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Entergy'S Second 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)
	ML14064A263
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	02/26/2014
From:	Olson E; Entergy Operations
To:	; Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
	EA-12-051, RBG-47444
	Download: ML14064A263 (13)
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Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station Entergy 5485 U.S. Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 Tel 225-381 -4374 Eric W. Olson Site Vice President RBG-47444 February 26, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

SUBJECT:

Entergy's Second 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)

River Bend Station - Unit 1 Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47

REFERENCES:

1. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, Order To Modify Licenses With Regard To Reliable Spent Fuel Pool (SFP)Instrumentation, dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12054A682) (RBC-51011)

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 (ML12221A339)

3. NEI 12-02, Industry Guidance for Compliance with NRC Order EA 051, "To Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation", Revision 1, dated August 2012 (ML12240A307)

4. Entergy's Initial 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), dated October 24, 2012 (RBG-47303) (ML12312A125)

5. Entergy letter to NRC, Overall Integrated Plan In Response To March 12, 2012, Commission Order Modifying License With Regard To Reliable SFP Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 28, 2013 (RBG-47328) (ML13066A509)

RBG-47444 February 26, 2014 Page 2 of 4

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 12, 2012, the NRC issued an order (Reference 1) to Entergy. Reference 1 was immediately effective and directs Entergy to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation at River Bend Station. Specific requirements are outlined in 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 1 also 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. 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.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the second 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.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments. Should you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Mr. Joseph Clark, Manager - Licensing, at 225-381-4177.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct; executed on February 26, 2014.

Sincerely, EWO/JAC/dhw

Attachment:

River Bend Station's (RBS) Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation cc: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511 (continued)

RBG-47444 February 26, 2014 Page 3 of 4 NRC Resident Inspector R-SB-14 Central Records Clerk Public Utility Commission of Texas 1701 N. Congress Ave.

Austin, TX 78711-3326 Mr. Alan Wang, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS O-8B1 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Robert J. Fretz Jr.

Mail Stop OWFN/4A15A 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Robert L. Dennig Mail Stop OWFN/10E1 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378 Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Compliance Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Section ATTN: JiYoung Wiley P.O. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Ms. Lisa M. Regner Mail Stop OWFN/11F1 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378 (continued)

RBG-47444 February 26, 2014 Page 4 of 4 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Blake A. Purnell Mail Stop OWFN/12D20 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Steven R. Jones Mail Stop OWFN/10AI 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378

Attachment to RBG-47444 River Bend Station's (RBS) Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

Attachment RBG-47444 Page 1 of 8 River Bend Station's (RBS) Second Six-Month Status Report for the Implementation of Order EA-12-051, Order to Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

1. Introduction Entergy developed an Overall Integrated Plan (Reference 1 in Section 8) for River Bend Station (RBS), 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 the last status report, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief/relaxation and the basis, if any.

2. Milestone Accomplishments The following milestone(s) have been completed since July 31, 2013 and are current as of January 31, 2014.

Although not part of the original milestone schedule, an Interim Staff Evaluation (ISE) was received November 25, 2013 (Reference 3). The ISE also includes requests for additional information (RAIs) for NRC staff to complete its review. NRC staff clarified during the November 26, 2013 public meeting that the Interim Staff Evaluation questions supersede any previous requests for information issued by the staff concerning the spent fuel pool instrumentation (Reference 4). Therefore, the RAIs dated July 3, 2013 (Reference 5) are considered superseded by the RAls contained in the ISE. 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 milestone schedule to support the Overall Integrated Plan. This section provides the activity status of each item, and the expected completion date noting any change. The dates are planning dates subject to change as design and implementation details are developed.

Revised Target Milestone Target Completion Activity Status Completion DateDate Reliable SFPI Installed Spring 2015 Refueling In Progress N/A Outage Respond to NRC RAIs Submitted Dated July 3, 2013 July 26, 2013 Subt N/A (Reference5) July 25, 2013 Respond to NRC RAIs contained in Interim Staff September 30, 2014 See Section 6 N/A Evaluation

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4. Changes to Compliance Method There are no additional changes to the compliance method.

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

6. Open Items from Overall Integrated Plan and Interim Staff Evaluation As discussed in Section 2, River Bend has received an Interim Staff Evaluation that includes 17 RAIs. Responses to the RAIs are due by September 30, 2014 and are provided in Section 9 of this six-month status report. The following table provides a status of any RAls documented in the Interim Staff Evaluation.

RAI # Response Status 1 Submitted 2 In Progress 3 In Progress 4 Submitted 5 In Progress 6 In Progress 7 In Progress 8 In Progress 9 In Progress 10 In Progress 11 (Second RAI #9 in In Progress ISE) 12 In Progress 13 In Progress 14 In Progress 15 (#11 in ISE) In Progress 16 (Second RAI #12 in In Progress ISE) 17 (#16 in ISE) In Progress

7. Potential Interim Staff Evaluation Impacts There are no potential impacts to the Interim Staff Evaluation identified at this time except for those identified in Section 6.

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

1. "River Bend Station Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051)," dated February 28, 2013 (ML13066A509)

2. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated March 12, 2012 (ML13066A509)

3. "River Bend Station, Unit 1 - Interim Staff Evaluation and Request for Additional Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051) (TAC NO. MF0953)," dated November 25, 2013 (ML13316C065)

4. "Summary of the November 26, 2013, Public Meeting to Discuss Industry Responses to Staff Interim Evaluations for Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation," dated December 26, 2013 (ML13347B030)

5. "River Bend Station, Unit 1 - Request for Additional Information Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order EA 12-051) (TAC No. MF0953)," dated July 3, 2013 (ML13179A193)

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9. Responses to the Interim Staff Evaluation Requests for Additional Information RAI #1 Please provide the updated sketch or marked-up plant drawing of the SFP level instrumentation arrangement. Include the plan view of the SFP area, depicting the SFP inside dimensions, the planned locations/placement of the primary and back-up SFP level sensor, and the proposed routing of the cables that will extend from these sensors toward the location of the read-out/display device.

Figure 1 shows the approximate locations of the SFPI probes, the inside dimensions of the SFP, and the proposed cable routing.

Figure 1: SFP Plan View

Attachment RBG-47444 Page 5 of 8 RAI #2 Please provide the analyses verifying that seismic testing of the sensor/probe assemblies and the electronics units, and the analysis of the combined maximum seismic and hydrodynamic forces on the cantilevered portion of the assembly exposed to the potential sloshing effects, show the SFP instrument design configuration will be maintained during and following the maximum seismic ground motion considered in the design of the SFP structure.