ML21092A154

GG 2020 EOC Public Meeting Summary of Public Meeting with Entergy Operations, Inc

ML21092A154
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Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	04/02/2021
From:	Jason Kozal NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Franssen B Entergy Operations
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April 2, 2021 Mr. Bob Franssen, Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETING WITH ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.

Dear Mr. Franssen:

This refers to the virtual public meeting conducted on March 31, 2021, between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and your staff. Approximately 60 people attended the public meeting, including members of the general public, with representatives from the several state and local government organizations.

During the meeting, the NRC presented the results of the annual assessment of safety performance at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station for the period of January 1 through December 31, 2020, as documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000416/2020006, issued March 3, 2021, (ADAMS Accession No. ML21055A008). Your staff presented the stations perspective regarding the issues that contributed to the stations performance in the Degraded Performance Column (Column 3) of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix. During the public question-and-answer portion of the meeting, there were questions from the public regarding actions necessary for the station to be re-assessed into Column 1 of the ROP Action Matrix, the stations previous power uprate license amendment, and the testing of plant equipment.

A copy of the NRCs presentation, Entergys presentation, and an attendance list from the meeting are provided as Enclosures to this letter.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jason W. Kozal, Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29

Enclosures:

1. NRC Presentation

2. Entergy Presentation

3. Attendance List cc: Electronic Distribution for Grand Gulf

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Welcome!

The meeting will begin shortly.

1 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

Video display - use the Webex "Layout" button to select the "side by side" view to most easily view the presenter 2020 Annual Performance Assessment To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120# 1 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS)

U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV March 31, 2021 Agenda

• Introductions

• COVID-19 Impacts on NRC Oversight

• Regulatory Process Overview

• Grand Gulf Performance Assessment

• Entergy Response

• NRC Closing Comments

• Q&A 3

FACILITATOR Frances Ramirez Senior Reactor Inspector, Region IV To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

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2 PRESENTER Matt Thomas Resident Inspector, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

5 NRC Representatives To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

6 Scott Morris Regional Administrator, Region IV Michael Hay Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects Jason Kozal

Chief, Projects Branch C Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Introductions

7 Bob Franssen GGNS Site Vice President, Entergy Operations Inc.

To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

NRC Opening Remarks 8

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Scott Morris Regional Administrator, Region IV 5

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3 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

9 2020 Annual Assessment Meeting NRC Mission Statement

• The NRC licenses and regulates the nation's civilian use of radioactive materials to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety and to promote the common defense and security and to protect the environment To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

10 NRC Response to COVID-19

• NRC continues to monitor licensee operations and maintains the ability to rapidly respond to safety or security-related events

• Resident Inspectors make less frequent but regular visits to sites

• Residents use remote monitoring when not on site

• Currently deferring very few inspections and plan to complete the baseline by year end To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

11 NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

The ROP is implemented in each of the four NRC regions Involves both inspection and assessment Implemented by regional inspectors and onsite resident NRC inspectors Includes performance indicators (PIs) submitted by licensees each quarter which measure the reliability and availability of plant equipment and processes To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

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4 NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

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13 Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Performance Multiple /

Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance Column I Column II Column III Column IV Column V NRC Action Matrix Licensee Response column is baseline inspection (issues of very low safety significance)

Increase in number of findings of significance moves licensee to the right in the matrix Moving to the right leads to increased NRC Oversight (Supplemental Inspections, higher level engagement with plant management)

Resident Inspector Program

• NRC Resident Inspectors live in the local communities and perform inspection activities at all Region IV Nuclear Plants To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

14 Resident Inspector Program

• Provide daily oversight of plant activities To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

15 Resident Inspector Program

• Daily visits to Control Room

• Periodic meetings with plant senior managers

• Prioritize inspections based on important plant activities To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

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5 Region-Based Inspections

• Personnel in the NRC Region IV office also conduct inspections.

• Personnel in the Division of Reactor Safety and Division of Nuclear Materials Safety conduct onsite inspections. Including:

- Engineering

- Operator Qualification Examinations

- Radiation Protection

- Emergency Planning

- Security

- Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

17 Grand Gulf 2020 Assessment Results

• January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

• Grand Gulf performance preserved public health and safety

• The plant is safe to continue operating

• Grand Gulf is in the NRCs Column 3

• The plant is under enhanced NRC oversight due to some performance issues To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

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Grand Gulf 2020 PIs and Findings

• PIs

- 16 Green Performance Indicators

- 1 Yellow Performance Indicator

• Violations

- 12 Green inspection findings

- 2 Severity Level IV violations

- 3 Licensee-Identified violations 20 17 18 19 20

6 2020 Yellow Performance Indicator May 25, 2020 scram - inadvertent turbine overspeed trip August 8, 2020 manual scram - turbine valve malfunction August 24, 2020 scram - reactor feed pump trip November 6, 2020 scram - unexpected low generator cooling flow signal December 11, 2020: scram - improper control of generator cooling water 21 Key 2020 Completed Inspections

• Problem Identification &

Resolution (PI&R)

• Traditional Enforcement Trend Inspection

• Entergy Confirmatory Order Inspections 22 Problem Identification & Resolution

• In January 2020, the NRC completed the 71152 Biennial PI&R Inspection at Grand Gulf

• Overall, the licensees corrective action program met regulatory requirements for nuclear safety

- One Green Finding

- Several program deficiencies associated with effectiveness, evaluation, and correction of issues.

