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Management Meeting with NRC Re Performance of Arkansas Nuclear One and Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
ML043370386
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Site: Grand Gulf, Arkansas Nuclear, River Bend, Waterford  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 12/02/2004
From: Graves D
NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To: Mcgaha J
Entergy Operations
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV o

611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400

'ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 December 2, 2004 John McGaha, President Entergy Operations, Inc.

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

SUBJECT:

NRC/ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. MANAGEMENT MEETING

Dear Mr. McGaha:

This refers to our meeting conducted at the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas, on November 30, 2004. At this meeting, NRC and Entergy management discussed the performance of Arkansas Nuclear One, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, River Bend Station, and the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. Recent Entergy and NRC organizational changes and current regulatory issues were also discussed, as indicated in the enclosed slide presentations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be 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 hftt://www.nrc.pov/readinp-rm/adams html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely, David N. Graves, Chief Project Branch B Dockets:

ANO: 50-313; 50-368 GG: 50-416 RBS: 50-458 WAT: 50-382 Licenses:

ANO: DPR-51; NPF-6 GG: NPF-29 RBS: NPF-47 WAT: NPF-38

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List
2. Presentation Slides cc:

Senior Vice President

& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

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

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Manager, Washington Nuclear Operations ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20552 County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801 Bernard Bevill Radiation Control Team Leader Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Mail Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 James Mallay Director, Regulatory Affairs Framatome ANP 3815 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24501 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205

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 Jim Hood, Attorney General State of MS P.O. Box 220 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 General Manager Plant Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61 N St. Francisville, LA 70775 Director - Nuclear Safety Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61 N St. Francisville, LA 70775 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

Winston & Strawn 1401 L Street, N.W.

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

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 H. Anne Plettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Entergy Operations, Inc. Burt Babers, President West Feliciana Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Michael E. Henry, State Liaison Officer Department of Environmental Quality Permits Division P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78711-3326 General Manager, Plant Operations Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751 Manager - Licensing Manager Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751 Chairman Louisiana Public Service Commission P.O. Box 91154 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9154 Director, Nuclear Safety &

Regulatory Affairs Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751 Parish President St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, LA 70057

Entergy Operations, Inc. Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSMVI)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (TLH4)

Senior Resident Inspector (PJA)

Senior Resident Inspector (RWD)

Senior Resident Inspector (MCH2)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (WDJ)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)

Branch Chief, DRP/D (SCS)

Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (GEW)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (RVA)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

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ORGANIZATION The following personnel attended the meeting via teleconference:

Herb Berkow NRR, DLPM, PD IV, Project Director Thomas Alexion NRR, DLPM, PD IV, Project Manager ANO-1 Drew Holland NRR, DLPM, PD IV, Project Manager ANO-2 Bhalchandra Vaidya NRR, DLPM, PD IV, Project Manager Grand Gulf Meghan Thorpe-Kavanaugh NRR, DLPM, PD IV, NSPDP Michael Webb NRR, DLPM, PD IV, Project Manager River Bend 4

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0 PLANT PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION RIVER BEND STATION WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 Agenda 1:00 Introductions & Meeting Objectives 1:10 NRC Regional Perspective Mallen 1:40 Entergy Organization McGaha 1:55 Entergy Performance Review Campbell 2:25 ANO Plant Performance Deese, et al 2:40 ANO Plant Performance Forbes 2:55 Grand Gulf Performance Hoeg et. al 3:10 Grand Gulf Performance Williams 3:25 Break inR Entergy 1

Agenda 3:35 3:50 4:05 4:20 4:35 5:00 River Bend Performance River Bend Performance Waterford 3 Performance Waterford 3 Performance General Discussion & Closing Adjourn Alter, et. al.

Hinnenkamp Hay, et al.

Venable Remarks

  • Entq AGENCY ISSUES AND PERFORMANCE OBSERVATIONS Presented by Dr. Bruce Mallett Regional Administrator, RIV 2

DIRECTION SETTING ISSUES FOR THE AGENCY

  • STRATEGIC PLAN

- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE

- FIVE GOALS

  • KEY CHALLENGE TOWARD SAFETY GOAL

- MEASURE AND MONITOR SAFETY CONDITIONS

  • Promises or Actions
  • Early Detection of Problems
  • KEY CHALLENGE TOWARD SECURITY GOAL

- EARLY DETECTION

- NEXT INSPECTION PROGRAM

  • KEY CHALLENGE TOWARD OPENNESS GOAL

- INTERFACE WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY

- INTERFACE DURING EXERCISES

- PROVIDE RIGHT COMMUNICATION 3

  • KEY CHALLENGE TOWARD EFFECTIVENESS AND MANAGEMENT GOALS

- MAXIMIZE KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

- ORGANIZATION CORRECT

- IMPACT OF SDP DECISION PLANT PERFORMANCE OBSERVATIONS Increasing Plant Trips Offsite Power/Switchyard Problems Operators - Erosion of Experience/Plant Knowledge ECCS Voiding Issues MC&A of Spent Fuel Pool Safety Culture/SCWE - Production vs.

