ML21074A082

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection (Inspection Report 05000416/2021002) and Request for Information

ML21074A082
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	03/15/2021
From:	Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Franssen R Entergy Operations
References
IR 2021002
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See also: IR 05000416/2021002

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March 15, 2021

Mr. Robert Franssen, Site Vice President

Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

P.O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUBJECT: GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF

CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION (INSPECTION

REPORT 05000416/2021002) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Franssen:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff

will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant

modifications at your Grand Gulf Nuclear Station from May 17 - 21, 2021. The inspection will

consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs Region IV office for one week. The

inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.17T,

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments. As a COVID-19 mitigation effort, we intend

to perform this inspection remotely.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors

and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a

productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by May 3, 2021. Upon review of

these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review prior to the

scheduled inspection week. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date and

complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the

preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Jeff Hardy of your licensing organization. If

there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead

inspector, Fabian Thomas, by telephone at 817-200-1126 or by e-mail at

Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

This letter contains mandatory information collections that are subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). Send comments

regarding this information collection to the Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

R. Franssen 2

DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION

The NRC may not conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request

for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document

displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for

public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records

component of NRC's document system Agencywide Documents Access and Management

System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

Digitally signed by Vincent G.

Vincent G. Gaddy GaddyDate: 2021.03.15 14:47:06 -05'00'

Vincent Gaddy, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No: 05000416

License No: NPF-29

Enclosure:

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DATE 03/15/2021 03/15/2021

Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Inspection Report: 05000416/2021002

Inspection Dates: May 17 - 21, 2021

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

Lead Inspector: Fabian Thomas, Reactor Inspector

Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic

format (preferred) by May 3, 2021 to the attention of Fabian Thomas. We request that you

categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of

the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the

lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the onsite inspection. Also, the

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your

staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific

items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any

questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as

possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.

2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully

implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR

50.59 inspection that did not result in an evaluation.

3. Copies of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes, tests, and

experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection that did not

result in an application for a license amendment.

4. A list with descriptions of all temporary plant modifications implemented since the last

triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

5. A list with descriptions of all compensatory actions for degraded or non-conforming

conditions implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

6. A list with titles and descriptions of all normal, abnormal, and emergency operating

procedure changes implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

7. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare, review, and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and/or evaluations, including qualification dates.

Enclosure

9. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report.

10. A copy of the most recent audits/self-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59

programs.

11. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any

changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,

required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).

12. A list of systems and system designators and a set of one-line (i.e., simplified) system

diagrams.

Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can

determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications.

Inspector Contact Information:

Fabian Thomas Dustin Reinert John Mateychick

Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Senior Reactor Inspector

817-200-1126 817-200-1534 817-200-1560

Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov John.Mateychick@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Fabian Thomas

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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