ML19242C763

Information Request for the Cyber-Security, Baseline Security Inspection, Notification to Perform Inspection 05000390/2019411 and 05000391/2019411

ML19242C763
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	08/28/2019
From:	Scott Shaeffer NRC/RGN-II, Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
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References
IR 2019411
Download: ML19242C763 (5)

See also: IR 05000390/2019411

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

August 28, 2019

Mr. Joseph W. Shea

Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

and Support Services

Tennessee Valley Authority

1101 Market Street, LP 1-A i

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY,

BASELINE SECURITY INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION

05000390/2019411 AND 05000391/2019411

Dear Mr. Shea:

On November 18, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline security

inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 71130.10P Cyber-Security, Revision 0 at the

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The inspection will be performed to evaluate and verify your ability to meet

the Milestone 8 (i.e., full implementation) requirements of the NRCs Cyber-Security Rule, Title 10, Code

of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 73, Section 54, Protection of Digital Computer and Communication

Systems and Networks. The onsite portion of the inspection will take place during the weeks of

November 18 thru December 13, 2019.

Experience has shown that baseline inspections are extremely 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 for both parties, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the

inspection. These documents have been divided into four groups.

The first group specifies information necessary to assist the inspection team in choosing the focus areas

(i.e., sample set) to be inspected by the cyber-security IP. This information should be made available

via secure site (i.e., SharePoint, Certrec) no later than October 7, 2019. The inspection team will review

this information and will request any additional specific items that should be provided for review to aid

in inspection planning and preparation.

Enclosure transmitted herewith contain(s) SUNSI. When separated from the enclosure(s), this

transmittal document is decontrolled.

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inspection team will review this information and will request any additional specific items that should be

provided for review to aid in inspection planning and preparation.

The second group of additional requested documents will assist the inspection team in the evaluation of

the critical systems and critical digital assets (CSs/CDAs), defensive architecture, and the areas of the

licensees cyber security plan (CSP) selected for the cyber-security inspection. This information will be

requested for review via secure site (i.e., SharePoint, Certrec) before November 4, 2019.

The third group of requested documents consists of those items that the inspection team will review, or

need access to, during the inspection. Please have this information available by the first day of the

onsite inspection, November 18, 2019.

The fourth group of information is necessary to aid the inspection team in tracking issues identified

during or as a result of the inspection. It is requested that this information be provided to the lead

inspector as the information is generated during the inspection. It is important that all these documents

are kept 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.

On August 12, 2019, during a telephone conversation between Mr. Braaten of our staff and Mr. Castro

of your staff, the attributes of the enclosed were discussed. The lead inspector for this inspection is Mr.

Phillip Braaten. We understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mr. Jason

Weathersby of your organization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material

requested, please contact the lead inspector at 404-997-4651 or via e-mail at Philipp.Braaten@nrc.gov

or me at 404-997-4521 or email at Scott.Shaeffer@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, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the

NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will not be available electronically for

public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS)

component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and

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Management 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/

Scott M. Shaeffer, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-390, 50-391

License Nos.: NPF-90, NPF-96

Enclosure:

Security Inspection Document Request

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NAME P. Braaten S. Shaeffer

DATE 8/28 / 2019 8/ 28 /2019

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