River Bend: Unprecedented Four Special Inspections Ongoing at Entergy Plants

I mauled this sentence and heading from June 3 below...a do over:

Unprecedented four special inspection ongoing at Entergy plants, Two special inspection at River Bend(Christmas and ventilation special inspection), one each at Indian Point and Pilgrim. Remember Palisades has just been downgraded...a back slide from the 2011 yellow finding. 

 

Reposted from June 3 2015

 

Originally posted on 3/30/15 

Where did I even get that Waterford special inspection...

update:

My bad, unprecedented four three inspection ongoing at Entergy plants, Two special inspection at River Bend, One at Waterford and Pilgrim. Remember Palisades has just been downgraded...a back slide from 2011 yellow finding.

I make the case Entergy systemically aren't spending enough money on maintenance....  

It is River Bend, Waterford (what the hell is going on Louisiana with two Entergy nuclear plants in special inspection) and Pilgrim. How can't the NRC say something is bigger going on with Entergy with so many problematic plants.  

NRC Begins Special Inspection at River Bend Station The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun a special inspection at the River Bend nuclear power plant to review circumstances surrounding the failure during testing of equipment needed to provide ventilation and cooling to plant areas with safety-related equipment. The plant, operated by Entergy Operations, Inc., is located in St. Francisville, La. 

During periodic testing on March 9, equipment that provides ventilation and cooling to plant areas with safety-related equipment failed to start. A similar failure occurred during testing on Feb. 23. 

“The March 9 event raises some concern with how electrical equipment has been maintained at the plant,” NRC Region IV Administrator Marc Dapas said. “The purpose of this special inspection is to determine if there are any generic implications from equipment failures that occurred during the event.” 

Two NRC inspectors will spend about a week on site evaluating the licensee’s root cause analysis, maintenance of some plant systems and adequacy of corrective actions. An inspection report documenting the team’s findings will be publicly available within 45 days of the end of the inspection.

Two inspectors working in the "special inspection" indicates not a high priority with the NRC....

Emergency Christmas shutdown of Entergy River Bend nuclear plant prompts special NRC inspection 

An emergency shutdown of Entergy's River Bend nuclear power plant near Baton Rouge on Christmas morning has prompted a special inspection by a team of Nuclear Regulatory Commission experts, the agency announced Monday (January 26). 

The plant automatically shut down at 8:37 a.m. on Dec. 25 due to the failure of an electrical circuit for a valve controlling one of the turbines that generates electricity, said Mike Bowen, a spokesman for Entergy Nuclear, which oversees all of Entergy's nuclear plants.Bowen said the initial failure of a piece of equipment at the St. Francisville, La., plant, 24 miles north northwest of Baton Rouge, did not involve the nuclear reactor.

It seems like I set in motion both these special inspections.

The Mike Mulligan's Special Inspection At River Bend?

 Friday, January 30, 2015

 

Who's the man now Entergy?

 

What the Hell is Going On With Entergy Nuclear?

I now respect the hell out senior resident Jeffery Sowa from Louisiana for report this. I liked the guy when I was talking to him. Perfectly captured our talk! Not many people admit they made a productive or any allegation to the NRC.

"Jan 21, 2015 Subject: Concerns you raised to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the River Bend Station. RE: ALLEGATION: RIV-2015-A-004

Dear Mr. Mulligan: This refers to your telephone conversation with Mr. Jeffery Sowa, Senior Resident Inspection, on January 5,

Honestly, you think Senior Resident Inspection was a mistake...supposed to be resident inspector. Was he signaling I caused the special inspection?

2015 during which you expressed concern related to equipment issues leading to scrams and operator performance following scram.

If the concern is not accurate please inform us…. Concern Equipment issues leading to scrams and operator performance problems following scrams continues at the River Bend Station and are not being addresses and resolved."

The Mike Mulligan Special Inspection. Should have asked it this is fleet wide problem In Entergy?

No: IV-15-003 January 26, 2015CONTACT: Victor Dricks (817) 200-1128 Lara Uselding (817) 200-1519

NRC Begins Special Inspection at River Bend Station The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun a special inspection at the River Bend Station nuclear power plant to review circumstances surrounding an unplanned reactor shutdown that occurred on Dec. 25, 2014. The plant, operated by Entergy Operations, Inc., is located in St. Francisville, La.

The plant was operating at 85 percent capacity Christmas morning when an unplanned shutdown with complications occurred. Following the shutdown some problems were experienced with the plant’s feedwater system, which supplies short-term cooling water to the reactor core, as well as several electrical circuit breakers. Operators took compensatory action to ensure the plant would remain in a safe shutdown mode.

“The purpose of this special inspection is to better understand the circumstances surrounding the event, determine if there are any generic implications, and review the licensee’s corrective actions to ensure that the cause of the event, including associated equipment problems have been effectively addressed,” NRC Region IV Administrator Marc Dapas said.

Several NRC inspectors will spend about a week on site evaluating the licensee’s root cause analysis, maintenance of some plant systems and adequacy of corrective actions. An inspection report documenting the team’s findings will be publicly available within 45 days of the end of the inspection.