• The NRC plans continued inspection and focus on the licensees corrective action program 23 Traditional Enforcement Inspection

• IP 92723 - Follow Up Inspection for Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violations in the Same Area in a 12-Month Period

- April 2019 inspection unable to be completed due to licensee performance gaps

- April 2020 inspection successfully completed

• NRC continues to monitor the licensees corrective action progress in this area 24 21 22 23 24

7 Entergy Confirmatory Order

• In November 2017, the NRC issued three apparent violations involving willfulness at GGNS

• NRC Confirmatory Order issued in March 2018

- Contained fleet-wide corrective actions for Entergy to address willful issues at all their sites

• The NRC conducted follow-up inspections under IP 92702 to review Confirmatory Order actions

- January 2019 and January 2020 inspections

- A third inspection is planned for a later date 25 Planned Upcoming Inspections

• IP 95002, Yellow Unplanned Scrams PI Supplemental Inspection

• IP 92702, Confirmatory Order Inspection

• IP 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal

• IP 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection 26 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Response

27 Bob Franssen GGNS Site Vice President, Entergy Operations Inc.

NRC Annual Assessment Summary The End-of-Cycle letter for 2020 for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is located at this link:

OpenADAMSPackage(2020GrandGulfAnnual AssessmentLetter)

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8 NRC Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/nrcgov Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nrcgov YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nrcgov/sets LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usnuclearregulatorycommission GovDelivery: https://service.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNRC/subscriber/new To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

29 Contacting the NRC

• Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

• Report a safety concern

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

30 NRC Closing Remarks 31 To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

Scott Morris Regional Administrator, Region IV Q & A Members of the public are invited to participate in this meeting after the formal presentation. Signal the phone bridge moderator by pressing *1 if you want to ask a question.

If we were not able to answer your question, submit an E-mail to the NRC to Patricia.Vossmar@nrc.gov or Jason.Kozal@nrc.gov.

To hear the audio portion of this presentation, dial 888-790-3252 and enter participant code 5338120#

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01/04/2021 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station NRC Annual Assessment M eeti ng Grand Gulf Nuclear Station NRC Annual Assessment M eeti ng B u i l d i n g t h e P r e m i e r U t i l i t y 1

We exist to grow a world-class energy business that creates sustainable value for our four stakeholders - customers, employees, communities and owners.

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Un p l an n ed Sh u td o w n s Grand Gulf experienced five unplanned shutdowns in 2020. These shutdowns occurred following our Spring, 2020 refueling outage.

The 2020 refueling outage was highlighted by a major modification to the stations Turbine Control System -

intended to bring long-term and improved performance to the site.

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Response

Improvement milestones have been developed featuring Benchmarks Dedicated Entergy leadership External resources with relevant experience Rigorous oversight structure 5

S u s t a i n a b l e I m p r o v e m e n t s 6

Ongoing commitments Commitment to safe operation Commitment to the community Commitment to the environment Thank you Thank you B u i l d i n g t h e P r e m i e r U t i l i t y 7

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GG 2020 EOC Meeting Attendance:

Bill Maier NRC Bob Franssen Entergy Cale Young NRC David Crockett NRC Frances Ramirez NRC Jaime Rodriguez NRC Jason Kozal NRC Matt Thomas NRC Mike Hay NRC Patricia Vossmar NRC Scott Morris NRC Victor Dricks NRC Allison Graves Entergy Amy Elam NRC Andrea Jennetta S&P Global Platts Andrew Sabisch Entergy Angel Moreno NRC Bobby Smith Director of Radiological Health Cliff Acosta LDEQ Curtis Beckler Neil David Ortman FEMA Region Four Dean Tennant Entergy Doug Dodson NRC Ed Everett ANI Eric Carr PSEG Nuclear Everett Perkins Certrec Corporation Geoff Miller NRC Gustin Bryan NRC J.Brad Edwards Cooperative Energy James Snyder Nuclear Energy Institute Jeff Hardy Jessica Walker LDQ John Giddens Entergy John Monninger NRC Kenneth Chermansky Entergy Lloyd Generette US EPA Mark Lingenfelter Public Mark Sullivan Entergy Mary Lissel NRC Michael Bowling Entergy Nathan Brown NRC Neil Sheeham NRC Neil Tay NRC

Paul Williams Public Paul Zaffuts Zaffuts Group Law Firm Phil Sharpe Studsdik Ron Rispoli Entergy Services Russell Thames Entergy Shakur Walker NRC Shawn Maley MS Emergency Management Agency Solange DeSantis Entergy Steve Hillman Entergy Tim Bebey NRC Tim Donovan Utilities Safety Alliance Timothy Stedham NRC Tom Gardsdale No Info Tony Nakanishu NRC Victoria Midland NRC Wesley Entergy Whitney Hale Public