0CAN021702, Units 1 and 2, Request to Modify a Prior Confirmatory Action Letter Commitment

Units 1 and 2, Request to Modify a Prior Confirmatory Action Letter Commitment

ML17055B516
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	02/24/2017
From:	Richard Anderson Entergy Operations
To:	Kennedy K Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC Region 4
References
0CAN021702
Download: ML17055B516 (3)

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Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802 Tel 479-858-3110 Richard L. Anderson ANO Site Vice President CORRECTED COPY 0CAN021702 February 24, 2017 Mr. Kriss M. Kennedy Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511

Subject:

Request to Modify a Prior Confirmatory Action Letter Commitment Arkansas Nuclear One - Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6

References:

1. Entergy letter to NRC, ANO Comprehensive Recovery Plan, dated May 17, 2016 (0CAN051602) (ML16139A059)

2. NRC letter to Entergy, Confirmatory Action Letter - Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 and 2, dated June 17, 2016 (0CNA061604) (ML16169A193)

Dear Mr. Kennedy:

On May 17, 2016, Entergy Operations, Inc (Entergy) transmitted the Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) Comprehensive Recovery Plan (CRP) (Reference 1). The CRP contains the actions that Entergy is taking to address the decline in performance at ANO including actions to address the issues that led to ANO being placed in the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column (Column IV) of the NRC Action Matrix and issues identified during third-party assessments of ANOs safety culture.

In response, the NRC transmitted the ANO Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) confirming the commitments made by Entergy on June 17, 2016 (Reference 2). As discussed in this correspondence, pursuant to Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Action, 42 U.S.C. 2232, Entergy is required to notify the NRC in advance, if for any reason, an action listed in the CAL cannot be completed within the specified schedule.

As part of the CRP, a corrective action was initiated to develop and implement required training on constructive conversation skills (e.g., crucial conversations). The intent of the training is to provide station leaders with communication skills to support engaging workers and reinforcing standards and behaviors.

0CAN021702 Page 2 of 3 This action is tied to the following CRP and CAL items:

LF Provide supervisory training on constructive conversation skills. (CAL due date June 2018)

SC Develop and provide training to ANO leaders, including supervisory training on Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) and Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE),

constructive conversation skills, and how to foster a strong NSC within their organizations. (CAL due date December 2016)

NF Develop and provide training to ANO leaders, including supervisory training on NSC and SCWE, constructive conversation skills, and how to foster a strong nuclear safety culture within their organizations. (CAL due date December 2016)

In the fall of 2016, a gap analysis of Leadership Fundamentals and NSC identified the need to expand this training beyond constructive conversation. Specifically, the gap analysis identified the need to include the following elements in the planned training:

• Building trust with employees

• Effective communication skills

• Professional development of leaders

• Successful critical/crucial conversations Additional time was necessary for determination of training content, creation of lesson plans and presentations, and scheduling of the training. The extended ANO-1 refueling outage, the forced outage on ANO-2, and the need to align with new fleet leadership training initiatives delayed completion of this action. In an effort to gain alignment with the Entergy Nuclear Strategic Plan and Entergys values and practices, the scope of the above listed actions was expanded to include additional elements beyond the original commitment scope. These elements involve training to allow participants to outline the practices of being an effective leader and how to positively impact organizational performance and health.

As a result, Entergy requests that the CAL commitment date to complete the final actions listed under the heading of Safety Culture be extended to December 2017. The due date for LF-3 is not affected. Currently the lesson plans and presentations have been approved, training is scheduled to start the first quarter of 2017, pause for the ANO-2 spring refueling outage, and resume this summer. The need for this request was communicated to NRC Region IV Branch Chief, Neil OKeefe on December 8, 2016. It was agreed that Entergy would follow-up with docketed correspondence to provide the basis for why the CRP and CAL items could not be completed within the specified schedule.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY RICHARD L. ANDERSON RLA/mkh

0CAN021702 Page 3 of 3 cc: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Arkansas Nuclear One P. O. Box 310 London, AR 72847 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Thomas Wengert MS O-8B1A One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852