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{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 11, 2017
{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 11, 2017  


LICENSEE: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy)  
LICENSEE: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy)  


FACILITY: Indian Point Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3)
FACILITY: Indian Point Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3)  


==SUBJECT:==
==SUBJECT:==
SUMMARY OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON MARCH  15,  2017, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY CONCERNING REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE INDIAN POINT UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (CAC. NOS. MD5407 AND MD5408) The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) and representatives of Entergy held a telephone conference call on March 15, 2017, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information (RAIs) concerning the IP2 and IP3 license renewal application. The telephone conference call was useful in clarifying the intent of the staff's RAIs. Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the participants and Enclosure 2 provides a summary of the key points discussed in the conference call. The RAIs can be found in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML17046A231. The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary. Sincerely,  
SUMMARY OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON MARCH  15,  2017, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY CONCERNING REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE INDIAN POINT UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (CAC. NOS. MD5407 AND MD5408)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) and representatives of Entergy held a telephone conference call on March 15, 2017, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information (RAIs) concerning the IP2 and IP3 license renewal application. The telephone conference call was useful in clarifying the intent of the staff's RAIs.
Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the participants and Enclosure 2 provides a summary of the key points discussed in the conference call. The RAIs can be found in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML17046A231.
The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.
Sincerely,  
 
  /RA/
  /RA/
William Burton, Senior Project Manager Project Management and Guidance Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 Enclosures  
William Burton, Senior Project Manager Project Management and Guidance Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286  
 
Enclosures  
: 1. List of Participants  
: 1. List of Participants  
: 2. Summary of RAIs cc w/encls:  Listserv   
: 2. Summary of RAIs  
 
cc w/encls:  Listserv  
 
ML17082A311 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPGB:DLR BC:RPGB:DLR PM:RPGB:DLR NAME YEdmonds WBurton SBloom (w/comments) WBurton DATE 3/30/17 4/10/17 4/11/17 4/11/17 Enclosure 1 TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL INDIAN POINT UNIT NOS 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MARCH 15, 2017 PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONSWilliam "Butch" Burton U.S. Nuclear Re gulatory Commission (NRC)James Gavula NRCWilliam Holston NRC Sherwin Turk NRC Paul Bessette Enter gy Nuclear O perations Inc.
(Entergy)Richard Burroni Enter gyCharles Ca puto Enter gyGeorge Dahl Enter gyKevin Elliott Enter gyDavid Lach Enter gyThomas Orlando Enter gyMark Spinelli Enter gyMichael Tro y EntergyDavid Wootten Enter gyGarry Young Entergy
 
Enclosure 2 REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION MARCH 15, 2017 Background On July 25, 2016, the NRC staff issued RAI SET 2016-01 in NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS Accession No. ML16138A194), requesting additional information pertaining to License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2012-02, "Aging Management of Internal Surfaces, Fire Water Systems, Atmospheric Storage Tanks, and
 
Corrosion Under Insulation."  By letter dated December 2, 2016, Entergy responded to RAI SET
 
2016-01 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16350A005). Based on its review of the information contained in Entergy's letter, the NRC staff issued follow-up RAIs by letter dated March 8, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17046A231). On March 15, 2017, NRC and Entergy staff held a clarification call to ensure that Entergy clearly understood what the staff was requesting in the
 
follow-up RAIs.
 
The follow-up RAIs are listed below and can be found in the ADAMS under Accession No. ML17046A231.
RAIs RAI 3.0.3-9a
 
RAI 3.0.3-9b RAI 3.0.3-10-1a RAI 3.0.3-10-2a


ML17082A311 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPGB:DLR BC:RPGB:DLR PM:RPGB:DLR NAME YEdmonds WBurton SBloom (w/comments) WBurton DATE 3/30/17 4/10/17 4/11/17 4/11/17 Enclosure 1 TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL INDIAN POINT UNIT NOS 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION  LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MARCH 15, 2017  PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONSWilliam "Butch" Burton U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)James Gavula NRCWilliam Holston NRC Sherwin Turk NRC Paul Bessette Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. (Entergy)Richard Burroni EntergyCharles Caputo EntergyGeorge Dahl EntergyKevin Elliott EntergyDavid Lach EntergyThomas Orlando EntergyMark Spinelli EntergyMichael Troy EntergyDavid Wootten EntergyGarry Young Entergy
RAI 3.0.3-10-6a


