ML18092A442
| ML18092A442 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/2018 |
| From: | Jason Kozal NRC/RGN-IV/DRP |
| To: | Emily Larson Entergy Operations |
| Jason Kozal | |
| References | |
| Download: ML18092A442 (8) | |
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March 28, 2018 Mr. Eric Larson Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF PUBLIC MEETING WITH ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Dear Mr. Larson:
This refers to the public meeting conducted at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Vicksburg, Mississippi, on March 20, 2018, between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and your staff. Approximately 20 people attended the public meeting, including members of the general public, with representatives from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the Mississippi Department of Health, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, the Green Party of Mississippi, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
During the meeting, the NRC presented the results of the annual assessment of safety performance at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station for the period of January 1 through December 31, 2017, as documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2017006, issued March 1, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18057B123).
During the meeting, your staff presented the stations perspective regarding the issues that contributed to the stations performance in the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix. During the public question-and-answer portion of the meeting, there were several questions from the public regarding a White Performance Indicator and the corresponding NRC Supplemental Inspection, planned plant modifications, and aging management of plant equipment.
A copy of the NRC presentation and public attendance sheet from the meeting are included as Enclosures 1 and 2, respectively.
2 In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jason W. Kozal, Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29
Enclosures:
- 1. NRC Presentation
- 2. Public Meeting Attendance Sheet
SUNSI Review By: CY/dll ADAMS Yes No Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword:
NRC-002 OFFICE SPE:DRP/C BC:DRP/C NAME CYoung JKozal SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
DATE 3/27/18 3/28/18
Annual Assessment Meeting 1
1 Meeting to Discuss Grand Gulf Performance 2017 Annual Assessment March 20, 2018 NRC Staff Introductions
- Deputy Division Director, Region IV
- Branch Chief, Region IV 2
Operating Reactors 3
Resident Inspector Neil Day Acting Senior Resident Inspector 4
Resident Inspector Ayesha Athar Acting Resident Inspector 5
Grand Gulf Introductions Eric Larson Site Vice President Grand Gulf Entergy Operations, Inc.
6
Annual Assessment Meeting 2
7 Agenda
- 2017 Performance Assessment Results
- NRC Oversight Summary
- Grand Gulf Remarks
- NRC Closing Remarks
- Public Comments and Questions 8
2017 Assessment Results
- Safe to continue operating
- GG is in enhanced NRC oversight 9
Significance Thresholds Increasing Safety Significance Increased NRC inspections and oversight Green White Yellow Red Inspection Findings and Performance Indicators 10 Action Matrix Columns
- Increasing Safety Significance of Inputs
- Increasing NRC Oversight Column 1 Licensee
Response
Column 3 Degraded Performance Column 2 Regulatory
Response
Column 5 Unacceptable Performance Column 4 Multiple/
Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Industry-Wide Performance 0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 85 11 0
3 0
0 11 2016 - White Performance Indicator Greater than 3.0 Scrams per 7,000 Critical Hours 12
- March 29, 2016 - main transformer phase B trip
- June 17, 2016, turbine stop valve issue and trip
- June 25, 2016, turbine control valve issue and trip
Annual Assessment Meeting 3
- June 28, 2017 Grand Gulf notified NRC of readiness for 95001
- NRC performed 95001 Inspection August 2017
- Inspection performed concluded GG failed to fully understand cause and implement corrective actions
- IR 05000416/2017013 13 95001 and Parallel White Finding 14
- Completed biennial inspection January 2018
- NRC identified notable deficiencies in the evaluation and characterization of identified issues
- Results are documented in 05000416/2017011
- NRC plans to conduct next CAP inspection in late 2018 Corrective Action Program Inspection Findings and Performance Indicators 15
- Reactor Oversight Process
- 11 Green Findings, including one Notice of Violation
- Traditional Enforcement
- Five severity level IV violations
- NRC will perform an inspection of extent of condition, extent of cause, and corrective actions (IP 92723)
- 3 apparent violations issued
- Dispositioned as Confirmatory Order - ML18072A191 Focus Areas
- Corrective Action Program
- Equipment Reliability
- Operator Fundamentals 16 NRC Next Steps
- Monitor continued efforts to improve overall station performance
- Conduct follow-up supplemental inspection for White Performance Indicator
- Inspection for 8 Severity Level IV (3 in 2016, 5 in 2017) Violations 17 18 Grand Gulf Presentation Eric Larson Site Vice President Grand Gulf Entergy Operations, Inc.
Annual Assessment Meeting 4
19 NRC Closing Remarks Ryan Lantz Deputy Division Director NRC Region IV 20 Questions or Comments?
21 Reference Sources
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