ML20055E157

RBS2019006 Annual Assessment Letter

ML20055E157
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	03/03/2020
From:	Jason Kozal NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Vercelli S Entergy Operations
References
IR 2016006
Download: ML20055E157 (7)

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March 3, 2020 Mr. Steven Vercelli Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

5485 U.S. Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR RIVER BEND STATION (REPORT 05000458/2019006)

Dear Mr. Vercelli:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of River Bend Station, reviewing performance indicators, inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at River Bend Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green) and all performance indicators were within the expected range (i.e.,

Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2021.

This updated inspection plan now includes planned security inspections which were formerly transmitted under separate correspondence. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. You should be aware that the agency is pursuing potential changes to the ROP, including changes to engineering inspections (SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspections), and other changes to the baseline inspection program described in SECY-19-0067, Recommendations for Enhancing the Reactor Oversight Process. Should these changes to the ROP be implemented, the engineering and other region-based inspections are subject to change in scope, as well as schedule. The inspections listed during the last 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

On March 12, 2018, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (ADAMS Accession Number ML18072A191) (EA-17-132 and EA-17-153), to the Entergy fleet that included the River Bend Station. The Confirmatory Order was associated with nonlicensed operators deliberately failing to tour all required areas and deliberately entering inaccurate information into

S. Vercelli 2 the operating logs. On January 27, 2020, the NRC initiated a Confirmatory Order follow-up inspection at Entergy Corporate Headquarters in Jackson, MS, of the Confirmatory Order actions required to be completed by the end of calendar year 2019, in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 92702, Followup on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, And Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders. The results of this inspection, which are currently being evaluated, will be documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2020011. The NRC plans to conduct future follow-up inspections of the remaining open Confirmatory Order actions required to be completed by Entergy. The NRC will coordinate with Entergy to schedule these inspection activities.

On April 19, 2019, the NRC issued two Severity Level III traditional enforcement violations associated with willfulness and involving several instances of improper log-taking (ADAMS Accession Number ML19112A197) (EA-18-174). Therefore, the threshold was met for performing IP 92722, Follow Up Inspection for Any Severity Level I or II Traditional Enforcement Violation or for Two or More Severity Level III Traditional Enforcement Violations in a 12 Month Period, to follow up on these violations. Inspection Procedure 92722 allows this review using IP 92702 if it is already being performed. Since these violations are being reviewed in their entirety under IP 92702 to follow up on actions associated with the related Entergy Confirmatory Order, the NRC does not plan to conduct a separate inspection under IP 92722.

Additionally, during this period, the NRC will schedule an additional inspection per a revised version of Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerability in Electrical Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01) for any sites who elect to implement the guidance of the Industry Initiative on Open Phase Condition, Revision 3 (ML19163A176), which included an option for relying on annunciation and operator manual actions instead of automatic protective features to isolate a power supply affected by an open phase condition. Licensees will be individually notified when the NRC schedules these inspections.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the

S. Vercelli 3 NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at (817) 200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jason W. Kozal, Chief Reactor Projects Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 05000458 License No. NPF-47

Enclosure:

Inspection Plan cc w/ encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report 07200049 - River Bend (ISFSI) 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count River Bend ISFSI Routine Inspection 2 1 12/01/2020 12/31/2020 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI 1 12/01/2020 12/31/2020 IP 60857 001004 Review of 10 CFR 72.48 Evaluations This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 1 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report River Bend 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count RBS ENTERGY CO FOLLOWUP -2 2 1 12/01/2019 03/31/2020 IP 92702 CONF 001581 Enforcement Related Order Follow-Up-Only RS24 Radiation Safety 2 1 02/10/2020 02/14/2020 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 02/10/2020 02/14/2020 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment Security Protective Strategy .05 with Exercise 2 1 04/13/2020 04/17/2020 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation Security Equipment .04 and Training .07 2 1 05/11/2020 05/15/2020 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1 05/11/2020 05/15/2020 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training RS13PI Radiation Safety 2 1 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation EP Exercise and PI Inspection 4 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification River Bend 1 - Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams) 5 1 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams) 1 07/27/2020 07/31/2020 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

Security Access Control .02 1 1 07/20/2020 07/24/2020 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 07/20/2020 07/24/2020 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification RBS 2020 BRQ 2 1 08/30/2020 09/05/2020 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance RBS 2021 INITIAL EXAM 6 1 01/03/2021 01/09/2021 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV) 1 02/07/2021 02/13/2021 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report River Bend 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count RBS 2021 INITIAL EXAM 6 1 02/07/2021 02/20/2021 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Biennial PI&R Inspection 4 1 01/25/2021 01/29/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 02/08/2021 02/12/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution Inservice Inspection RF21 - RBS 1 1 02/15/2021 02/19/2021 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP 1,2,PI 2 1 02/22/2021 02/26/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 02/22/2021 02/26/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 50.59 Inspection 17T - River Bend 3 1 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments EP Program Inspection 1 1 06/28/2021 07/02/2021 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 06/28/2021 07/02/2021 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 06/28/2021 07/02/2021 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 06/28/2021 07/02/2021 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1 06/28/2021 07/02/2021 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification RP 5,6,7,8 PS Team 4 1 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation MCA - Material Control & Accounting 1 1 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 w/PIV 2 1 09/13/2021 09/17/2021 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1 09/13/2021 09/17/2021 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 3 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report River Bend 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 w/PIV 2 1 09/13/2021 09/17/2021 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification Heat Sink Performance 07T - River Bend Station 2 1 11/01/2021 11/05/2021 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Sink Performance Security FFD .08 1 1 11/01/2021 11/05/2021 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 4 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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