ML030930073

Public Meeting, Point Beach Re EOC, Slides

ML030930073
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	04/25/2003
From:	NRC/RGN-III
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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 Point Beach Resident Inspector Office Paul Krohn, Senior Resident Inspector Mike Morris, Resident Inspector (eff. 5/19/02)

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 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: Point Beach Power Plant P Plant Operator: Nuclear Management Company P Number of Units: 2 units P Reactor Type and Vendor: Pressurized Water Reactor-Westinghouse P Location: Two Creeks, Wisconsin P Power Output (electrical): 545 MWe P Source of Circulating Water: Lake Michigan

Major Plant Activities in 2002 P February 2002- Unit 2. Safety Injection Pump failure due to gas binding

- Resulted in forced shutdown

- White finding issued P February 2002- Unit 1 and Unit 2. Emergency Preparedness Drill Self-Critique

- Deficiencies result in a White finding.

P April 2002- Unit 2 refueling shutdown.

- Visual inspections of the Unit 2 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head reveals no signs of degradation

Major Plant Activities in 2002 (contd)

P August 2002- Units 1 and 2. Emergency Preparedness Drill deficiency noted by Residents concerning timeliness of Alert declaration

- Regulatory review ongoing P September 2002- Unit 1 refueling shutdown.

Inspections of the Unit 1 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head revealed no signs of degradation P October 2002- Units 1 and 2. Potential Common Mode Failure of AFW pumps due to orifice plugging identified by licensee

- Regulatory review ongoing

Plant Performance Summary P PBNP operated in a safe manner overall P Fully met all cornerstone objectives P Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column

- One White finding in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone (unit 2)

- One White finding in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone (both units)

Plant Performance Summary (contd)

P Determination has been made: the Red finding associated with the common mode failure of the Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) System due to loss of instrument air will not be treated as an Old Design Issue P Final determination will be made on the risk evaluation for the current AFW orifice issue

Greater than GREEN PIs and Findings (Details)

P Performance indicator for Scrams With Loss of Normal Heat Removal was White during the 1st quarter of assessment period P One White finding in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone

- associated with failure of a safety injection pump due to gas binding P One White finding in the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone

- associated with a February 2002 biennial EP exercise

- licensee failed to adequately critique and identify two exercise performance issues

Contacts for additional information for:

(Enter plant name here)

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: 630-829-9606 P Senior Resident Inspector:

< Name: Paul Krohn

< Phone: 920-755-2309

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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