IR 05000416/2012006

Letter Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (Report 05000416-12-006)

ML12243A461
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	09/04/2012
From:	Vincent Gaddy NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Mike Perito Entergy Operations
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September 4, 2012

Mr. Mike Perito Vice President Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.

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

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION (Report 05000416/2012006

)

Dear Mr. Perito:

On August 15, 2012, the NRC completed its mid

-cycle performance review of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The security inspection plan will be sent via separate correspondence.

The NRC determined the performance at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC

=s Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, 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, 2013. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. In addition to the baseline inspections, consistent with the Agency's actions related to Fukushima, the NRC will perform TI

-187, "Inspection of Near

-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Flooding Walkdowns

," and TI-188 , "Inspection of Near

-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3 Seismic Walkdowns." The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end

-of-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC

=s ARules 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).

U N I T E D S T A T E S N U C L E A R R E G U L A T O R Y C O M M I S S I O N R E G I O N I V1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD A R L I N G T O N , T E X A S 7 6 0 1 1-4511 Please contact me at 817

-200-1144 with any questions you may have regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Vincent Gaddy, Chief Reactor Projects Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No:

50-416 License No:

NPF-29 Enclosure: Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

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