ML17220A020

Response to Notice of Violation (NRC Inspection Report 05000458/2017009)

ML17220A020
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	08/08/2017
From:	Thomas Hipschman Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Maguire W Entergy Operations
Hipschman T
References
IR 2017009
Download: ML17220A020 (3)

See also: IR 05000458/2017009

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W. Maguir

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD.

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

August 8, 2017

Mr. William F. Maguire, Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station

5485 US Highway 61N

St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT: RIVER BEND STATION - RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000458/2017009)

Dear Mr. Maguire:

On June 9, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) cited Entergy Operations,

Inc. for failure to restore compliance for a Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.59

violation associated with failure to obtain a license amendment that resulted in a more than

minimal increase in the frequency of occurrence of an accident previously evaluated in the final

safety analysis report when implementing a design change to the reactor core isolation cooling

injection point at the River Bend Station. The Notice of Violation (Notice), enclosed within

Inspection Report 05000458/2017009 (ML17160A401), required you to respond in writing within

30 days.

You responded to the Notice by letter, dated July 6, 2017 (ML17187A384). In your response,

you stated that you intended to submit a license amendment request to account for the design

change which moved the reactor core isolation cooling injection location from the reactor vessel

head to a feedwater line. You indicted that full compliance would be achieved at the time the

license amendment request is approved by the NRC.

We have reviewed your response letter and find that it meets the requirements of

10 CFR 2.201. The NRC will review and evaluate your license amendment request following

receipt in accordance with our established processes. The adequacy of your corrective actions

to the Notice will depend on whether the aforementioned license amendment request is found to

be acceptable and approved.

W. Maguire 2

This letter will be made available for public inspection and copying at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in

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

Sincerely,

/RA Eric Ruesch Acting for/

Thomas R. Hipschman, Team Leader

Inspection Program and Assessment Team

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No: 50-458

License No: NPF-47

ML17220A020

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OFFICE RIV/DRS RIV/DRS

NAME HFreeman THipschman

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DATE 08/02/2017 08/08/2017