IR 05000458/2018006

Annual Assessment Letter for River Bend Station (Report 05000458/2018006)

ML19057A462
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	03/04/2019
From:	Jason Kozal NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Vercelli S Entergy Operations
References
IR 2018006
Download: ML19057A462 (5)

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rch 4, 2019

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR RIVER BEND STATION (REPORT 05000458/2018006)

Dear Mr. Vercelli:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of River Bend Station, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. 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 River Bend Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2020. 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. You should be aware that the agency is pursuing potential changes to the ROP, including changes to engineering inspections (SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspections). Should these changes to the ROP be implemented, the engineering and other region-based inspections are subject to change in scope, as well as schedule, beginning in January 2020. The inspections listed during the last 12 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. 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 NRC's document 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 me at (817) 200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jason W. Kozal, Branch Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47 Enclosure:

Inspection Plan

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report River Bend 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count RBS RI 4TH QUARTERLY REPORT 2 1 09/01/2018 12/31/2019 IP 60855.1 000590 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 1 09/01/2018 12/31/2019 IP 92702 000238 Followup on Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations Security Access Control .02 1 1 12/17/2018 02/25/2019 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets 1 06/10/2019 06/14/2019 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1 06/10/2019 06/14/2019 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification EOI CO Inspection 2 1 01/01/2019 03/31/2019 IP 92702 000238 Followup on Corrective Actions For Violations And Deviations BIENNIAL PI&R 4 1 02/11/2019 03/01/2019 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution INSERVICE INSPECTION RF20 1 1 04/01/2019 04/05/2019 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP INSPECTION (1,2) - RFO 2 1 04/08/2019 04/19/2019 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 04/08/2019 04/19/2019 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls RP TEAM INSPECTION 4 1 07/08/2019 07/12/2019 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 07/08/2019 07/12/2019 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 07/08/2019 07/12/2019 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 07/08/2019 07/12/2019 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation RIVER BEND DBA PROGRAMS EQ INSPECTION 3 1 07/15/2019 08/02/2019 IP 71111.21N 000714 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs)

EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 1 of 2 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report River Bend 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1 07/22/2019 07/26/2019 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISES 6 1 10/07/2019 10/11/2019 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing 1 10/28/2019 11/01/2019 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 4 1 10/20/2019 10/26/2019 IP 71111.05T 000696 Fire Protection (Triennial)

1 11/03/2019 11/09/2019 IP 71111.05T 000696 Fire Protection (Triennial)

RBS 2019 INITIAL EXAM 5 1 10/20/2019 10/26/2019 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1 11/17/2019 11/30/2019 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

RS24 Radiation Safety 2 1 02/10/2020 02/14/2020 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 02/10/2020 02/14/2020 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment RS13PI Radiation Safety 2 1 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation EP Exercise and PI Inspection 4 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 06/22/2020 06/26/2020 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification River Bend 1 - Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams) 6 1 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

1 07/27/2020 07/31/2020 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

RBS 2020 BRQ 2 1 08/30/2020 09/05/2020 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance (Biennial)

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 2 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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DATE 2/19/19 3/4/19