ML20056D695
| ML20056D695 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 02/25/2020 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1 |
| To: | Gerry Powell South Texas |
| Gaddy V | |
| References | |
| IR 2020002 | |
| Download: ML20056D695 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000498/2020002
Text
February 25, 2020
Mr. G. T. Powell
President and CEO
STP Nuclear Operating Company
P.O. Box 289
Wadsworth, TX 77483
SUBJECT:
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NOTIFICATION OF
EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION
(05000498/2020002 AND 05000499/2020002) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Powell:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the 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, Units 1 and 2, from May 11 - 15, 2020. 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 onsite 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 April 27, 2020. 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 onsite 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 Mr. Nicholas Boehmisch of your licensing
organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please
contact the lead inspector, Mr. Jim Drake, by telephone at: 817-200-1558 or by e-mail at
James.Drake@nrc.gov.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments
regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office
G. Powell
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of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION
The NRC may not conduct nor 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 OMB control number.
This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection
and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document
Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for
Withholding.
Sincerely,
/RA Gerond George Acting for/
Vincent G. Gaddy, 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
Electronic Distribution to the South Texas Project
SUNSI Review:
ADAMS:
Non-Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive
Keyword:
By: JFD
Yes No
Publicly Available
Sensitive
OFFICE
SRI:EB1
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NAME
JDrake
VGaddy
SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA GAG for/
DATE
02/24/2020
02/25/2020
Enclosure
Request for Information
Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection
South Texas Project
Inspection Report: 05000498/2020002 AND 05000499/2020002
Inspection Dates:
On Site: May 11 - 15, 2020
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments
Lead Inspector:
Jim Drake, Senior 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 April 27, 2020, to the attention of Jim Drake. 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 onsite inspection. Also, the
inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your
staff additional documents needed during the onsite 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
10 CFR 50.59 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 titles and descriptions of all normal, abnormal, and emergency operating
procedure changes implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.
7. 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.
8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare, 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:
Jim Drake
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1558
James.Drake@nrc.gov
Isaac Anchondo-Lopez
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1152
Isaac.Anchondo@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1126
Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Jim Drake
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4111