ML081350054
| ML081350054 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 05/12/2008 |
| From: | Chamberlain D Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Mike Perito Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| Download: ML081350054 (4) | |
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May 12, 2008 Michael Perito Vice President, Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT FOLLOWUP LETTER - RIVER BEND STATION
Dear Mr. Perito:
On May 7, 2008, the NRC staff completed a quarterly review of River Bend Station. The assessment evaluated the performance indicators and inspection results for the first quarter of calendar year 2008. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of your safety performance during this period and our plans for a future inspection at your facility.
Overall, River Bend operated in a manner that preserved the publics health and safety and fully met the cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter of the assessment cycle was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on the unplanned scrams per 7000 critical hours performance indicator crossing the threshold from Green to White. All inspection findings for the assessment period indicated performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green).
On March 5, 2008, during a plant start up from refueling Outage 15, at approximately 70 percent power, the plant scrammed due to a main turbine electro-hydraulic control speed sensor circuit failure. As a result, we have assessed River Bend Station performance to be in the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix. Therefore we tentatively plan to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs In a Strategic Performance Area, during the week of June 23, 2008. This inspection procedure is conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition and cause are identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the 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).
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION R E GI ON I V 612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Please contact Richard W. Deese at 817-276-6573 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Dwight D. Chamberlain, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-458 License: NPF-47 cc:
Senior Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Senior Vice President and COO Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Vice President, Oversight Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Manager, Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 Attorney General State of Louisiana P.O. Box 94095 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 H. Anne Plettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Entergy Operations, Inc.
President, West Feliciana Parish Police Jury P.O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, LA 70775 Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental Scientist, State Liaison Officer Office of Environmental Services Northwestern State University Russell Hall, Room 201 Natchitoches, LA 71497 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Jim Calloway Public Utility Commission of Texas 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78711-3326 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Division P.O. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Compliance P.O. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 Associate General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Lisa R. Hammond, Chief Technological Hazards Branch National Preparedness Division FEMA Region VI 800 N. Loop 288 Denton, TX 76209
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Grant.Larkin@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/C (Rick.Deese@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
Only inspection reports to the following:
J. Adams, OEDO RIV Coordinator (John.Adams@nrc.gov)
ROPreports RBS Site Secretary (Lisa.Day@nrc.gov)
P. Lougheed, OEDO RIV Coordinator (Patricia.Lougheed@nrc.gov)
SUNSI Review Completed: WCW ADAMS: Yes No Initials: WCW Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive R:_REACTORS\\RB\\2008\\RB Assessment Followup.doc ADAMS ML081350054 RIV:SPE:DRP/C C:DRP/C D:DRP WCWalker RDeese DDChamberlain
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