CNRO-2013-00008, Arkansas, Units 1, 2 & ISFSI, Grand Gulf, ESP and ISFSI, River Bend, Unit 1 and ISFSI and Waterford 3 and ISFSI, Application for Order Approving Transfers of Licenses and Conforming License and ESP Amendments

Arkansas, Units 1, 2 & ISFSI, Grand Gulf, ESP and ISFSI, River Bend, Unit 1 and ISFSI and Waterford 3 and ISFSI, Application for Order Approving Transfers of Licenses and Conforming License and ESP Amendments

ML13107A010
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf, Arkansas Nuclear, River Bend, Waterford, 05200009
Issue date:	04/16/2013
From:	Mccann J Entergy Nuclear Operations, Entergy Operations
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
CNRO-2013-00008
Download: ML13107A010 (9)

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440 Hamlton Avenue Whte Plains, New York 10601 Tel 914 272 3370 John F. McCenn Vice Preident - Nuclear Safety, Emergency Pimnink and Uce~narg April 16, 2013 CNRO-2013-00008 10 CFR 50.80 10 CFR 52.28 10 CFR 50.92 Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852

SUBJECT:

Application for Order Approving Transfers of Licenses and Conforming License and ESP Amendments Arkansas Nuclear One, Units I & 2 and ISFSI Docket Nos. 50-313, 50-368, and 72-13 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, ESP, and ISFSI Docket Nos. 50-416,52-009, and 72-50 River Bend Station Unit 1 and ISFSI Docket Nos. 50-458 and 72-49 Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station and ISFSI Docket Nos. 50-382 and 72-75

REFERENCE:

Entergy Operations, Inc. letter to the NRC, Application for Order Approving Transfers of Licenses and Conforming License and ESP Amendments, September 27, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12275A013)

Dear Sir or Madam:

In the referenced letter, Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy) requested the NRC Issue an Order approving the transfers of control of the Facility Operating Licenses for Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 & 2 (ANO), Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS), River Bend Station Unit 1 (RBS), and Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station (Waterford), as well as the Early Site Permit (ESP) for GGNS and conforming license amendments for the ANO licenses and GGNS license and ESP.

Entergy has determined that several pages of the GGNS Facility Operating License, which was affected by the request, were inadvertently omitted from the request. Marked-up pages reflecting the requested changes are provided in Attachment 1 with clean pages incorporating the changes provided in Attachment 2.

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CNRO-2013-00008 Page 2 of 2 The justification for the requested changes provided in the referenced letter is also applicable to these changes.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments.

If you have additional questions concerning this license transfer request, please contact Mr. Bryan Ford, Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety and Licensing, at (601) 368-5516.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct; executed on April 16, 2013.

Sincerely, JFM/bsf/ghd Attachments: 1. Marked-Up GGNS Facility Operating License Pages

2. Clean GGNS Facility Operating License Pages cc:

Mr. Arthur T. Howell Regional Administrator, Region IV U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 612 East Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. A. B. Wang, NRR/DORL Mail Stop OWFN/8 BI 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. N. Kalyanam, NRR/DORL Mail Stop OWFN/8 G14 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2378

ATTACHMENT 1 CNRO-2013-00008 Marked-Up GGNS Facility Operatina License Pages

Attachment I to CNRO-2013-00008 Page 1 of 3 (9)

Dynamic Testing (Section 3.9.2, SER, SSER #2, SSER #4, SSER #5)

MP&L shall conduct vibrational measurement and Inspection programs during preoperational and initial startup testing In accordance with the guidelines of Regulatory Guide 1.20, "Comprehensive Vibration Assessment Program for Reactor Internals During Preoperational and Initial Startup Testing," for prototype reactors.

An evaluation report demonstrating satisfactory results shall be provided to the NRC for review and approval no later than 6 months after completion of the startup test program.

(10)

Dynamic Qualification (3.10, SER, SSER 01, SSER 92, SSER #4, SSER #5)

(a)

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, MP&L shall complete any modifications or replacement of equipment found necessary as a result of the fatigue evaluationt.

In the interim, KPIL shall document the occurrence of every safety j

relief valve actuation into the suppression pool; the associated cumulative damage factors shall be calculated for typical representative equipment and kept up-to-date; and EOI shall report to XRC any malfunction of equipment that occurs due to any safety relief valve discharge.

(b)

MP&L shall perform an in-situ test of the High Pressure Core Spray (HPCS) service water pump and evaluate the effects of flow induced vibration on the HPCS service water puimp.

