ML17177A446
| ML17177A446 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley, Hatch, Monticello, Dresden, Davis Besse, Browns Ferry, Oconee, Mcguire, Palisades, Indian Point, Fermi, Catawba, Wolf Creek, Watts Bar, Hope Creek, Cooper, Arkansas Nuclear, Braidwood, Columbia, North Anna, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Robinson, Cook, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 07/06/2017 |
| From: | John Marshall Japan Lessons-Learned Division |
| To: | |
| Sanfilippo N, NRR/JLD, 415-8744 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML17177A446 (11) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Operating Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits on the enclosed list July 6, 2017
SUBJECT:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PLAN FOR THE AUDIT OF LICENSEES' RESPONSES CONCERNING SEISMIC HAZARD REEVALUATIONS RELATED TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SECTION 50.54(f)
REGARDING RECOMMENDATION 2.1 OF THE NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE REVIEW OF INSIGHTS FROM THE FUKUSHIMA DAl-ICHI ACCIDENT This letter documents the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's plan to perform regulatory audits of licensees' responses concerning seismic hazard reevaluations (including seismic probabilistic risk assessments (SPRAs)), which are being completed as part of implementing lessons learned from the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in Japan.
These audits will be conducted on an as-needed basis to support the NRC staff's review of licensees' limited-scope and SPRA submittals associated with their reevaluated seismic hazard information.
BACKGROUND By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12053A340), the NRC issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter). Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter requested that licensees reevaluate the seismic hazards for their sites using present-day methods and regulatory guidance used by the NRC staff when reviewing applications for early site permits and combined licenses.
By letter dated October 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15194A015), the NRC made a determination of which licensees were to perform (1) a seismic probabilistic risk assessment (SPRA), (2) limited-scope evaluations, or (3) had no further actions to perform based on a comparison of the reevaluated seismic hazard and the site's design-basis earthquake. (Note:
Some plant-specific changes regarding whether an SPRA was needed or limited-scope evaluations were needed at certain sites have occurred since the issuance of the October 27, 2015, letter.)
AUDIT PLAN The enclosed audit plan outlines the process that the NRC staff will use to request and review additional information that is necessary to supplement the seismic hazard reevaluation submittals and resolve potential technical questions. Audits will be performed on a plant-specific basis and only if it is necessary to support the NRC staff's review of the submitted information.
As part of the audit process, NRC staff members may be contacting licensees to discuss topics relevant to the existing docketed submittals, as well as information that may be contained in the ePortal system. This audit process will provide the NRC staff with a better understanding of the submitted seismic information and the potential effects on the site. Specifically, the audits will be used to confirm that the information submitted by the licensee has adequately addressed the reevaluated seismic hazards with respect to the scope and intent of the 50.54(f) letter.
The audits will be performed consistent with NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office Instruction LIC-111, "Regulatory Audits," dated December 29, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML082900195), and may be conducted over multiple sessions, as needed. The NRC staff will develop an audit summary report to document its observations and conclusions within 90 days of the final audit session.
If you have any questions, please contact Nathan Sanfilippo at (301) 415 - 8744 or by e-mail at Nathan.Sanfilippo@nrc.gov.
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Operating Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits
- 2. Audit Plan cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv NEI Jane E. Marshall, Director Japan Lessons-Learned Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
LIST OF OPERATING REACTOR LICENSEES AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS Arkansas Nuclear One. Units 1 and 2 Entergy Operations, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 ANO Site Vice President Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.
1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802 Beaver Valley Power Station. Units 1 and 2 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412 License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73 Mr. Marty L. Richey Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Braidwood Station. Units 1 and 2 Exelon Generation Company, LLC Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457 License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)
Exelon Nuclear Braidwood Station 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. Units 1. 2. and 3 Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296 License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Affairs and Support Servces Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3R-C Chattanooga, TN 37 402-2801 Callaway Plant. Unit 1 Union Electric Company Docket No. 50-483 License No. NPF-30 Mr. Fadi Diya Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Union Electric Company Callaway Plant P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Catawba Nuclear Station. Units 1 and 2 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52 Mr. Robert T. Simril Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 297 45
Columbia Generating Station Energy Northwest Docket No. 50-397 License No. NPF-21 Mr. Mark E. Reddemann Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest Columbia Generating Station MD 1023 North Power Plant Loop P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Cooper Nuclear Station Nebraska Public Power District Docket No. 50-298 License No. DPR-46 Mr. James Kalamaja (Acting)
Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Mr. Brian D. Boles Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 5501 N. State Route 2 Mail Stop A-DB-3080 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Units 1 and 2 Pacific Gas and Electric Company Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323 License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Indiana Michigan Power Company Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 Mr. Joel P. Gebbie Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant One Cook Place Bridgman, Ml 49106 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)
Exelon Nuclear Dresden Nuclear Power Station 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. Units 1 and 2 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366 License Nos. DPR-57 and NPF-5 Mr. James J. Hutto Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant P.O. Box 1295 I Bin 038 Birmingham, AL 35201 -1 295 Fermi 2 DTE Electric Company Docket No. 50-341 License No. NPF-43 Mr. Paul Fessler, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer DTE Electric Company Fermi 2 - 210 NOC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Ml 48166
Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 Omaha Public Power District Docket No. 50-285 License No. DPR-40 Ms. Mary J. Fisher Senior Director Fort Calhoun Station Decommissioning Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station 961 O Power Lane, Mail Stop FC-2-4 Blair, NE 68008 H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Duke Energy Progress, LLC Docket No. 50-261 License No. DPR-23
'Mr. Ernest J. Kapopoulos, Jr.
