ML102560117

IR 05000458-10-006, on 08/30/2010, Response to River Bend Station Supplement - Reply to Notice of Violation EA-10-095 in NRC Triennial Fire Protection

ML102560117
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	09/10/2010
From:	O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2
To:	Mike Perito Entergy Operations
References
EA-10-095 IR-10-006
Download: ML102560117 (4)

See also: IR 05000458/2010006

Text

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMI SSI ON

R E G I ON I V

612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400

ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

September 10, 2010

Michael Perito

Vice President, Operations

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO RIVER BEND STATION SUPPLEMENT - REPLY TO NOTICE

OF VIOLATION EA-10-095 IN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION

INSPECTION REPORT 05000458/2010006

Dear Mr. Perito:

This acknowledges receipt of your letter and attachments (RBG-47061) dated August 30, 2010,

in which you provide a supplemental response to notice of violation NOV 05000458/2010006-

01, "Failure to Ensure at Least One Train of Equipment Necessary to Achieve Hot Shutdown

Conditions is Free of Fire Damage." The letter addresses your assessment of the

appropriateness of the decisions to extend the schedule for completing the plant modification,

and provides additional information concerning the problems involving engineering quality and

parts availability that contributed to the delays in completing timely corrective actions.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its

enclosure will be 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).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Neil OKeefe, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-458

License No. NPF-47

Entergy Operations, Inc. -2-

cc w/Enclosure:

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 Nuclear Operations

P. O. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Manager, Licensing

Entergy Operations, Inc.

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

Attorney General

State of Louisiana

P. O. Box 94005

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

Ms. H. Anne Plettinger

3456 Villa Rose Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

President of West Feliciana

Police Jury

P. O. Box 1921

St. Francisville, LA 70775

Mr. Brian Almon

Public Utility Commission

William B. Travis Building

P. O. Box 13326

Austin, TX 78701-3326

Mr. Jim Calloway

Public Utility

Commission of Texas

1701 N. Congress Avenue

Austin, TX 78711-3326

Entergy Operations, Inc. -3-

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Radiological Emergency Planning and

Response Division

P. O. Box 4312

Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312

Joseph A. Aluise

Associate General Counsel - Nuclear

Entergy Services, Inc.

639 Loyola Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70113

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch

FEMA Region VI

800 N. Loop 288

Denton, TX 76209-3606

Entergy Operations, Inc. -4-

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SUNSI Review Completed: _NFO__ADAMS: X Yes Initials: ___NFO__

X Publicly Available X Non-Sensitive

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