IR 05000313/2015006

Annual Assessment Letter for Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000313/2015006 and 05000368/2015006)

ML16061A290
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	03/02/2016
From:	Dapas M NRC Region 4
To:	Jeremy G. Browning Entergy Operations
O'Keefe C
References
IR 2015006
Download: ML16061A290 (7)

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March 2, 2016

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000313/2015006 AND 05000368/2015006)

Dear Mr. Browning:

On February 18, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment results for your facility and its plans for future inspections.

The NRC determined the performance at ANO, Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column (Column 4) of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix based on having one Yellow finding in the Initiating Events Cornerstone for Units 1 and 2, and one Yellow finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone for Units 1 and 2. In addition, the Unplanned Scrams per 7,000 Critical Hours Performance Indicator (PI) result in the Initiating Events Cornerstone for Unit 2 was White for the second and third quarters of 2014, and then returned to Green in the fourth quarter of 2014.

On January 15, 2016, your staff notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Entergys readiness for the NRC to perform supplemental inspections to review the actions taken to address performance issues at ANO (ADAMS ML16019A047). Therefore, in addition to ROP baseline inspections, the NRC began a supplemental inspection on January 25, 2016, using the following inspection procedures to review Entergys evaluation of the causes for declining performance at ANO, as well as corrective actions taken or planned to address performance concerns:

• Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, for the White PI associated with Unit 2 unplanned scrams.

• Inspection Procedure 95002, Supplemental Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, for the two Yellow findings pertaining to each unit. *

Inspection Procedure 95003, Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs or One Red Input.

The enclosed inspection/activity plan lists the NRC inspections scheduled through December 31, 2017. Routine inspections conducted by resident inspectors are not included in the plan. The inspections listed during the second half of the calendar year are tentative and may be revised based on the results of the ROP mid-cycle performance review. We are providing the inspection/activity plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. We will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection/activity plan should circumstances warrant any changes. The subject plan does not include security-related inspections, a schedule of which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. In accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, the NRC is conducting an additional problem identification and resolution inspection in August of 2016.

In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events. This Order requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation. This Order requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. The subject audit has been completed for ANO and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the associated Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives a letter from Entergy indicating the site is in full compliance with the Orders, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued by the NRC. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections, using Temporary Instruction (TI) 191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans, Entergys full implementation of the Orders.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs 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).

Please contact Mr. Neil OKeefe at 817-200-1574 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Marc L. Dapas Regional Administrator

Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6

Enclosure:

ANO, Units 1 and 2, Inspection/Activity Plan

SUNSI Review By: NFO ADAMS Yes No Non-Sensitive Sensitive Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Keyword:

NRC-002 OFFICE SPE:DRP/E BC:DRP/E DD/DRS DD/DRP RA NAME JDixon/RDR NOKeefe AVegel TPruett MDapas SIGNATURE

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DATE 2/19/16 2/19/16 2/22/16 2/18/16 2/29/16

Letter to Jeremy Browning from Mark L. Dapas, dated March 2, 2016

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000313/2015006 AND 05000368/2015006)

DISTRIBUTION:

Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Brian.Tindell@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Margaret.Tobin@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Andy.Barrett@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/E (Neil.OKeefe@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (John.Dixon@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/E (Brian.Correll@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/E (Jackson.Choate@nrc.gov)

ANO Administrative Assistant (Mary.Bennett@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Andrea.George@nrc.gov)

Team Leader, DRS/TSS (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Raj.Iyengar@nrc.gov)

Director, DIRS, NRR (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)

Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (Clay.Johnson@nrc.gov)

Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov)

Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov)

Director, DPR (Lawrence.Kokajko@nrc.gov)

Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov)

DRP Branch Chiefs (R4DRPBC@nrc.gov)

DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRSBC@nrc.gov)

ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov

Page 1 of 2 02/29/2016 15:40:10 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Arkansas Nuclear One Inspection / Activity Plan 04/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 EXAM

- INITIAL EXAM ANO U1

1 INITIAL EXAM ANO UNIT 1 (08/2016)

X02568 07/25/2016 07/29/2016

INITIAL EXAM ANO UNIT 1 (08/2016)

X02568 08/22/2016 09/02/2016 EB2-05XT

- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION

1, 2 IP Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)

7111105X 06/06/2016 06/10/2016 1, 2 IP Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)

7111105X 06/20/2016 06/24/2016 EXAM

- INITIAL EXAM U2

2 INITIAL EXAM ANO UNIT 2 (02/2017)

X02585 01/09/2017 01/13/2017

INITIAL EXAM ANO UNIT 2 (02/2017)

X02585 02/06/2017 02/10/2017 RS 5678

- RADIATION SAFETY - TEAM

1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 06/27/2016 07/01/2016 1, 2 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 06/27/2016 07/01/2016 1, 2 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 06/27/2016 07/01/2016 1, 2 IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 06/27/2016 07/01/2016 INSP

- BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION U1

1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 07/11/2016 07/15/2016 INSP

- BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION U2

2 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 07/11/2016 07/15/2016 EP-2

- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

1 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 08/15/2016 08/19/2016

IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 08/15/2016 08/19/2016

IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 08/15/2016 08/19/2016 EP-3

- BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE INSPECTION

1, 2 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 08/15/2016 08/19/2016 1, 2 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 08/15/2016 08/19/2016 TSB 52B

- BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION

1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 09/12/2016 09/16/2016 71111.08

- INSERVICE INSPECTION 1R26

1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 09/26/2016 10/07/2016 RS 12 PI

- RADIATION SAFETY

1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 02/29/2016 15:40:10 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Arkansas Nuclear One Inspection / Activity Plan 04/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 RS 12 PI

- RADIATION SAFETY

1, 2 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 1, 2 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 EB1-21T

- ANO COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION

1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/31/2016 12/02/2016 ISFSI

- LOADING INSPECTION (ONE WEEK IN MONTH)

1, 2 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 12/01/2016 12/30/2016 RS 13 PI

- RADIATION SAFETY

1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 1, 2 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 03/13/2017 03/17/2017 71111.08

- INSERVICE INSPECTION 2R25

2 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 03/13/2017 03/23/2017 EB2-03

- LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION (PHASE 1)

2 IP Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal 71003 03/20/2017 03/24/2017 TSB 52B

- BIENNIAL PI&R

1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152 05/01/2017 05/05/2017 1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152 05/15/2017 05/19/2017 EP-1

- BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION

1, 2 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 1, 2 IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 1, 2 IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 1, 2 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 EP-2

- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION

1, 2 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 1, 2 IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 1, 2 IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 07/10/2017 07/14/2017 EB1-17T

- ANO PERMANENT PLANT MODS & 50.59

1, 2 IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111117T 07/24/2017 08/11/2017 RS 24

- RADIATION SAFETY

1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 11/06/2017 11/10/2017 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 11/06/2017 11/10/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.