NL-13-109, First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051 Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051 Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

ML13247A031
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	08/27/2013
From:	Ventosa J Entergy Nuclear Northeast
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EA-12-051, TAC MF0737, TAC MF0738, NL-13-109
Download: ML13247A031 (5)

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vEntergy Enterav Nuclear Northeast Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Tel 914 254 6700 John A Ventosa Site Vice President Administration NL-13-109 August 27, 2013 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738

References:

Indian Point Energy Center's First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051 Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC Nos.

MF0737 and MF0738)

Indian Point Unit Numbers 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64

1.

NRC Order Number EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, dated March 12, 2012 (ML12054A682)

2.

NRC Interim Staff Guidance JLD-ISG-2012-03, Compliance with Order EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, Revision 0, dated August 29, 2012

3.

NEI 12-02, Industry Guidance for Compliance with NRC Order EA-12-051, "To Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation", Revision 1, dated August 2012

4.

Entergy letter to NRC (NL-12-145), Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated October 29,2012

5.

Entergy letter to NRC (NL-13-043), Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, dated February 27, 2013

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC" or "Commission")

issued an order (Reference 1) to Entergy. Reference 1 was immediately effective and koo)

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NL-13-109 Dockets 50-247 and 50-286 Page 2 of 2 directs Entergy to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation. Specific requirements are outlined in Attachment 2 of Reference 1.

Reference 1 required submission of an initial status report 60 days following issuance of the final interim staff guidance (Reference 2) and an overall integrated plan pursuant to Section IV, Condition C. Reference 2 endorses industry guidance document NEI 12-02, Revision 1 (Reference 3) with clarifications and exceptions identified in Reference 2.

Reference 4 provided the Entergy initial status report regarding spent fuel pool instrumentation. Reference 5 provided the Entergy overall integrated plan.

Reference 1 requires submission of a status report at six-month intervals following submittal of the overall integrated plan. Reference 3 provides direction regarding the content of the status reports. The purpose of this letter is to provide the first six-month status report pursuant to Section IV, Condition C.2, of Reference 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.

There are no new commitments identified in this submittal. If you have any questions concerning the content of this letter, please contact Mr. Robert Walpole, Manager, Licensing at (914) 254-6710.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 5, 2013.

Respectfully,

Attachment:

Indian Point Energy Center's First Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051 Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation cc:

Mr. Douglas V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager, NRC NRR DORL Mr. William M. Dean, Regional Administrator, NRC Region 1 NRC Resident Inspectors Office Mr. Francis J. Murray, Jr., President and CEO, NYSERDA Ms. Bridget Frymire, New York State Dept. of Public Service Ms. Jessica A. Kratchman NRC NSIR DPR DDEP IRIB

ATTACHMENT TO NL-1 3-109 ENTERGY'S FIRST SIX-MONTH STATUS REPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ORDER EA-12-051 MODIFYING LICENSES WITH REGARD TO REQUIREMENTS FOR TO RELIABLE SPENT FUEL POOL INSTRUMENTATION ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 and 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-247 and 50-286

NL-13-109 Dockets 50-247 and 50-286 Attachment Page 1 of 2 Indian Point Energy Center's (IPEC) First Six Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051 Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Introduction Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) developed an overall integrated plan (Reference 1) for Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC), 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.

Milestone Accomplishments None Milestone Schedule Status The following provides a line item update to milestone schedule to support the Overall Integrated Plan. It provides the activity status of each item, and whether the expected completion date has changed. The dates (current as of July 31, 2013) are planning dates subject to change as design and implementation details are developed.

Target Completion Revised Target Milestone Date Activity Status Completion Date Unit 3 Reliable SFPI Installed Spring 2015 Refueling In Progress Outage Unit 2 Reliable SFPI Installed Spring 2016 Refueling In Progress Outage Respond to NRC RAIs August 23, 2013 Complete (Received June 25, 2013)

(Reference 3)

Changes to Compliance Method The original OIP (Reference 1) indicated remote indication in the Control Room but this remote display will no longer be included. The following are the changes to the OIP based on this revision:.

Page 5 of 19 : Displays and signal processors will be located in the respective Fan Houses (FH) and CGRs for both Indian Point 2 (IP2) and Indian Point 3 (IP3) and will be readily accessible.

Page 8 of 19: Instrument power is derived from the display/processors. The locations of the electronics package and the credited displays for both Unit 2 and Unit 3's SFP

NL-13-109 Dockets 50-247 and 50-286 Attachment Page 2 of 2 instrument channels are within the respective Units' Fan Houses. in both Unit 2 and Unit 3, a remote display for both channels of instrumentation will be located in the respective Central Contol Room (CCR) via additional abling The FH &-,,R provides adequate protection against the effects of temperature, flood, humidity, radiation, seismic events, and missile hazards.

Page 9 of 19: The electronics packages are normally powered using 118/120VAC that is provided from separate panels that are powered from separate 480V buses at a minimum. On loss of normal AC power, each processor automatically continues to operate on its own dedicated backup battery supply. The backup batteries and associated UPS are located at the processor, seismically mounted, and qualified for the expected environment. The processor will also have connections designed to allow powering the processor from an external, portable power source.

Finally, the remote displays in each Unit's CCR will be powered via the current loop supplied by the e~ectronics pacskage.

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

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

Potential Draft Safety Evaluation Impacts The Draft Safety Evaluation has not been issued at this time.

References The following references support the updates to the overall integrated plan described in this attachment.

1. Entergy letter to NRC (NL-13-043), Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, dated February 27, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13072A082).

2. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated March 12, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12054A682).

3. "Request for Additional Information Overall Integrated Plan in Response to Order EA 051, 'Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation' Entergy Operations, Order No. EA-12-051 (TAC Nos. MF0737 and MF078)" Dated June 25, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13169A127).