ML12037A237

Notification of NRC Inspection and Request for Information

ML12037A237
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	02/06/2012
From:	Dave Hills NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB1
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
Melvin Holmberg
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 February 6, 2012 Mr. Anthony Vitale Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT -- NOTIFICATION OF NRC INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Allen:

On July 9, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin the Temporary Instruction (TI) inspection, Review of Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping and Tanks, (TI 2515-182) at your Palisades Nuclear Plant.

This on-site inspection is scheduled to be performed July 9 -11, 2012.

In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources, and to ensure a productive inspection for both sides, we have enclosed a list of documents pertinent to our inspection. The documents that are requested for this inspection include all relevant documents that will allow the inspector(s) to adequately complete Phase I of this inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date, and complete, in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Ms B. Dotson, of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector Mr. M. Holmberg at (630) 829-9748.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

A. Vitale In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC's document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

David E. Hills, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosure:

TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION (TI 2515-182) INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ'

TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION (TI 2515-182) PHASE 1 DOCUMENT REQUEST Inspection Dates: July 9 - 11, 2012 Inspection Procedures: Temporary Instruction (TI 2515-182), Review of Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping and Tanks Inspector: Mel Holmberg (630) 829-9748, Mel.holmberg@nrc.gov A. Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week The following documents listed below are requested (electronic copy CD ROM if possible) by June 29, 2012, to facilitate the preparation for the on-site inspection week.

1. Organization list of site individuals responsible for the sites underground piping and tanks program.

2. Schedule for completion of the following NEI 09-14 Revision 1 attributes:

Buried Piping

• Procedures and Oversight

• Risk Ranking

• Inspection Plan

• Plan Implementation

• Asset Management Plan Underground Piping and Tanks

• Procedures and Oversight

• Prioritization

• Condition Assessment Plan

• Plan Implementation

• Asset Management Plan 1 Enclosure

TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION (TI 2515-182) PHASE 1 DOCUMENT REQUEST B. Information to be Provided On-Site to the Inspector at the Entrance Meeting

1. Copy of EPRI document Recommendations for an Effective Program to Control the Degradation of Buried Pipe.

2. Copy of Site Underground Piping and Tanks Program.

3. Self or third party assessments of the Underground Piping and Tanks Program (if any have been performed).

4. For any of the NEI 09-14 Revision 1 attributes identified below which have been completed prior to the NRCs onsite inspection, provide written records that demonstrate that the program attribute is complete.

Buried Piping

• Procedures and Oversight

• Risk Ranking

• Inspection Plan

• Plan Implementation

• Asset Management Plan Underground Piping and Tanks

• Procedures and Oversight

• Prioritization

• Condition Assessment Plan

• Plan Implementation

• Asset Management Plan 2 Enclosure

A. Vitale In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC's document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

David E. Hills, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosure:

TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION (TI 2515-182) INSPECTION DOCUMENT REQUEST cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ' DISTRIBUTION:

Breeda Reilly RidsNrrPMPalisades Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl3-1 Resource RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Jennifer Uhle Steven Orth Jared Heck Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRSIII\DRS\Work in Progress\Ltr 020612 Palisades TI 2515 185 Buried Piping Phase 1 RFI MSH.docx Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME MHolmberg:ls DEHills DATE 02/06/12 02/06/12 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY