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Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for River Bend Station (Report 05000458/2016005)
ML16242A326
Person / Time
Site: River Bend Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 08/31/2016
From: Pruett T W
NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To: Maguire W F
Entergy Operations
Warnick G G
References
ML15253A352, ML16146A792, ML16223A956 IR 2016005
Download: ML16242A326 (7)
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See also: IR 05000458/2016005

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 E LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511August 31, 2016 Mr. William F. Maguire Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc. River Bend Station 5485 U.S. Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR RIVER BEND STATION (REPORT 05000458/2016005) Dear Mr. Maguire: On August 10, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of River Bend Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC determined the performance at River Bend Station during the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because the Unplanned Scrams with Complications PI was a White input in the Initiating Events Cornerstone from the fourth quarter of 2014 through the third quarter of 2015, and a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 95001, "Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area," has not been completed. On August 12, 2016, your staff notified the NRC of your readiness for a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the performance issues associated with this PI. Therefore, in addition to ROP baseline inspections, the NRC plans to conduct a supplemental

inspection in accordance with IP 95001 in September 2016. The supplemental inspection will provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk-significant performance issues are understood, that the extent of condition and extent of cause of risk significant performance issues are identified, and that the corrective actions for risk-significant performance issues are sufficient to address the root and contributing causes and prevent

recurrence. Additionally, one finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone, as described in our letter (ML15253A352) dated September 10, 2015, was a White input beginning in the second quarter of 2015. On April 13, 2016, the NRC issued supplemental inspection report 05000458/2016010 (ML16146A792), which stated that the performance issue will remain open beyond the normal four quarters and will not be removed from consideration in the NRC's assessment program until the identified weaknesses involving the extent of condition evaluation are addressed and corrected. On May 25, 2016, your staff notified the NRC of your readiness to resume the

W. Maguire - 2 - supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the inadequate extent of condition evaluation. On June 29, 2016, the NRC completed the supplemental inspection in accordance with IP 95001. Based on the results of this inspection, as documented in supplemental inspection report 05000458/2016011 (ML16223A956) dated August 10, 2016, the

White finding is no longer considered as an Action Matrix input as of the end of the second quarter of 2016. The NRC identified the first occurrence of a cross-cutting theme in the Human Performance area. Specifically, there were twenty findings issued during the assessment period which had a cross-cutting aspect in Human Performance. The NRC will continue to monitor your staff's effort and progress in addressing human performance until the theme criterion is no longer met.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2018. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the second half of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact

you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. The NRC staff received the River Bend Station Final Compliance letter for Order EA-12-049, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events," and Order EA-12-051, "Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation." The NRC staff issued the River Bend Station Safety Evaluation on August, 11, 2016, and will confirm full implementation of the orders

mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 191, "Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency

Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans." In Staff Requirements Memorandum - SECY 16-0009, "Recommendations Resulting from the Integrated Prioritization and Re-Baselining of Agency Activities," the Commission approved the NRC staff recommendation to discontinue the formal mid-cycle assessment process beginning in calendar year 2017. This will be the final mid-cycle assessment letter. The staff will continue to conduct quarterly assessment meetings and communicate changes in the assessment of licensee performance in accordance with the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program." In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the

NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of

W. Maguire - 3 - NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Please contact Greg Warnick at 817-200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter. Sincerely, /RA/

Troy Pruett, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47 Enclosure: River Bend Station Inspection/ Activity Plan

Page 1 of 208/30/201609:36:05Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteRiver BendInspection / Activity Plan07/01/2016-06/30/2018EXAM-INITIAL EXAM41 INITIAL EXAM RIVER BEND STATION UNIT 1 (09/2016)X0257508/15/201608/19/20161 INITIAL EXAM RIVER BEND STATION UNIT 1 (09/2016)X0257509/12/201609/16/2016EP-2-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS21 IPDrill/Exercise Performance71151-EP0106/27/201607/01/20161 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0206/27/201607/01/20161 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0306/27/201607/01/2016EP-3-BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION41 IPExercise Evaluation711140106/27/201607/01/20161 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140406/27/201607/01/2016INSP-BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION21 IPLicensed Operator Requalification Program7111111B08/29/201609/02/2016RS 12 PI-RADIATION SAFETY21 IPRadiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls71124.0102/06/201702/10/20171 IPOccupational ALARA Planning and Controls71124.0202/06/201702/10/20171 IPOccupational Exposure Control Effectiveness71151-OR0102/06/201702/10/20171 IPRETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences71151-PR0102/06/201702/10/201771111.08-INSERVICE INSPECTION11 IPInservice Inspection Activities - BWR7111108G02/13/201702/17/2017TSB 52B-BIENNIAL PI&R51 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B04/10/201704/14/20171 IPProblem Identification and Resolution71152B04/24/201704/28/2017EP-1-BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION11 IPAlert and Notification System Testing711140205/22/201705/26/20171 IPEmergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System711140305/22/201705/26/20171 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140405/22/201705/26/20171 IPCorrection of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies711140505/22/201705/26/2017EP-2-EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION11 IPDrill/Exercise Performance71151-EP0105/22/201705/26/20171 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0205/22/201705/26/20171 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0305/22/201705/26/2017EB1-21M-RBS COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION61 IPComponent Design Bases Inspection (Teams)7111121M06/12/201707/14/2017This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 208/30/201609:36:05Report 22UnitNumberPlanned DatesStart EndInspection ActivityTitleNo. of Staffon SiteRiver BendInspection / Activity Plan07/01/2016-06/30/2018RS 5678-RS TEAM51 IPRadiation Monitoring Instrumentation71124.0508/21/201708/25/20171 IPRadioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment71124.0608/21/201708/25/20171 IPRadiological Environmental Monitoring Program71124.0708/21/201708/25/20171 IPRadioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation71124.0808/21/201708/25/2017EB1-07T-RBS HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE11 IPHeat Sink Performance7111107T09/18/201709/22/2017EXAM-INITIAL EXAM51 INITIAL EXAM RB(6/18)X0262205/21/201805/25/20181 INITIAL EXAM RB(6/18)X0262206/25/201807/03/2018EB2-02-LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION41 IPLicense Renewal Inspection7100203/05/201803/09/20181 IPLicense Renewal Inspection7100203/19/201803/23/2018EP-1-EP EXERCISE INSPECTION41 IPExercise Evaluation711140106/25/201806/29/20181 IPEmergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes711140406/25/201806/29/20181 IPDrill/Exercise Performance71151-EP0106/25/201806/29/20181 IPERO Readiness71151-EP0206/25/201806/29/20181 IPAlert & Notification System Reliability71151-EP0306/25/201806/29/2018This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

ML16242A326 SUNSI Review By: CHY ADAMS Yes No Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword: NRC-002 OFFICE DRP:C/SPE DRS: D DRP:PBC DRP: D NAME CYoung AVegel GWarnick TPruett SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/JClark,for /RA/ /RA/ DATE 8/16/16 8/17/16 8/29/16 8/22/16

Letter to Mr. William F. Maguire from Troy W. Pruett dated August 31, 2016 DISTRIBUTION: Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov) Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov) DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov) DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov) DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov) DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov) Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Sowa@nrc.gov) Acting Resident Inspector (Jim.Melfi@nrc.gov) Administrative Assistant (Lisa.Day@nrc.gov) Branch Chief, DRP/C (Greg.Warnick@nrc.gov) Senior Project Engineer (Cale.Young@nrc.gov) Project Engineer (Michael.Stafford@nrc.gov) Project Engineer (Lindsay.Brandt@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov) Project Manager (Stephen.Koenick@nrc.gov) Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov) ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov) Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov) Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov) Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov) RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov) RIV/ETA: OEDO (Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov) RIV RSLO (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov) Director, DIRS, NRR (Chris.Miller@nrc.gov) Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (Shana.Helton@nrc.gov) Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov) Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov) Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov) Director, DPR, NSIR (Marissa.Bailey@nrc.gov) DRP Branch Chiefs (R4DRPBC@nrc.gov) DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRSBC@nrc.gov) ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov

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