This evaluation shall be provided to the NRC for review and approval.

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, NPIL shall j complete all modifications as a result of the NRC staff's review of the test results and evaluation.

(c)

Prior to actual use in fuel handling operations, MP&L shall qualify the fuel-handling and auxiliary platform, in-vessel rack, and storage container for defective fuel.

(11) Enviromnmnal Ouslificat ppendtx H, Prior to M7arch

, 1985, s Ia en ronm-an

• • ual fy all electritcal a" *Int as re~quired by 10 ¢FR 50.49.

(12)

Syrwveillance f Control Blade (Section 4.2.3.14, SER)

Within 30 s after plant startup following the first refueling

outage, tshall comply with items 1, 2 and 3 of Bulletin No.

79-26 and submit a written response to NRC on item 3.

(13)

Core Stability Analgsis and Prohibition of Natural Circulation (Section 4.4.1, SER)

(a)

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, MPhL shall submit a new core stability analysis for operation beyond cycle 1.

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Amendment No. &r*

I Attachment I to CNRO-2013-00008 Page 3 of 3 "System Energy Resources, LLC Entergy Mississipp and (the term licensees in Appendix C refers to Entergqy Mississippi,.

and

) shall comply with the following conditions:

I.

DEINITIN (a)

"Western Mississippi Area* mans the counties of:

Walthall, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Covington; Simpson, Smith, Scott, Leake, Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Panola, Tate, DeSoto, Pike, Amite, Wilkinson, Adams, Franklin, Lincoln, Copiah, Jefferson, Claiborne, Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Yazoo, Warren, Issaquena, Sharkey, Humhreys, Holmes, Carroll, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington, Bolivar, Tallahatchie, Quitman, Coahoma, and Tunica.

An entity shall be deemed to be in the "Western Mississippi Area" if it has electric power generation, transmission, or distribution facilities located in whole or in part in the above described area.

(b)

"Bulk Power" means the electric power, and any attendant energy, supplied or made available at transmission or subtransmission voltage by one entity to another.

(c) "Entity" means a person, a private or public corporation a municipality, a cooperative, an association, a joint stock association or business trust owning, operating or proposing to own or operate equipment or facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, provided that, except for municipalities or rural electric cooperatives, "entity" is restricted to those which are or will be public utilities under the laws of the state in which the entity transacts or will transact business or under the Federal Power Act, and are or will be providing electric service under a contract or rate schedule on file with and subject to the regulation of a state regulatory commission or the Federal Power Commission.

(d)

"Cost" means any operating and maintenance expenses involved together with any ownership costs which are reasonably allocable to the transaction consistent with power pooling practices (where applicable).

No value shall be included for loss of revenues from sale of power at wholesale or retail by one party to a customer which another party might othtrwise serve.

Cost shall include a reasonable return on Licensees investment.

The sale of a portion of the capacity of a generating unit shall be upon the basis of a rate that will recover to the seller the pro rata part of the fixed costs and operating and maintenance.

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ATTACHMENT 2 CNRO-2013-00008 Clean GGNS Facility Operatina License Pages

(9)

Dynamic Testing (Section 3.9.2, SER, SSER #2, SSER #4, SSER #5)

MP&L shall conduct vibrational measurement and inspection programs during preoperational and initial startup testing in accordance with the guidelines of Regulatory Guide 1.20, "Comprehensive Vibration Assessment Program for Reactor Internals During Preoperational and Initial Startup Testing," for prototype reactors.

An evaluation report demonstrating satisfactory results shall be provided to the NRC for review and approval no later than 6 months after completion of the startup test program.

(10)

Dynamic Qualification (3.10,

SER, SSER #1, SSER #2, SSER #4, SSER #5)

(a)

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, MP&L shall complete any modifications or replacement of equipment found necessary as a result of the fatigue evaluation.

In the interim, MP&L shall document the occurrence of every safety relief valve actuation into the suppression pool; the associated cumulative damage factors shall be calculated for typical representative equipment and kept up-to-date; and EOI shall report to NRC any malfunction of equipment that occurs due to any safety relief valve discharge.

(b)

MP&L shall perform an in-situ test of the High Pressure Core Spray (HPCS) service water pump and evaluate the effects of flow induced vibration on the HPCS service water pump.

This evaluation shall be provided to the NRC for review and approval.

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, MP&L shall complete all modifications as a result of the NRC staff's review of the test results and evaluation.

