ML25156A033
| ML25156A033 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 06/05/2025 |
| From: | Greg Pick NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/EB2 |
| To: | Hansett P Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR 2025401 | |
| Download: ML25156A033 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000458/2025401
Text
June 05, 2025
Phil Hansett, Site Vice President
Entergy Operations, Inc.
River Bend Station
5485 U.S. Highway 61N
St. Francisville, La 70775
SUBJECT:
RIVER BEND STATION - INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-
SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM
INSPECTION 05000458/2025401
Dear Phil Hansett:
On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline
inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 71130.10 Cybersecurity, at your River
Bend Station The inspection will be performed to evaluate and verify your ability to meet the
requirements of the NRCs Cyber-Security Rule, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
Part 73, Section 54, Protection of Digital Computer and Communication Systems and
Networks.
Experience has shown that baseline inspections are extremely resource intensive, both for the
NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. To minimize the inspection impact on the site and to
ensure a productive inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for documents
needed for the inspection. These documents have been divided into four groups.
The first group specifies information necessary to assist the inspection team in choosing the
focus areas (i.e., sample set) to be inspected by the cyber-security inspection procedure. This
information should be made available either in an online repository (preferred) or digital media
(CD/DVD) and delivered/available to the regional office no later than July 3, 2025. The
inspection team will review this information and, by August 1, 2025, will request the specific
items that should be provided for review.
The second group of requested documents will assist the inspection team in the evaluation of
the critical systems and critical digital assets, defensive architecture, and the areas of your
cyber security program selected for review. This information will be requested for review in the
regional office prior to the inspection by September 2, 2025.
The third group of requested documents consists of those items that the inspection team will
review, or need access to, during the inspection. Please have this information available by the
first day of the onsite inspection, September 29, 2025.
P. Hansett
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The fourth group of information is necessary to aid the inspection team in tracking issues
identified during the inspection. It is requested that this information be provided to the lead
inspector as the information is generated during the inspection. It is important that all documents
are up to date and complete to minimize the number of additional documents requested during
the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.
The lead inspector for this inspection is Greg Pick. We understand that our regulatory contact
for this inspection is Hayley Kunzli of your organization. If there are any questions about the
inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at 817-504-2105 or via
e-mail at greg.pick@nrc.gov.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection
requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-
0011. The NRC may not conduct or 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 Office of Management and Budget control number.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,
of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available
electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly
Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
Gregory Pick, Senior Reactor Inspector
Engineering Branch 2
Division of Operations and Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000458
License No. NPF-47
Enclosure: As Stated
River Bend Cybersecurity Inspection Request for Information
cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV
Signed by Pick, Gregory
on 06/05/25
SUNSI Review:
ADAMS:
Non-Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive Keyword:
By: GAP
Yes No
Publicly Available
Sensitive
OFFICE
SRI:DORS/EB2
NAME
GPick
SIGNATURE
/RA/
DATE
06/05/25
Enclosure
River Bend Cybersecurity Inspection Request for Information
Inspection Report: 05000458/2025401
Inspection Dates:
September 29 to October 3, 2025
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71130.10, Cybersecurity,
Reference:
ML21330A088, Guidance Document for Development of the
Request for Information (RFI) and Notification Letter for
IP 71130.10, Cyber-Security Inspection, Revision 2
NRC Inspectors:
Gregory Pick, Lead
Dustin Bryen
817-504-2105
817-200-1078
greg.pick@nrc.gov
dustin.bryen@nrc.gov
NRC Contractors:
Michael Shock
James Hartman
michael.shock@nrc.gov
james.hartman@nrc.gov
I.
Information Requested for In-Office Preparation
This initial request for information (i.e., Table RFI #1) concentrates on providing the
inspection team with information necessary to select appropriate components and cyber
security program elements to develop a site-specific inspection plan. The first RFI is
used to identify the critical digital assets or systems to be chosen as the sample set
required to be inspected by the cyber-security inspection procedure. Please provide the
information requested in Table RFI #1 to the regional office by July 3, 2025, or sooner, to
facilitate the selection of the specific items for review.
The inspection team will examine the documentation from the first RFI and select
specific systems and equipment to provide a more focused follow-up request to develop
the second RFI. The inspection team will submit the specific systems and equipment list
to your staff by August 1, 2025, which will be utilized to evaluate the equipment,
defensive architecture, and the areas of the licensees cyber security program for review.
Please provide the information requested by the second RFI to the regional office by
September 2, 2025. All requests for information shall follow the referenced guidance
document. For information requests that have more than ten (10) documents, provide a
compressed (i.e., Zip) file of the documents.
The required Table RFI #1 information shall be provided in an online document
repository (preferred) or on digital media (CD/DVD) to the lead inspector by July 3, 2025.
The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet file. The
information should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any
questions regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as
possible.
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Table RFI #1
Section 3,
Paragraph Number/Title:
IP Ref. Items
1
A list of all Identified Critical Systems and Critical Digital Assets, -
highlight/note any additions, deletions, reclassifications due to new guidance
from white papers, changes to NEI 10-04, 13-10, etc. since the last cyber
security inspection.
Overall
2
Network Topology Diagrams to include information and data flow for critical
systems in levels 2, 3 and 4 (If available)
Overall
3
The most recent effectiveness analysis and self-assessments of the Cyber
Security Program
03.01(b)
4
Portable Media and Mobile Device control documentation, including kiosk
security control assessment/documentation
03.02(e)
5
Design change/modification program documentation and a list of all cyber-
related design changes completed since the last two cyber security
inspections, including either a summary describing the design change or the
50.59 documentation for the change.
