IR 05000313/2013001

Annual Assessment Letter for Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000313/2013001 and 05000368/2013001)

ML14063A150
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	03/04/2014
From:	Werner G E NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E
To:	Browning J Entergy Operations
Werner G E
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IR-13-001
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UNI T E D S T A T ES NUCL E A R RE G U L A T O R Y C O M MI S SION R E G I ON IV 160 0 E. L A M A R B L V D. A RL I NGTO N , TX 76011-4511 M a r ch 4, 2014 Je r e m y B r o w n i n g , Si t e V i ce P r es i dent A rkansas N uc l e a r O ne E n t e r g y O p e r a t i on s , Inc. 1448 SR 333 Ru sse ll v i l le , A R 7280 2-0967 SUB J EC T: ANNUA L ASSE SS M E N T L E T T E R F O R ARKANSA S NUCLE A R O N E UN I T S 1 AN D 2 (REP O R T 0500 0 31 3/2 0 1 3001 AND 050 0 036 8/2 0 1 3001) D ear M r. B r o w n i n g: O n Fe b r ua r y 13, 201 4 , t he NRC co m p l e t ed i t s e n d-o f-c y c l e pe r f o rm a n ce r e v i e w of t he A r kansas N uc l ear O n e , U n it s 1 a n d 2. T he NR C r e v i e w ed t he most r ecent q ua r t e r l y pe r f o r mance i nd i ca t o r s (P I s) i n add i t ion t o inspec t i on resu l t s a n d e n f o r ce m e nt ac t i ons f r om Janu a r y 1, 2 0 1 3 , t h r o u g h Dece m b e r 3 1 , 2 01 3. T h i s l e t ter i n f o r m s y ou of t he NRC's asses s ment o f your f ac ili t y du r i ng t h i s pe r i od and i t s p l ans f o r f u t u r e inspec t ions at your f ac ili t T he NRC de t e rm i ned t h a t o v e r a ll , A rkansas N uc l ear One, U n i t s 1 and 2, o pe r a t ed i n a m ann e r that p r es e r v ed pub li c h e a l t h and s a f e t y and m e t a ll co r ne r s t one o b j e c t i v e s. T he NR C de t e r m i ned t he pe r f o rm ance at t he A r k a nsas N uc lear One, U n i t s 1 and 2, du r i ng t he m ost recent q ua r ter w as w i t h i n t he L icensee Response C o l u m n o f t he NR C's Reac tor O v e r s i ght P rocess (R O P) A c t i on M a tr i x because a l l inspe c t i on f i nd ings had v e r y l o w (i.e., g reen) s a f e t y s i g n i f icanc e , and a l l P e r f o rmance I nd i c a t o r s (P Is) i nd i ca t ed that y our pe r f o rmance w as w i t h i n t he n o m i na l , e x pec t ed r a n g e (i.e., g r ee n). T h e r e f o re, t he NR C p lans t o c onduct R OP base li ne inspec t i ons at your f ac ili t Al t hou g h p lant p e r f o r m ance w as w i t h i n t he L icensee Response Col u mn, t he NR C i s s till e v a l ua t i ng po t e n t i al g r e a ter t han g r een issues r e l a t ed t o u n reso l v ed i t e m s i den t i f i ed i n A ug m en t ed Insp e c t i on Team r epo r t 0500031 3/2 0 13011; 0500036 8/2013 0 11 f o ll o w i ng t he U n it 1 s t a t o r d r op e v en t. These issues w ill be docu m en t ed i n t he A u g m e n t ed I n s pec t i on T e a m Fo l lo w- up r ep o rt 05000313

