ML14045A278

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Reply to a Notice of Violation and NRC Inspection Report 05000458-13-007
ML14045A278
Person / Time
Site: River Bend Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 02/14/2014
From: Geoffrey Miller
NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2
To: Olson E
Entergy Operations
References
EA-13-110, IR-13-007
Download: ML14045A278 (3)


See also: IR 05000458/2013007

Text

February 14, 2014

EA-13-110

Mr. Eric W. Olson

Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT:

REPLY TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000458/2013007

Dear Mr. Olson:

This letter acknowledges your February 3, 2014, correspondence in response to our letter,

dated January 2, 2014. On January 2, 2014, the NRC cited River Bend Stations failure to

complete corrective actions associated with multiple spurious operations concerns in a timely

manner. This violation was documented as Violation VIO 05000458/2013007-01, Failure to

Resolve Noncompliances Associated with Multiple Spurious Operations in a Timely Manner.

The Notice of Violation enclosed with Inspection Report 05000458/2013007 (ML14002A437)

required you to respond in writing within 30 days. On February 5, 2014, the NRC received a

letter from

Mr. J. Clark, Licensing Manager, contesting this violation and requesting the NRC to re-

characterize the cited violation.

The NRC is currently reviewing your basis for contesting the violation in accordance with Part I,

Section 2.3.7 of the Enforcement Manual. Accordingly, we will provide the results of our

evaluation by written response within 90 days of the receipt of your letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,

of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public

inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS)

component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 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/

Geoffrey B. Miller, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

E. Olson

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Docket No.:

50-458

License No.: NPF-47

cc: Electronic Distribution for River Bend Station

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SUNSI Rev Compl.

Yes No

ADAMS

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Reviewer Initials

SMA

Publicly Avail

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Sensitive

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/RA/

/RA/

2/7/2014

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