ML102300612

Letter Response to River Bend Station Reply to Notice of Violation EA-10-095 in NRC Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Report 05000458-10-006

ML102300612
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	08/18/2010
From:	O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EB-2
To:	Mike Perito Entergy Operations
References
EA-10-095 IR-10-006
Download: ML102300612 (5)

See also: IR 05000458/2010006

Text

August 18, 2010

Michael Perito

Vice President, Operations Entergy Operations, Inc. River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775

SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO RIVER BEND STATION REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION EA-10-095 IN NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION REPORT 05000458/2010006

Dear Mr. Perito:

This acknowledges receipt of your letter and attachments (RBG-47046) dated, July 19, 2010, in which you responded to a notice of violation NOV 05000458/2010006-01, "Failure to Ensure at

Least One Train of Equipment Necessary to Achieve Hot Shutdown Conditions is Free of Fire Damage."

The notice of violation requested that your response include information about decisions to extend the completion of necessary plant modifications beyond the October 2009 refueling outage. The decision-making process described in the letter was consistent with our understanding from the inspection. However, your response did not specifically address your

assessment of the appropriateness of the decisions to extend the completion of necessary plant modifications beyond the October 2009 refueling outage. This information is required to determine whether the corrective actions for this violation were appropriate.

In a telephone conversation on August 13, 2010, with Roy Caniano, Director, Division of

Reactor Safety, you agreed to submit a supplemental response to the Notice of Violation to address your assessment of the appropriateness of the decisions to extend the schedule for completing the plant modification and to provide additional information concerning the engineering quality problems and parts availability that caused the delays in completing timely corrective actions.

The response letter stated that although you agreed with the finding related to the fire protection requirements for a main control room fire, you requested that the NRC reconsider the issuance of the notice of violation and that the portion of the notice of violation involving timeliness of corrective actions be re-characterized. We have reviewed the information provided in your letter

and noted that no new information was provided beyond what was reviewed as part of the inspection. After reviewing your letter and our finding, the NRC has concluded that the violation was appropriate. UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document 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,

/RA/ Neil O'Keefe, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47

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cc w/Enclosure: Senior Vice President and COO Entergy Operations, Inc P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Vice President, Oversight Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations

P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995

Manager, Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.

5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775

Attorney General State of Louisiana

P. O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

Ms. H. Anne Plettinger 3456 Villa Rose Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

President of West Feliciana Police Jury P. O. Box 1921 St. Francisville, LA 70775

Mr. Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P. O. Box 13326 Austin, TX 78701-3326

Mr. Jim Calloway Public Utility Commission of Texas 1701 N. Congress Avenue

Austin, TX 78711-3326

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Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Division P. O. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312

Joseph A. Aluise Associate General Counsel - Nuclear

Entergy Services, Inc. 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113

Chief, Technological Hazards

Branch FEMA Region VI 800 N. Loop 288 Denton, TX 76209-3606

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