Enclosure 2  REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION MARCH 15, 2017  Background  On July 25, 2016, the NRC staff issued RAI SET 2016-01 in NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS Accession No. ML16138A194), requesting additional information pertaining to License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2012-02, "Aging Management of Internal Surfaces, Fire Water Systems, Atmospheric Storage Tanks, and Corrosion Under Insulation."  By letter dated December 2, 2016, Entergy responded to RAI SET 2016-01 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16350A005). Based on its review of the information contained in Entergy's letter, the NRC staff issued follow-up RAIs by letter dated March 8, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17046A231). On March 15, 2017, NRC and Entergy staff held a clarification call to ensure that Entergy clearly understood what the staff was requesting in the follow-up RAIs.
RAI 3.0.3-10-7a


The follow-up RAIs are listed below and can be found in the ADAMS under Accession No. ML17046A231. RAIs  RAI 3.0.3-9a RAI 3.0.3-9b RAI 3.0.3-10-1a RAI 3.0.3-10-2a RAI 3.0.3-10-6a RAI 3.0.3-10-7a  
RAI Discussion RAIs 3.0.3-9a and 3.0.3-9b
 
Subsequent to the applicant stating that they had no follow-up questions on RAI 3.0.3-9a and 3.0.3-9b, the staff emphasized the following points:  (a) the basis of RAI 3.0.3-9a is that the staff believes that for the leak that had available wall thickness measurements, it would appear that structural integrity requirements could have been met on the day of the leak; (b) the thrust of request (1) is confirmation of this assumption or obtaining enough information to demonstrate that structural integrity would not have been met; (c) if structural integrity would have been met, then structural integrity should not be used as an acceptance criteria for wall thickness measurements; and (d) staff does not have a concern with the number of periodic inspections, periodicity, and the number of augmented inspections if adverse results are encountered.
The applicant indicated that the question is clear. 
 
RAI 3.0.3-10-1a The applicant asked to discuss the level of detail that the staff expected for the requested changes to the service water integrity program. The applicant had limited its previous responses to those that required the program document itself to be modified. The staff discussed the circumstances surrounding the relief request cited in the RAI to provide context for issues related to the potential need for improvements in nondestructive examination techniques or service life predictive methodology. The applicant stated that they had previously considered those types of changes as individual corrective actions as opposed to changes to the program, but with that clarification they understood the level of detail that the staff was expecting. The applicant did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording.
 
RAI 3.0.3-10-2a The applicant stated, with the clarification discussed for the previous RAI regarding the level of detail, that they did not need any further discussion. The applicant did not ask the staff to make
 
any changes to the RAI wording.
RAI 3.0.3-10-6a  
 
The applicant stated that they did not need any further discussion for this RAI, and they did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording.
RAI 3.0.3-10-7a  
 
This RAI was not discussed during the call.
 
RAI Response Date The letter that contained these follow-up RAIs requested a response from Entergy no later than 30 days from the date of the letter (i.e., response by April 8, 2017). During the call, Entergy requested 60 days to respond to the follow-up RAIs. The basis for the request is due to the applicant having entered an outage at Indian Point 3 outage on 3/13/17. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) is focusing on outage tasks and is working night shift, focusing on service water piping inspections (Visual and non-destructive examination (NDE)), service water heat exchanger inspections, including Containment Fan Cooler Units (FCU), eddy current inspections of Balance of Plant systems, structures, and components (SSCs) & FCUs, Main Condenser inspections, and engineering field support. The SME is needed to participate in both the outage and RAI response preparation and review. He has the detailed knowledge of the involved systems and the data to ensure the response is of high quality and validated. 


