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GG 2020 EOC Public Meeting Summary of Public Meeting with Entergy Operations, Inc
ML21092A154
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Site: Grand Gulf Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 04/02/2021
From: Jason Kozal
NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To: Franssen B
Entergy Operations
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April 2, 2021 Mr. Bob Franssen, 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. Franssen:

This refers to the virtual public meeting conducted on March 31, 2021, between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and your staff. Approximately 60 people attended the public meeting, including members of the general public, with representatives from the several state and local government organizations.

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, 2020, as documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2020006, issued March 3, 2021, (ADAMS Accession No. ML21055A008). Your staff presented the stations perspective regarding the issues that contributed to the stations performance in the Degraded Performance Column (Column 3) of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix. During the public question-and-answer portion of the meeting, there were questions from the public regarding actions necessary for the station to be re-assessed into Column 1 of the ROP Action Matrix, the stations previous power uprate license amendment, and the testing of plant equipment.

A copy of the NRCs presentation, Entergys presentation, and an attendance list from the meeting are provided as Enclosures to this letter.

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.

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. Entergy Presentation
3. Attendance List cc: Electronic Distribution for Grand Gulf

ML21092A154 SUNSI Review ADAMS Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: CHY Yes No Non-Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002 OFFICE SPE:DRP/C BC:DRP/C NAME CYoung JKozal SIGNATURE CHY JWK DATE 4/1/21 4/2/21 Welcome!

The meeting will begin shortly. 2020 Annual Performance To hear the audio portion of this Assessment presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS)

Video display - use the Webex "Layout" U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV button to select the "side by side" view to March 31, 2021 most easily view the presenter 1 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 1 1 2 Agenda

  • Introductions
  • Regulatory Process Overview
  • Grand Gulf Performance Assessment
  • Entergy Response
  • NRC Closing Comments FACILITATOR Frances Ramirez
  • Q&A Senior Reactor Inspector, Region IV 3 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 4 3 4 1

NRC Representatives Scott Morris Michael Hay Jason Kozal Regional Deputy Director, Chief, PRESENTER Administrator, Division of Projects Matt Thomas Region IV Reactor Projects Branch C Resident Inspector, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 5 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 6 5 6 NRC Opening Remarks Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Introductions

Bob Franssen GGNS Site Vice President, Scott Morris Entergy Operations Inc. Regional Administrator, Region IV To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 7 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 8 7 8 2

NRC Mission Statement Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

  • The NRC licenses and regulates the 2020 Annual Assessment Meeting nation's civilian use of radioactive materials to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety and to promote the common defense and security and to protect the environment To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 9 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 10 9 10 NRC Response to COVID-19 NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)
  • NRC continues to monitor licensee operations and maintains the ability to The ROP is implemented in each of the four rapidly respond to safety or security- NRC regions related events Involves both inspection and assessment
  • Resident Inspectors make less Implemented by regional inspectors and frequent but regular visits to sites onsite resident NRC inspectors Includes performance indicators (PIs)
  • Residents use remote monitoring submitted by licensees each quarter which when not on site measure the reliability and availability of
  • Currently deferring very few plant equipment and processes inspections and plan to complete the baseline by year end To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 11 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 12 11 12 3

NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Resident Inspector Program Column I Column II Column III Column IV Column V

  • NRC Resident Inspectors Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple / Unacceptable Response Response Performance Repetitive Performance live in the local communities Degraded Cornerstone and perform inspection activities at all Region IV Nuclear Plants
  • NRC Action Matrix
  • Licensee Response column is baseline inspection (issues of very low safety significance)
  • Increase in number of findings of significance moves licensee to the right in the matrix
  • Moving to the right leads to increased NRC Oversight (Supplemental Inspections, higher level engagement with plant management)

To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 13 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 14 13 14 Resident Inspector Program Resident Inspector Program

  • Provide daily oversight of
  • Daily visits to Control Room plant activities
  • Periodic meetings with plant senior managers
  • Prioritize inspections based on important plant activities To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 15 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 16 15 16 4

Region-Based Inspections Grand Gulf 2020 Assessment Results

  • Personnel in the NRC Region IV office also conduct
  • January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 inspections.
  • Grand Gulf performance preserved public
  • Personnel in the Division of Reactor Safety and health and safety Division of Nuclear Materials Safety conduct onsite
  • The plant is safe to continue operating inspections. Including:
  • Grand Gulf is in the NRCs Column 3

- Engineering

  • The plant is under enhanced NRC oversight

- Operator Qualification Examinations due to some performance issues

- Radiation Protection

- Emergency Planning

- Security

- Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 17 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 18 17 18 Industry-wide Performance Grand Gulf 2020 PIs and Findings 100 92

- 16 Green Performance Indicators 60 - 1 Yellow Performance Indicator 50 40 30

  • Violations 20 - 12 Green inspection findings 3 1 0 0 0 10 0 - 2 Severity Level IV violations

