ML110760631

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information for NRC Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

ML110760631
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	03/17/2011
From:	Hopper G T Reactor Projects Branch 7
To:	Stinson L M Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVE N.E., SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 March 17, 2011 Mr. L. Michael Stinson Vice President - Farley Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

7388 North State Highway 95 Columbia, AL 36319

SUBJECT:

JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Stinson:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region II staff will conduct a problem identification and resolution (PI&R) inspection at your Farley Nuclear Plant during the weeks of June 6 - 10 and June 20 - 24, 2011. The inspection team will be led by Tonya Lighty, a Project Engineer from the NRC's Region II office. This inspection will be conducted in accordance with the baseline inspection procedure, Procedure 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution, issued on February 26, 2010.

The biennial PI&R inspection and assessment of the licensee's Corrective Action Program (CAP) complements and expands upon the resident baseline inspections of routine daily screening of all corrective action program issues, quarterly focused issue reviews, and semiannual trend PI&R reviews.

On March 15, 2011, Ms. Lighty confirmed with William Oldfield, of your staff, arrangements for the two-week onsite inspection.

The enclosure lists documents that will be needed prior to the inspection. Please have the referenced information available no later than April 29, 2011. Contact Ms. Lighty with any questions concerning the requested information. The inspectors will try to minimize your administrative burden by specifically identifying only those documents required for inspection preparation.

If additional documents are needed, they will be requested when identified. Prior to the onsite inspection, Ms. Lighty will discuss with your staff the following inspection support administrative details: availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing personnel to serve as points of contact during the inspection; method of tracking inspector requests during the inspection; access to licensee computers; working space; arrangements for site access; and other applicable information.

SNC 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding the information requested or the inspection, please contact Ms. Lighty at (404) 997-4565.

Sincerely, /RA/

George T. Hopper, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects

Docket Nos.: 50-348, 50-364 License Nos.: NPF-2, NPF-8

Enclosure:

INFORMATION REQUEST FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION cc w/encl: (See page 3)

"PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 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. PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION 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."

_ML110760631 G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRP SIGNATURE TXL3 GTH1 NAME TLighty GHopper DATE 03/17/2011 03/17/2011 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO SNC 3 cc w/encl: B. D. McKinney, Jr. Regulatory Response Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution M. J. Ajluni Nuclear Licensing Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt Regulatory Response Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Todd L. Youngblood, Plant Manager Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

R. D. Baker, Licensing Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution E. G. Anners, Licensing Engineer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Jeffrey T. Gasser Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution N. J. Stringfellow Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

L. Mike Stinson Vice President Fleet Operations Support Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Paula Marino Vice President Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Moanica Caston Vice President and General Counsel Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Chris Clark Commissioner Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution John G. Horn Site Support Manager Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution

Ted V. Jackson Emergency Response and Radiation Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Tom W. Pelham Performance Improvement Supervisor Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Cynthia A. Sanders Radioactive Materials Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution James C. Hardeman Environmental Radiation Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl continued next page)

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William D. Oldfield Principal Licensing Engineer Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Mark Culver Chairman Houston County Commission P. O. Box 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 James A. Sommerville Program Coordination Branch Chief Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution James L. McNees, CHP Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Dept. of Public Health P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 30317 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 F. Allen Barnes Director Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

SNC 5 Letter to L. Michael Stinson from George T. Hopper dated March 17, 2011

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JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR NRC PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION Distribution w/encl

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Enclosure INFORMATION REQUEST FOR FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION (June 6-10 and June 20-24, 2011)

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the information requested below corresponds to documents generated since November 20, 2009. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format. If the information is not available in electronic format, please contact the inspection team leader to coordinate other available methods to provide the information.

1. Copies of the corporate and site level procedures and sub-tier procedures associated with the corrective action program. This should include procedures related to:

a) Corrective action process b) Cause evaluation c) Operating experience program d) Employee concerns program e) Self-assessment program f) Maintenance rule program and implementing procedures g) Operability determination process h) Degraded/non-conforming condition process (e.g., RIS 2005-20) i) System health process or equivalent equipment reliability improvement programs j) Preventive maintenance deferral and Condition report (CR) extension process If any of the procedures requested above were revised after November 20, 2009, please provide (or have available) copies of all revisions during the onsite inspection.

