ML24289A031
| ML24289A031 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf, River Bend, Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 11/08/2024 |
| From: | James Drake NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4 |
| To: | Gaston R Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| EPID L-2024-LLA-0062 LC 2.F | |
| Download: ML24289A031 (1) | |
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November 8, 2024 Ronald Gaston Vice President, Regulatory Assurance Entergy Services, LLC M-ECH-29 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1; RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1; WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NOS. 236, 216, AND 272, RESPECTIVELY, RELATED TO THE REMOVAL OF LICENSE CONDITION 2.F AS PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED LINE-ITEM IMPROVEMENT PROCESS (EPID: L-2024-LLA-0062)
Dear Ronald Gaston:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has issued amendments consisting of changes to a license condition in response to your application dated May 7, 2024.
The following amendments are enclosed:
Amendment No. 236 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Amendment No. 216 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 for River Bend Station, Unit 1; Amendment No. 272 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; The amendments remove License Condition 2.F, which requires the listed Entergy sites to report certain violations of Renewed Facility Operating License Section 2.C 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 a written follow-up at a later date. This change is consistent with the notice published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2005 (70 FR 67202), as part of the consolidated line-item improvement process (CLIIP).
A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commissions monthly Federal Register notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jason Drake, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-416, 50-458, 50-382
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 236 to NPF-29
- 2. Amendment No. 216 to NPF-47
- 3. Amendment No. 272 to NPF-38
- 4. Safety Evaluation cc: Listserv
ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
COOPERATIVE ENERGY, A MISSISSIPPI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-416 GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 236 Renewed License No. NPF-29
- 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment by Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), dated May 7, 2024, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment 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; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
2.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 90 days from the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Tony Nakanishi, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 and the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: November 8, 2024 Tony T.
Nakanishi Digitally signed by Tony T. Nakanishi Date: 2024.11.08 13:03:27 -05'00'
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 236 RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-29 GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-416 Replace the following page of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 with the attached revised page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Facility Operating License REMOVE INSERT
24 Amendment No. 233, 236 The licensee 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). The licensees CSP was approved by License Amendment No. 186 as supplemented by a change approved by License Amendment Nos. 192, 200 and 210.
F.
Deleted G.
The licensees 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 November 1, 2044.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
/RA/
William M. Dean, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attachments:
1.
Attachments 1 and 2 2.
Appendix A - Technical Specifications (NUREG-0934) 3.
Appendix B - Environmental Protection Plan 4.
Appendix C - Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance: December 1, 2016
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC AND ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
DOCKET NO. 50-458 RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 216 Renewed License No. NPF-47
- 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment by Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), dated May 7, 2024, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment 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; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
2.
The license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 90 days from the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Tony Nakanishi, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 and the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: November 8, 2024 Tony T.
Nakanishi Digitally signed by Tony T. Nakanishi Date: 2024.11.08 13:04:00 -05'00'
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 216 RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-47 RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-458 Replace the following pages of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47 with the attached revised page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Facility Operating License Remove Insert 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.
Deleted Amendment No. 216
ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
DOCKET NO. 50-382 WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 272 Renewed License No. NPF-38
- 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment by Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee), dated May 7, 2024, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment 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; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
2.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 90 days from the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Tony Nakanishi, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 and the Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: October 8, 2024 Tony T.
Nakanishi Digitally signed by Tony T. Nakanishi Date: 2024.11.08 13:04:21 -05'00'
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 272 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-38 WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 DOCKET NO. 50-382 Replace the following pages of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 with the attached revised page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Facility Operating License REMOVE INSERT AMENDMENT NO. 269, 272 Entergy will complete closure of the four Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)
Finding level Facts and Observations (F&Os) identified as Finding Numbers HR 1-2, HR 7-1, HR 7-3, and HR 7-4 in Table A3-2 of Entergy letter to NRC, dated April 25, 2022, and in Table E2-2 of Entergy letter to NRC, dated May 16, 2022, using an accepted NRC process (Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Appendix X to NEI 05-04, NEI 07-12, and NEI 12-13) prior to implementation of 10 CFR 50.69 and the risk-informed completion time (RICT) program.
Prior NRC approval, under 10 CFR 50.90, is required for a change to the categorization process specified above (e.g., change from a seismic margins approach to a seismic probabilistic risk assessment approach).
D. The facility requires an exemption from certain requirements of Appendices E and J to 10 CFR Part 50. These exemptions are described in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Safety Evaluation Report, Supplement No. 10 (Section 6.1.2) and Supplement No. 8 (Section 6.2.6), respectively. These exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest. These exemptions are, therefore, hereby granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12. With the granting of these exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission.
E. 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 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 plan, which contains Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled:
"Physical Security, Safeguards Contingency and Training & Qualification Plan," and was submitted on October 4, 2004.
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). The EOI CSP was approved by License Amendment No. 234 and supplemented by a change approved by Amendment Nos. 239, 241, and 247.
