ML081120496
| ML081120496 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/2008 |
| From: | Laura Smith NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB2 |
| To: | Bannister D Omaha Public Power District |
| References | |
| IR-08-006 | |
| Download: ML081120496 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000285/2008006
Text
April 21, 2008
D. J. Bannister
Vice President and CNO
Omaha Public Power District
Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.
P.O. Box 550
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550
SUBJECT:
FORT CALHOUN STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE
PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 05000285/2008006
Dear Mr. Bannister:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
Region IV staff will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at your Fort Calhoun
Station in July and August of 2008. The inspection team will be comprised of reactor inspectors
from the NRC Region IV office and a contractor. The team will conduct the inspection in
accordance with the baseline Inspection Procedure 71111.05T, "Fire Protection (Triennial)."
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Information gathering visit: July 8-10, 2008
Onsite inspection:
July 28-August 1, 2008
August 11-15, 2008
The team will visit the Fort Calhoun Station on July 8-10, 2008, to gather information, select the
fire areas for evaluation, identify documents needed to support the inspection, obtain
unescorted access, and to become familiar with your fire protection program. The enclosure to
this letter provides an initial list of the documents the team will want to review. The team leader
will request that you transmit copies of some of the documents to the NRC Region IV office for
team use in preparation for the inspection. We would appreciate it if you could send this
information so that it will arrive in our office in Arlington, Texas, by the dates listed in the
enclosure.
We request that during the onsite inspection weeks, you ensure that copies of analyses,
evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire
protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the
team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire
protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC and
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
R E GI ON I V
611 RYAN PLAZA DRIV E, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005
Omaha Public Power District
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industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) plant
systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and outside the
control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses, (3) reactor plant
fire protection systems, and (4) the fire protection program and its implementation should be
available to support the team at the site during the inspection.
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 NRCs 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).
Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions
concerning this inspection or the inspection team's information or logistical needs, please
contact Greg Pick at 817-860-8270.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Linda J. Smith, Chief
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket: 50-285
License: DPR-40
Enclosure: Triennial Fire Protection
Inspection Supporting Documentation
cc:
Joe l. McManis,
Manager - Nuclear Licensing
Omaha Public Power District
Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.
P.O. Box 550
Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550
Winston & Strawn
Attn: James R. Curtiss
1700 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-3817
Chairman
Washington County Board of Supervisors
P.O. Box 466
Blair, NE 68008
Omaha Public Power District
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Julia Schmitt, Manager
Radiation Control Program
Nebraska Health & Human Services
Dept. of Regulation & Licensing
Division of Public Health Assurance
301 Centennial Mall, South
P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
Melanie Rasmussen
Bureau of Radiological Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Ronald L. McCabe, Chief
Technological Hazards Branch
National Preparedness Division
DHS/FEMA
9221 Ward Parkway
Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64114-3372
Omaha Public Power District
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Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (John.Hanna@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (George.Replogle@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
SUNSI Review Completed: _GAP__ ADAMS: X Yes
Initials: __GAP____
X Publicly Available
X Non-Sensitive
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ENCLOSURE
Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Documentation Requested
Please provide the following documentation prior to the onsite information-gathering trip,
preferably no later than June 23, 2008. Where practical, please provide copies electronically.
1.
The current version of your fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.
2.
Post-fire safe shutdown analysis and the supporting calculations that demonstrate
acceptable plant response.
3.
Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (Safety Evaluation Reports,
pertinent sections of the Final Safety Analysis Report, exemptions, deviations, letters
to/from the NRC regarding fire protection/fire safe shutdown, etc.).
4.
The Fire PRA or portions of the plants IPEEE addressing fire events.
Please provide the following documentation during the information-gathering visit or by
July 18, 2008, in order to support inspection preparation. Where practical, please provide
copies electronically. However, drawings should be provided as paper copies of sufficient size
that all details are legible.
5.
Fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative controls, operator
response procedures for fires, fire fighting procedures, etc.).
6.
