J. Dent 

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

REGION I 

2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 

December 18, 2015 

Mr. John Dent 

Site Vice President 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 

600 Rocky Hill Road 

Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 

SUBJECT: PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION – NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION 

PROCEDURE 95003 PHASE ‘A’ AND PHASE ‘B’ INSPECTIONS 

Dear Mr. Dent: 

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff 

will conduct the Inspection Procedure (IP) 95003 inspection, described in the mid-cycle 

assessment letter issued on September 1, 2015, (Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15239A647) in three phases (‘A’ through ‘C’). 

The information provided in this letter supplements, but does not supersede, the inspection plan 

information included in the mid-cycle letter. 

The Phase ‘A’ and Phase ‘B’ portions of IP 95003 will be conducted during the weeks of 

January 11, 2016, and April 4, 2016, respectively. Each inspection will consist of three 

inspectors from the NRC’s Region I office. Both inspections will be conducted in accordance 

with IP 95003, Section 02.02, and will serve as partial completion of this portion of the IP. 

Phase ‘A’ of this inspection will review various aspects of the station’s corrective action program 

to determine whether continued operation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is acceptable 

and whether additional regulatory actions are necessary to arrest declining plant performance. 

Phase ‘B’ will look at overall corrective action program performance since the last problem 

identification and resolution inspection completed in August 2015, focusing in particular on 

progress in the site’s performance improvement plan. The results of these two phases will 

inform the final scope for the Phase ‘C’ inspection and once your staff has indicated it is ready, 

we will schedule Phase ‘C’. An updated inspection plan is attached. 

 
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In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC’s 

“Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection 

in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the 

NRC's ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). 

Please contact me at (610) 337-5069 with any questions you have regarding this letter. 

Sincerely, 

 

 /RA/ 

Arthur L. Burritt, Chief 

Reactor Projects Branch 5 

Division of Reactor Projects 

Docket No. 50-293 

License No. DPR-35 

Enclosure: 

Pilgrim Inspection/Activity Plan 

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In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC’s 

“Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection 

in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the 

NRC's ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). 

Please contact me at (610) 337-5069 with any questions you have regarding this letter. 

Sincerely, 

 /RA/ 

Arthur L. Burritt, Chief 

Reactor Projects Branch 5 

Division of Reactor Projects 

Docket No. 50-293 

License No. DPR-35 

Enclosure: 

Pilgrim Inspection/Activity Plan 

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Unit

Number

Planned Dates

Start End Inspection Activity Title

Pilgrim

Inspection / Activity Plan

01/01/2016 - 12/31/2017

95003 - 95003 PHASE A INSPECTION 

1 01/11/2016 01/15/2016 IP 95003 Inspection For Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yell

TI-191 - FUKUSHIMA LESSONS-LEARNED 

1 03/21/2016 03/25/2016 IP 2515/191 Inspection of Licensee's Responses to Order EA-12-049, EA-12-051 & EP Info Request March 12

71124 - 01 EXPOSURE CONTROL 

1 03/21/2016 03/24/2016 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

95003 - 95003 PHASE B INSPECTION 

1 04/04/2016 04/08/2016 IP 95003 Inspection For Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yell

71124 - 05 RAD MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION 

1 05/02/2016 05/06/2016 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation

7111117T - PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 

1 05/02/2016 05/06/2016 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications1 05/16/2016 05/20/2016 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications

7111107T - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK 

1 07/18/2016 07/22/2016 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance

2/27EXM - PILGRIM INITIAL EXAM 

1 01/30/2017 02/05/2017 U01945 FY17-PILGRIM INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM1 02/27/2017 03/03/2017 U01945 FY17-PILGRIM INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM

EP - EP EXERCISE EVALUATION 

1 11/14/2016 11/18/2016 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation

71124 - 71151 PI VERIFY 71124.01EXPCONT05RAD MON 

1 11/21/2016 11/25/2016 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls1 11/21/2016 11/25/2016 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation1 11/21/2016 11/25/2016 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness1 11/21/2016 11/25/2016 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences

7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION 

1 04/24/2017 04/28/2017 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR

71124 - 71124.01 RAD HAZARD AND 71124.02 ALARA 

1 04/24/2017 04/27/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls1 04/24/2017 04/27/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls

71124.08 - RADWASTE 

1 06/05/2017 06/09/2017 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transporta

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

Number

Planned Dates

Start End Inspection Activity Title

Pilgrim

Inspection / Activity Plan

01/01/2016 - 12/31/2017

71124 - RAD HAZ- ALARA- AIRBORNE-DOSIMETRY 

1 06/19/2017 06/23/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls1 06/19/2017 06/23/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls1 06/19/2017 06/23/2017 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation1 06/19/2017 06/23/2017 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment

7111111B - PILGRIM REQUAL INSP W/ P/F RESULTS 

1 09/04/2017 09/08/2017 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program

71124 - 71124.06 RETS 

1 08/07/2017 08/11/2017 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment

71152B - PI&R BIENNIAL TEAM INSPECTION 

1 09/11/2017 09/15/2017 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution1 09/25/2017 09/29/2017 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution

71124 - 71124.07 REMP 

1 09/18/2017 09/21/2017 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program

71124 - 71151 PI VERIFY71124.02ALARA06RETS07REMP 

1 11/20/2017 11/23/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls1 11/20/2017 11/23/2017 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment1 11/20/2017 11/23/2017 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program1 11/20/2017 11/23/2017 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness1 11/20/2017 11/23/2017 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences

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