ML030920523
| ML030920523 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/2003 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-III |
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| References | |
| Download: ML030920523 (15) | |
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Annual Assessment Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC Performance Goals P Maintain safety and protect the environment P Enhance public confidence P Improve effectiveness, efficiency, and realism of processes and decision making P Reduce unnecessary regulatory burden
Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Response
Key Aspects of the Assessment Program P Objective review of licensee performance P Action Matrix identifies agency response commensurate with safety significance P Increasing safety significance results in:
- Increased levels of inspection
- Involvement of higher levels of NRC and Licensee management
- Increased regulatory action P Plant specific assessment information on NRC public web site
Regional Organization Jim Dyer, Regional Administrator James Caldwell, Deputy Regional Administrator Jan Strasma, Regional Public Affairs Officer Division of Reactor Projects Division of Reactor Safety Geoffrey E. Grant, Director Cynthia Pederson, Director Steven Reynolds, Deputy Director Roy Caniano, Deputy Director Reactor Projects Branch #5 Regional Specialists Kenneth Riemer, Chief Mike Kunowski, Project Engineer Kewaunee Resident Inspector Office Julio Lara, Senior Resident Inspector Zach Dunham, Resident Inspector
Annual Licensee Assessment Meeting P A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance P NRC will address the licensee performance issues identified in the Annual Assessment Letter P Licensee will respond to the information in the letter and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve their performance
ROP Action Matrix Summary for 2002 P Column 1 - Licensee Response P Column 2 - Regulatory Response P Column 3 - Degraded Cornerstone P Column 4 - Multiple/ Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone P Column 5 - Unacceptable Performance (Nationwide number does not contain Davis Besse)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Nationwide 59 33 7 3 0 Region I 9 14 2 1 0 Region II 26 4 1 1 0 Region III 11 10 2 0 0 Region IV 13 5 2 1 0
Security & Safeguards Update P Creation of Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response P Top-to-Bottom Review of Security Program Initiated P Issuance of Orders/ Interim Compensatory Measures (ICM)
P Verification of Licensee Actions on ICM
Security & Safeguards Update P Proposed Revisions to Design Basis Threat P Pending Orders on Fatigue/Guard Training P Initiation of Pilot Force-on-Force Excercise Program
P Name of Plant: Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant P Plant Operator: Nuclear Management Company P Number of Units: One Unit site P Reactor Type and Vendor: Pressurized Water Reactor-Westinghouse P Location: Carlton, Wisconsin P Power Output (electrical): 560 MWe P Source of Circulating Water: Lake Michigan
Major Plant Activities in 2002 P January 2002- Licensee determined that the Component Cooling Water (CCW) pumps are susceptible to deadheading concerns early in an accident scenario.
P May 2002- Licensee identified that one CCW heat exchanger (HX) had significant tube leakage.
- Both HX's tubes were sleaved.
- Planned replacement of both HX's during upcoming outage (April 2003).
P November 2002- Operations Training Accreditation.
- Licensee is placed on probation and undertakes efforts to upgrade operations training program.
Plant Performance Summary P KNPP operated in a safe manner overall P Fully met all cornerstone objectives P Plant performance for most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column
- One White finding in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone P Plant performance was within the Licensee Response Column during the prior three quarters
- All Green inspection findings and performance indicators
Greater than GREEN PIs and Findings (Details)
P One White finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone P Finding was associated with an auxiliary feedwater pump fire area
- Misclassified
- Did not meet requirements of 10 CFR App. R P This finding was a violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.3, for the failure to provide the auxiliary feedwater pump fire area with a fixed suppression system
Contacts for additional information for:
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant P Regional Public Affairs Officer:
< Name: Jan Strasma
< Phone: 630-829-9663 P State Liaison Officer:
< Name: Roland Lickus
< Phone: 630-829-9660 P Branch Chief:
< Name: Kenneth Riemer
< Phone: 630-829-9757 P Senior Resident Inspector:
< Name: Julio Lara
< Phone: 920-388-3156
Contacting the NRC P Report an emergency
< (301) 816-5100 (call collect)
P Report a safety concern:
< (800) 695-7403
< Allegation@nrc.gov P General information or questions
< www.nrc.gov
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