Safety Trends Materials Issues in RCS Shutdown Operations/Midloop Problems 4

The Leadership of Entergy Nuclear I =

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BE Im EME Irg Organizational Changes

  • VP Operations Support - Joe DeRoy
  • VP Operations, GGNS - George Williams
  • VP Operations, ANO - Jeff Forbes
  • General Manager, W3 - Kevin Walsh
  • General Manager, GGNS - Russ Brian
  • Engineering Director, RBS - Joe Malara
  • Engineering Director, W3 - Tim Mitchell AEnteroy 6

ENS-Region IV Meeting November 30, 2004 Bill Campbell Senior Vice President/

Chief Operating Officer

-- Enteray Overview of ENS Performance

  • Corporate Overview
  • High Level Summary
  • Accomplishments Since Last Meeting
  • Areas of Continued Focus
  • New and Emerging Challenges
  • What Kind of Culture Do We Want?

--En tergyv 7

Entergy Corporate:

Now Oy Two Businesses

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S Sale of Entergy-Koch joint venture assets Performance Overview - Fleet INPO index

  • Entfay 8

ENS Accomplishments Security Order Commitment Met GGNS - BWR6 Outage Dose Record RBS - Outage Dose & PCE Performance RBS - Cycle 12 Performance GGNS - #1 US Nuclear Generation 2003 GGNS Outage - Zero Recordable Injuries ANO-1 Record B&W Outage Duration ANO-2 Record CE Outage Duration ANO Retention of INPO Rating 4 of 5 ENS Plants at INPO Index of > 99.95 4 of 8 Entergy Nuclear Sites INPO 1 Waterford 2004 Exposure and PCEs

-Entergy Focus Areas

  • Radiological Performance
  • Fuel Performance - RBS
  • Voluntary Separation Program
  • Improvements in Corrective Action Problem Identification and Corrective Action Effectiveness
  • Outage Planning and Readiness
  • Long range asset management and capital planning
  • Fleet Alignment Entergy 9

Areas of Continued Focus

  • Safety culture and safety conscious work environment
  • Organizational aging & staffing - knowledge retention
  • Engineering performance - skills and standards
  • Outage and on line maintenance execution/rigor
  • Safety system availability
  • Recent operations performance issues
  • Security
  • Corrective action trending and analysis EnteWg New and Emerging Challenges
  • Aging Workforce
  • Renewed Focus on Training and Operational Experience
  • Alloy 600 Issues

- Pzr Heater Repairs

- ANO2 Pressurizer Replacement - 2006 M-Entergy 10

What Kind of Culture Do We Want?

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=Where We Perforc Care About People Want to Be!

High Performi Organization Both People and Take Care Results Mailer Don't Care About Of People Pol Low Concern for Results Results are All that Matter Stress Entergy 11

ANO PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS Presented by Rick Deese Senior Resident Inspector Arkansas Nuclear One PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS FROM OVERSIGHT PROCESS

  • Substantive cross-cutting issue in PIR
  • Fire Protection Issues
  • Operability Evaluation Issues

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Substantive Cross-Cutting Issue in PIR

  • Identifying and Entering Problems into the CAP
  • Prioritizing and Evaluating Conditions
  • Implementing Effective Corrective Actions Fire Protection Issues
  • Inadequate Fire Prevention Features
  • Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Observations 13

Operability Evaluation Issues

  • Inadequate Evaluations
  • Use of Engineering Judgment
  • Unstated Assumptions IG

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PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS FROM EVENTS

