GNRO-2015/00050, Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

ML15240A019
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	08/28/2015
From:	Kevin Mulligan Entergy Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EA-12-051, GNRO-2015/00050
Download: ML15240A019 (7)

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~Entergy Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Kevin J. Mulligan Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Tel. (601) 437-7500 GNRO-2015/00050 August 28,2015 u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Entergy's Fifth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29

REFERENCES:

1. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Instrumentation, dated March 12, 2012 (ML12054A682)

2. Entergy Letter to NRC, Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 26,2013 (GNRO-2013/00016, ML13064A417)

3. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated August 28, 2013 (GNRO-2013/00061 )

4. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's Second Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 28,2014 (GNRO-2014/00013)

5. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated August 27,2014 (GNRO-2014/00055)

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6. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12,2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 18, 2015 (GNRO-2015/00005)

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an order (Reference 1) to Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy). Reference 1 was immediately effective and directs Entergy to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation.

Reference 1 requires submission of a status report at six-month intervals following submittal of the overall integrated plan (Reference 2). The purpose of this letter is to provide the fifth six-month status report pursuant to Section IV, Condition C.2, of Reference 1, that delineates progress made in implementing the requirements of Reference 1. The attached report provides an update of milestone accomplishments since the last status report, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief and the basis, if any.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments. Should you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Mr. James J. Nadeau, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (601) 437-2103.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct; executed on August 28, 2015.

Sincerely,

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KJM/ras

Attachment:

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station's Fifth Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation cc: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Kriss Kennedy Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555-0001

GNRO-2015/00050 Page 3 of 3 cc: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Kriss Kennedy Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555-0001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Alan Wang, NRR/DORL Mail Stop OWFN/8 B1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson, MS 39150

Attachment to GNRO-2015/00050 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station's Fifth Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

GNRO-2015/00050 Page 1 of 3 1 Introduction Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS) developed an Overall Integrated Plan (OIP - Reference 1 in Section 8), documenting the requirements to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation (SFPI), in response to Reference 2 of section 8. This attachment provides an update of milestone accomplishments since the last status report, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief/relaxation and the basis, if any.

2 Milestone Accomplishments The following milestone(s) have been completed since January 31, 2015 and are current as of July 31, 2015:

None.

3 Milestone Schedule Status The following provides an update to the schedule identified in Section 2 of the Overall Integrated Plan. It provides the activity status of each item, and whether the expected completion date has changed. The dates are planning dates subject to change as design and implementation details are developed.

Revised Target Activity Target Milestone Completion Status Completion Date Date Spring 2016 Install reliable SFPI Refueling Planned N/A Outage Submitted Respond to NRC RAls (received July August 29, August 29, N/A 30,2013) 2013 2013 Submitted Respond to ISE RAls (received September 30, February 27, N/A November 25, 2013) 2015 2015

GNRO-2015/00050 Page 2 of 3 4 Changes to Compliance Method There are no additional changes to the compliance method.

5 Need for Relief/Relaxation and Basis for the Relief/Relaxation GGNS expects to comply with the order implementation date and no relief/relaxation is required at this time.

6 Open Items from Overall Integrated Plan and Interim Staff Evaluation GGNS has received an Interim Staff Evaluation (ISE) that includes 19 RAls. The following table provides a status of any RAls documented in the ISE.

RAI # Response Status 1 Submitted in Reference 10 2 Submitted in Reference 10 3 Submitted in Reference 10 4 Submitted in Reference 10 5 Submitted in Reference 10 6 Submitted in Reference 10 7 Submitted in Reference 10 8 Submitted in Reference 10 9 Submitted in Reference 10 10 Submitted in Reference 10 11 Submitted in Reference 10 12 Submitted in Reference 10 13 Submitted in Reference 10 14 Submitted in Reference 10 15' Submitted in Reference 10 16 Submitted in Reference 10 17 Submitted in Reference 10 18 Submitted in Reference 10 19 Submitted in Reference 10 7 Potential Interim Evaluation Impacts There are no potential impacts to the Interim Staff Evaluation identified at this time.

GNRO-2015/00050 Page 3 of 3 8 References The following references support the updates to the Overall Integrated Plan described in this Attachment.

1. "Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA 051)," dated February 26,2013 (GNRO-2013/00016, ML13059A316).

2. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated March 12,2012 (ML12054A679).

3. "Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 - Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional

. Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051) (TAC NO. MF0955)," dated November 25, 2013 (ML133168986).

4. "Summary of the November 26, 2013, Public Meeting to Discuss Industry Responses to Staff Interim Evaluations for Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated December 26, 2013 (ML133478030).

5. "Request for Additional Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order EA-12-051 )," dated July 30, 2013 (GNRI-2013/00129).

6. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12,2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated August 28,2013 (GNRO-2013/00061 )

7. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's Second Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 28,2014 (GNRO-2014/00013)

8. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's Third Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated August 27,2014 (GNRO-2014/00055)

9. NE112-02, Industry Guidance for Compliance with NRC Order EA-12-051, "To Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," Revision 1, dated August 2012 (ML12240A307)

10. Entergy Letter to NRC, Entergy's Fourth Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 18, 2015 (GNRO-2015/00005)