NRC ORDER – Order

On March 12, 2018, the NRC issued a Confirmatory Order (CO) to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., and Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy), to formalize commitments made as a result of an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mediation session held on February 6, 2018. The commitments were made as part of a settlement agreement between Entergy and the NRC based on evidence gathered during two separate investigations in which the NRC had identified multiple examples of apparent violations of the NRC's Deliberate Misconduct rule by lower level employees at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. The apparent willful violations were first reported to the NRC by Entergy, and included (1) an examination proctor providing inappropriate assistance on general employee training examinations given to non-utility (contractor) personnel, and (2) non-licensed operators failing to tour all required areas of their watch station and entering inaccurate information into the operator logs. In response, Entergy agreed to complete additional wide-ranging and fleet-wide corrective actions and enhancements, as fully discussed in the CO. In consideration of the corrective actions and commitments outlined in the CO, the NRC agreed not to pursue any further enforcement action (including issuance of a civil penalty) relating to the notice of apparent violations (Case Nos. EA-17-132 and EA-17-153; Office of Investigations Report Nos. 4-2016-004 and 4 2017-021, respectively).