ML17024A402

Response to Apparent Violation in NRC Inspection Report 05000261/2016404, EA-16-227

ML17024A402
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	01/24/2017
From:	Kapopoulos E J Duke Energy Progress
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML17024A401	List: RNP-RA/16-0100, Response to Apparent Violation in NRC Inspection Report 05000261/2016404, EA-16-227
References
EA-16-227, RNP-RA/16-0100
Download: ML17024A402 (2)

See also: IR 05000261/2016404

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SECURITY-RELATED

INFORMATION

-WITHHOLD UNDER 10 CFR 2.390 WHEN SEPARATED

FROM ENCLOSURE, THIS TRANSMITTAL

DOCUMENT IS DECONTROLLED

Serial: RNP-RA/16-0100

JAN 2' 2017 United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

H. 8. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-261/RENEWED

LICENSE NO. DPR-23 RESPONSE TO APPARENT VIOLATION

IN NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 0500026112016404, EA-16-227

Ernest J. Kapopou/os

Jr. H B Robinson Steam Electnc Plant Unit 2 Site V i ce President

Duke Energy Progress 3581 West Entrance Road Harlsvt 1/e , SC 29550 0 843 857 1701 F 843 8571319 Ernie..Kapopoulu

l(i, Ju.kt!*ettergy.com 10 CFR 2.201 Reference:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Letter to Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Office of Investigations

Report 2-2016-001;

H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2-NRG Inspection

Report 0500026112016404, Dated December 27, 2016 Ladies and Gentlemen:

By the referenced

letter, the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) notified Duke Energy Progress, LLC, of an Apparent Violation (AV)0500026112016404-01, Security Safeguards

Control, associated

with a security incident at the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 (RNP). The letter states the AV is being considered

for an escalated

enforcement

action in accordance

with the NRC Enforcement

Policy. RNP accepts the apparent violation

and agrees with the conclusion

reached in the investigation

completed

by the NRC Office of Investigations

(01) concerning

activities

at RNP. The letter allows for a response to the AV in writing prior to the NRC making its final enforcement

decision.

The response to the violation

is presented

in the enclosure

to this letter. It is noted, the enclosure contains Security-Related

Information, withhold from public disclosure

under 10 CFR 2.390, in accordance

with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1).

SECURITY-RELATED

INFORMATION

-WITHHOLD UNDER 10 CFR 2.390 WHEN SEPARATED

FROM ENCLOSURE, THIS TRANSMITTAL

DOCUMENT IS DECONTROLLED

SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

-WITHHOLD UNDER 10 CFR 2.390 WHEN SEPARATED

FROM ENCLOSURE, THIS TRANSMITTAL

DOCUMENT IS DECONTROLLED

United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Serial: RNP-RN16-0100

Page 2 of 2 The identified

deficiencies

related to the security incident at RNP were entered in the station corrective

action program and a root cause evaluation

was performed.

Based on this evaluation, the enclosure

contains the response details which includes;

(1) restatement

of the apparent violation, (2) the reason for the apparent violation, (3) the date when full compliance

was restored, and (4) the prompt and comprehensive

corrective

actions. Duke Energy acknowledges

the significance

of the issue and the need for lasting and effective

corrective

actions. We further acknowledge

and align with the significance

of the issue previously

discussed

with the NRC and members of Duke Energy staff. Duke Energy demands employees

and contractors

act with integrity

and communicate

with candor. Any careless disregard

for requirements

or deliberate

violation

of requirements

are not to be tolerated. Duke Energy acknowledges

the willful aspects of this issue and understands

that the regulatory

program is based on licensee employees

acting with integrity

and further acknowledges

the need for lasting and effective

corrective

actions. There are no regulatory

commitments

associated

with this letter. Should you have any questions

regarding

this matter, please contact Mr. Tony Pila, Nuclear Regulatory

Affairs, at (843) 857-1409.

Ernest J. Kapopoulos

Jr. Site Vice President

EJK/am Enclosure:

RESPONSE TO APPARENT VIOLATION

IN NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000261/2016404, EA-16-227

cc: NRC Resident Inspector, HBRSEP Unit No. 2 Anthony T. Gady, Director of Reactor Safety, NRC , Region II NRC Regional Administrator, NRC, Region II Dennis Galvin, NRC Project Manager, NRR SECURITY-RELATED

INFORMATION

-WITHHOLD UNDER 10 CFR 2.390 WHEN SEPARATED

FROM ENCLOSURE, THIS TRANSMITTAL

DOCUMENT IS DECONTROLLED