ML24281A140
| ML24281A140 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07003103 |
| Issue date: | 10/07/2024 |
| From: | Timothy Sippel NRC/RGN-II/DFFI |
| To: | Schwarz C, Ward S URENCO USA |
| References | |
| Download: ML24281A140 (1) | |
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From:
Timothy Sippel To:
Ward, Steven; Schwarz, Chris Cc:
Lindsey Cooke; Nicholas Peterka; Todd Shewmaker
Subject:
Upcoming inspection Date:
Monday, October 7, 2024 1:36:00 PM Attachments:
2024-004 LES NCS-OPS Document Request.docx Steve, Chris,
This email is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region II staff are currently scheduled to conduct an inspection at your facility during the week of November 11, 2024. The inspection will focus on the core inspection procedures described in Inspection Manual Chapter 2600; and will use Inspection Procedures 88015, Nuclear Criticality Safety and 88020, Operational Safety. Additionally, I will be conducting the area needing improvement (ANI) follow-up inspection, as described in ML24061A268, which will be performed using portions of IP 88020 and other applicable inspection procedures. The inspectors are currently planned to be Lindsey Cooke (the lead inspector),
myself, and Nicholas Peterka. Who are performing the core OPS inspection, the ANI follow-up inspection, and the NCS inspection, respectively.
Experience has shown that these inspections are resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to conduct a productive inspection, I have attached a request for documents needed for this inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date, complete, and ready for the inspectors the week before the inspection or upon arrival at the facility, as applicable. Please also let me know if anyone needs to complete site access training, badging or take other actions before or upon arrival at your site.
If possible, an entrance meeting should be scheduled for 14:00 on Tuesday the 12th, with an exit meeting at 16:00 on Friday the 15th. Please note the unusual dates due to the Veterans Day holiday on the 11th. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, particularly in the you find any of the items requested unclear or unduly burdensome, please contact Lindsey Cooke or myself by email, or at 404-997-4836, and 404-997-4525, respectively.
Thank you. - Tim.
NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL SAFETY INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST SITE: UUSA INSPECTION REPORT NUMBER: 2024-004 PRE-INSPECTION VISIT:
N/A INSPECTION DATES:
November 12 - 15, 2024 NRC INSPECTORS:
Lindsey.Cooke@nrc.gov Timothy Sippel Timothy.Sippel@nrc.gov Nicholas Peterka Nicholas.Peterka@nrc.gov ACCOMPANYING PERSONNEL:
None IDENTIFIED LICENSEE CONTACTS:
Licensing: Steven.Ward@urenco.com NCS:
Quentin.Newell@urenco.com Note: This is a broad list of the documents the NRC inspectors will be interested in obtaining and reviewing during the inspection visit. The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. The lead inspector can answer questions regarding specific information needs with licensee staff and may request additional documents.
DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED
- 1. Information Requested for IP 88015 - Nuclear Criticality Safety (Peterka)
- a. Qualification records for any new qualifying/qualified NCS staff since the last NCS inspection (in April 2024)
- The NCS Program Assessment/self-assessment
- d. NCS inspection reports (a.k.a.: weekly walkdowns) since the last NCS inspection, and the most recent NCS Assessment of OPS
- e. The schedule of weekly walkdowns and audits for 2024 and 2025
- f.
A list of NCS-related, including CAAS-related, corrective action program (CAP) entries, event reports, and issue screening documents since the last NCS inspection
- g. Schedule for weekly inspection by an NCS engineer, which we plan to accompany
- h. A list (or the actual documents if that is more convenient) of the new and/or revised CSEs and CSAs since the last NCS inspection, and other new or revised NCS documents (e.g., SBDVs, NSRs, etc)
- i.
Most recent verification report for SCALE and/or MCNP on workstations
- j.
Documentation of any changes to the CAAS since the last NCS inspection
- k. Current CAAS detector placement/coverage calculations
- l.
The current NCS related emergency response procedures, evacuation and dose maps, or calculations
- m. Records of the most recent criticality evacuation drill
- 2. Information Requested for IP 88020 - Operational Safety (Cooke)
- 1) Latest version of the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary
- 2) Procedures governing the implementation of the following management measures, as applicable to items relied on for safety (IROFS) and/or other safety controls credited in the license application:
Configuration Management Maintenance Training and Qualifications Procedures Development and Implementation Audits and Assessments Incident Investigations and Corrective Action Records Management Quality Assurance (QA) for IROFS
- 3) List of CAP entries opened since the last OPS inspection (in February 2024) related to problems with IROFS (e.g., IROFS failures) and operational issues
- 4) List of plant changes implemented since the last OPS inspection that affected IROFS; including modifications to existing controls, elimination of previous controls, and addition of new controls Provide the change package for the change to the earthquake response procedure
- 5) List of changes in the Operations Safety organization since the last OPS inspection that were subject to the position-specific requirements of the license application
- 6) List of temporary compensatory measures put in place in the last 12 months (or to last OPS inspection) to support degraded or failed IROFS. Please include a brief description of the compensatory measure, if practical.
- 7) Copy of any self-assessment and/or audits report in the area of Operational Safety since
the last OPS inspection
- 8) Current training for Operations personnel in the areas of Fire Protection (e.g., incipient fire training) and RP (e.g., RPTQ training)
- 9) Contact information for key personnel expected to support the Operation Safety inspection
- 10) Post-earthquake walkdowns and event records for WER 07003103/2024-003-00, ALERT - Seismic Activity Felt On Site (EN57246)
- 11) Documents related to the restart of the Urenco Technology Center (i.e., operating procedures, modifications to support LEU+, training, IROFS)
- 3. Information Requested for the ANI follow-up inspection (Sippel)
- a. Procedures (e.g., OPs) implementing the IROFS50 series controls, as well as changes to those procedures since the first IROFS50b/c event
- b. Records of management measures applied to the IROFS50 series controls (e.g., training materials, inspection/surveillance forms/records)
- c. Boundary Definition Documents, ORMs, hazard analyses, and ISA meeting minutes for the IROFS50 series (current, and any changes since the first IROFS50b/c event)
- d. Root cause evaluations for the three events related to the IROFS50 series controls, extent of cause/conditions reviews for these events, any self-assessments as a result of these events, and the CAP entries from these documents
- e. Interview with Training department personnel to discuss changes to training for administrative IROFS
- f.
Interview with Operations and Training to discuss changes to training and preparation for new/unusual evolutions, including those related to resuming construction, and resuming production and installation of centrifuges
- 4. Additional Items
- a. A schedule of IROFS surveillances, tests, calibrations, training, maintenance, modifications and other infrequently performed evolutions scheduled for the week of the inspection. Including, any Fire Brigade training or drills scheduled for the week.
- b. The inspectors will need site support to coordinate interviews with plant operators
- c. Please provide a list of plant meetings with their times and locations (e.g., Plan of the Day meetings, shift turnovers)
- d. Walkdown of the UBC Pad Expansion construction
- e. (Optional) Discussion of IROFS C23 plans
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 3150-0009). The burden to the public for these information collections is estimated to average 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />(s) per response. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library and Information Collection 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, (3150-0009) 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.