ML22276A156
| ML22276A156 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 10/05/2022 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB1 |
| To: | Dent J Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| Braisted J | |
| References | |
| IR 2023011 | |
| Download: ML22276A156 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000298/2023011
Text
October 5, 2022
Mr. John Dent, Jr.
Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper Nuclear Station
72676 648A Avenue
P.O. Box 98
Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL GRADE
DEDICATION INSPECTION (05000298/2023011) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Dent:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
will conduct the commercial grade dedication baseline inspection at Cooper Nuclear Station,
beginning on January 30, 2023. The inspection team will be composed of three personnel from
the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC inspection
procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03, Commercial Grade Dedication, dated June 28, 2022.
The inspection will evaluate the implementation of Cooper Nuclear Stations process for
dedicating commercial-grade items, as required in applicable portions of Appendix B to Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 (Appendix B), to ensure reasonable
assurance is provided that these items will perform their intended safety function. Additionally,
this inspection will evaluate implementation of Cooper Nuclear Stations procurement process
for safety-related components, as required in Appendix B.
The inspection will include an onsite information gathering visit by the team lead and two weeks
of onsite inspection by the team. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: January 9-13, 2023
Offsite Preparation Week: January 23-27, 2023
Onsite Inspection Weeks: January 30-February 3, 2023, and February 13-17, 2023
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with your staff to become familiar with
the process for dedicating commercial-grade items and the process for procuring safety-related
components at Cooper Nuclear Station. This visit may include a tour of onsite commercial-grade
item dedication facilities, receipt inspection facilities, storage facilities, and installed plant
components associated with potential inspection samples. During the visit, the team lead will
also review the information provided in the initial information request to select a list of potential
inspection samples. The team lead may also identify other information needed to support the
inspection during this visit.
J. Dent, Jr.
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To minimize the impact on your staff and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed
two separate requests for information. The first request (Enclosure 1) is generally for information
that will be used to choose the inspection samples or information that will be applicable to all
inspection samples throughout the inspection. This information should be made available to the
team lead prior to the information gathering visit. The second request (Enclosure 2) is for
information that is specific to an individual sample and should be made available prior to the
offsite preparation week.
Additional information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or walkdowns of facilities or
installed plant components will be made by the team throughout the inspection to complete their
review of the selected inspection samples. It is important that all documentation provided to the
team is complete and up-to-date to minimize the number of additional documents requested
during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. Additionally, to facilitate an
efficient 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.
If there are any questions about the inspection or the information requested, please contact the
team lead, Jonathan Braisted, by telephone at 817-200-1469 or by email at
Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov. Enclosure 3 contains additional contact information for the
inspection team.
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 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 Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public
Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Sincerely,
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Signed by Gaddy, Vincent
on 10/05/22
J. Dent, Jr.
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Docket No. 05000298
License No. DPR-46
Enclosures:
1.
Documents Requested Prior Information Gathering Visit
2.
Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week
3.
Inspection Team Contact Information
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Enclosure
Enclosure 1
Documents Requested Prior to Information Gathering Visit
The documents and information requested below should generally be made available to the
inspection team for the team's use both onsite and offsite during the information gathering visit.
Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is made available via an internet
based remote document management system, then the remote document access must allow
inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the NRC's regional office. Electronic
media on compact disc or paper records (hardcopy) are acceptable. At the end of the
inspection, the documents in the team's possession will not be retained.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the
listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below.
Documents Requested by January 2, 2023:
1.
Licensing basis documents such as the updated final safety analysis report and
technical specifications.
2.
Procedures for dedicating commercial-grade items and for procurement of safety-
related components.
3.
List of items commercial-grade items, with a brief description of application, that have
been dedicated for safety-related applications. These items may be dedicated by
Cooper Nuclear Station or dedicated by a vendor (or other licensee) and procured by
Cooper Nuclear Station. Please note whether the item has been installed in the
plant. The list should encompass the past six years of dedication activities.
4.
List of components procured as safety-related, with descriptions, if not included
above. Please note whether the item has been installed in the plant. The list should
encompass the past six years of procurement activities.
5.
List of corrective action program documents, with descriptions, related to
commercial-grade items, procurement, or storage, including any items that failed
after completing the dedication process. The list should encompass the past six
years of these activities.
6.
List of systems, system numbers/designators, and corresponding names.
7.
List of site contacts that will be associated with the inspection.
Enclosure 2
Enclosure 2
Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week
For the samples identified by the team lead, the documents and information requested below
should generally be made available to the inspection team for the team's use both onsite and
offsite during the inspection. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is
made available via an internet based remote document management system, then the remote
document access must allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the
NRC's regional office. Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hardcopy) are
acceptable. At the end of the inspection, the documents in the team's possession will not be
retained.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all of the
listed documents. In addition, your plant specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below for
each sample.
Documents Requested by January 23, 2023:
1.
Purchase requisition and purchase orders.
2.
Other pertinent vendor/licensee correspondence.
3.
Original and updated design specifications.
4.
Catalog specifications.
5.
Procurement basis evaluation such as like-for-like, equivalency, plant design change
packages, drawing and specification updates.
6.
10 CFR 50.59 documentation, if required.
7.
Material receiving reports, packing lists/invoices, and other shipping documents.
8.
Receipt inspection reports and any related test reports.
9.
Other documents to trace the item from the time it was dedicated to the time it was
installed, tested, and accepted.
10.
Certificates of conformance/compliance/quality.
11.
Vendor test and inspection reports.
12.
Third-party or subvendor test and inspection reports.
13.
Shelf-life information.
14.
Vendor dedication/partial dedication information.
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15.
Design/material/process change history information.
16.
Completed commercial-grade dedication document including safety classification,
identification of safety functions/application requirements, identification of critical
characteristics, identification of verification methods and acceptance criteria for the
critical characteristics, evaluation of credible failure modes, if applicable, and
identification of the suppliers quality assurance program that meets 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix B.
17.
Any deviation from design, material, and performance characteristics relevant to the
safety function (nonconformance dispositions).
18.
Documents showing objective evidence such as special test and inspection
procedures and results, commercial-grade survey reports -item, design, material,
and specific performance characteristic (relevant to safety function), and source
inspection reports.
19.
Completed post-installation test procedure and results.
20.
Completed stock or material issue forms and installation work orders or reports.
21.
Historical performance information.
Enclosure 3
Enclosure 3
Inspection Team Contact Information
Inspection Team:
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1469
Jonathan.Braisted@nrc.gov
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1562
Gerond.George@nrc.gov
Dustin Bryen
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1078
Dustin.Bryen@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Jonathan Braisted
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511