ML071970075

Revised Page of Facility Operating License No. NPF-29

ML071970075
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	07/18/2007
From:	Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:
vaidya B K, NRR/DLPM, 415-3308
Shared Package
ML071940043	List: ML071940050 ML071970075
References
EA-02-026, TAC MD4536
Download: ML071970075 (3)

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ENCLOSURE 1 REVISED PAGE OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-29 DOCKET NO. 50-416 GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 Replace the following page of the Facility Operating License with the attached revised pages.The revised pages are identified by the date of the letter issuing these pages and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.REMOVE INSERT Page 16 Page 16 Page 16a (41) Fire Protection Program Entergy Operations, Inc. shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved Fire Protection Program as described in Revision 5 to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, and as approved in the Safety Evaluations dated August 23, 1991, and September 29, 2006, subject to the following provisions:

The licensee may make changes to the approved Fire Protection Program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.(42) Mitigation Strategy License Condition The Licensee shall develop and maintain strategies for addressing large fires and explosions and that include the following key areas: (a) Fire fighting response strategy with the following elements: 1. Pre-defined coordinated fire response strategy and guidance 2. Assessment of mutual aid fire fighting assets 3. Designated staging areas for equipment and materials 4. Command and control 5ý. Training of response personnel (b) Operations to mitigate fuel damage considering the following:

1. Protection and use of personnel assets 2. Communications

3. Minimizing fire spread 4. Procedures for implementing integrated fire response strategy 5. Identification of readily-available pre-staged equipment 6. Training on integrated fire response strategy 7. Spent fuel pool mitigation measures (c) Actions to minimize release to include consideration of: 1. Water spray scrubbing 2. Dose to onsite responders D. The facility required exemptions from certain requirements of Appendices A and J to 10 CFR Part 50 and from certain requirements of 10 CFR Part 100. These include: (a) exemption from General Design Criterion 17 of Appendix A until startup following the first refueling outage, for (1) the emergency override of the test mode for the Division 3 diesel engine, (2)the second level undervoltage protection for the Division 3 diesel engine, 16 Amendment No. 170 Revised by Letter dated July 18, 2007 and (3) the generator ground over current trip function for the Division 1 and 2 diesel generators (Section 8.3.1 of SSER #7) and (b) exemption from the requirements of Paragraph III.D.2(b)(ii) of Appendix J for the containment airlock testing following normal door opening when containment integrity is not required (Section 6.2.6 of SSER #7). These exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest.

In addition, by exemption dated December 20, 1986, the Commission exempted licensees from 10 CFR 100.11(a)(1), insofar as it incorporates the definition of exclusion area in 10 CFR 100.3(a), until. April 30, 1987 regarding demonstration of authority to control all activities within the exclusion area (safety evaluation accompanying Amendment No. 27 to License (NPF-29).

This exemption is authorized by law, and will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security.

In addition, special circumstances have been found justifying the exemption.

Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12. With the granting of these exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission.

E. The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provision of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and-27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).

The plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled: "Physical Security, Safeguards Contingency and Training and Qualification Plan," and were submitted to the NRC on May 18, 2006.16a Revi ed by 1 cttr dtc8 J .nu.ry a2 20n7 Revised by letter dated July 18, 2007