ML22346A205

Acknowledgment of Response to NRC Inspection Report 05000313/2022011 and 05000368/2022011 and Notice of Violation

ML22346A205
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	12/14/2022
From:	Nick Taylor NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB2
To:	Sullivan J Entergy Operations
Taylor N
References
EA-22-099 IR 2022011
Download: ML22346A205 (3)

See also: IR 05000313/2022011

Text

December 14, 2022

EA-22-099

Joseph Sullivan

Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

N-TSB-58

1448 S.R. 333

Russellville, AR 72802-0967

SUBJECT: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE- ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RESPONSE TO NRC

INSPECTION REPORT 05000313/2022011 AND 05000368/2022011 AND NOTICE

OF VIOLATION

Dear Joseph Sullivan:

On November 9, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) cited Entergy Operations,

Inc. for the failure to manage the effects of aging on the buried unit 1 and unit 2 service water

supply piping at Arkansas Nuclear One as required by regulatory requirements and documented

as violation 05000313,05000368/2022011-01, Failure to Perform Required Thickness

Measurements as Required by Design to Manage the Effects of Aging. The Notice of Violation,

enclosed with Inspection Report 05000313/2022011 AND 05000368/2022011 (Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML22301A153), required you to

respond in writing within 30 days.

We have reviewed your response (ML22342B267, dated December 8, 2022) and find that it meets

the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.201. We have no further

questions at this time and will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future

inspection to determine whether full compliance has been achieved and maintained.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agencys Rules of Practice and Procedure," a copy

of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public

J. Sullivan 2

Document Room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System,

which is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the

Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

Signed by Taylor, Nicholas

on 12/14/22

Nick Taylor, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Operating Reactor Safety

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