(c)

Prior to actual use in fuel handling operations, MP&L shall qualify the fuel-handling and auxiliary platform, in-vessel rack, and storage container for defective fuel.

(11)

Environmental Qualification (Section 3.11, SER; SSER #1; Appendix H, SSER #2; SSER #5)

Prior to March 31,

1985, MP&L shall environmentally qualify all electrical equipment as required by 10 CFR 50.49.

(12)

Surveillance of Control Blade (Section 4.2.3.14, SER)

Within 30 days after plant startup following the first refueling outage, System Energy Resources, LLC shall comply with items 1, 2 and 3 of Bulletin No.

79-26 and submit a written response to NRC on item 3.

(13)

Core Stability Analysis and Prohibition of Natural Circulation (Section 4.4.1, SER)

(a)

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, MP&L shall submit a new core stability analysis for operation beyond cycle 1.

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(32)

Partial Feedwater Heating (Section 15.1,

SER, SSER #2)

Operation of the plant in the partial feedwater heating mode for the purpose of extending the normal fuel cycle shall be prohibited until analyses which justify that operation are provided to and approved by the NRC staff.

(33)

NUREG-0737 Conditions (Section 22.2)

The following conditions shall be completed to the satisfaction of the NRC.

These conditions reference the appropriate items in Section 22.2, "TMI Action Plan Requirements for Applicants for Operating Licenses",

in the Safety Evaluation Report and Supplements 1, 2,

3, 4, and 5 to NUREG-0831.

(a)

Control Room Design Review (I.D.1, SER; Appendix E, SSER #2, SSER #4, SSER #5)

Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, System Energy Resources, LLC shall demonstrate the ability to maintain an "effective temperature" condition of 85'F or less in the remote shutdown panel (RSP) room for at least 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> with an ambient outdoor temperature of at least 95°F.

(b)

Training During Low-Power Testing (I.G.l, SER)

Prior to restart following the first refueling outage, MP&L shall complete the additional training and testing related to TMI Action Plan I.G.I as described in Section 2.3 of the MP&L submittal dated April 3, 1986.

(c)

Deleted (d)

Hydrogen Control (Section II.B.7,

SER, SSER #2, SSER #3, SSER

1. 4, SSER #5)

(1)

During the first cycle of operation, MP&L shall maintain a suitable program of analysis and testing of the installed hydrogen ignition system.

EOI shall submit to the NRC quarterly reports on the status of their research programs.

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65,

APPENDIX C ANTITRUST CONDITIONS OPERATING LICENSE NO.

NPF-29 Entergy Mississippi, LLC and System Energy Resources, LLC (the term licensees in Appendix C refers to Entergy Mississippi, LLC and System Energy Resources, LLC) shall comply with the following conditions:

I.

DEFINITIONS (a)

"Western Mississippi Area" means the counties of: Walthall, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Covington; Simpson, Smith, Scott, Leake, Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Panola, Tate, DeSoto, Pike, Amite, Wilkinson, Adams, Franklin, Lincoln, Copiah, Jefferson, Claiborne, Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Yazoo, Warren, Issaquena, Sharkey, Humphreys, Holmes, Carroll, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington, Bolivar, Tallahatchie, Quitman, Coahoma, and Tunica.

An entity shall be deemed to be in the "Western Mississippi Area" if it has electric power generation, transmission, or distribution facilities located in whole or in part in the above described area.

(b)

"Bulk Power" means the electric power, and any attendant energy, supplied or made available at transmission or subtransmission voltage by one entity to another.

(c)

"Entity" means a person, a private or public corporation a municipality, a cooperative, an association, a joint stock association or business trust owning, operating or proposing to own or operate equipment or facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, provided that, except for municipalities or rural electric cooperatives, "entity" is restricted to those which are or will be public utilities under the laws of the state in which the entity transacts or will transact business or under the Federal Power Act, and are or will be providing electric service under a contract or rate schedule on file with and subject to the regulation of a state regulatory commission or the Federal Power Commission.

(d)

"Cost" means any operating and maintenance expenses involved together with any ownership costs which are reasonably allocable to the transaction consistent with power pooling practices (where applicable).

No value shall be included for loss of revenues from sale of power at wholesale or retail by one party to a customer which another party might otherwise serve. Cost shall include a reasonable return on Licensees' investment. The sale of a portion of the capacity of a generating unit shall be upon the basis of a rate that will recover to the seller the pro rata part of the fixed costs and operating and maintenance.

1 Amendment No. 66,2-,

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