ML25189A264
| ML25189A264 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 07/08/2025 |
| From: | Harrington C NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/OB |
| To: | Kapellas B Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR 2025003 | |
| Download: ML25189A264 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000416/2025003
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July 08, 2025
Brad Kapellas, Site Vice President
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station
P.O. Box 756
Port Gibson, MS 39150
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION (NRC
INSPECTION REPORT 05000416/2025003) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Brad Kapellas:
During the week of August 18, 2025, three inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions (NRC) Region IV office will perform the baseline biennial requalification
inspection at Grand Gulf, using NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.11B, Licensed Operator
Requalification Program.
Experience has shown that this inspection is a resource intensive inspection both for the NRC
inspectors and your staff. To minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a
productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.
These documents have been divided into three groups:
The first group (Section A of the enclosure) identifies information to be provided prior to
the inspection to ensure that the inspectors are adequately prepared.
The second group (Section B of the enclosure) identifies the information the inspectors
will need upon arrival at the site.
The third group (Section C of this enclosure) identifies the items which are necessary to
close out the inspection and are usually sent a few weeks after the inspectors have left
the site.
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 onsite portions of the
inspection.
B. Kapellas
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We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand
that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Robert Mitchell of your training
organization. Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of
examination activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested,
please contact me, Chris Harrington, at (817) 200-1254 (christopher.harrington@nrc.gov).
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
3150-0018. 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.
This letter and its enclosure 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 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding.
Sincerely,
Chris Harrington, Operations Engineer
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No. 05000416
License No. NPF-29
Enclosure:
Initial Request for Information
Biennial Requalification Inspection
Signed by Harrington, Chris
on 07/08/25
SUNSI Review
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NAME
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CHarrington
SIGNATURE
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DATE
07/08/25
07/08/25
Enclosure
Initial Request for Information
Biennial Requalification Inspection
Grand Gulf
Inspection Report: 05000416/2025003
Inspection Dates:
August 18, 2025 - August 22, 2025
Inspection Procedure:
IP 71111.11B, Licensed Operator Requalification
Program
Lead Inspector:
Chris Harington, Operations Engineer
A. The following information is requested to support inspection preparation activities.
These items are listed by section as they appear in the inspection module (i.e. 03.04a,
03.04b, etc.). Requested materials can be sent via a file hosting service (preferably
SharePoint) or in an electronic format on CD/DVD to arrive at the Region IV office no
later than July 31, 2025.
CD/DVD to: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
ATTN: Chris Harrington
1600 E. Lamar Blvd
Arlington, TX 76011
General Requests:
List of licensed operators (SRO & RO) by crew (operating & staff)
List of plant events and industry operating experience incorporated into LOR
program since last BRQ
Audits and/or self-assessment reports addressing the licensed operator
requalification training program
A summary report of condition reports related to operator actions/errors in the control
room
03.04a: Biennial Requalification Written Examinations
The current and approved biennial written examination schedule
The current requalification cycle written examination results for both SRO & RO that
have already been administered up to the week prior to the inspectors arrival onsite.
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Written examinations that have been approved for administration up to and including
the week before the inspectors are onsite. This will need to have adequate password
protection or double envelope protection if mailed via regular mail per NUREG-1021.
The current requalification cycle examination methodology (sample plan)
03.04b: Annual Requalification Operating Tests
The schedule for the operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) to be given the week of
August 18, 2025 (week inspectors are onsite)
The operating tests (JPMs & scenarios) (password protected and provide separately
via telephone at later date) to be given the week of August 18, 2025
Current requalification cycle operating tests (SRO & RO) and results up to the week
prior to the inspection inspectors arrival onsite
2024 NRC required annual operating tests
Current requalification cycle operating test methodology (sample plan)
03.04c: Administration of an Annual Requalification Operating Test
Procedures used to administer the annual operating test
Procedures used to assess operator performance
Procedures that describe conduct of simulator training
03.04d: Requalification Examination Security
Submit any tracking tools that you use to prevent excessive overlap on the written
examinations and meet the intent of sampling all required topics on a periodic basis.