/20 1 30 1 2; 0500036 8/20130 1 2. T he f i nal s a f e t y s i g n i f icance de t e r m i na t i on assoc i a t ed w i t h any f i nd i n g s m ay a ff e c t t he NRC's asses s m e n t o f p lant p e r f o r mance and the enc losed inspec t i on p l a T he enc losed inspe c t i on p l an li s t s t he i n s pec t i ons schedu l ed t h r o u g h June 30, 2 0 1 R ou t ine inspec t i ons pe r f o r m ed b y r es ident inspe c t o r s a r e not i nc l uded i n t he insp e c t i on p l an. T he inspec t i ons li s t ed d u r i n g t he last n i ne m on t h s o f t he inspec t i on p l an a r e t e n t a t i v e and m ay be r e v ised at t he m i d-c y c l e pe r f o rmance r e v i e T h e NR C p r o v i des t he inspec t i on p l an t o a ll ow f o r t he reso l u t i on o f any sc h edu li ng co n f li c t s and pe rsonnel a v a il ab i li t y issues. T he NR C w il l con tact y ou as soon as poss i b l e t o d i scu s s cha n ges t o t he inspec t i on p l an shou l d c i r cu m s tances w a rrant a ny chan g e s. T h i s inspe c t i on p l an does not i nc lude secu r i t y r e l a t ed inspec t ions, w h i ch w i ll be sent v i a sepa r a t e , no n-pub li c l y a v a i l ab l e co rr e spondenc J. B r o w n i ng - 2 - A dd i t i ona l l y , an NR C a u d i t o f licensee e ff o rt s t o w a r ds c o m p liance w i t h O rder E A-1 2-04 9 , "Or d e r M o d i f y i ng L icenses w i t h R e g a r d t o R e q u i r e m en t s f o r M i t i g a t i on S tr a t e g i es for B e y on d-De s i g n- B as i s E x t e rnal E v en t s ," i s o n g o ing. T h i s aud i t i n c l udes an ons i t e c o m pon e nt i n o r der f o r t he NR C t o e v a l ua t e m i t i g a t i ng s t r a t e g i es as d e sc r i b e d i n licensee su b m i tt a l s, and t o rece i v e and r e v i e w i n f o r m a t i on r e l a t i v e t o assoc i a t ed open i t e m s. T h i s ons i t e ac t i v i t y will occur i n t he m on t hs p r i o r t o a dec l a r a t i on o f c o m p liance f o r t h e f i r s t un i t a t each s i t e , a nd w i l l a i d s t a f f i n de v e l op m ent o f an u l t i m a t e S a f e t y E v a l ua t i on for t he s i t e. T he d a t e for t h e ons i t e co m pone n t a t y our s i t e i s be i n g coo r d i n a t ed w i t h y our s t a f A s i t e-spec i f i c aud i t p l an f o r t he v i s i t w i ll be p r o v i ded i n ad vance t o a l l o w s u f f i c ient t i m e for p r e pa r a t ion A s a resu l t o f t he S a f e t y C u l t u r e C o m m on La n g u a g e I n i t i a t i ve, t he t e r m i n o l o g y and cod i n g o f c ross-cu t t i ng aspe c t s w e r e r e v ised e f f e c t i v e Janua r y 1, 201 N ew c ross-cu tt i n g aspec t s w ill be coded i n acc o rdance w i t h t he l a t e s t r e v i s i on t o N R C Inspe c t i on Manual C hap ter (I M C) 0310, da t ed D ec e mber 19, 20 1 C r os s-cu t t i n g aspe c t s i den t i f i ed i n t he l a s t s i x m on t hs o f 2013 us ing t he p r e v i ous t e r m i no l o g y w i l l be con v e rt ed t o t he r e v ised l an g ua g e i n acc o rdance w i t h t he c ross- r e f e rence i n I MC 031 T he r e v ised c r o s s-c u tt i n g aspec t s w ill be e v a l ua t ed f o r c r os s-cu t t ing t he m es and p o t e n t ial s u bs t an t i v e c r o s s-c u tt i n g i ssues i n acc o rdance w i t h I MC 0305 s t a r t i ng w i t h t he ca lendar y ear 2014 m i d-c y c l e asses s m en I n acc o rdance w i t h 10 CFR 2.390 o f t he NRC's "Rule s o f P r ac t i c e ," a co p y of t h i s l e tt e r w ill be a v a i l ab l e e l ec tr on i ca ll y f o r pub li c inspe c t i on i n t he NR C P ub li c Docu ment R oom o r fr o m the P ub li c l y A v a il ab l e Reco r ds (PARS) co m pone n t o f NRC's doc u m e n t s y s t e m (ADA M S). ADA M S i s access i b l e fr om t he N R C W e b s i t e a t h tt p://ww w.n r c.g o v/r ead i ng-rm/a d a m s.h t m l (t he P ublic El ec tr on i c R ead i n g R o o m). Please con t a c t m e a t 8 1 7-20 0-1574 w i t h any q u e s t i ons y ou ha v e r e g a r d i ng t h i s l e tt e Since r e l y , /RA/ Gr e g o r y E. W e r n e r , A c t i ng Chi e f P r o j e c t B ranch E Di v i s i on of R eac t o r P r o j e c t s D oc k e t N o s.: 5 0-313, 5 0-368 L icense Nos: DR P-5 1; NP F-6 E nc losu re: Inspec t i on Pl an J. B r o w n i ng - 3 -

