IR 05000255/2013404

IR 05000255-13-404; 01/14/13 - 01/25/13; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Temporary Instruction (Ti) 2515/186, Inspection of Procedures and Processes for Responding to Potential Aircraft Threats. (Cover Letter Only)

ML13056A625
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	02/22/2013
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
References
IR-13-404
Download: ML13056A625 (4)

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UNITED STATES ary 22, 2013

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION 2515/186, "INSPECTION OF PROCEDURES AND PROCESS FOR RESPONDING TO POTENTIAL AIRCRAFT THREATS";

INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000255/2013404

Dear Mr. Vitale:

On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your Palisades Nuclear Plant using Temporary Instruction 2515/186, Inspection of Procedures and Processes for Responding to Potential Aircraft Threats. The enclosed inspection report documents the results of the inspection, which were preliminarily discussed on January 17, 2013, with you and other members of your staff. After discussing the results with the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR) and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), an exit meeting was conducted via telephone phone on January 25, 2013.

The objective of this inspection was to assess the implementation procedures and processes of your Palisades Nuclear Plant that are required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 50.54(hh)(1), which provides the requirements for responding to a potential aircraft threat. The results from this inspection, along with the results from this inspection performed at other operating commercial nuclear plants in the United States, will be used to evaluate the U.S.

nuclear industrys readiness to safely respond to similar events. These results will also help the NRC to determine if additional regulatory actions are warranted.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to the implementation of 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(1), your compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations, and with the conditions of your operating licenses. Within these areas, the inspection involved examination of selected procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel.

Based on results of this inspection, no NRC-identified or self-revealed findings were identified.

However, five observations related to procedures and communications were identified by the inspectors which required additional clarification and attention by the licensee. The observations were of very low safety significance and were determined not to be violations of regulatory requirements.

Enclosure transmitted herewith contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. When separated from enclosure, this transmittal document is decontrolled. If you contest any finding or the subject in this report, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region III; the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at Palisades Nuclear Plant.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). However, the material enclosed herewith contains Security-Related Information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1) and its disclosure to unauthorized individuals could present a security vulnerability. Therefore, the material in the enclosure will not be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the PARS component of NRC's ADAMS. If you choose to provide a response and Security-Related Information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please mark your entire response Security-Related Information - Withhold from public disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390 in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1) and follow the instructions for withholding in 10 CFR 2.390 (b)(1).

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1)(ii), the NRC is waiving the affidavit requirements for your response.

Should you have any questions regarding this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss the issues with you.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Nonpublic Enclosure: Inspection Report 05000255/2013404; w/Attachment: Supplemental Information cc w/encl: S. Coker, NSIR/DSO/DDSO/ST B. Desai, RII R. Albert, NSIR D. Funk, RIII B. Huffman, NSIR/DPR/DDIR/OB M. Haire, RIV J. Kozal, NSIR/DPR/DDIR/CB K. Yale, State Liaison Officer, State of E. Bowman, NRR/DPR/PGCB Michigan T. Dimitriadis, RI cc w/o encl: Distribution via ListServ'