Submit any tracking tools that you use to prevent excessive overlap on the operating
tests and meet the intent of sampling all required malfunctions (including major
events, instrument/component malfunctions, TS calls, etc.) on a periodic basis.
Procedures that describe examination security, including procedures used to develop
the examinations that include guidelines on overlap between examinations in current
exam cycle tests and prior year examinations
List of condition reports since the last biennial requalification inspection related to
examination security and overlap
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03.04e: Remedial Training and Re-Examinations
List of remedial training conducted or planned since last requalification exam
(includes training provided to operators to enable passing requalification exam and
training provided to correct generic or individual weaknesses observed during
previous requalification exam cycle).
Remediation plans (lesson plans, reference materials, and attendance
documentation)
03.04f: Operator License Conditions
Procedures and program documentation for maintaining active operator licenses,
tracking training attendance, and ensuring medical fitness of licensed operators.
Procedures and associated documentation that supports reactivation of any SRO/RO
license (operating or staff crew) since the last biennial inspection.
03.04g: Control Room Simulator
Simulator discrepancy report summary list for open discrepancy reports and
summary list for those items closed since August 31, 2025.
Primary parameters tested to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
temperature coefficient, integral rod worth). The applicable reference graphs from the
plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also be
included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with results.
A list of simulator modification packages completed in the last two-year window.
B. The following information is requested to support the onsite inspection activities.
Requested materials should be available to the inspectors, either electronically or
hardcopy, upon site arrival on August 18, 2025.
03.03: Requalification Exam Results / 03.04a and 03.04b: Biennial Requalification Written
Exam and Annual Requalification Operating Tests Quality
Results up to the day the inspectors leave the site
03.04f: Conformance with Operator License Conditions
Access to licensed operators records (operating and staff crews).
Access to licensed operators training attendance records.
Access to licensed operators medical records.
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03.04g: Control Room Simulator Performance
Simulator discrepancies from August 31, 2023 - August 18, 2025. This should
include open and closed simulator discrepancy reports, including the
documentation/justification for closure.
Current model deficiencies, including FSAR vs design differences in the simulator
(any documentation on this).
Summary list of modifications from August 31, 2023 - August 18, 2025.
Simulator differences lesson plan used in training (current to August 18, 2025).
Simulator annual performance test packages (usually in a single book but may be
electronic or in single test packages), complete with transient tests, steady state
tests, and malfunction tests. This should also include the test procedures for each
test, the acceptance criteria, and results. For each transient test, the reference chart
should be included or an equivalent subject matter expert review versus the
simulator results with a write-up for any differences beyond the ANSI standard
requirements.
Test packages used to verify core physics parameters (such as moderator
temperature coefficient and integral rod worth). The applicable reference graphs from
the plant physics data book (electronic or other means as available) should also be
included as well as the test procedures used and the acceptance criteria with results.
C. Grand Gulf is required to send the final results summary (see Table 1 below) and any
remaining exams and operating tests that have not been reviewed to the regional
office lead inspector for this inspection for final review and comparison against the
Significance Determination Tools to communicate the exit results for the inspection.
TABLE 1: EXAMINATION RESULTS
1. Total number of licensed operators.
2. Number of licensed operators administered a requalification
examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
3. Number of individual licensed operators who failed any portion of a
requalification examination (written, JPM, or individual simulator
scenario failures).
4. Divide line 3 by line 2 to obtain the individual requalification
examination failure rate. Line 3/Line 2.
%
5. Number of crews administered simulator scenarios as part of a
requalification examination required by 10 CFR 55.59(a).
6. Number of crews who performed unsatisfactorily on the
simulator scenarios.
7. Divide line 6 by line 5 to obtain the crew simulator scenario
failure rate. Line 6/Line 5.
%