ML23118A320

Notification of Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection and Request for Information (05000313;05000368/2023010)

ML23118A320
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	05/08/2023
From:	William Schaup NRC/RGN-IV/DORS
To:	Sullivan J Entergy Operations
References
IR 2023010
Download: ML23118A320 (9)

See also: IR 05000368/2023010

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May 08, 2023

Joseph Sullivan

Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

N-TSB-58

1448 S.R. 333

Russellville, AR 72802-0967

SUBJECT: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE - NOTIFICATION OF BIENNIAL PROBLEM

IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION (05000313;05000368/2023010)

Dear Joseph. Sullivan:

During the weeks of August 7 and August 21, 2023, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

will conduct a Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R) inspection at your facility.

Four inspectors will perform this two-week inspection in accordance with NRC Inspection

Procedure 71152 Problem Identification and Resolution. This inspection focuses on the

corrective action program and implementation to evaluate the stations effectiveness in

identifying, prioritizing, evaluating, and correcting problems, and to confirm that the station was

complying with NRC regulations and licensee standards. The team also evaluates the stations

processes for use of industry and NRC operating experience information and the effectiveness

of the stations audits and self-assessments. Finally, the team reviews the stations program to

establish and maintain a safety-conscious work environment.

The schedule for the inspection is as follows:

Offsite Preparation Week: July 31 - August 4, 2023

Onsite Inspection Weeks: August 7 - 11 & 21 - 25, 2023

To minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both

parties, we have enclosed a request for information needed for the inspection. It is important

that all these documents are up to date and complete to minimize the number of additional

documents requested during the preparation and/or the on-site portions of the inspection.

Please provide this information electronically to the lead inspector.

J. Sullivan 2

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments

regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library and Information Collection Branch,

Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6-A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and

to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011)

OMB, Washington, DC 20503.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION

The NRC may not conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request

for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document

displays a currently valid OMB control number.

This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection

and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document

Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public

Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.

Sincerely,

William Schaup, Team Lead

Inspection Program & Assessment Team

Division of Operating Reactor Safety

Docket No.05000313 and 05000368

License No.DPR-51 and NPF-6

Enclosure:

As stated

cc w/ encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

Signed by Schaup, William

on 05/08/23

ML23118A230

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OFFICE SRI: RI: DORS/IPAT TL: DRS/IPAT

DORS/IPAT

NAME F. Ramirez B. Correll W. Schaup

SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/

DATE 05/01/23 05/01/23 05/08/23

Enclosure

Information Request

Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution

Inspection Arkansas Nuclear One

May 08, 2023

Inspection Report: 05000313/2023010 and 05000368/2023010

Onsite Inspection Dates: August 7 - 11 and 21 - 25, 2023

This inspection will cover the period from July 1, 2021, through August 25, 2023. All requested

information is limited to this period or to the date of this request unless otherwise specified. To

the extent possible, the requested information should be provided electronically in

word-searchable Adobe PDF (preferred) or Microsoft Office format. If you determine that any

requested information is sensitive, the specific handling of this information should be

discussed in advance between the NRC inspectors and the Arkansas Nuclear One

representatives assigned to the Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection to ensure

appropriate handling.

All requested documents should be provided electronically (e.g., Certrecs IMS) where

possible. If an online inspection management system is used to provide the requested

information, please ensure that all uploaded documents are searchable by title and identification

number (for example, CR 1234567).

Lists of documents (summary lists) should be provided in Microsoft Excel or a similar sortable

format. Please be prepared to provide any significant updates to this information by

July 21, 2023, and as new information becomes available throughout the inspection. As used in

this request, corrective action documents refers to condition reports, notifications, action

requests, cause evaluations, and/or other similar documents, as applicable to Arkansas Nuclear

One.

Please provide the following information no later than July 21, 2023:

1. Document Lists

Note: For these summary lists, please include the document/reference number, the

document title, initiation date, current status, and long-text description of the issue.

a. Summary list of all corrective action documents related to significant

conditions adverse to quality that were opened, closed, or evaluated during

the period.

b. Summary list of all corrective action documents related to conditions adverse

to quality that were opened or closed during the period.

c. Summary list of all condition reports related to non-conditions adverse to

quality that were opened or closed during the period.

Enclosure

d. Summary list of all apparent cause evaluations (or equivalent) performed

during the period; if fewer than approximately 40, provide full documents and

attachments

e. Summary list of all currently open corrective action documents associated

with conditions first identified prior to the beginning of the inspection period.

f. Summary list of all corrective action documents that were upgraded or

downgraded in priority/significance during the period (these may be limited

to those downgraded from, or upgraded to, apparent cause level or higher)

g. Summary list of all corrective action documents initiated during the period

that identify an adverse or potentially adverse trend in safety-related or

risk-significant equipment performance or in any aspect of the stations

safety culture.

h. Summary lists of operator workarounds, operator burdens, temporary

modifications, and control room deficiencies (1) currently open and (2) that

were evaluated and/or closed during the period; this should include the date

that each item was opened and/or closed.

i. Summary list of all operability determinations or other engineering

evaluations to provide reasonable assurance of operability; if fewer than

approximately 20, provide full documents and attachments

j. Summary list of plant safety issues raised or addressed by the Employee

Concerns Program (or equivalent) (sensitive information should be made

available by appropriate means after discussion with the team lead)

