ML18284A369

Renewed Facility Operating License NPF-47

ML18284A369
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Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	12/20/2018
From:	Ho Nieh Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Entergy Operations
Sayoc E, NRR-DMLR 415-4084
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ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC1 AND ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-458 RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Renewed License No. NPF-47

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) has found that:

A. The application for renewed license filed by Entergy Louisiana, LLC2 and Entergy Operations Inc. (EOI), complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B. Construction of the River Bend Station, Unit 1 (the facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No. CPPR-145 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the regulations of the Commission; C. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission; D. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this renewed operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; E. Entergy Operations, Inc.3 is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this renewed operating license in accordance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; 1

Entergy Gulf States, Inc., restructured its organization. Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC was the resulting owner of River Bend Station. In a series of transactions, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC combined its assets into a new entity, named Entergy Louisiana, LLC.

2 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. was authorized to act as agent for Cajun Electric Power Cooperative prior to the transfer of Cajun Electric Power Cooperatives 30% ownership interest in River Bend to Entergy Gulf States, Inc. Entergy Gulf States, Inc. has merged into Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC (now Entergy Louisiana, LLC).

3 EOI is authorized to act as agent for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation and maintenance of the facility.

F. Entergy Louisiana, LLC and EOI have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements, of the Commissions regulations; G. The issuance of this renewed license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth herein, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; I. The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct and special nuclear material as authorized by this renewed license will be in accordance with the Commissions regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70; and J. Actions have been identified and have been or will be taken with respect to (1) managing the effects of aging during the period of extended operation on the functionality of structures and components that have been identified to require review under 10 CFR 54.21(a)(1); and (2) time-limited aging analyses that have been identified to require review under 10 CFR 54.21(c), such that there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by this renewed license will continue to be conducted in accordance with the current licensing basis, as defined in 10 CFR 54.3, for the facility, and that any changes made to the facilitys current licensing basis in order to comply with 10 CFR 54.29(a) are in accord with the Act and the Commissions regulations.

2. Based on the foregoing findings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, dated December 16, 1993, and expiring August 29, 2025, as amended, is superseded by Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, which is hereby issued to Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and EOI to read as follows:

A. This renewed license applies to the River Bend Station, Unit 1, a boiling water nuclear reactor and associated equipment, owned by Entergy Louisiana, LLC and operated by EOI. The facility is located approximately 2 miles east of the Mississippi River in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, approximately 2.7 miles southeast of St. Francisville, Louisiana and approximately 18 miles northwest of the city limits of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and in the Environmental Report-Operating License Stage, as supplemented and amended.

B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses:

(1) Entergy Louisiana, LLC, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess the facility at the designated location in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this renewed license;

(2) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, use and operate the facility at the above designated location in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this renewed license; (3) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess and to use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (5) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (6) EOI, pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility.

C. This renewed license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:

(1) Maximum Power Level EOI is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3091 megawatts thermal (100% rated power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein.

(2) Technical Specifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 193 and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, are hereby incorporated in the renewed license. EOI shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.

(3) Antitrust Conditions

a. Entergy Louisiana, LLC shall comply with the antitrust conditions in Appendix C, attached hereto, which is hereby incorporated in this renewed license.

b. EOI shall not market or broker power or energy from River Bend Station, Unit 1. Entergy Louisiana, LLC is responsible and accountable for the actions of its agent, EOI, to the extent said agents actions affect the marketing or brokering of power or energy from River Bend Station, Unit 1 and, in any way, contravene the antitrust conditions of this paragraph or Appendix C of this renewed license.

(4) DELETED (5) Mark III Related Issues (Section 6.2.1.9, SER and SSER 2)

a. EOI shall not use the residual heat removal system in the steam condensing mode without prior written approval of the staff.

b. DELETED (6) DELETED (7) DELETED (8) DELETED (9) DELETED (10) Fire Protection (Section 9.5.1, SER and SSER 3)

EOI shall comply with the requirements of the fire protection program as specified in Attachment 4. Attachment 4 is hereby incorporated into this renewed license.

(11) Operating Staff Experience Requirements (Section 13.1.2.1, SSER 2)

EOI shall have a licensed senior operator on each shift, while in Operating Condition 1, 2 and 3, who has had at least six months of hot operating experience on a plant comparable to River Bend Station, including at least six weeks at power levels greater than 20% of full power, and who has had startup and shutdown experience.

(12) DELETED (13) Partial Feedwater Heating (Section 15.1, SER)

During power operation, the facility shall not be operated with a feedwater heating capacity which would result in a rated thermal power feedwater temperature less than 326 °F.

