ML19035A634
| ML19035A634 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 02/04/2019 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1 |
| To: | Dinelli J Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR 2019010 | |
| Download: ML19035A634 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000382/2019010
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February 4, 2019
Mr. John Dinelli, Site Vice President
Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road
Killona, LA 70057-0751
SUBJECT:
WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - NOTIFICATION OF
NRC DESIGN BASES ASSURANCE INSPECTION (PROGRAMS)
(05000382/2019010) AND INITIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Dinelli:
On May 6, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin an inspection at the
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. A three person team will perform this inspection using
NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.21N, Design Bases Inspection (Programs); Attachment 1,
Environmental Qualification under 10 CFR 50.49 Programs, Processes, and Procedures.
This inspection will evaluate the implementation of the environmental qualification of electrical
equipment program, as required by the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Operating
License. Additionally, the team will perform an inspection of the equipment qualification
documentation files to verify that electrical equipment important to safety meets the
requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 50.49. The team will select
components that will be subjected to harsh environments and required mitigate the
consequences of a design basis accident.
The inspection will include an information gathering site visit by the team leader and two weeks
of onsite inspection by the team. The inspection will consist of three NRC inspectors. The
current inspection schedule is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: April 15 - 19, 2019.
Preparation Week(s): April 29 - May 3, 2019 and May 13 - 17, 2019.
Onsite Week(s): May 6 - 10, 2019 and May 20 - 24, 2019.
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to become
familiar with the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 environmental qualification program.
The lead inspector will request a meeting with your personnel to discuss the site environmental
qualification program and procedures. Additionally, the lead inspector will request a discussion
with your staff to become familiar with the equipment qualification regulations and standards to
which the site is committed. Additional information and documentation needed to support the
inspection will be identified during the inspection, including interviews with engineering
managers and engineers.
Our experience with these inspections has shown that they are 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, we have enclosed a request for information needed for
J. Dinelli
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the inspection. This information should be made available to the lead inspector during the
April 15 - 19, 2019 visit. Since the inspection will be concentrated on the environmental
qualification of the equipment, the Equipment Qualification Master List (EQML) should be
available to review during the information gathering visit to assist in our selection of
components.
It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is
generated during the inspection. Additional requests by inspectors will be made during the
onsite week for specific documents needed to complete the review of that component/selection.
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. In order to facilitate the inspection, we request that a contact individual be
assigned to each inspector to ensure information requests, questions, and concerns are
addressed in a timely manner.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Ronald Kopriva. We understand that our licensing
engineer contact for this inspection is Mr. Remy Devoe. If there are any questions about the
inspection or the requested materials, please contact the lead inspector by telephone at
817-200-1104 or by e-mail at Ron.Kopriva@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.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure," a
copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public
Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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/
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-382
License No.: NPF-38
Enclosure: Design Bases Inspection (Programs) Environmental
Qualification Request for Information
SUNSI Review
ADAMS:
Non-Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive
Keyword:
By:RAK
Yes No
Publicly Available
Sensitive
OFFICE
SRI:EB1
C:EB1
NAME
RKopriva
VGaddy
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE
2/4/19
2/4/19
Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Design Bases Inspection (Programs), Environmental Qualification
WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3
Inspection Report: 05000382/2019010
Information Gathering Dates:
April 15 - 19, 2019
Inspection Dates:
May 6 - 10, 2019 and May 20 - 24, 2019
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111, Attachment 21N, Design Bases Inspection
(Programs)
Lead Inspector:
Ronald A. Kopriva, Senior Reactor Inspector
I.
Information Requested for Information Gathering Visit (April 15, 2019)
The following information should be provided to the lead inspector in hard copy or
electronic format, to the attention of Ronald Kopriva by March 19, 2019, to facilitate the
reduction in the items to be selected for a final list of components. The inspection team
will finalize the selected list during the prep week using the documents requested in this
enclosure. The specific items selected from the lists shall be available and ready for
review on the day indicated in this request. *Please provide requested documentation
electronically in pdf files, Excel, or other searchable formats, if possible. The
information should contain descriptive names, and be indexed and hyperlinked to
facilitate ease of use. Information in "lists" should contain enough information to be
easily understood by someone who has knowledge of pressurized water reactor
technology. If requested documents are large and only hard copy formats are available,
please inform the inspector(s), and provide subject documentation during the first day of
the onsite inspection.
1. List of components that are in Equipment Qualification Master List. If plant is
approved to categorize structures, systems, and component in accordance with 10
CFR 50.69, please provide the Risk Informed Safety Category of the component.
2. Listing of the Equipment Qualification Master List components sorted by Birnbaum
risk importance.
3. List of all post-accident monitoring instrumentation components and locations.
4. Documents which show the environmental service conditions expected for areas in
which the equipment qualification components are located.
5. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, word-searchable Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report, License Conditions, and Technical Specifications. Specifically
identify which UFSAR sections address environmental (including seismic)
qualification, seismic.
6. NRC Safety Evaluation Report(s) associated with Waterford Steam Electric Station,
Unit 3 environmental qualification program.
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7. Identify the various environmental qualification standards (including year, edition, or
revision) that Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 is committed.
8. Identify whether Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 has entered its period of
extended operation (i.e., operation past the original 40 year license period).
9. Site (and corporate if applicable) procedures associated with the 10 CFR 50.49
environmental qualification program for electrical components. Additionally, please
provide similar procedures used to verify mechanical components meet their 10 CFR
50, Appendix A, Criterion 4, Environmental and Dynamic Effects Design Bases.
Include procedures for procurement of qualified equipment, maintenance of qualified
equipment, and modification to qualified equipment (including equivalency or
commercial grade dedication programs).
10. Site high energy line break analyses, including associated plant area drawings.
11. Procedures for material storage and shelf life controls.
12. List of commercial grade dedication evaluations performed, for which the dedicated
parts have been issued for installation on equipment qualification applications in the
plant, for the previous five years. Include description of the component the part was
issued to repair, work order, and date issued or installed.
13. List of condition reports related to the equipment qualification program or
environmental qualification of components (both electrical and mechanical) for the
previous 5 years.
14. Lists of modifications, repairs, or replacement of Equipment Qualification Master List
components completed for the previous 5 years.
15. List of modifications, repairs, or replacements of containment penetrations for the
previous 5 years.
16. List of components removed from the environmental qualification program since
beginning of operation.
17. Any self-assessments and quality assurance assessments of the environmental
qualification program performed in the previous 5 years.
18. List of systems, system numbers/designators and corresponding names.
II.
Discussions Requested
1. Interview with representative to discuss site environmental qualification service
condition analyses for plant areas, including plant drawings and assumptions. This
includes analysis for areas that are subject to high energy line breaks (HELB).
2. Interview with representative to discuss environmental qualification mandated
maintenance elements are integrated into plant programs and procedures.
3. Interview with representative to discuss maintaining qualification for plant/equipment
that has entered its period of extended operation, if applicable.
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III.
Information Requested for Inspection Preparation (April 29, 2019)
1. Equipment qualification documentation files, including test reports, for the electrical
components selected by the lead inspector listed on the Equipment Qualification
Master List.
2. References associated with the electrical components equipment qualification
document files.
3. Vendor manuals and technical sheets associated with the selected electrical
components.
4. Tours of the rooms in which the selected electrical components are installed.
5. Tour of stored selected electrical components in the warehouse.
Inspector Contact Information:
Ronald Kopriva
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1104
Ron.Kopriva@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1095
Chris.Smith@nrc.gov
Johnathan Braisted
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1194
Johnathan.Braisted@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Ronald Kopriva
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511