2. Full Documents with Attachments

a. All root cause evaluations completed during the period; include a list of

any planned or in progress.

b. Quality Assurance audits performed during the period.

c. Audits/surveillances performed during the period on the Corrective

Action Program, of individual corrective actions, or of cause

evaluations.

d. Functional area self-assessments and non-NRC third-party assessments (e.g.,

peer assessments performed as part of routine or focused station self- and

independent assessment activities; do not include INPO assessments) that

were performed or completed during the period; include a list of those that are

currently in progress.

e. Any assessments of the safety conscious work environment at Arkansas

Nuclear One including any safety culture survey results; if none

performed during the inspection period, provide the most recent

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f. Corrective action documents generated during the period associated with

the following:

i. NRC findings and/or violations issued to Arkansas Nuclear One

ii. Licensee Event Reports issued by Arkansas Nuclear One

Please provide a crosswalk or key tying corrective action documents to specific

findings or violations.

g. Corrective action documents generated for the following, if they were

determined to be applicable to Arkansas Nuclear One (for those that were

evaluated but determined not to be applicable, provide a summary list):

i. NRC Information Notices, Bulletins, and Generic Letters

issued or evaluated during the period.

ii. Part 21 reports issued or evaluated during the period.

iii. Vendor safety information letters (or equivalent) issued or

evaluated during the period.

iv. Other external events and/or operating experience evaluated

for applicability during the period.

h. Corrective action documents generated for the following:

i. Maintenance preventable functional failures that occurred or were

evaluated during the period.

ii. Adverse trends in equipment, processes, procedures, or

programs that were evaluated during the period.

iii. Action items generated or addressed by offsite review committees

during the period.

3. Logs and Reports

a. Corrective action performance trending/tracking information generated during

the period and broken down by functional organization (if this information is

fully included in item 3.b, it need not be provided separately)

b. Current system health reports, Management Review Meeting package, or

similar information; provide past reports as necessary to include

greater-than-or-equal to 12 months of metric/trending data.

c. Radiation protection event logs during the period

d. Security event logs and security incidents during the period (sensitive

information should be made available during the teams first weekdo not

provide electronically) - Handling of this item will need additional discussion.

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e. Employee Concerns Program (or equivalent) logs (sensitive information should

be made available during the teams first week of inspectiondo not provide

electronically)

f. List of training deficiencies, requests for training improvements, and

simulator deficiencies for the period

Note: For item 3.c and 3.d, if there is no log or report maintained separate from the

corrective action program, please provide a summary list of corrective action

program items for the category described.

4. Procedures

Note: For these procedures, please include all revisions that were in effect at any time

during the period.

a. Corrective action program procedures, to include initiation and evaluation

procedures, operability determination procedures, cause evaluation

procedures, and any other procedures that implement the corrective action

program at the station, including applicable corporate procedures.

b. Quality Assurance program procedures (specific audit procedures are

not necessary)

c. Employee Concerns Program (or equivalent) procedures

d. Procedures that implement/maintain a Safety Conscious Work Environment

e. Conduct of Operations procedure (or equivalent) and any other procedures or

policies governing control room conduct, operator burdens and workarounds,

etc.

f. Maintenance rule procedures and any procedures implementing any portion of

the maintenance rule at the station.

g. Operating experience program procedures and any other procedures or

guidance documents that describe the sites use of operating experience

information.

h. Procedures associated with the 10 CFR Part 21 program.

5. Other

a. List of risk-significant components and systems, ranked by risk worth; if the list

uses system designators, provide a list of the associated equipment/system

names

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b. List of structures, systems, and components and/or functions that were in

maintenance rule (a)(1) status or evaluated for (a)(1) status at any time during

the inspection period; include dates and results of expert panel reviews and

dates of status changes.

c. Organization charts for plant staff and long-term/permanent contractors

d. Electronic copies of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (or equivalent),

technical specifications, and technical specification bases, if available

e. Table showing the number of corrective action documents (or equivalent)

initiated during each month of the inspection period, by screened

significance.

f. For each day the team is inspecting, provide the following:

i. Planned work/maintenance schedule for the station.

ii. Schedule of management, maintenance rule, corrective action

related, or corrective action review meetings (e.g., operations focus

meetings, condition report screening meetings, Corrective Action

Review Boards, Management Review Meetings, challenge meetings

for cause evaluations, etc.)

iii. Agendas and materials for these meetings

6. Focused System Deep Dive (system to be designed at a later date)

a. System design basis documents

b. Quarterly system health reports, maintenance rule determinations, 50.59

screens/evaluations, apparent and root cause evaluations

c. Condition reports associated with the system

d. Engineering walkdown schedule

e. Operating Procedures/Abnormal Operating Procedures/Emergency Operating

Procedures

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Additionally, please note that system or areas for increased inspection focus will be identified in

the coming weeks, and additional documentation may be requested during the inspection.

Brian Correll

U.S. NRC Reactor Inspector

Inspection Program and Assessment Team

Division of Operating Reactor Safety, Region IV

1600 E. Lamar Blvd, Arlington, TX 76011

brian.correll@nrc.gov

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