(14) DELETED (15) DELETED (16) DELETED (17) DELETED (18) Mitigation Strategy License Condition EOI shall develop and maintain strategies for addressing large fires and explosions and that include the following key areas:

a. Firefighting response strategy with the following elements:

1. Pre-defined coordinated fire response strategy and guidance

2. Assessment of mutual aid firefighting assets

3. Designated staging areas for equipment and materials

4. Command and control

5. Training of response personnel

b. Operations to mitigate fuel damage considering the following:

1. Protection and use of personnel assets

2. Communications

3. Minimizing fire spread

4. Procedures for implementing integrated fire response strategy

5. Identification of readily-available pre-staged equipment

6. Training on integrated fire response strategy

7. Spent fuel pool mitigation measures

c. Actions to minimize release to include consideration of:

1. Water spray scrubbing

2. Dose to onsite responders (19) Control Room Envelope Habitability Program Upon implementation of Amendment No. 154 adopting TSTF-448, Revision 3, the determination of control room envelope (CRE) unfiltered air inleakage as required by SR 3.7.2.4, in accordance with TS 5.5.14.c(i),

the assessment of CRE habitability as required by Specification 5.5.14.c.(ii), and the measurement of CRE pressure as required by Specification 5.5.14.d, shall be considered met. Following implementation:

a. The first performance of SR 3.7.2.4, in accordance with Specification 5.5.14.c.(i), shall be within the specified Frequency of 6 years, plus the 18-month allowance of SR 3.0.2, as measured from May 2004, the date of the most recent successful tracer gas test, as stated in the January 25, 2005 letter response to Generic Letter 2003-01, or within the next 18 months if the time period

since the most recent successful tracer gas test is greater than 6 years.

b. The first performance of the periodic assessment of CRE habitability, Specification 5.5.14.c.(ii), shall be within 3 years, plus the 9-month allowance of SR 3.0.2, as measured from May 2004, the date of the most recent successful tracer gas test, as stated in the January 25, 2005 letter response to Generic Letter 2003-01, or within the next 9 months if the time period since the most recent successful tracer gas test is greater than 3 years.

c. The first performance of the periodic measurement of CRE pressure, Specification 5.5.14.d, shall be within 24 months, plus the 182 days allowed by SR 3.0.2, as measured from May 2004, the date of the most recent successful pressure measurement test, or within 182 days if not performed previously.

(20) Commitments Required by Standard TSTF Safety Evaluations Commitments made as required by standard TSTF Safety Evaluation, as discussed in the notice of availability, will be maintained as described in USAR Section 16. This condition applies to the following TSTFs as approved.

TSTF-423 Changes to the commitments can be made in accordance with 10 CFR 50.59.

(21) DELETED (22) License Renewal License Conditions

a. The information in the Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR) supplement submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 54.21(d), as revised during the license renewal application review process, and EOI commitments as listed in Appendix A of the Safety Evaluation Report Related to the License Renewal of River Bend Station, Unit 1, dated August 16, 2018, are collectively the License Renewal USAR Supplement. This Supplement is henceforth part of the USAR, which will be updated in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e). As such, EOI may make changes to the programs, activities, and commitments described in the USAR Supplement, provided EOI evaluates such changes pursuant to the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 50.59, Changes, Tests, and Experiments, and otherwise complies with the requirements in that section.

b. The License Renewal USAR Supplement, as defined in renewed license condition (22)(a) above, describes programs to be implemented and activities to be completed prior to the period of

extended operation, which is the period following the August 29, 2025 expiration of the original license.

1. EOI shall implement those new programs and enhancements to existing programs no later than 6 months before the period of extended operation.

2. EOI shall complete those activities by the 6 month date prior to the period of extended operation or to the end of the last refueling outage before the period of extended operation whichever occurs later.

3. EOI shall notify the NRC in writing within 30 days after having accomplished item (b)(1) above and include the status of those activities that have been or remain to be completed in item (b)(2) above.

D. EOI shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to the provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled: Physical Security, Safeguards Contingency and Training & Qualification Plan, submitted by letter dated May 16, 2006.

E. EOI shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved cyber security plan (CSP), including changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). EOIs CSP was approved by License Amendment No. 171 as supplemented by changes approved by License Amendment Nos. 177, 184, and 190.

F. Except as otherwise provided in the Technical Specifications or Environmental Protection Plan, EOI shall report any violations of the requirements contained in Section 2, Items C.(1); C.(3) through (9); and C.(11) through (16) of this renewed license in the following manner: initial notification shall be made within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System with written follow-up within 60 days in accordance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b), (c) and (e).

G. Entergy Louisiana LLC. and EOI shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.

H. This renewed license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on August 29, 2045.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Ho K. Nieh, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

1. Attachments 1-5

2. Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-1172)

3. Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan

4. Appendix C - Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance: December 20, 2018

ATTACHMENT 1 TO NPF 47 DELETED

ATTACHMENT 2 TO NPF-47 DELETED

ATTACHMENT 3 TO NPF-47 DELETED

ATTACHMENT 4 TO NPF-47 FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS EOI shall comply with the following requirements of the fire protection program:

1. EOI shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report for the facility through Amendment 22 and as approved in the SER dated May 1984 and Supplement 3 dated August 1985 subject to provisions 2 and 3 below.

2. EOI may make no change to the approved fire protection program which would significantly decrease the level of fire protection in the plant without prior approval of the Commission. To make such a change EOI must submit an application for license amendment pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90.

3. EOI may make changes to features of the approved fire protection program which do not significantly decrease the level of fire protection without prior Commission approval provided (a) such changes do not otherwise involve a change in a license condition or technical specification or result in an unreviewed safety question (see 10 CFR 50.59), and (b) such changes do not result in failure to complete the fire protection program approved by the Commission prior to license issuance. EOI shall maintain, in an auditable form, a current record of all such changes, including an analysis of the effects of the change on the fire protection program, and shall make such records available to NRC inspectors upon request. All changes to the approved program shall be reported to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, along with the FSAR revisions required by 10 CFR 50.71(e).

ATTACHMENT 5 TO NPF-47 DELETED