IR 05000458/2005001

Annual Assessment Letter - River Bend Station (Report 05000458-05-001)

ML050610298
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	03/02/2005
From:	Howell A NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Hinnenkamp P Entergy Operations
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IR-05-001
Download: ML050610298 (7)

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rch 2, 2005

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - RIVER BEND STATION (REPORT 05000458/2005001)

Dear Mr. Hinnenkamp:

On February 2, 2005, 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 the reactor technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2004. 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.

This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate end-of-cycle performance review letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in Accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

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 Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). However, as a result of the continuous review of licensee performance by NRC staff, we concluded that the Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours PI has crossed the threshold from Green to White following a reactor scram that occurred on January 15, 2005. Accordingly, we plan to implement Supplemental Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, after you have informed us that your evaluation is complete. The purpose of this supplemental inspection is to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk significant performance issues are understood, the extent of cause and condition are identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.

Entergy Operations, Inc. -2-Additionally, the reactor scrams of August 15 and October 1, 2004, are the subject of review under the Reactor Oversight Process PI Frequently Asked Question process for inclusion under the Scrams with Loss of Normal Heat Removal PI. Depending on the outcome of this review, the Scrams with Loss of Normal Heat Removal PI could cross the Green to White threshold retroactive to the fourth quarter of 2004. If that occurs, a 95002 Supplemental Inspection, Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In a Strategic Performance Area, will be conducted in accordance with the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRC Action Matrix in lieu of a 95001 Supplemental Inspection.

The NRC issued a White inspection finding and associated Notice of Violation in a letter to you dated December 29, 2003. The issue was initially discussed in NRC Inspection Report 05000458/2002007, dated February 7, 2003. It was also discussed in our annual assessment letter, dated March 3, 2004. This finding involved the failure to properly lock open a valve in the condensate system that resulted in a loss of feedwater flow following a reactor scram in September 2002. A supplemental inspection utilizing Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection for One or Two White inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, was performed February 23-27, 2004, to assess the adequacy of your evaluation and to review the corrective actions you have taken for this risk-significant performance issue. Upon completion of the inspection, a Regulatory Performance Meeting was conducted as prescribed in NRC Manual Chapter 0305 to discuss the event, root causes, and corrective actions. The supplemental inspection concluded that your staff performed a comprehensive evaluation of the event. The corrective actions taken to address the issues and to prevent recurrence were satisfactory and have been completed.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be 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 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 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 David N. Graves 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

Entergy Operations, Inc. -3-Docket: 50-458 License: NPF-47 Enclosure:

River Bend Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure: Attorney General Senior Vice President and Department of Justice Chief Operating Officer State of Louisiana Entergy Operations, Inc. P.O. Box 94005 P.O. Box 31995 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 H. Anne Plettinger Vice President 3456 Villa Rose Drive Operations Support Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Burt Babers, President Jackson, MS 39286-1995 West Feliciana Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 1921 General Manager St. Francisville, LA 70775 Plant Operations Entergy Operations, Inc. Michael E. Henry, State Liaison Officer River Bend Station Department of Environmental Quality 5485 US Highway 61N Permits Division St. Francisville, LA 70775 P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313 Director - Nuclear Safety Entergy Operations, Inc. Brian Almon River Bend Station Public Utility Commission 5485 US Highway 61N William B. Travis Building St. Francisville, LA 70775 P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Austin, TX 78711-3326 P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Jimmy Bello, President Pointe Coupe Parish Police Jury Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq. P.O. Box 290 Winston & Strawn New Roads, LA 70760 1401 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 James Hunt, President East Feliciana Parish Police Jury Manager - Licensing P.O. Box 427 Entergy Operations, Inc. Clinton, LA 70722 River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.

Entergy Operations, Inc. -4-Riley Berthelot, Jr., President Col. Jeff Smith, Acting Director West Baton Rouge Parish Police Jury Military Department P.O. Box 757 Louisiana Office of Emergency Port Allen, LA 70767 Preparedness P.O. Box 44217 Bobby Simpson, Mayor-President 7667 Independence Blvd.

Office of the Mayor-President Baton Rouge, LA 70806 East Baton Rouge Parish P.O. Box 1471 Jesse Means, Jr., Director Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Federal Emergency Management Agency West Feliciana Parish ATTN: Ron Castleman, Regional Director P.O. Box 1927 Region VI, Federal Center St. Francisville, LA 70775 800 North Loop 288 Denton, TX 76201-3698 Travis W. Prewitt, Director Office of Homeland Security and Walter Monsour/Irma Plummer/Alfred Emergency Preparedness Williams East Feliciana Parish Assistant Chief Administrative Officer P.O. Box 1927 Office of the Mayor/President Jackson, LA 70748 East Baton Rouge Parish P.O. Box 1471 The Honorable William D'Aquilla Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Mayor, Town of St. Francisville P.O. Box 400 Joanne Moreau, Director St. Francisville, LA 70775 Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

East Baton Rouge Parish Records Center P.O. Box 1471 700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Atlanta, GA 30339 Sharlot Edwards, Director Office of Emergency Preparedness West Baton Rouge Parish P.O. Box 757 Port Allen, LA 70767 Don Ewing, Director Office of Emergency Preparedness Pointe Coupee Parish P.O. Box 248 New Roads, LA 70760

Entergy Operations, Inc. -5-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (MRS)

Senior Resident Inspector (PJA)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)

W. Maier, RSLO (WAM)

C. Gordon (CJG)

DRS Branch Chiefs (LJS, MPS1, ATG, JAC)

S. Richards, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (SAR)

M. Case, Deputy Dir. for Inspection and Programs (MJC)

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

B. Wetzel, Acting Chief, ROPMS, OEDO (BAW)

H. Berkow, Director, LPD4, NRR/DLPM (HNB)

A. Howe, Chief, PDIV-1, NRR/DLPM (AGH1)

M. Webb, NRR Project Manager (MKW)

SISP Review Completed: _dng____ ADAMS: /Yes G No Initials: ___dng__

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Page 1 of 2 River Bend 03/01/2005 08:36:40 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ALARA2 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 2 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections EB17B - PERMANENT PLANT MODS 4 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Baseline Inspections OB-EP2 - EMERG PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections ACRSA - ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/20/2005 06/24/2005 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections PEB-52 - RBS PIR INSPECTION 5 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 10/24/2005 10/28/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Baseline Inspections RP TEAM - RADIATION SAFETY TEAM INSPECTION 4 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections ACRSA - ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections EB-08G - IN SERVICE INSPECTION (BOILER) 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections OB-RQ - REQUALIFICATION INSP 3 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections EB21 - ENG-SSD&PC 5 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/19/2006 06/23/2006 Baseline Inspections PEB - MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 06/26/2006 06/30/2006 Baseline Inspections ALARA1 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 River Bend 03/01/2005 08:36:40 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type EP1 - EMERG PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE 3 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 08/14/2006 08/18/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 08/14/2006 08/18/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/14/2006 08/18/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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