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MONTHYEARPNP 2024-029, Notice of Payroll Transition at Palisades Nuclear Plant2024-08-15015 August 2024 Notice of Payroll Transition at Palisades Nuclear Plant PNP 2024-032, Supplement to License Amendment Request to Revise Selected Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications Administrative Controls to Support Resumption of Power Operations2024-07-31031 July 2024 Supplement to License Amendment Request to Revise Selected Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications Administrative Controls to Support Resumption of Power Operations ML24206A0572024-07-25025 July 2024 PRM-50-125 - Letter to Alan Blind; Docketing of Petition for Rulemaking and Sufficiency Review Status (10 CFR Part 50) PNP 2024-033, Response to Request for Additional Information - License Amendment Request to Revise the Palisades Nuclear Plant Site Emergency Plan to Support Resumption of Power Operations2024-07-24024 July 2024 Response to Request for Additional Information - License Amendment Request to Revise the Palisades Nuclear Plant Site Emergency Plan to Support Resumption of Power Operations PNP 2024-031, Response to RIS 2024-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations2024-07-18018 July 2024 Response to RIS 2024-01, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations IR 05000255/20240112024-07-15015 July 2024 Nuclear Plant - Restart Inspection Report 05000255/2024011 PNP 2024-027, Supplement to License Amendment Request to Revise Renewed Facility Operating License and Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications to Support Resumption of Power Operations2024-07-0909 July 2024 Supplement to License Amendment Request to Revise Renewed Facility Operating License and Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications to Support Resumption of Power Operations ML24183A1382024-07-0202 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ML24137A0142024-07-0202 July 2024 OEDO-24-00011 - 2.206 Petition for Misuse of Palisades Decommissioning Trust Fund (EPID L-2023-CRS-0008) - Letter ML24163A0832024-07-0101 July 2024 Ltr to R Schumaker Shpo Re Initiation of Scoping Process, Section 106 Consult for Env Rev of HDI, LLC Request for Reauth of Power Operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant ML24155A0032024-07-0101 July 2024 Kathy Kowal, Us EPA Region 5-Palisades-NOI to Cibdyct Scoping Process and Prepare an EA EPID L-2024-LNE-0003 ML24183A1392024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ML24183A1442024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin ML24183A1502024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Prarie Band Potawatomi Nation ML24183A1312024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Citizen Potawatomi Nation ML24163A0552024-07-0101 July 2024 Rebecca Held Knoche NOAA-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an EA - EPID No. L-2024-LNE-0003-Docket No. 50-0255 ML24183A1482024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma ML24183A1302024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boys Reservation ML24163A2602024-07-0101 July 2024 Randy Claramunt, Michigan DNR-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an EA EPID L-2024-LNE-0003, Docket No.50-0255 ML24183A1592024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal letter-Sokaogon Chippewa Community ML24183A1372024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ML24163A1092024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Grand Traverse Band ML24183A1602024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians ML24183A1322024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ML24155A0102024-07-0101 July 2024 Quentin L. Messer Jr., Michigan Econ-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping Process and Prep an EA-EPID No. L-2024-LNE-0003 Docket No.50-0255P ML24163A2392024-07-0101 July 2024 Sara Thompson, Michigan DNR-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an EPID No. L-2024-LNE-0003-Docket No. 50-0255 ML24163A1922024-07-0101 July 2024 Jeremy Rubio, Dept of Env, Great Lakes and Energy, Kalamazoo District-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an EA EPID No. L-2024-LNE-0003 Docket No.50-0255 ML24183A1572024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Saint Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin ML24183A1532024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation ML24183A1432024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter- Match-e-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians ML24183A1492024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians ML24183A1332024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Forest County Potawatomi Community ML24183A1282024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal letter-Bay Mills Indian Community ML24156A0222024-07-0101 July 2024 Initiation of Scoping Process to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Environmental Review of Holtec Decommissioning International, Llc’S Licensing and Regulatory Requests for Reauthorization of Power Operations at Palisades EPID L-2 ML24183A1342024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ML24183A1262024-07-0101 July 2024 Letter to R. Yob, Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians-Initiation of Scoping Process for Env Review of Holtec Decommissioning Intl, LLC Request for Reauth of Power Ops at Palisades ML24183A1582024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians ML24183A1292024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Bois Forte Band ML24183A1242024-07-0101 July 2024 Letter to B. Hamlin, Burt Lake Band Re Initiation of Scoping Process for the Env Review of Holtec Decommissioning Intl, LLC Request for Reauth of Power Ops at Palisades ML24152A1342024-07-0101 July 2024 Nancy Ann Whaley, Geneva Township-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping Process and Prep an EA-EPID No. L-2024-LNE-0003-Docket No. 50-0255 ML24183A1362024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter - Keweenaw Bay Indian Community ML24183A1412024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Little River Band of Ottawa Indians ML24183A1512024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Prairie Island Indian Community ML24152A1952024-07-0101 July 2024 Carin Speidel, Acting Division Director, Environmental Health - Palisades - Noi to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare an EA EPID No. L-2024-LNE-0003, Docket No. 50-0255 ML24183A1462024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal letter-Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe ML24183A1352024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Hannahville Indian Community ML24183A1252024-07-0101 July 2024 Letter to G. Gould, Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa-Init of Scoping Process for the Env Rev of Holtec Decommissioning Intl, LLC Request for Reauth of Power Ops at Palisades ML24183A1542024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ML24183A1272024-07-0101 July 2024 Tribal Letter-Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa ML24152A2202024-07-0101 July 2024 George Friday, Enviro Health Director-Palisades-NOI to Conduct Scoping and Develop an Environmental Assessment for the Palisades Nuclear Plant Reauth to Power Operation 2024-08-15
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 25, 2015 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043-9530
SUBJECT:
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - STAFF REVIEW OF INTERIM EVALUATION ASSOCIATED WITH REEVALUATED SEISMIC HAZARD IMPLEMENTING NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 2.1 (TAC NO. MF5258)
Dear Sir or Madam:
By letter dated March 12, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12053A340), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a request for information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50, Section 50.54(f) (hereafter referred to as the 50.54(f) letter). The request was issued as part of implementing lessons-learned from the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.