Operating procedures used for achieving and maintaining hot and cold shutdown
conditions from the control room in the event of a fire outside the control room (III.G.2
areas).
7.
Operating procedure(s) used to implement an alternative shutdown (III.G.3 areas)
capability with or without control room evacuation.
8.
Pre-fire plans for the selected fire areas (areas to be selected by the team during the
information-gathering trip).
9.
A list of equipment used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdowns in the
event of a fire (safe shutdown equipment lists).
10.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams showing the components used to achieve
and maintain hot standby and cold shutdowns for fires outside the control room and
those components used for those areas requiring alternative shutdown capability. Two
copies of the piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for these systems of a size
sufficient to read all details. These should include the systems used for RCS makeup,
RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and reactivity control, including the essential
support systems.
11.
Plant layout and equipment drawings for the selected fire areas that identify (a) the
physical plant locations of major hot standby and cold shutdown equipment; (b) plant fire
area and/or fire zone delineation; and (c) the locations of fire protection equipment, such
as detection, suppression, and post-fire emergency lighting units, and (d) fire area
boundaries.
12.
A listing of design change packages, which were determined to impact fire protection
and post-fire safe shutdowns, performed in the last 3 years.
13.
Copies of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last 3 years.
14.
A listing of open and closed corrective action documents initiated in the last 3 years,
which relate to the fire protection program or equipment. Include corrective action
document number, date, and subject.
15.
A listing of the applicable codes and standards (with the versions) related to the design
of plant fire protection features and evaluations of any code deviations.
16.
Drawings of the portions of the emergency lighting system which support fire response.
17.
Procedures used to remove smoke from safety-related areas and the engineering
studies or calculations which support the design basis.
18.
Drawings of communication systems credited in the license basis for firefighting and
plant operations during fires where control room is occupied and/or evacuated.
19.
Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams for the fire water and sprinkler systems.
20.
A listing of maintenance and surveillance testing procedures for alternative shutdown
capability and fire barriers, detectors, pumps and suppression systems.
21.
Maintenance Rule performance criteria and a summary of the last 3 years performance
history for fire protection program systems or functions monitored within the
22.
A copy of fire protection program requirements (e.g. limiting conditions for operation,
surveillance test requirements) covered by Technical Specifications, Technical
Requirements Manual, UFSAR, or similar documents.
23.
Copies of internal and external self-assessments, audits, peer-assessments or similar
reviews related to post-fire safe shutdown capability or the fire protection program
completed since July 1, 2005.
24.
A list of manual actions taken outside the control room which are credited to mitigate the
consequences of fires in III.G.2 areas (non-alternative shutdown areas). The list should
group actions by the initiating fire area or zone and indicate where the action must take
place.
25.
Electronic copies of operator study guides (i.e. lesson plan text and graphics) or design
basis documents that describe the purpose/function/operating characteristics of the safe
shutdown systems (RCS makeup, RCS pressure control, decay heat removal, and
reactivity control, including the essential support systems).
26.
Two copies of one-line diagrams of the electrical distribution system. These should
depict how power gets from the switchyard to ESF loads (480V and 4160V). Also,
include the vital DC distribution system one-line diagrams.
27.
A list of automatic and manually initiated gaseous fire suppression systems in the plant,
giving location and the key equipment being protected.
28.
A list of repairs (and the procedure that controls the actions) needed to: a) reach and/or
maintain hot shutdown and b) reach and/or maintain cold shutdown.
29.
A list of high to low pressure interface valves.
30.
A copy of procedures governing the training and operation of the fire brigade.
31.
Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
32.
A contact list of key site personnel who will be supporting this inspection, giving location
of their office and phone number onsite.
33.
The team would like to observe a fire brigade drill in the plant, if possible, during the
week of August 11, 2008. Please put us in contact with the appropriate personnel for
planning drills during the onsite information gathering trip.
34.
The team would like to perform a walkthrough of the procedure for control room due to
fire with qualified operators in the plant during the week of July 28, 2008. Please put us
in contact with the appropriate personnel for planning the walkthrough during the onsite
information gathering trip.