  • Large Motor Failures
  • Improper Electrical Connections 14

Improper Electrical Connections

  • Main Feed Block Valve
  • Containment Cooling Fan 15

Accomplishments / Challenges

  • Corrective Action Program
  • Fire Protection
  • Operability

-Etergny 16

Focus on the Future

  • Operability Evaluations
  • Corrective Action Program
  • Fire Protection
  • Equipment Reliability
  • Leadership Effectiveness
  • Refueling Outage Preparation & Execution a En ter-oy Grand Gulf George Williams Site Vice President, Operations Tim Hoeg NRC Region IV, Senior Resident MEntergy 17

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS Presented by Tim Hoeg Senior Resident inspector Grand Gulf Nuclear Station PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS FROM OVERSIGHT PROCESS

  • Maintaining Plant Design
  • Reducing Human Performance Errors 18

Maintaining Plant Design

  • Storage of Heavy Equipment in Containment
  • Use of Safety Related Parts I,)

Reducing Human Performance Errors

  • Safety Tagout and Valve Lineup Errors

PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS FROM EVENTS

  • No Scrams or Forced Power Reductions
  • Broken Instrument Air Line
  • Service Transformer Oil Leak
  • Smoke in the RCIC Room Accomplishments / Challenges
  • Safe Effective Outage (1 RF1 3)
  • Plant Performance

- INPO Index:

- Forced Loss Rate:

100 0

  • Plant Air System Upgrades ANEntergy 20

Accomplishments / Challenges

  • Management/ Supervision Engagement
  • Human Performance / Operations Performance
  • Strong Corrective Action & Assessment

@ Entergy Focus on the Future

- Evaluation & Assessment

- Operations Training Accreditation Renewal

  • Margin Recovery

- Kaowool

- SSW Basins

- Plant Air System Upgrade

- Switchyard - final phase

- Radial Wells

- Feedwater Heater Bay Cable Replacement

  • Dry Cask Storage Implementation
  • RF14 Preparations Entergy 21

River Bend Station Paul Hinnenkamp Site Vice President, Operations Peter Alter NRC Region IV, Senior Resident

@-Entew RIVER BEND STATION PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS Presented by Peter Alter Senior Resident Inspector River Bend Station 22

PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS FROM OVERSIGHT PROCESS Awareness of Operational/Safety Impact

  • Auxiliary Building Roof Leaks
  • Foreign Material in ECCS Pump Rooms
  • Diesel Generator Preconditioning 23
  • Impact of Systems "Outside the Fence"

- Switchyard Breakers

- Cooling Towers

- Transformers I~i,

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Accomplishments / Challenges

  • August 15, October 1 Plant Events

- McGraw Edison Breaker Response Time

- Cooling Tower Drift

  • RF 12 Performance Human Performance / Rigor in Execution of Work Equipment Reliability Improvement
  • Continued Improvement in Fuel Condition Conservative Operating Strategy Excellent Reactor Water Chemistry No Cycle 12 failures Positive RF 12 Inspection Results Entergy Accomplishments / Challenges
  • Radiological Safety Performance Dose Reduction Recognition Improved ALARA Planning Source Term Reduction Plan

- Occupational Exposure Control

  • Successful Evaluated EP Exercise Co-Located Exercise FEMA and NRC Evaluated FEMA Deficiency Resolved
  • - Entergy 25

Focus on the Future

  • Focus Areas:

Unit Operation / Operational Decision Making Human Performance Equipment Reliability Discipline in the Rigor and Quality of Maintenance Work Activities

  • Dry Fuel Storage Implementation
  • INPO E&A MN Enters Waterford 3 Joe Venable Site Vice President, Operations Mike Hay NRC Region IV, Senior Resident M-Entffrgy 26

WATERFORD 3 PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS Presented by Mike Hay Senior Resident Inspector Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3 PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS FROM OVERSIGHT PROCESS

  • Corrective Action Issues
  • Design Control Issues 27

Corrective Action Issues

  • Repetitive Main Feedwater Isolation Valve Issues
  • Alloy 600 Instrument Nozzles and Pressurizer Heater Sleeve Leaks 28

Accomplishments / Challenges Safety Performance

- Zero lost time accidents and two OSHA recordables

- CR Generation, 2004 (4055) /03 (3600) /02 (2133)

- 2.357 rem for calendar year as of 11-29-04

- Zero personnel contaminations in 2004 Plant operational performance

- YTD capability factor of 99.71

- INPO Index YTD of 99.91

- Successful Emergency Planning ingestion pathway exercise and strong response to Hurricane Ivan Entergy Focus on the Future

  • Engineering rigor and design margin
  • Work instructions and work execution
  • Equipment Reliability

CLOSING REMARKS 30

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