Enclosure 1 to the 50.54(f) letter requested that licensees reevaluate seismic hazards at their sites using present-day methodologies and guidance. Enclosure 1, Item 6, of the 50.54(f) letter requested that licensees identify "interim evaluation and actions taken or planned to address the higher seismic hazard relative to the design basis as appropriate, prior to completion of the
[seismic] risk evaluation." In addition to the interim evaluation provided in the March 2014 Seismic Screening and Hazard report, the licensees for the Central and Eastern United States committed to providing the Expedited Seismic Evaluation Process (ESEP) report, an interim evaluation, by December 31, 2014.
By letters dated December 18, 20141, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee),
provided its ESEP report in a response to Enclosure 1, Item (6) of the 50.54(f) letter, for Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades). The NRC staff assessed the licensee's implementation of the ESEP guidance through the completion of a reviewer checklist 2 . In support of NRC staff questions, Entergy provided a response dated July 2, 2015 3 , clarifying submittal information.
Based on the NRC staff review of the ESEP report and responses to the staff's questions, the NRC staff concludes that the licensee's implementation of the interim evaluation meets the intent of the guidance.
The NRC staff concludes that, through the implementation of the ESEP guidance, the licensee identified and evaluated the seismic capacity of certain key installed mitigating strategies equipment that is used for core cooling and containment functions to cope with scenarios that 1 The December 18, 2014, letter can be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML14357A165.
2 The Palisades ESEP NRC review checklist can be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML15231A393.
3 The Entergy response to NRC staff questions can be found ADAMS Accession No. ML15183A317.
involve a loss of all alternating current power and loss of access to the ultimate heat sink to withstand a seismic event two times the safe shutdown earthquake for Palisades. The licensee's ESEP assessment provides additional assurance which supports continued plant safety while the longer-term seismic evaluation is completed to support regulatory decision making. The NRC staff concludes that the licensee responded appropriately to Enclosure 1, Item (6) of the 50.54(f) letter. Application of this review is limited to the interim evaluation as part of the Recommendation 2.1 Seismic review.
The NRC staff notes that the attachment of the December 18, 2014, letter contains regulatory commitments to complete walkdowns and evaluations of inaccessible items, modifications related to ESEP, and submit a results letter to NRC within 60 days following completion of all ESEP activities.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1115 or via e-mail at Nicholas.DiFrancesco@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Nicholas J. DiF cesco, Senior Project Manager Hazards Management Branch Japan Lessons-Learned Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255 cc: Distribution via Listserv
involve a loss of all alternating current power and loss of access to the ultimate heat sink to withstand a seismic event two times the safe shutdown earthquake for Palisades. The licensee's ESEP assessment provides additional assurance which supports continued plant safety while the longer-term seismic evaluation is completed to support regulatory decision making. The NRC staff concludes that the licensee responded appropriately to Enclosure 1, Item (6) of the 50.54(f) letter. Application of this review is limited to the interim evaluation as part of the Recommendation 2.1 Seismic review.
The NRC staff notes that the attachment of the December 18, 2014, letter contains regulatory commitments to complete walkdowns and evaluations of inaccessible items, modifications related to ESEP, and submit a results letter to NRC within 60 days following completion of all ESEP activities.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1115 or via e-mail at Nicholas.DiFrancesco@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, IRA/
Nicholas J. DiFrancesco, Senior Project Manager Hazards Management Branch Japan Lessons-Learned Division Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255 cc: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:
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