05000416/LER-2016-005, Regarding Automatic Reactor Scram

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Regarding Automatic Reactor Scram
ML16235A325
Person / Time
Site: Grand Gulf Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 08/22/2016
From: Nadeau J
Entergy Operations
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
LER 16-005-00
Download: ML16235A325 (6)


LER-2016-005, Regarding Automatic Reactor Scram
Event date:
Report date:
Reporting criterion: 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation
4162016005R00 - NRC Website

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~Entergy GNRO-2016/00041 August 22, 2016 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 James Nadeau Manager, Regulatory Assurance Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Tel. (601)437-2103

SUBJECT:

Dear Sir or Madam:

Licensee Event Report (LER) 2016-005-00, Automatic Reactor SCRAM Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29 Attached is Licensee Event Report (LER) 2016-005-00, which will be supplemented upon completion of the in-progress root cause evaluation. This report is submitted in accordance with Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A).

This letter contains no new commitments. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact James Nadeau at 601-437-2103.

Sincerely, JJN/ras cI~~

Attachment:

Licensee Event Report (LER) 2016-005-00 cc: see next page

GNRO-2016/00041 Page 2 of 2' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Jim Kim, NRR/DORL (w/2)

Mail Stop OWFN 8 B1 Rockville, MD 20852-2738 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson, MS 39150 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Kriss M. Kennedy (w/2)

Regional Administrator, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511

Attachment To GNRO-2016/00041 Licensee Event Report (LER) 2016-005-00

NRC FORM 366 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0104 EXPIRES: 10/31/2018 (11-2015)

, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

1. FACILITY NAME Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 NARRATIVE

D. CAUSE

2. DOCKET 05000416 YEAR 2016 I
3. LER NUMBER SEQUENTIAL NUMBER 005 I

REV.

NO.

00 Investigation of the root cause is ongoing. A supplemental report to this LER will be provided upon completion of the root cause investigation.

E. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

Immediate:

Tested and replaced the two suspect Main Turbine Control Valve circuit cards Pending Action:

An RCE team is currently working to identify additional corrective actions. This LER will be supplemented when the corrective action(s) to preclude recurrence is/are determined.

F. SAFETY ASSESSMENT

There were no actual nuclear safety consequences or radiological consequences during the event as all systems operated as designed and there was no release of radioactivity.

G.

PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS

Previous events or conditions that involved the same underlying concern or reason as this event (i.e. same root cause, failure, or sequence of events) will be documented in the supplemental report when the RCE is finalized.