F. Deleted
SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 236 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-29 AMENDMENT NO. 216 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-47 AMENDMENT NO. 272 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-38 ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 RIVER BEND STATION, UNIT 1 WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-416, 50-458, AND 50-382
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By application dated May 7, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24128A042), Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy or the licensee),
requested changes to the Facility Operating License for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; River Bend Station, Unit 1; and Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3.
The proposed amendments would remove License Condition 2.F, which requires the listed Entergy sites to report certain violations of Renewed Facility Operating License Section 2.C within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System with a written follow-up at a later date. This change is consistent with the notice published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2005 (70 FR 67202), as part of the consolidated line-item improvement process (CLIIP).
On July 9, 2024, the NRC published a proposed no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) determination in the Federal Register (89 FR 56438) for the proposed amendments.
2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION
A section or condition was included in the facility operating licenses issued to some nuclear power plants requiring the licensee to make reports to the NRC regarding violations of other sections of the operating license (typically Section 2.C). A typical license condition reads as follows:
Except as otherwise provided in this license and its appendices, the Licensee shall report any violations of the requirements contained in Section 2.C of this 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 followup within thirty days in accordance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73 [Section 50.73 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations]
(Licensee event report system).
In addition to the information provided to support licensing decisions, the NRC obtains information about plant operation, licensee programs, and other matters using a combination of inspections and reporting requirements. Routine or scheduled reports that are required to be submitted to the NRC are defined in the related regulations, specific license condition, technical specification, or an NRC-approved program document. The reporting of emergencies, unplanned events or conditions, and other special cases may also be addressed within such documents by the inclusion of reporting thresholds and are also the focus of the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 50.72, Immediate notification requirements for operating nuclear power reactors, and 10 CFR 50.73, Licensee event report system. Changes to the reporting regulations in 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73 became effective in January 2001 (see Federal Register notice (65 FR 63769) dated October 25, 2000) and included extending the allowable reporting times for licensee event reports (LERs) from 30 days to 60 days.
3.0 TECHNICAL EVALUATION
Section 2.F of the facility operating licenses for Grand Gulf, River Bend and Waterford require the licensee to report any violations of the requirements of Section 2.C of the facility operating license and defines the method and allowable time periods for such reports. The reporting threshold (i.e., a violation) for some of the conditions included in Section 2.C of the facility operating license duplicates those defined in 10 CFR 50.72 and 10 CFR 50.73. However, the requirements in the facility operating licenses may have different deadlines than those defined in the regulations (following a rule change in 2001). This difference in reporting requirements has led to variations in reporting since many facility operating licenses do not contain the subject condition. For those licensees with a 30-day reporting requirement in the facility operating license, the condition has decreased the benefits of the rulemaking. For those cases where the current facility operating license requirement to report violations is also reportable in accordance with the regulations defined in 10 CFR 50.72 and 10 CFR 50.73, the NRC staff finds that the regulations adequately address this issue and the elimination of the duplicative requirement in the Facility Operating License is acceptable.
Some of the conditions addressed in Section 2.C of the facility operating license may address the maintenance of particular programs, administrative requirements, or other matters where a violation of the requirement would not result in a report to the NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72 or 10 CFR 50.73. In most cases, there are requirements for reports to the NRC related to these conditions in other regulations, the specific license condition or technical specification, or an NRC-approved program document. In other cases, there are reports to other agencies or news releases that would prompt a report to the NRC (in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi)). The NRC staff also assessed violations of administrative requirements that could be reportable under the current license condition but that may not have a duplicative requirement in a regulation or other regulatory requirement. The NRC staff finds that the requirements to report such problems within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> with written reports to follow using the LER process is not needed. The NRC staff is confident that the information related to such
violations that is actually important to the NRCs regulatory functions would come to light in a time frame comparable to the 60-day LER requirements. The information would become available to the appropriate NRC staff through the inspection program, updates to program documents, resultant licensing actions, public announcements, or some other reliable mechanism.
The NRC staff finds that the elimination of Section 2.F of the facility operating licenses for Grand Gulf, River Bend and Waterford will not result in a loss of information to the NRC that would adversely affect either its goal to protect public health and safety or its ability to carry out its various other regulatory responsibilities.
4.0 STATE CONSULTATION
In accordance with the Commissions regulations, State officials from Louisiana and Mississippi were notified of the proposed issuance of the amendments on October 24, 2024. The State officials had no comments.
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendments change recordkeeping, reporting, or administrative procedures or requirements. The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration, and there has been no public comment on such finding published in the Federal Register on July 9, 2024 (89 FR 56438). Accordingly, the amendments meet the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendments.
6.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) there is reasonable assurance that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: J. Drake, NRR Date: October 8, 2024
ML24289A031 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL/PM NRR/DORL/LPL/PM NRR/DORL/LPL4/LA NAME JDrake MMahoney PBlechman (ABaxter for)
DATE 10/11/2024 10/07/2024 10/21/2024 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL4/BC NRR/DORL/LPL/PM NAME TNakanishi JDrake DATE 11/7/2024 11/8/2024