure
Request for Information
Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection
South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2
Inspection Report: 05000498/2017007; 05000499/2017007
Inspection Dates:
May 22-26, 2017
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments
Lead Inspector:
Chris Smith, 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 (preferred) by May 15, 2017, to the attention of Chris Smith. We request that you
categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of
the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the
lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the on-site inspection. Also, the
inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your
staff additional documents needed during the on-site inspection weeks. We ask that the specific
items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any
questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as
possible.
1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.
2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully
implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial
modification inspection that did not result in an evaluation.
3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes,
tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection that
did not result in an application for a license amendment.
4. A list with descriptions of all temporary plant modifications implemented since the last
triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.
5. A list with descriptions of all compensatory actions for degraded or non-conforming
conditions implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.
6. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59
screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.
7. A list of personnel qualified to prepare 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations,
including qualification dates.
8. A list of personnel qualified to review and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or
evaluations, including qualification dates.
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9. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report.
10. A copy of the most recent audits/self-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59
programs.
11. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any
changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,
required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).
12. A list of systems and system designators and a set of one-line (i.e., simplified) system
diagrams.
Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can
determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications.
Inspector Contact Information:
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1095
Chris.Smith@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1563
Wes.Cullum@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1114
Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Chris Smith
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4125