0CAN041401, NRC Augmented Inspection Team Follow-up Inspection Report 05000313/2013012 and 05000368/2013012; Preliminary Red and Yellow Findings

NRC Augmented Inspection Team Follow-up Inspection Report 05000313/2013012 and 05000368/2013012; Preliminary Red and Yellow Findings

ML14091B128
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/01/2014
From:	Jeremy G. Browning Entergy Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
0CAN041401, IR-13-012
Download: ML14091B128 (5)

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Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802 Tel 479-858-3110 Jeremy G. Browning Vice President, Operations Arkansas Nuclear One 0CAN041401 April 1, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Arkansas Nuclear One - NRC Augmented Inspection Team Follow-up Inspection Report 05000313/2013012 and 05000368/2013012; Preliminary Red and Yellow Findings

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 24, 2014, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provided the results of the subject inspection in a letter (ML14083A409) to members of the Entergy Operations, Inc.

(Entergy) management team at Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO). The results included the identification of apparent greater than green violations.

Previously, at the February 10, 2014, exit meeting, Entergy requested a regulatory conference to discuss the apparent violations. The regulatory conference is currently scheduled for May 1, 2014, from 1-5 pm at the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas, and is open to the public.

Much of the information that will be provided in the regulatory conference is considered proprietary to Entergy; therefore, Entergy requests that portions of the regulatory conference be closed to members of the public in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390. Entergy requests that the closed portion of the regulatory conference be a 2-hour block preceding the open portion of the meeting. An affidavit by Entergy supporting the request for closure of a portion of the regulatory conference is provided in attachment to this letter.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments. Should you have any questions concerning this letter, or require additional information, please contact Stephenie Pyle at 479.858.4704.

Sincerely, Original signed by Jeremy G. Browning JGB/rmc

Attachment:

Affidavit from Entergy, dated April 1, 2014

0CAN041401 Page 2 of 2 cc: Mr. Marc L. Dapas Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Arkansas Nuclear One P.O. Box 310 London, AR 72847 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Peter Bamford MS O-8B3 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

Attachment to 0CAN041401 Affidavit from Entergy, dated April 1, 2014

Attachment to 0CAN041401 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of: )

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Entergy Operations Inc. ) Docket Nos. 50-313 & 50-368 ANO Unit 1 )

ANO Unit 2 )

AFFIDAVIT I, Jeremy Browning, being duly sworn, hereby depose and say that I am the Site Vice President of the Arkansas Nuclear One Nuclear plant, which is operated by Entergy Operations Inc.

(Entergy); that I am duly authorized to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this affidavit on behalf of Entergy; and state:

1. I am authorized to execute this affidavit on behalf of Entergy Operations Inc.

2. Much of the information that Entergy will present to the NRC during the regulatory conference to be conducted in the above-captioned dockets and related to the ANO-1 Stator Drop Event of March 31, 2013, was prepared as Attorney Work Product related to resolution of commercial claims and disputes arising out of that event and contains commercial information that should be held in confidence by the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR §§ 2.390(a)(4) and 9.17(a)(4), because:

a. This information is and has been held in confidence by Entergy. A sub-set of the information that will be presented at the regulatory conference has been produced to third parties on a limited basis and then only subject to non-disclosure protections. It is being provided to other government agencies only pursuant to similar non-disclosure requests.

b. This information is of a type that is held in confidence by Entergy, and there is a rational basis for doing so because the information relates to ongoing commercial claims and disputes.

c. This information is not available in public sources and could not be gathered readily from other publicly available information.

d. Public disclosure of this information would create substantial harm to Entergys ability to engage in confidential resolution of these claims and disputes.

e. Previously, in connection with Docket 50-313, Entergy produced the Root Cause Evaluation, dated July 22, 2013, associated with the ANO-1 Stator Drop Event; this documentation has been withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR §§ 2.390(a)(4) and 9.17(a)(4) for the same reason as described above in Paragraphs 2(a)-2(d).

3. Accordingly, Entergy requests that any regulatory conference in the above-captioned dockets be conducted as non-public, confidential conferences pursuant to the requirements found at 10 CFR §§ 2.390(a) (4) and 9.17(a) (4).

Attachment to 0CAN041401 Page 2 of 2 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on April 1, 2014.

Executed in Accord with 10 CFR § 2.304(d)

Original Signed by Jeremy G. Browning Jeremy Browning Site Vice President, ANO Entergy Operations Inc.

1448 SR 333 Russellville, AR 72802 479-858-3110 jbrow17@entergy.com