2. List of top ten risk significant systems, top ten risk significant components for each one of the top ten risk significant systems, and top ten risk significant operator manual actions 3. List of all CRs initiated including the following information for each CR:

a) CR Number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Priority or level d) Affected system e) Affected component f) Responsible plant department g) CR completion status

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

CR # Problem PrioritySystem Component Org StatusCRXXX "A" RHR Pump failed flow criteria per SR 5.0.5.4 2 RHR 2-RHR-PMP-A ENG Open 2 Enclosure 4. List of outstanding corrective actions including the following information for each action:

a) Corrective action number b) Corrective action type (e.g., corrective action to prevent recurrence, enhancement, maintenance rule evaluation, etc) c) Brief, but complete corrective action description d) Associated CR number e) Corrective action initiation date f) Number of Extensions g) Corrective action due date h) Completion status If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Corrective Action # Type Description CRInitiation Date Extensions Due Date StatusAR0034 CAPR Revise Procedure NGK-003-4585 CRXXX 01/05/08 2 06/15/08Closed

5. List of control room deficiencies with a brief description and corresponding CR and/or work order (WO) number

6. List of operator workarounds and operator burdens with a brief description and corresponding CR number

7. List of all currently extended CRs or overdue, sorted by initiation date, with the following information:

a) CR # b) Priority or Significance c) CR title and short description

8. List of all CRs that have been voided or cancelled. Please provide the following information for each CR:

a) CR Number b) Brief, but complete problem description c) Reason voided or cancelled

9. List of all structures, systems, and components (SSCs) which were classified as (a)(1) in accordance with the Maintenance Rule since August 11, 2008. Please include the following information for each system in (a)(1):

a) Date of classification in (a)(1) b) Reason for being placed in (a)(1) c) Planned actions and their status 3 Enclosure 10. List of Maintenance Preventable Functional Failures (MPFF) of risk significant systems. Please include actions completed and current status.

11. List of corrective maintenance work orders. Please include the following information for each work order:

a) WO number b) Brief, but complete work description c) Affected system and components c) Date of initiation d) Date of completion (if completed)

If possible, provide this list in a format compatible with spreadsheet software (example shown below)

Work Order # Description System ComponentInitiation Date Due Date StatusWO01345 Replace breaker 2A-BKR-08-BB4 for 2A SI Pump. SI 2A-SI-PMP, BKR-08-BB4 01/05/08 03/15/09 Closed

12. Corrective action closeout packages, including CRs with description of corrective actions, for all NRC findings and Licensee identified violations

13. Corrective action closeout packages, including CRs with description of corrective actions, for all licensee event reports (LERs) issued

14. List of all NRC generic communications (e.g., Information Notices, Generic Letters, etc.) and industry operating experience (OE) documents (e.g., Part 21 reports, vendor information letters, information from other sites, etc.,) evaluated by the site for applicability to the station, regardless of the determination of applicability. Please include the reference number (e.g., CR #) for the documents that evaluated the aforementioned OE information.

15. Copies of all quality assurance audits and/or assessments issued, including the last two audits/assessments of the corrective action program.

16. Copies of all department self-assessments for those programs related to the Corrective Action Program (e.g. Operating Experience, Maintenance Rule, etc)

17. Copy of the most recent integrated plant trend report, departmental trend report(s), and corrective action trend report, including any human performance and equipment reliability trends

18. Copy of the latest Corrective Action Program statistics (if exists) such as the number of CRs initiated by department, human performance errors by department, and others as may be available

4 Enclosure 19. Copies of any minutes of meetings by the offsite safety review boards/groups. In addition, please provide a list of routine meetings involving the CAP to be held while team is onsite.

20. List of CRs related to equipment aging issues in the top ten risk significant systems since November 20, 2009 (e.g., system erosion and/or corrosion problems; electronic component aging or obsolescence of circuit boards, power supplies, relays, etc.; environmental qualification). Please provide the following information for each CR:

a) CR number b) Priority c) CR problem description

21. If performed, please provide any recent self-assessment of the site safety culture.

22. Copies of corrective action program documents related to cross-cutting issues (human performance, problem identification and resolution, and safety conscious work environment) identified via trending, self-assessments, safety review committee or other oversight methods

23. List of all root cause evaluations with a brief description

24. Copy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment importance measures report, if available

25. System Health Reports, system design basis documents, and system description information for the top ten risk significant systems