SoEntergy

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway

Covert, MI 49043

Tel 269 764 2000

Anthony J. Vitale

Site Vice President

PNP 2012-102

November 27, 2012

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ATTN: Document Control Desk

11555 Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD 20852

SUBJECT: Seismic Walkdown Report - Response to NRC Request for

Information Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f) Regarding the Seismic

Aspects of Recommendation 2.3 of the Near-Term Task Force Review

of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident

Palisades Nuclear Plant

Docket 50-255

License No. DPR-20

References: 1. NRC letter, Request for Information Pursuant to Title 10 of the

Code of Federal Regulations 50.54() Regarding

Recommendations 2.1, 2.3, and 9.3, of the Near-Term Task Force

Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident, dated

March 12, 2012 (ADAMS Accession Number ML12053A340)

2. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. letter, PNP 2012-061, 120-Day

Response to NRC Request for Information (RFI) Pursuant to 10

CFR 50.54() Regarding the Seismic Aspects of Recommendation

2.3 of the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the

Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident, dated July 9, 2012 (ADAMS

Accession Number ML12192A203)

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 12, 2012, the NRC issued Reference 1 to all power reactor licensees.

Enclosure 3 of Reference I contains requested actions, requested information, and

required responses associated with Recommendation 2.3 for seismic walkdowns.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) confirmed in Reference 2 that it would use the

seismic walkdown procedure (EPRI Report 1025286, Seismic Walkdown Guidance For

Resolution of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3: Seismic) as
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endorsed by the NRC as the basis to conduct the walkdowns and develop the needed

information at the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP).

Pursuant to Required Response 2 in Enclosure 3 of Reference 1, ENO is providing the

Seismic Walkdown Report for PNP in Attachment 2. All potentially adverse seismic

conditions identified in the report have been evaluated in the Corrective Action

Program for operability concerns and no immediate operability concerns have been

identified.

This letter contains new regulatory commitments, which are identified in Attachment 1.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on

November 27, 2012.

Sin el

ajv/jse

Attachments: 1. List of Regulatory Commitments

2. Palisades Seismic Walkdown Report for Resolution of Fukushima

Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.3: Seismic

cc: Administrator, Region III, USNRC

Project Manager, Palisades, USNRC

Resident Inspector, Palisades, USNRC
ATTACHMENT I

LIST OF REGULATORY COMMITMENTS

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List of Regulatory Commitments

The following table identifies those actions committed to by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(ENO) in this document. Any other statements in this submittal are provided for information

purposes and are not considered to be regulatory commitments.

TYPE

(Check One) SCHEDULED

COMPLETION

COMMITMENT ONE- DATE

TIME CONTINUING (If Required)

ACTION COMPLIANCE

By the end of the

ENO will perform walkdowns for next refueling

equipment that could not be inspected outage, which is

as identified in Section 6.3 of the planned to begin Seismic Walkdown Report. in October 2013.

Within three

ENO will submit an updated Seismic months of the end

Walkdown Report as identified in X of the next

Section 6.3 of the Seismic Walkdown refueling outage,

Report. which is planned

to begin in

October 2013.

December 31,

ENO will resolve the potentially 2014.

adverse seismic conditions (i.e., X

condition reports that identified a

potentially adverse seismic condition)

as identified in Section 8.2 of the

Seismic Walkdown Report.