ML042440636

Midcycle Performance Review & Inspection Plan - Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

ML042440636
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	08/30/2004
From:	Johnson W NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-A
To:	Gerald Williams Entergy Operations
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August 30, 2004 George A. Williams, Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT:

MIDCYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Williams:

On August 2, 2004, the NRC staff completed its midcycle plant performance assessment of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. The midcycle review for Grand Gulf involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance for the first half of the calendar year 2004 assessment cycle. The process included a review of performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous 12 months. 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 inspection plan does not include physical protection information.

A separate 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.

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). Therefore, we plan to conduct only reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2006.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 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 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review meeting.

Entergy Operations, Inc. 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 the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 817/860-8148 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

William D. Johnson, Chief Project Branch A Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-416 Licenses: NPF-29

Enclosure:

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc:

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

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W. - 12th Floor Washington, DC 20005-3502

Entergy Operations, Inc. Jay Barkley, Chief Energy & Transportation Branch Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 10385 Jackson, MS 39289-0385 President, District 1 Claiborne County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 339 Port Gibson, MS 39150 General Manager Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.

Attorney General Department of Justice State of Louisiana P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 Governor Haley Barbour Office of the Governor State of Mississippi Jackson, MS 39201 Mike Moore, Attorney General Frank Spencer, Asst. Attorney General State of MS P.O. Box 22947 Jackson, MS 39225 Dr. Brian W. Amy State Health Officer State Board of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215

Entergy Operations, Inc. Robert W. Goff, Program Director Division of Radiological Health Mississippi Dept. of Health P.O. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 Michael A. Krupa, Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213-8298 Director, Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339

Entergy Operations, Inc. Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (TLH4)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (WDJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

RidsNrrDipmlipb V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)

W. Maier, RSLO (WAM)

C. Gordon (CJG)

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

L. Reyes, EDO (LAR1)

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

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

C. Carpenter, Deputy Dir. for Inspection and Programs (CAC)

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

T. Bergman, Chief, ROPMS, OEDO (TAB)

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

R. Gramm, Chief, PDIV-1A, NRR/DLPM (RAG)

T. Alexion, NRR Project Manager (TWA)

ADAMS: / Yes G No Initials: WDJ

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8/16/04 8/17/04 8/25/04 8/26/04 8/27/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

Page 1 of 2 Grand Gulf 08/27/2004 07:51:03 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 08/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ALARA2 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Baseline Inspections PEB-07B - HX & HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE TESTING 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Baseline Inspections PEB-52 - GG PIR INSPECTION 3 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Baseline Inspections OB-EP EX - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE 3 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Baseline Inspections PEB-12B - MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections PEB-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 4 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 05/02/2005 05/06/2005 Baseline Inspections OB-INIT - INITIAL EXAM 3 1 X02285 GRAND GULF (05/05) - INITIAL EXAM 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Not Applicable 1 X02285 GRAND GULF (05/05) - INITIAL EXAM 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Not Applicable OB-RQ - REQUAL INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Baseline Inspections EB02/17B - 50.59 & PERMANENT PLANT MODS 2 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Baseline Inspections RP TEAM - RADIATION SAFETY TEAM INSPECTION 4 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections EB08B - ISI 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections ACRSA - ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/17/2005 10/21/2005 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/12/2005 12/16/2005 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 Grand Gulf 08/27/2004 07:51:03 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 08/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type EB - SSD&PC 10 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 02/20/2006 02/24/2006 Baseline Inspections OB-EP1 - EMERG PREP PROGRAM 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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