ML090440164

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML090440164
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	02/12/2009
From:	Heather Gepford Reactor Projects Region 2 Branch 6
To:	Campbell W Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 February 12, 2009 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Swafford:

During the period of February 18-20, 2009, the NRC will perform an augmented baseline inspection at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. This inspection is in response to a 2nd Quarter 2007 Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI), High Pressure Injection Performance Indicator (PI), value of 2.29 E-06. This would typically correlate to a value that crosses the green/white threshold for this PI; however, due to the lack of historical data since Unit 1 restart, any crossing of thresholds is subject to focused augmented baseline inspection of the subject area. Pursuant to the NRC letter dated May 21, 2008, regarding implementation of the Unit 1 interim MSPIs, this inspection will be conducted in accordance with the Unit 1 Augmented Inspection Plan (AIP). According to the Unit 1 AIP, any follow-up inspection for an interim MSPI that crosses a performance threshold will be conducted as an annual baseline focus sample in accordance with inspection procedure (IP) 71152, including as additional guidance any relevant aspects of the supplemental inspection IP 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area.

Experience has shown that this type of inspection is resource intensive both for 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. 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 on-site portion of the inspection. We request that the requested information be provided to our staff, in electronic and hard-copy format, upon our arrival at Browns Ferry on February 18, 2009.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Michael Oliver of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, James Baptist, at (404) 562-4506.

TVA 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules 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/

Heather J. Gepford, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-259 License Nos.: DPR-33

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request (cc: w/encl See page 3)

G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RIII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE

/RA/

/RA/

NAME JBaptist HGepford DATE 2/12/092/ /2009 2/12/09 E-MAIL COPY?

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TVA 3 cc w/encl:

Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Ludwig E. Thibault General Manager Nuclear Oversight & Assistance Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution William R. Campbell, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tom Coutu Vice President Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 R. G. (Rusty) West Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution D. Tony Langley Manager, Licensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution John C. Fornicola General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Larry E. Nicholson General Manager Licensing & Performance Improvement Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael A. Purcell Senior Licensing Manager Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael J. Lorek Interim Vice President Nuclear Engineering & Projects Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Beth A. Wetzel Manager Corporate Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611-6970 Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 Dr. D. E. Williamson State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health Electronic Mail Distribution Kirksey E. Whatley Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Dept. of Public Health Electronic Mail Distribution

TVA 4 Distribution w/encl:

E. Brown, NRR (PM - BF )

C. Evans, RII EICS (Part 72 Only)

L. Slack, RII EICS (Linda Slack)

OE Mail (email address if applicable)

RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC

Enclosure Pre-Inspection Document Request Augmented Baseline Inspection Licensee:

Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant Docket Number(s):

50-259 Inspection Dates:

February 18-20, 2009 Inspection Procedure to be referenced:

71152 Identification and Resolution of Problems 95001 Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area If you have any questions, please call James Baptist at 404-562-4506. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection Personnel for on-site entrance meeting to facilitate initial discussion of applicable documents, including: (1) High Pressure Core Injection (HPCI) System Engineer, (2)

Author(s) of Problem Evaluation Reports (PERs) 153144, 133370, and 152914, (3) Author of Apparent Cause Evaluation for PER 152914, (4) Designated Licensing Representative, and (5) Designated Management Representative Assistance in system walk-downs of HPCI and support systems.

General Information Request Telephone numbers of contacts Electronic copy of applicable chapters of UFSAR Latest revision of the Corrective Action Program procedures.

All PERs associated with the reliability and availability issues which caused the HPCI system to cross the green/white MSPI threshold.

All work orders associated with the availability and reliability issues which caused the HPCI system to cross the green/white MSPI threshold.

All documentation related to the organizational weakness associated with the startup of Unit 1 as discussed in the Apparent Cause Evaluation for PER 152914, to include documentation associated with the CARB decision not to focus on this issue.

All meeting minutes associated with the review of Apparent Cause Evaluation for PER 152914, to include all management and corrective action committee meetings.

P&ID diagrams which show the HPCI system and the components with the degraded conditions which caused the HPCI system to cross the green/white MSPI threshold.

The applicable cause determination evaluations (CDE) written by the system engineers per TVA's maintenance rule program for each of the Unit 1 HPCI reliability and availability issues Inspector Contact Information:

James B. Baptist (404) 562-4506 James.Baptist@nrc.gov