03.03(a)
6
Cyber Security Plan and any 50.54(p) analysis to support changes to the
plan since the last inspection
03.04(a)
7
Provide copies of all cybersecurity program related procedures, program
documentation, and policies with their descriptive name and associated
number (if available), including supply chain, vulnerability management,
ongoing monitoring and assessment
Overall
03.01(a)
03.03(a), (b),
and (c)
8
Corrective actions taken because of cyber security incidents/issues to
include previous NRC violations and Licensee Identified Violations since two
last cyber security inspections
03.05
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In addition to the above information please provide the following:
(1) Electronic copy of the UFSAR and operating license.
(2) Name(s) and phone numbers for the regulatory and technical contacts.
(3) Current management and engineering organizational charts.
Based on this information, the inspection team will identify and select specific systems
and equipment (e.g., critical systems/critical digital assets) from the information
requested by Table RFI #1 and submit a list of specific systems and equipment to your
staff by August 1, 2025, for the second RFI (i.e., RFI #2).
II.
Additional Information Requested to be Available Prior to Inspection.
As stated in Section I above, the inspection team will examine the returned
documentation requested from Table RFI #1 and submit the list of specific systems and
equipment to your staff by August 1, 2025, for the second RFI (i.e., RFI #2). The second
RFI will request additional information required to evaluate the critical systems and
critical digital assets, defensive architecture, and the areas of the cyber security program
selected for inspection. The additional information requested for the specific systems
and equipment is identified in Table RFI #2. All requested information shall follow the
referenced guidance document.
The Table RFI #2 information shall be provided in an online document repository
(preferred) or on digital media (CD/DVD) to the lead inspector by September 2, 2025.
The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet. The information
should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any questions
regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as possible.
Table RFI #2
Section 3,
Paragraph Number/Title:
Items
For the system(s) chosen for inspection provide:
1
Ongoing Monitoring and Assessment activity performed on the system(s)
and critical digital assets
03.01(a)
2
All Security Control Assessments for the selected critical system(s) and
critical digital assets.
03.01(a)
3
All vulnerability screenings/assessments associated with, or scans
performed on the selected system(s) and critical digital assets since
the last cyber security inspection
03.01(c)
4
Documentation (including configuration files and rules sets) for Network-
based Intrusion Detection/Protection Systems (NIDS/NIPS), Host-based
03.02(b)
4
Table RFI #2
Section 3,
Paragraph Number/Title:
Items
Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), and Security Information and Event
Management (SIEM) systems for system(s) chosen for inspection
5
Documentation (including configuration files and rule sets) for intra-
security level firewalls and boundary devices used to protect the selected
system(s)
03.02(c)
6
Baseline configuration information for the selected critical digital assets
03.03(a)
7
Documentation on any changes, including Security Impact Analyses,
performed on the selected system(s) since the last inspection, including
security impact analyses for replacement critical digital assets
03.03(b)
8
Copies of the purchase order documentation for any new equipment
purchased for the selected systems since the last inspection.
03.03(c)
9
Copies of any reports/assessment for cyber security drills performed
since the last inspection.
03.02(a)
03.04(b)
10
Copy of the individual recovery plan(s) for the selected system(s)
including documentation of the results the last time the backups were
executed.
03.02(a)
03.04(b)
11
Cyber Security Incident response documentation, including incident
detection, response, and recovery documentation as well as contingency
plan development, implementation including any program documentation
that requires testing of security boundary device functionality
03.02(a)
and
03.04(b)
12
Device Access and Key Control documentation
03.02(c)
13
User Account/Credential documentation
03.02(d)
14
Password/Authenticator documentation
03.02(c)
15
Configuration Management documentation including any security impact
analysis performed due to configuration changes since the last inspection
03.03(a)
and (b)
16
Provide documentation describing any cyber security changes to the
access authorization program since the last cyber security inspection.
Overall
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III.
Information Requested to be Available on First Day of Inspection
For the specific systems and equipment identified in Section II above, provide the
following RFI (i.e., Table 1ST Week Onsite) to the team by September 29, 2025, the first
day of the inspection. All requested information shall follow the referenced guidance
document.
The preferred file format for all lists is a searchable Excel spreadsheet file. The
information should be indexed and hyper-linked to facilitate ease of use. If you have any
questions regarding this information, please call the inspection team leader as soon as
possible.
Table 1ST Week Onsite
Section 3,
Paragraph Number/Title:
Items
1
Any cyber security event reports submitted in accordance with 10
CFR 73.77 since the last cyber security inspection
03.04(a)
2
Updated copies of corrective actions taken because of cyber
security incidents/issues, to include previous NRC violations and
Licensee Identified Violations since the last cyber security
inspection, as well as vulnerability-related corrective actions
03.04(d)
In addition to the above information please provide the following:
(1) Copies of the following documents do not need to be solely available to the
inspection team if the inspectors have easy and unrestrained access to them.
a.
Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, if not previously provided;
b.
Original SER and Supplements related to cybersecurity;
c.
FSAR Question and Answers related to cybersecurity;
d.
Quality Assurance Plan;
e.
Technical Specifications, if not previously provided;
(2) Vendor Manuals, Assessment and Corrective Actions:
a.
The most recent Cyber-Security Quality Assurance (QA) audit and/or
self-assessment; and
b.
Corrective action documents (e.g., condition reports, including status of
corrective actions) generated because of the most recent Cybersecurity
Quality Assurance (QA) audit and/or self-assessment.
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IV.
Information Requested To Be Provided Throughout the Inspection
(1) Copies of any corrective action documents generated because of the inspection
teams questions or queries during the inspection.
(2) Copies of the list of questions submitted by the inspection team members and
the status/resolution of the information requested (provided daily during the
inspection to each inspection team member).
If you have any questions regarding the information requested, please contact the inspection
team leader.