- 3 Licensee-Identified violations 19 20 19 20 5

2020 Yellow Performance Indicator Key 2020 Completed Inspections

  • Problem Identification &
  • August 24, 2020 scram - reactor feed pump trip
  • November 6, 2020 scram - unexpected low generator cooling flow signal Resolution (PI&R)
  • December 11, 2020: scram - improper control of generator cooling water
  • Traditional Enforcement Trend Inspection
  • Entergy Confirmatory Order Inspections 21 22 21 22 Problem Identification & Resolution Traditional Enforcement Inspection
  • In January 2020, the NRC completed the 71152
  • Overall, the licensees corrective action program Violations in the Same Area in a 12-Month met regulatory requirements for nuclear safety Period

- One Green Finding - April 2019 inspection unable to be completed due to licensee performance gaps

- Several program deficiencies associated with effectiveness, evaluation, and correction of issues. - April 2020 inspection successfully completed

  • The NRC plans continued inspection and focus
  • NRC continues to monitor the licensees on the licensees corrective action program corrective action progress in this area 23 24 23 24 6

Entergy Confirmatory Order Planned Upcoming Inspections

  • In November 2017, the NRC issued three
  • NRC Confirmatory Order issued in March 2018 Inspection

- Contained fleet-wide corrective actions for Entergy to address willful issues at all their sites

  • The NRC conducted follow-up inspections under Inspection IP 92702 to review Confirmatory Order actions

- January 2019 and January 2020 inspections Inspection for License Renewal

- A third inspection is planned for a later date

  • IP 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection 25 26 25 26 NRC Annual Assessment Summary Grand Gulf Nuclear Station The End-of-Cycle letter for 2020 for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is located at this link:

Response Open ADAMS Package (2020 Grand Gulf Annual Assessment Letter)

Bob Franssen GGNS Site Vice President, Entergy Operations Inc.

27 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 28 27 28 7

NRC Social Media Contacting the NRC

  • Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

  • Report a safety concern

- (800) 695-7403

  • General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 29 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 30 29 30 Q&A Members of the public are invited to participate in this NRC Closing Remarks meeting after the formal presentation. Signal the phone bridge moderator by pressing *1 if you want to ask a question.

If we were not able to answer your question, submit an E-mail to the NRC to Patricia.Vossmar@nrc.gov or Jason.Kozal@nrc.gov .

Scott Morris Regional Administrator, Region IV To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 31 31 32 8

01/04/2021 1 2 Gr and Gulf Nuclear Station NRC Annual Assessment Meeting Building the Premier Utility We exist to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four stakeholders - customers, employees, communities and owners.

1 2 3 4 Unplanned Shutdowns Opening Grand Gulf experienced five unplanned shutdowns in 2020. These shutdowns occurred following our Comments Spring, 2020 refueling outage.

The 2020 refueling outage was highlighted by a major modification to the stations Turbine Control System -

intended to bring long-term and improved performance to the site.

3 4

01/04/2021 5 6 Response Sustainable Improvements Improvement milestones have been developed featuring Benchmarks Dedicated Entergy leadership Ongoing commitments External resources with relevant experience Commitment to safe operation Rigorous oversight structure Commitment to the community Commitment to the environment 5 6 7

Thank you Building the Premier Utility 7

GG 2020 EOC Meeting Attendance:

Bill Maier NRC Bob Franssen Entergy Cale Young NRC David Crockett NRC Frances Ramirez NRC Jaime Rodriguez NRC Jason Kozal NRC Matt Thomas NRC Mike Hay NRC Patricia Vossmar NRC Scott Morris NRC Victor Dricks NRC Allison Graves Entergy Amy Elam NRC Andrea Jennetta S&P Global Platts Andrew Sabisch Entergy Angel Moreno NRC Bobby Smith Director of Radiological Health Cliff Acosta LDEQ Curtis Beckler Neil David Ortman FEMA Region Four Dean Tennant Entergy Doug Dodson NRC Ed Everett ANI Eric Carr PSEG Nuclear Everett Perkins Certrec Corporation Geoff Miller NRC Gustin Bryan NRC J.Brad Edwards Cooperative Energy James Snyder Nuclear Energy Institute Jeff Hardy Jessica Walker LDQ John Giddens Entergy John Monninger NRC Kenneth Chermansky Entergy Lloyd Generette US EPA Mark Lingenfelter Public Mark Sullivan Entergy Mary Lissel NRC Michael Bowling Entergy Nathan Brown NRC Neil Sheeham NRC Neil Tay NRC

Paul Williams Public Paul Zaffuts Zaffuts Group Law Firm Phil Sharpe Studsdik Ron Rispoli Entergy Services Russell Thames Entergy Shakur Walker NRC MS Emergency Management Shawn Maley Agency Solange DeSantis Entergy Steve Hillman Entergy Tim Bebey NRC Tim Donovan Utilities Safety Alliance Timothy Stedham NRC Tom Gardsdale No Info Tony Nakanishu NRC Victoria Midland NRC Wesley Entergy Whitney Hale Public

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