ML17258A081

Ltr 09/13/2017 Palisades Nuclear Plant, Request for Information for an NRC Triennial Baseline Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Team): Inspection Report 05000255/2017007

ML17258A081
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	09/13/2017
From:	Jamie Benjamin NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Arnone C Entergy Nuclear Operations
References
IR 2017007
Download: ML17258A081 (7)

See also: IR 05000255/2017007

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September 13, 2017

Mr. Charles Arnone Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 490439530

SUBJECT: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR AN NRC TRIENNIAL BASELINE DESIGN BASES ASSURANCE INSPECTION (TEAM): INSPECTION REPORT 05000255/2017007.

Dear Mr. Arnone:

On October 30, 2017, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a Triennial Baseline Design Basis Assurance Inspection at the Palisades Nuclear Plant. This inspection will be performed in accordance with NRC Baseline Inspection Procedure 71111.21M and Manual Chapter 2515. The inspection samples to be reviewed during this inspection are skewed toward decommissioning activities. The Design Bases Assurance Inspection focuses on the design, maintenance, and operation of risk significant components with low margin, or associated with an accident scenario, or a specific system. The inspection also monitors the implementation of modifications to structures, systems, and components as modifications to one system may also affect the design bases and functioning of interfacing systems as well as introduce the potential for common cause failures. The specific components and modifications to be reviewed during this baseline inspection will be identified as part of the preparation for the inspection and finalized during the in-office preparation week that occurs prior to the first onsite inspection week. In addition, operating experience issues, associated with the component samples, will also be selected for review. The inspection team may request scenarios to be performed on the simulator. This request would require support from your simulator staff to validate scenarios, simulator time, and a crew to perform the actions which would most likely occur during the second onsite week. The team will work closely with your staff early on during the inspection process to ensure this activity can be accomplished with minimal impact. The inspection will include two weeks onsite. The inspection team will consist of four NRC inspectors and two contractors. The current inspection schedule is as follows: Offsite preparation: October 2327, 2017. Onsite weeks: October 30November 3, 2017; and November 1317, 2017. Experience with previous baseline design/modification inspections of similar depth and length has shown that this type of inspection is extremely resource intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order 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 of these documents are up-to-date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. Insofar as possible, this information should be provided electronically to the lead inspector. The lead inspector for this inspection is Jamie Benjamin. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested in the enclosure, please contact the lead inspector at 630-829-9747 or via e-mail at Jamie.Benjamin@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 3150-0011. 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. 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

Sincerely,/RA/ Jamie Benjamin, Senior Reactor Engineer Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50255 License No. DPR20

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