• Entergy 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 

Palisades· Nuclear Plant 

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway 

Covert, MI 49043-9530 

PNP 2013-065 

August 28,2013 

Tel 269 764 2000 

Anthony J. Vitale 

Site Vice President 

u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

ATTN: Document Control Desk 

11555 Rockville Pike 

Rockville, MD 20852 

SUBJECT: Palisades Nuclear Plant First Six-Month Status Report in Response to 

March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to 

Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051) 

Palisades Nuclear Plant 

Docket No. 50-255 

License No. DPR-20 

REFERENCES: 1. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, Order To Modify Licenses With 

Regard To Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, dated March 12, 

2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 12054A682) 

2. NRC Interim Staff Guidance JLD-ISG-2012-03, Compliance with Order 

EA-12-051, Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, Revision 0, 

dated August 29,2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 12221A339) 

3. NEI12-02, Industry Guidance for Compliance with NRC Order 

EA-12-051, "To Modify Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel 

Pool Instrumentation, " Revision 1, dated August 2012 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML 12240A307) 

4. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) letter to NRC, PNP 2012-092, 

Initial Status Report in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission Order 

Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool 

Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated October 25,2012 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML 12300A067) 

5. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) letter to NRC, PNP 2013-009, 

Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 2012 Commission 

Order Modifying License With Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool 

Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 28,2013 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML 13060A360) 
PNP 2013-065 

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Dear Sir or Madam: 

On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an order 

(Reference 1) to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO). This order was immediately 

effective and directed ENO to install reliable spent fuel pool level instrumentation at the 

Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP). 

Reference 1 required submission of an initial status report 60 days following issuance of the 

final interim staff guidance (Reference 2) and an overall integrated plan pursuant to Section 

IV, Condition C. Reference 1 requires submission of a status report at six-month intervals 

following submittal of the overall integrated plan. Reference 3 provides direction regarding 

the content of the status reports. Reference 2 endorses industry guidance document 

NEI 12-02, Revision 1 (Reference 3) with clarifications and exceptions identified in Reference 

2. Reference 4 provided the PNP initial status report regarding mitigation strategies. 

Reference 5 provided the PNP overall integrated plan. 

The purpose of this letter is to provide the first six-month status report pursuant to Section IV, 

Condition C.2, of Reference 1, that delineates progress made in implementing the 

requirements of Reference 1. The attached report provides an update of milestone 

accomplishments, including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for 

relief and the basis, if any. 

This letter contains no new commitments and no revised commitments. 

I declare under penalty of pe~ury that the foregoing is true and correct; executed on 

August 28, 2013. 

Sincerely, 

Attachment: Palisades Nuclear Plant First Six-Month Status Report in Response to March 

12,2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent 

Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051) 

cc: Office Director, NRR, USNRC 

Administrator, Region III, USNRC 

Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC 

Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC 
Attachment. 

Palisades Nuclear Plant First Six-Month Status Report in Response 

to March 12, 2012 Commission Order Modifying Licenses with 

Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation 

(Order Number EA-12-051) 

1 Introduction 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) developed for Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) an 

overall integrated plan (Reference 1), documenting the requirements to install reliable spent 

fuel pool level instrumentation (SFPI), in response to Reference 2. This attachment provides 

an update of milestone accomplishments since submittal of the overall integrated plan, 

including any changes to the compliance method, schedule, or need for relief/relaxation and 

the basis, if any. 

2 Milestone Accomplishments 

None. 

3 Milestone Schedule Status 

The following provides an update to the milestone schedule in support of the overall 

integrated plan, the activity status of each item, and the expected completion date noting any 

change. The dates (current as of July 31,2013) are planning dates subject to change as 

design and implementation details are developed. 

The target completion date for installation of reliable spent fuel pool instrumentation was 

revised from the Spring of 2015 to the Fall of 2015 to reflect a change in the 2015 refueling 

outage schedule. The response to a NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI) 

(Reference 3) has been added to the milestone schedule detailed below and is in progress, 

as of July 31, 2013. Addition of the response to the NRC RAI does not affect the ability of 

ENO to meet the Order implementation date. 

Target Completion Activity Revised Target 

Milestone Date Status Completion 

Date 

Reliable SFPI Installed Spring 2015 In Progress Fall 2015 

Refueling Outage Refueling Outage 

Response to NRC Request 

for Additional Information August 19,2013 In Progress (received July 18, 2013) 

(Reference 3) 

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4 Changes to Compliance~- Metbod , 

There are no changes to the compliance method' as-documented in-the-overall integrated 

plan (Reference 1). 

5 Need for Relief/Relaxation and Basis for the Relief/Relaxation 

ENO expects to comply with the order implementation date and no relieflrelaxation is required 

at this time. 

6 Open Items from Overall Integrated Plan and Draft Safety 

Evaluation 

None. 

7 Potential Draft Safety Eval uation Impacts 

The NRC has not yet issued a draft safety evaluation; therefore, there are no potential 

impacts to the Draft Safety Evaluation identified at this time. 

8 References 

The following references support the updates to the overall integrated plan described in this 

attachment. 

1. ENO letter to NRC, PNP 2013-009, Overall Integrated Plan in Response to March 12, 

2012 Commission Order Modifying License With Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool 

Instrumentation (Order Number EA-12-051), dated February 28, 2013 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML 13060A360) 

2. NRC Order Number EA-12-051, Order To Modify Licenses With Regard To Reliable 

Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, dated March 12, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML 12054A682) 

3. NRC email to ENO, Palisades Nuclear Plant - Requests for Additional Information 

Regarding Overall Integrated Plan for Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (TAC 

MF0769), dated July 18, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13200A328) 

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