Site Vice President H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Duke Energy Progress, LLC 3581 West Entrance Road, RNPA01 Hartsville, SC 29550 Hope Creek Generating Station PSEG Nuclear, LLC Docket No. 50-354 License No. NPF-57 Mr. Peter P. Sena, 111 President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 Hope Creek Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1. 2.
and 3 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511 -0249 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Exelon Generation Company, LLC Docket No. 50-333 License No. DPR-59 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Wint ield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17 Mr. Steven D. Capps, Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC McGuire Nuclear Station 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Huntersville, NC 28078-8985 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 Mr. Peter A. Gardner Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Northern States Power Company -
Minnesota Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 North Anna Power Station. Units 1 and 2 Virginia Electric and Power Company Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339 License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 Mr. Daniel G. Stoddard, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company North Anna Power Station Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060
Palisades Nuclear Plant Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043-9530 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. Units 2 and 3 Exelon Generation Company, LLC Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Perry Nuclear Power Plant. Unit 1 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58 Mr. David 8. Hamilton Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Perry Nuclear Power Plant Mail Stop A-PY-290 P.O. Box 97, 10 Center Road Perry, OH 44081-0097 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Docket No. 50-293 License No. DPR-35 Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Point Beach Nuclear Plant. Units 1 and 2 NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 Mr. Robert Coffey Site Vice President NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC 661 O Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516 Seabrook Station, Unit 1 NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Docket No 50-443 License No. NFP-86 Mr. Mano Nazar President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Nuclear Division NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Mail Stop: EX/JS 700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, FL 33408 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 1101 Market Street, LP 3R-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Docket No. 50-395 License No. NPF-12 Mr. George Lippard, Ill Vice President, Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88, Mail Code 800 Jenkinsville, SC 29065
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and g
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425 License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 Mr. James J. Hutto Regulatory Affairs Director Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1295 I Bin 038 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Tennessee Valley Authority Docket No. 50-390 and 50-391 License No. NPF-90 and NPF-96 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1101 Market Street, LP 3R-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Wolf Creek Generating Station Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Docket No. 50-482 License No. NPF-42 Mr. Adam C. Heflin President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Nuclear Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Wolf Creek Generating Station P.O. Box411 Burlington, KS 66839 Audit Plan
NRC PLAN FOR THE AUDIT OF REVALUATED SEISMIC HAZARD SUBMITTALS RELATING TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SECTION 50.54(f) REGARDING RECOMMENDATION 2.1 OF THE NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE REVIEW OF INSIGHTS FROM THE FUKUSHIMA DAl-ICHI ACCIDENT FOR MULTIPLE PLANTS BACKGROUND AND AUDIT BASIS By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12053A340), the NRC issued a request for information pursuant to Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 O CFR), Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter). Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter requested that licensees reevaluate the seismic hazards for their sites using present-day methods and regulatory guidance used by the NRC staff when reviewing applications for early site permits and combined licenses.
By letter dated October 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15194A015), the NRC made a determination of which licensees were to perform (1) an SPRA, (2) limited scope evaluations, or (3) had no further actions to perform based on a comparison of the reevaluated seismic hazard and the site's design-basis earthquake. (Note: Some plant-specific changes regarding whether an SPRA was needed or limited scope evaluations were needed at certain sites have occurred since the issuance of the October 27, 2015, letter.)
REGULATORY AUDIT SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY The areas of focus for the regulatory audit are the information contained in the SPRA submittals or limited-scope evaluation submittals, as applicable, and all associated and relevant supporting documentation used in the development of the aforementioned documents including, but not limited to, methodology, process information, calculations, computer models, etc.
NRC AUDIT TEAM:
Title Team Member Affiliation rTeam Leader, NRR/JLD
~arious Staff Members NRC Branch Chief, NRR/JLD/JHMB Nathan Sanfilippo NRC Branch Chief, NRR/JLD/JERB Stewart Bailey NRC Branch Chief, NRR/DRA Greg Casto NRC Branch Chief, NRR/DE/ESEB Brian Wittick NRC Branch Chief, NRO/DSEA Michael Dudek NRC rTechnical Staff, NRR/JLD
~arious Staff Members NRC rTechnical Staff, NRR/DRA
~a rious Staff Members NRC LOGISTICS:
The audit meetings will be coordinated with each licensee contact.
DELIVERABLES:
The NRC team will develop an audit summary report. The report will be placed in ADAMS within 90 days of the completion of the final audit session, and will be publicly available.
The information discussed in the audit may be included, fully or in part, in the development of the NRC staff's evaluation of the licensees' reevaluated seismic hazard submittals.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PLAN FOR THE AUDIT OF LICENSEE RESPONSES CONCERNING SEISMIC HAZARD REEVALUATIONS RELATED TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SECTION 50.54(f) REGARDING RECOMMENDATION 2.1 OF THE NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE REVIEW OF INSIGHTS FROM THE FUKUSHIMA DAl-ICHI ACCIDENT DATED July 6, 2017 DISTRIBUTION:
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