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Annual Assessment Letter for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (Report 05000416/2017006)
ML18057B123
Person / Time
Site: Grand Gulf Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 03/01/2018
From: Troy Pruett
NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To: Emily Larson
Entergy Operations
Kozal J
References
IR 2017006
Download: ML18057B123 (7)


Text

rch 1, 2018

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000416/2017006)

Dear Mr. Larson:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column, the second highest performance column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix. This conclusion was based on a parallel PI inspection finding having low-to-moderate safety significance (i.e., White) in the Initiating Events Cornerstone, which was effective as of the first quarter of 2017. This finding was discussed in NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2017013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17342B130), dated December 6, 2017, in which the NRC concluded that the stations actions in response to a White Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours PI, which you reported for the third and fourth quarters of 2016, did not meet the objectives of Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection Response to Action Matrix Column 2 Inputs.

Therefore, in addition to ROP baseline inspections, the NRC plans to conduct an additional supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001 to review your stations actions to address the weaknesses described in the above inspection report as they relate to the inspection objectives. The objectives of this inspection are: 1) To assure that the root causes and contributing causes of significant performance issues are understood, 2) To independently assess and assure that the extent of condition and extent of cause of significant performance issues are identified, 3) To assure that corrective actions taken to address and preclude repetition of significant performance issues are prompt and effective, and 4) To assure that corrective plans direct prompt actions to effectively address and preclude repetition of significant performance issues. This inspection will be scheduled after you notify the NRC of your readiness. Additionally, the NRC issued an assessment follow-up letter dated June 28, 2017, in which we indicated our intent to conduct a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001 in response to a White PI for Unplanned Power Changes per 7000 Critical Hours, which you reported in May 2017. You subsequently retracted from this PI data a power change event that had been previously included in the data submitted for the third quarter of 2016. As a result, this PI remained Green; therefore, the NRC does not plan to conduct the supplemental inspection as previously indicated.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2019. This updated inspection plan now includes planned security inspections which were formerly transmitted under separate correspondence. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

As reflected in the enclosed inspection plan, the Problem Identification and Resolution baseline inspection for the 2018-19 biennial inspection cycle has been scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018. The scheduling of this inspection was informed by the results of the previous inspection documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2017011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18043B137) dated February 12, 2018.

Additionally, from January 1 to December 31, 2016, the NRC issued three Severity Level IV traditional enforcement violations associated with impeding the regulatory process. Additionally, from January 1 to December 31, 2017, the NRC issued five Severity Level IV traditional enforcement violations associated with impeding the regulatory process. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Inspection Procedure 92723, Follow Up Inspection for Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violations in the Same Area in a 12-Month Period, to follow up on these violations. These inspections will be scheduled after you notify the NRC of your readiness.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs 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 the NRCs 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 (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact Jason Kozal at 817-200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Troy Pruett, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29 Enclosure:

Inspection Plan

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Grand Gulf 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2019 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION 2 1 10/27/2017 01/06/2018 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification SECURITY SOLO INSPECTION 1 1 02/05/2018 02/09/2018 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 02/05/2018 02/09/2018 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification INSERVICE INSPECTION R21 1 1 04/23/2018 04/27/2018 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR RAD SAFETY RFO 1,2 2 1 04/23/2018 04/27/2018 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 04/23/2018 04/27/2018 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 04/23/2018 04/27/2018 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING & EXERCISE WEEK 7 1 07/23/2018 07/27/2018 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing 1 08/13/2018 08/17/2018 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing SECURITY TEAM INSPECTION 2 1 10/15/2018 10/19/2018 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1 10/15/2018 10/19/2018 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 4 1 10/22/2018 10/26/2018 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1 11/05/2018 11/09/2018 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 11/05/2018 11/09/2018 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing Page 1 of 3 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. 2/26/2018 10:41:37 AM This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Enclosure

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Grand Gulf 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2019 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 11/05/2018 11/09/2018 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 11/05/2018 11/09/2018 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 11/05/2018 11/09/2018 IP 71114.05 000720 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1 11/05/2018 11/09/2018 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification RAD SAFETY TEAM 5,6,7,8 4 1 11/26/2018 11/30/2018 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 11/26/2018 11/30/2018 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 11/26/2018 11/30/2018 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 11/26/2018 11/30/2018 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation GG 50.59 CHANGES, TESTS, EXPERIMENTS 3 1 12/10/2018 12/14/2018 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments SECURITY SOLO INSPECTION 1 1 01/07/2019 01/11/2019 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 01/07/2019 01/11/2019 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification TI 2515/194 2 1 01/14/2019 01/18/2019 TI 2515/194 000512 Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated With the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerabilities In Electric Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01)

RP INSPECTION 2 1 01/28/2019 02/01/2019 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 01/28/2019 02/01/2019 IP 71124.04 000729 Occupational Dose Assessment This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

2/26/2018 10:41:37 AM

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Grand Gulf 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2019 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 4 1 03/11/2019 03/15/2019 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 03/11/2019 03/15/2019 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 03/11/2019 03/15/2019 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification CYBER SECURITY INSPECTION 4 1 04/29/2019 05/03/2019 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security 1 05/13/2019 05/17/2019 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security GRAND GULF HEAT SINK INSPECTION 2 1 06/17/2019 06/21/2019 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Sink Performance -Triennial BRQ 2 1 08/11/2019 08/17/2019 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance -

Biennial GRAND GULF DBA PROGRAM EQ INSPECTION 3 1 09/09/2019 09/27/2019 IP 71111.21N 000714 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs)

SECURITY TEAM INSPECTION 2 1 09/30/2019 10/04/2019 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation RP INSPECTION 3 1 09/30/2019 10/04/2019 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 09/30/2019 10/04/2019 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 09/30/2019 10/04/2019 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 3 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

2/26/2018 10:41:37 AM

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