ML16053A400

Ltr. 02/22/16 Palisades Nuclear Plant Follow-Up to Disputed Violations of NRC Inspection Report 05000255/2015003 (Lnr)

ML16053A400
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	02/22/2016
From:	Dave Hills NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB1
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
References
EA-15-264 IR 2015003
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See also: IR 05000255/2015003

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210

LISLE, IL 60532-4352

February 22, 2016

EA-15-264

Mr. Anthony Vitale

Vice President, Operations

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway

Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT FOLLOW-UP TO DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC

INSPECTION REPORT 05000255/2015003

Dear Mr. Vitale:

This is a follow-up letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

acknowledgement of disputed violation of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 05000255/2015003.

Specifically, on December 21, 2015, the NRC acknowledged your letter sent to the NRC,

dated November 30, 2015, that contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in our

IR issued on October 30, 2015. The contested NCV is Failure to Justify Continued Service

of Safety-Related Electrolytic Capacitors Installed Beyond their Service Life.

The NRC seeks to provide a thorough response to disputed violations within 90 days of

receipt of licensees points of contention, as described in Section 2.2.8 of the NRC Enforcement

Manual, Part I. However, the NRC review of this disputed violation is expected to take longer

than 90 days as we pursue a generic Agency position for the industry. In the interim, we

understand you have entered the underlying technical issue into your Corrective Action

Program, as discussed in IR 05000255/2015003. We will inform you as soon as we complete

our evaluation.

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

Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy

of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the 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).

Sincerely,

/RA/

David E. Hills, Acting Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-255

License No. DPR-20

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February 22, 2016

EA-15-264

Mr. Anthony Vitale

Vice President, Operations

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway

Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT FOLLOW-UP TO DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION

REPORT 05000255/2015003

Dear Mr. Vitale:

This is a follow-up letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledgement of disputed

violation of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 05000255/2015003. Specifically, on December 21, 2015, the NRC

acknowledged your letter sent to the NRC, dated November 30, 2015, that contested a Non-Cited Violation

(NCV) documented in our IR issued on October 30, 2015. The contested NCV is Failure to Justify Continued

Service of Safety-Related Electrolytic Capacitors Installed Beyond their Service Life.

The NRC seeks to provide a thorough response to disputed violations within 90 days of receipt of licensees

points of contention, as described in Section 2.2.8 of the NRC Enforcement Manual, Part I. However, the NRC

review of this disputed violation is expected to take longer than 90 days as we pursue a generic Agency

position for the industry. In the interim, we understand you have entered the underlying technical issue into

your Corrective Action Program, as discussed in IR 05000255/2015003. We will inform you as soon as we

complete our evaluation.

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

Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available

electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records

(PARS) component of the 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).

Sincerely,

/RA/

David E. Hills, Acting Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-255

License No. DPR-20

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