RAI Discussion  RAIs 3.0.3-9a and 3.0.3-9b Subsequent to the applicant stating that they had no follow-up questions on RAI 3.0.3-9a and 3.0.3-9b, the staff emphasized the following points:  (a) the basis of RAI 3.0.3-9a is that the staff believes that for the leak that had available wall thickness measurements, it would appear that structural integrity requirements could have been met on the day of the leak; (b) the thrust of request (1) is confirmation of this assumption or obtaining enough information to demonstrate that structural integrity would not have been met; (c) if structural integrity would have been met, then structural integrity should not be used as an acceptance criteria for wall thickness measurements; and (d) staff does not have a concern with the number of periodic inspections, periodicity, and the number of augmented inspections if adverse results are encountered.
The applicant indicated that the question is clear.
RAI 3.0.3-10-1a  The applicant asked to discuss the level of detail that the staff expected for the requested changes to the service water integrity program. The applicant had limited its previous responses to those that required the program document itself to be modified. The staff discussed the circumstances surrounding the relief request cited in the RAI to provide context for issues related to the potential need for improvements in nondestructive examination techniques or service life predictive methodology. The applicant stated that they had previously considered those types of changes as individual corrective actions as opposed to changes to the program, but with that clarification they understood the level of detail that the staff was expecting. The applicant did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording.
RAI 3.0.3-10-2a  The applicant stated, with the clarification discussed for the previous RAI regarding the level of detail, that they did not need any further discussion. The applicant did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording. RAI 3.0.3-10-6a The applicant stated that they did not need any further discussion for this RAI, and they did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording. RAI 3.0.3-10-7a This RAI was not discussed during the call.
RAI Response Date  The letter that contained these follow-up RAIs requested a response from Entergy no later than 30 days from the date of the letter (i.e., response by April 8, 2017). During the call, Entergy requested 60 days to respond to the follow-up RAIs. The basis for the request is due to the applicant having entered an outage at Indian Point 3 outage on 3/13/17. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) is focusing on outage tasks and is working night shift, focusing on service water piping inspections (Visual and non-destructive examination (NDE)), service water heat exchanger inspections, including Containment Fan Cooler Units (FCU), eddy current inspections of Balance of Plant systems, structures, and components (SSCs) & FCUs, Main Condenser inspections, and engineering field support. The SME is needed to participate in both the outage and RAI response preparation and review. He has the detailed knowledge of the involved systems and the data to ensure the response is of high quality and validated.
The Director of the Division of License Renewal reviewed and approved Entergy's request for a 60-day response.  
The Director of the Division of License Renewal reviewed and approved Entergy's request for a 60-day response.  


Commitment Table By letter dated January 17, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17023A209), Entergy submitted an update to the list of commitments associated with the Indian Point license renewal review. The staff discussed the list with Entergy to ensure that the implementation dates were still appropriate in light of the recent agreement to shorten the period of extended operation for the units. All agreed that no change to the implementation dates was needed at this time.}}
Commitment Table  
 
By letter dated January 17, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17023A209), Entergy submitted an update to the list of commitments associated with the Indian Point license renewal review. The staff discussed the list with Entergy to ensure that the implementation dates were still appropriate in light of the recent agreement to shorten the period of extended operation for the units. All agreed that no change to the implementation dates was needed at this time.}}

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Summary of Clarification Call with Entergy Regarding Follow-Up RAIs on ISG-2012-02
ML17082A311
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Issue date: 04/11/2017
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Download: ML17082A311 (5)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 11, 2017

LICENSEE: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy)

FACILITY: Indian Point Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3)

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON MARCH 15, 2017, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY CONCERNING REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE INDIAN POINT UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (CAC. NOS. MD5407 AND MD5408)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) and representatives of Entergy held a telephone conference call on March 15, 2017, to discuss and clarify the staff's requests for additional information (RAIs) concerning the IP2 and IP3 license renewal application. The telephone conference call was useful in clarifying the intent of the staff's RAIs.

Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the participants and Enclosure 2 provides a summary of the key points discussed in the conference call. The RAIs can be found in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML17046A231.

The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.

Sincerely,

/RA/

William Burton, Senior Project Manager Project Management and Guidance Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

Enclosures

1. List of Participants
2. Summary of RAIs

cc w/encls: Listserv

ML17082A311 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPGB:DLR BC:RPGB:DLR PM:RPGB:DLR NAME YEdmonds WBurton SBloom (w/comments) WBurton DATE 3/30/17 4/10/17 4/11/17 4/11/17 Enclosure 1 TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL INDIAN POINT UNIT NOS 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MARCH 15, 2017 PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONSWilliam "Butch" Burton U.S. Nuclear Re gulatory Commission (NRC)James Gavula NRCWilliam Holston NRC Sherwin Turk NRC Paul Bessette Enter gy Nuclear O perations Inc.

