ML17103A627

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection (05000498/2017007 and 05000499/2017007) and Request for Information

ML17103A627
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	04/13/2017
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Gerry Powell South Texas
References
IR 2017007
Download: ML17103A627 (5)

See also: IR 05000498/2017007

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April 13, 2017

Mr. G. T. Powell

Executive Vice President and CNO

STP Nuclear Operating Company

P.O. Box 289

Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION -

NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND

EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION (05000498/2017007 AND 05000499/2017007)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Powell:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that 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 Electric Generating Station from May 22-26, 2017.

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 on-site 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 May 15, 2017. 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 on-site 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 Rafael Gonzalez of your licensing

organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please

contact the lead inspector, Chris Smith, by telephone at 817-200-1095 or by e-mail at

Chris.Smith@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

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

G. Powell

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requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control

number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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/

Thomas R. Farnholtz, 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

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DATE

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4/13/17

Enclosure

Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection

South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2

Inspection Report: 05000498/2017007; 05000499/2017007

Inspection Dates:

May 22-26, 2017

Inspection Procedure:

IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

Lead Inspector:

Chris Smith, 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 May 15, 2017, to the attention of Chris Smith. 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 on-site inspection. Also, the

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your

staff additional documents needed during the on-site 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

modification 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 descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

7. A list of personnel qualified to prepare 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations,

including qualification dates.

8. A list of personnel qualified to 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:

Chris Smith

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1095

Chris.Smith@nrc.gov

Wes Cullum

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1563

Wes.Cullum@nrc.gov

Nnaerika Okonkwo

Reactor Inspector

817-200-1114

Nnaerika.Okonkwo@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Chris Smith

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125