GNRO-2013/00061, Entergys First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

Entergys First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

ML13240A265
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	08/28/2013
From:	Kevin Mulligan Entergy Operations
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Document Control Desk
References
EA-12-051, GNRO-2013/00061
Download: ML13240A265 (5)

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~Entergy GNRO-2013/00061 August 28, 2013 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Kevin J. Mulligan Site Vice President Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Tel. (601) 437-7500

SUBJECT:

Entergy's First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29

REFERENCES:

1.

NRC Order Number EA-12-051, Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Instrumentation, dated March 12, ~012 (ML12054A682) 2.

Entergy Letter to NRC, Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 26,2013 (GNRO-2013/00016, ML13064A417)

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an order (Reference 1) to Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy). Reference 1 was immediately effective and directs Entergy to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation.

Reference 1 requires submission of a status report at six-month intervals following submittal of the overall integrated plan (Reference 2). The purpose of this letter is to provide the first six-month status report pursuant to Section IV, Condition C.2, of Referen'ce 1, that delineates progress made in implementing the requirements of Reference 1. The attached report provides an update of milestone accomplishments since the last status report, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief and the basis, if any.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments. Should you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Mr. Christopher R. Robinson, Licensing Manager, at (601) 437-7326.

GNRO-2013/00061 Page 2 of 2 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct; executed on August 28, 2013.

Sincerely,

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Attachment:

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station's First Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation cc:

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Steven A. Reynolds Acting Regional Administrator, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555-0001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Alan Wang, NRR/DORL Mail Stop OWFN/8 B1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson, MS 39150

Attachment to GNRO-2013/00061 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station's First Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

Attachment to GNRO-2013/00061 Page 1 of 2 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station's First Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation 1

Introduction Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS) developed an Overall Integrated Plan (Reference 1 in Section 8), documenting the requirements to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation (SFPI), in response to Reference 2. This attachment provides an update of milestone accomplishments since submittal of the Overall Integrated Plan, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief/relaxation and the basis, if any.

2 Milestone Accomplishments As of August 15, 2013, no milestones have been completed.

Although not part of the original milestone schedule, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requests for additional information (RAls) were received July 30,2013 (Reference 3).

The response to the RAls was added to the milestone schedule. The addition of this milestone and target completion date does not impact the Order implementation date.

3 Milestone Schedule Status The following provides an update to the schedule identified in Section 2 of the Overall Integrated Plan. It provides the activity status of each item, and whether the expected completion date has changed. The dates are planning dates subject to change as design and implementation details are developed.

Target Revised Activity Target Milestone Completion Status Completion Date Date Spring 2016 Install reliable SFPI Refueling Not started N/A Outage Respond to NRC RAls (received July August 29, In progress N/A 30,2013) 2013 4

Changes to Compliance Method There are no changes to the compliance method as documented in the Overall Integrated Plan (Reference 1).

5 Need for Relief/Relaxation and Basis for the Relief/Relaxation GGNS expects to comply with the order implementation date and no relief/relaxation is required at this time.

Attachment to GNRO-2013/00061 Page 2 of 2 6

Open Items from Overall Integrated Plan and Draft Safety Evaluation None.

7 Potential Draft Safety Evaluation Impacts There are no potential impacts to the Draft Safety Evaluation identified at this time.

8 References The following references support the updates to the Overall Integrated Plan described in this Attachment.

1.

"Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying License with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA 051 )," dated February 26, 2013 (GNRO-2013/00016, ML13059A316).

2.

NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated March 12, 2012 (ML12054A735).

3.

"Request for Additional Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order EA-12-051 )," dated July 30, 2013 (GNRI-2013/00129).