IR 05000458/2003001

Annual Assessment - River Bend Station (Report 50-458-03-001)

ML030650121
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	03/04/2003
From:	Howell A NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Hinnenkamp P Entergy Operations
References
IR-03-001
Download: ML030650121 (7)

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rch 4, 2003

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT - RIVER BEND STATION (REPORT 50-458/2003-01)

Dear Mr. Hinnenkamp:

On February 6, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of River Bend Station. The end-of-cycle review for River Bend Station involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2002. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, River Bend Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one finding of low to moderate risk significance (White) in the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone for failure to comply with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(7). Between 1985 and January 2002, River Bend Station did not provide emergency preparedness information to members of the public utilizing facilities within the licensees owner controlled area. A supplemental inspection utilizing Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection Procedure for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, was conducted during the week of November 25, 2002, and NRC reviewed your actions regarding this issue. Your evaluation of the issue was satisfactory and appropriate corrective actions had been implemented.

However, the significance of another finding, the failure to properly lock open a condensate valve that inadvertently closed following a reactor scram in September 2002 and resulted in a loss of feedwater flow, is still under review as part of the Significance Determination Process.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2004. In addition to the baseline inspection program, Temporary Instruction 2515/148, Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards Interim Compensatory Measures, will be performed at River Bend Station during this inspection cycle. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be

Entergy Operations, Inc. -2-resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the Midcycle Review meeting.

As you are aware, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we plan to continue these inspections and conduct portions of the security baseline inspection program, as well as perform additional inspections to evaluate your compliance with new requirements that may be ordered. Based on our final determinations in this regard, we will notify you of any inspection plan changes.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 817-860-8141 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Arthur T. Howell III, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-458 License: NPF-47 Enclosure:

River Bend Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Vice President Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995

Entergy Operations, Inc. -3-General Manager Plant Operations River Bend Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Director - Nuclear Safety River Bend Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

Winston & Strawn 1401 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Manager - Licensing River Bend Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 220 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 The Honorable Richard P. Ieyoub Attorney General Department of Justice State of Louisiana P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9005 H. Anne Plettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 President West Feliciana Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Michael E. Henry, State Liaison Officer Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 82135 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135

Entergy Operations, Inc. -4-Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701-3326 Jimmy Bello, President Pointe Coupe Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 290 New Roads, Louisiana 70760 James Hunt, President East Feliciana Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 427 Clinton, Louisiana 70722 Ted Denstel, Parish President West Baton Rouge Parish Counsel P.O. Box 757 Port Allen, Louisiana 70767 Burt Babers, President West Feliciana Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 Bobby Simpson, Mayor-President Office of the Mayor-President P.O. Box 1471 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821 Federal Emergency Management Ron Castleman, Regional Director Region VI, Federal Center 800 North Loop 288 Denton, Texas 76201-3698 Jim Brewer Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Office of the Mayor/President East Baton Rouge Parish P.O. Box 1471 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821

Entergy Operations, Inc. -5-Joanne Moreau, Director Dept. of Emergency Management East Baton Rouge Parish P.O. Box 1471 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821 Charles LeBlanc, Director Dept. of Emergency Management West Baton Rouge Parish P.O. Box 757 Port Allen, Louisiana 70767 Don Ewing, Director Dept. of Emergency Management Pointe Coupee Parish P.O. Box 248 New Roads, Louisiana 70760 Col. Michael A. Brown Assistant Director Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness 7667 Independence Blvd.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Tara Wicker Asst. Chief Administrative Officer P.O. Box 1471 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821 Jesse Means, Director Dept. of Emergency Management West Feliciana Parish P.O. Box 1927 St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 T. W. Prewitt, Director Dept. of Emergency Management East Feliciana Parish P.O. Box 640 Jackson, Louisiana 70748 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

700 Galleria Parkway SE Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5943

Entergy Operations, Inc. -6-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (EWM)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (PJA)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

RidsNrrDipmlipb V. L. Dricks, PAO (VLD)

W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)

C. J. Gordon (CJG)

DRS Branch Chiefs (TWP, ATG, CSM)

W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)

C. A. Carpenter, Chief, Nrr/DIPM/IIPB (CAC)

R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)

R. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)

S. Morris, Acting Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (SAM1)

H. Berkow, NRR Project Director (HNB)

R. Gramm, Chief, Section 1, NRR/DLPM (RAG)

D. Wrona, NRR Project Manager (DJW1)

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Page 1 of 1 River Bend 03/05/2003 07:37:50 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/02/2003 - 03/31/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type EMB - ISI 2 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PI 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections ALARA2 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 07/14/2003 07/18/2003 Baseline Inspections SEC-TI - SECURITY ORDER VERIFICATION (2515/148) 4 1 IP 2515/148 Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards - Interim Compensatory Measures 07/14/2003 07/18/2003 Safety Issues RP-TM - RAD SAFETY TEAM 4 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-S1 - SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorizati 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Stra 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections OB-PIR - RB PIR INSPECTION 5 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 10/27/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 3 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Baseline Inspections ALARA1 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PIV 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Baseline Inspections EMB - MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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