(Entergy)Richard Burroni Enter gyCharles Ca puto Enter gyGeorge Dahl Enter gyKevin Elliott Enter gyDavid Lach Enter gyThomas Orlando Enter gyMark Spinelli Enter gyMichael Tro y EntergyDavid Wootten Enter gyGarry Young Entergy

Enclosure 2 REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION MARCH 15, 2017 Background On July 25, 2016, the NRC staff issued RAI SET 2016-01 in NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS Accession No. ML16138A194), requesting additional information pertaining to License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2012-02, "Aging Management of Internal Surfaces, Fire Water Systems, Atmospheric Storage Tanks, and

Corrosion Under Insulation." By letter dated December 2, 2016, Entergy responded to RAI SET

2016-01 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16350A005). Based on its review of the information contained in Entergy's letter, the NRC staff issued follow-up RAIs by letter dated March 8, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17046A231). On March 15, 2017, NRC and Entergy staff held a clarification call to ensure that Entergy clearly understood what the staff was requesting in the

follow-up RAIs.

The follow-up RAIs are listed below and can be found in the ADAMS under Accession No. ML17046A231.

RAIs RAI 3.0.3-9a

RAI 3.0.3-9b RAI 3.0.3-10-1a RAI 3.0.3-10-2a

RAI 3.0.3-10-6a

RAI 3.0.3-10-7a

RAI Discussion RAIs 3.0.3-9a and 3.0.3-9b

Subsequent to the applicant stating that they had no follow-up questions on RAI 3.0.3-9a and 3.0.3-9b, the staff emphasized the following points: (a) the basis of RAI 3.0.3-9a is that the staff believes that for the leak that had available wall thickness measurements, it would appear that structural integrity requirements could have been met on the day of the leak; (b) the thrust of request (1) is confirmation of this assumption or obtaining enough information to demonstrate that structural integrity would not have been met; (c) if structural integrity would have been met, then structural integrity should not be used as an acceptance criteria for wall thickness measurements; and (d) staff does not have a concern with the number of periodic inspections, periodicity, and the number of augmented inspections if adverse results are encountered.

The applicant indicated that the question is clear.

RAI 3.0.3-10-1a The applicant asked to discuss the level of detail that the staff expected for the requested changes to the service water integrity program. The applicant had limited its previous responses to those that required the program document itself to be modified. The staff discussed the circumstances surrounding the relief request cited in the RAI to provide context for issues related to the potential need for improvements in nondestructive examination techniques or service life predictive methodology. The applicant stated that they had previously considered those types of changes as individual corrective actions as opposed to changes to the program, but with that clarification they understood the level of detail that the staff was expecting. The applicant did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording.

RAI 3.0.3-10-2a The applicant stated, with the clarification discussed for the previous RAI regarding the level of detail, that they did not need any further discussion. The applicant did not ask the staff to make

any changes to the RAI wording.

RAI 3.0.3-10-6a

The applicant stated that they did not need any further discussion for this RAI, and they did not ask the staff to make any changes to the RAI wording.

RAI 3.0.3-10-7a

This RAI was not discussed during the call.

RAI Response Date The letter that contained these follow-up RAIs requested a response from Entergy no later than 30 days from the date of the letter (i.e., response by April 8, 2017). During the call, Entergy requested 60 days to respond to the follow-up RAIs. The basis for the request is due to the applicant having entered an outage at Indian Point 3 outage on 3/13/17. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) is focusing on outage tasks and is working night shift, focusing on service water piping inspections (Visual and non-destructive examination (NDE)), service water heat exchanger inspections, including Containment Fan Cooler Units (FCU), eddy current inspections of Balance of Plant systems, structures, and components (SSCs) & FCUs, Main Condenser inspections, and engineering field support. The SME is needed to participate in both the outage and RAI response preparation and review. He has the detailed knowledge of the involved systems and the data to ensure the response is of high quality and validated.

The Director of the Division of License Renewal reviewed and approved Entergy's request for a 60-day response.

Commitment Table

By letter dated January 17, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17023A209), Entergy submitted an update to the list of commitments associated with the Indian Point license renewal review. The staff discussed the list with Entergy to ensure that the implementation dates were still appropriate in light of the recent agreement to shorten the period of extended operation for the units. All agreed that no change to the implementation dates was needed at this time.