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- 06/30/2015 Page 1 of 2 03/03/2014 Report 22 09:37:22 This report shows only on-s.ite and announced inspection procedure No. of Staff on Site 3 10/20/2014 10/24/2014 X02531 INTIAL EXAM

• ANO UNIT 1 (1/1/15) 11/17/2014 11/21/2014 X02531 INTIAL EXAM- ANO UNIT 1 (1/1/15) EXAM - INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 1 11/11/2013 11111/2014 X02531 INTIAL EXAM-ANO UNIT 1 (1/1/15) EXAM - INITIAL OPERATO R.. EXAM - UNIT 2 1 2 01/01/2014 12/31/2014 X02521 INITIAL EXAIIII-ANO UNIT 2 (04/2014)

RS 12 PI - RADIATION SAFErf 2 1' 2 03/17/2014 03/21/2014 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls RS 5678 - RADIATION SAFErf -TEAM 5 1 , 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1' 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1' 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1, 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1' 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 1' 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71151-0R01 OccupationaiiExposure Control Effective ness 1' 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 71111.08 - ANO U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION 2 05/19/2014 05/30/2014 IP 7111108P lnservice Inspection Activities

- PWR INSP - BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION 4 1, 2 07/07/2014 07/11/2014 IP 71111118 Licensed Operator Requalification Program EB1-17T - TRIENNIAL PERM PLANT MODS & 50.59 5 1, 2 07/28/2014 08/08/2014 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications EP-1 - EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2 1 , 2 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 1, 2 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 1' 2 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System EP-3 - BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION HAB 5 1, 2 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 IP 7111404 Emergency Ac;tion Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 09/15/2014 09/19/2014 IP 7111407 Exercise EvaiiJation

- Hostile Action (HA) Event EB2-03 - POST-APPROVAL LICENSE RENEWAL (FOLLOWUP)

2 1 , 2 12/01/2014 12/05/2014 IP 71003 Post-Approv a l Site Inspection for License Renewal RS 13 PI - RADIATION SAFETY 2 1, 2 02/02/2015 02/06/2015 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls his report does not include I N PO and OUTAGE activiti es. Enclosure Arkansas Nuclear One Inspection I Activity Plan 03/01/2014

- 06/30/2015 Page 2 of 2 03/03/2014 Report 22 09:37:22 Enclosure This report shows only on-site and announced inspecti o n procedure , 2 02/02/2015 02/06/2015 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 , 2 02/02/2015 02/06/2015 IP 71151-0R01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiven ess 1 , 2 02/02/2015 02/06/2015 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM l'adiological Effluent TSB 528 - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 1, 2 03/09/2015 03/13/2015 IP 711528 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 , 2 03/23/2015 03/27/2015 IP 711528 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 , 2 06/22/2015 06/26/2015 RS24 IP 71124.02 - RADIATION SAFETY Occupational ALARA Planning and Contr o ls 1 , 2 06/22/2015 06/26/2015 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment

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