IR 05000260/2006015
| ML062060472 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 07/25/2006 |
| From: | Hoeg T NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1 |
| To: | Singer K Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| Download: ML062060472 (5) | |
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July 25, 2006Tennessee Valley AuthorityATTN:Mr. Karl W. SingerChief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801SUBJECT:NOTIFICATION OF BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT COMPONENTDESIGN BASES INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS.05000260/2006015, AND 05000296/2006015
Dear Mr. Singer:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)Region II staff will conduct a component design bases inspection at your Browns Ferry facilityduring the weeks of November 13-17, 2006, November 27-December 1, 2006, and December 4-8, 2006. The inspection team will be led by Mr. Mike Cain, a Senior Reactor Inspector fromthe NRC's Region II Office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baselineInspection Procedure 71111.21, Component Design Bases Inspection, issued June, 22, 2006. The inspection will evaluate the c apability of risk significant / low margin components to functionas designed and support proper system operation. The inspection will also include a review ofselected operator actions, operating experience, and modifications. During a telephone conversation on July 24, 2006, with Mr. R. Moore of my staff, and Mr. P.Byron of your staff, we confirmed arrangements for an information gathering site visit and the three - week onsite inspection. The schedule is as follows:*Information gathering visit: Week of October, 30, 2006, *Onsite inspection: November 13-17, 2006, November 27-December 1, 2006, andDecember 4-8, 2006The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with members of your staff to identifyrisk-significant components and operator actions. Information and documentation needed to support the inspection will also be identified. Mr. R. Bernhard, a Region II Senior ReactorAnalyst, may accompany Mr. Cain during the information gathering visit to review probabilisticrisk assessment data and identify risk significant components which will be examined during theinspection.
TVA 2The enclosure lists documents that will be needed two weeks prior to the October, 30, 2006,information gathering visit. Please contact Mr. Cain or Mr. Moore prior to preparing copies of the materials listed in the enclosure. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying onlythose documents required for the inspection preparation.During the information gathering visit, the team leader will also discuss the following inspectionsupport administrative details: office space; specific documents requested to be made available to the team in their office space; arrangements for reactor site access; and the availability ofknowledgeable plant engineering and licensing organization personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection.Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding theinformation requested or the inspection, please contact me at (404) 562-4605, or Mr. Moore at (404) 562-4628.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Tim Hoeg, Acting ChiefEngineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-260, 50-296License Nos.: DPR-52, DPR-68Enclosure:Information Request for Browns Ferry Plant Component Design BasesInspection TVA 3cc w/encl:Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionLarry S. Bryant, Vice PresidentNuclear Engineering & Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionBrian O'GradySite Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionPreston D. SwaffordSenior Vice President Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionGeneral CounselTennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionJohn C. Fornicola, ManagerNuclear Assurance and Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionBruce M. Aukland, Plant ManagerBrowns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionGlenn W. Morris, ManagerCorporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionWilliam D. Crouch, M anagerLicensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail DistributionState Health OfficerAlabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017ChairmanLimestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611Masoud Bajestani, Vice PresidentBrowns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609Robert G. Jones, General ManagerBrowns Ferry Site Operations Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609
_________________________OFFICERII:DRSRII:DRSRII:DRPSIGNATURE/RA//RA//RA/NAMER.MooreR.BernhardM. WidmannDATE7/25/20067/25/20067/25/20067/ /20067/ /20067/ /20067/ /2006 E-MAIL COPY? YES YESNO YES YESNO YESNO YESNO YESNO TVA 3EnclosurePlease provide the information electronically in "pdf" files, Excel, or other searchable format onCDROM. The CDROM should be indexed and hyperlinked to facilitate ease of use. Information in "lists" should contain enough information to be easily understood by some one who has knowledge of boiling water reactor technology. 1.Risk ranking of components from your site specific probabilistic safety analysis (PSA)sorted by Risk Achievement Worth (RAW) and sorted separately by Birnbaum Importance. If possible, please provide a correlation between actual plant componentsin plain language and RAW values. 2.Provide a list of the top 500 cutsets from your PSA.
3.Risk ranking of operator actions from your site specific PSA sorted by RAW. Providecopies of your human reliability worksheets for these items. 4.If you have an External Event or Fire PSA Model, provide the information requested initems 1 and 2 for external events and fire.5.Any pre-existing evaluation or lists of components and calculations with low designmargin ( i.e., pumps closest to the design limit for flow or pressure, diesel generator close to design required output, heat exchangers close to rated design heat removal, MOV risk margin rankings, etc). 6.A list of the last two years of operating experience evaluations, modifications, andcorrective actions sorted by component or system. 7.Information of any common cause failure of components experienced in the last 5 yearsat your facility. 8.Contact person to discuss PRA information prior to information gathering trip: phonenumber and email address.9.List of equipment on "Station Equipment Problem List", list of equipment in GL 91-18status, list of equipment in MR(a)(1) status, and a list of equipment for which an operability evaluation was required in past 2 years.10.List of changes to emergency operating procedures in past two years.
11.List of license amendment requests in past 2 years. (Include adequate title ordescription to understand the purpose of the request.)12.List of license amendment requests related to extended surveillance intervals of TScompliance instrumentation or safety related equipment for past 5 years.