ML031390621

Summary of Meeting for Arkansas Nuclear One End-of-Cycle Performance Assessment

ML031390621
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/17/2003
From:	Laura Smith NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-D
To:	Anderson C Entergy Operations
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ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ANNUAL ASSESSMENT MEETING MEETING Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV Region IV

Annual Licensee Assessment Meeting Annual Licensee Assessment Meeting

• Public forum to discuss licensee performance

• Licensee performance documented in Annual Assessment Letter

• Licensee responds to letter providing information related to improving their performance 2

NRC Meeting Guidelines NRC Meeting Guidelines

• Registration Table Registration Table

• • Questions and Answers Questions and Answers

• • Feedback Forms Feedback Forms

• • Handouts Handouts 3

NRC PERFORMANCE GOALS NRC PERFORMANCE GOALS

• Maintain public safety and Maintain public safety and protect the environment protect the environment

• • Enhance public confidence Enhance public confidence

• • Improve:

Improve:

Effectiveness Effectiveness Efficiency Efficiency Realism of processes and decision making Realism of processes and decision making

• • Reduce unnecessary regulatory Reduce unnecessary regulatory burden burden 4

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV Region IV 5

Arkansas Nuclear One Arkansas Nuclear One 6

Meeting Agenda Meeting Agenda

• • Regulatory Oversight Regulatory Oversight

• • Findings and Assessments Findings and Assessments

• • Additional Focus Areas Additional Focus Areas

• • Questions and Answers Questions and Answers 7

5412 2348 2390 Headquarters - 5412 Regional - 2390 Resident - 2348 Overall NRC Effort Overall NRC Effort Total hours Total hours -- 10,150 10,150 8

Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Reactor Regulation Reviewed and approved Unit 1 Technical Reviewed and approved Unit 1 Technical Specifications change to Improved Standard Specifications change to Improved Standard Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Reviewed and approved Reviewed and approved 7.5% power uprate implemented on Unit 2 5412 hours0.0626 days <br />1.503 hours <br />0.00895 weeks <br />0.00206 months <br /> expended in the above effort 5412 hours0.0626 days <br />1.503 hours <br />0.00895 weeks <br />0.00206 months <br /> expended in the above effort 9

Resident Inspectors Resident Inspectors Stationed at the plant Stationed at the plant Prompt response capability Prompt response capability 2348 hours0.0272 days <br />0.652 hours <br />0.00388 weeks <br />8.93414e-4 months <br /> of oversight 2348 hours0.0272 days <br />0.652 hours <br />0.00388 weeks <br />8.93414e-4 months <br /> of oversight 10

Regional Inspectors Regional Inspectors Specialized Specialized Inspection teams Inspection teams 2390 hours0.0277 days <br />0.664 hours <br />0.00395 weeks <br />9.09395e-4 months <br /> of oversight 2390 hours0.0277 days <br />0.664 hours <br />0.00395 weeks <br />9.09395e-4 months <br /> of oversight 11

Comprehensive Oversight Comprehensive Oversight Program Program NRCS NRCS Overall Overall Safety Safety Mission Mission PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AS A RESULT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATION Strategic Performance Strategic Performance Areas Areas REACTOR SAFETY RADIATION SAFETY PLANT SECURITY 12

Reactor Oversight Process Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance areas Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Significance Threshold Safety Cornerstones Performance Indicator Results Action Matrix Regulatory Response 13

Key Aspects of the Assessment Key Aspects of the Assessment Program Program

• • Objective review of licensee performance Objective review of licensee performance

• • Action Matrix identifies agency Action Matrix identifies agency response commensurate with safety response commensurate with safety significance significance

• • Increasing safety significance results in:

Increasing safety significance results in:

-- Increased levels of inspection Increased levels of inspection

-- Involvement of higher levels of NRC and Involvement of higher levels of NRC and Licensee Management Licensee Management

-- Increased regulatory action Increased regulatory action 14

Reactor Oversight Process Reactor Oversight Process SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE YELLOW YELLOW

-- very low very low GREEN GREEN

-- low to moderate low to moderate WHITE WHITE

-- substantial substantial

-- high high RED RED 15

Baseline Inspection Program Baseline Inspection Program

• • Inspection reports describe significant Inspection reports describe significant findings and non findings and non--compliance compliance

• • Inspection reports are publicly accessible Inspection reports are publicly accessible www.NRC.

www.NRC.gov gov/reading

/reading--rm rm//adams adams.html

.html 16

Performance Indicator Performance Indicator Program Program

• • Licensee monitors key safety parameters Licensee monitors key safety parameters

• • Data supplied to NRC quarterly Data supplied to NRC quarterly 17

Performance Indicators Performance Indicators Unplanned Scrams per 7000 critical hours Unplanned Scrams per 7000 critical hours 10 10 15 15 20 20 25 25 3Q/01 3Q/01 Thresholds:

Thresholds:

White White >3.0,

>3.0, Yellow >6.0, Yellow >6.0, Red Red >25.0

>25.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 Indicator value Indicator value 1289.2 1289.2 2208.0 2208.0 2183.0 2183.0 Critical hours Critical hours 11 00 00 Actual scrams Actual scrams 4Q/02 4Q/02 3Q/02 3Q/02 2Q/02 2Q/02 Unplanned scrams per 7000 critical hours Unplanned scrams per 7000 critical hours 00 55 2Q/01 2Q/01 4Q/01 4Q/01

Assessment Results and Performance Assessment Results and Performance Indicators Indicators

• • Performance indicator results and other Performance indicator results and other assessment information available on the assessment information available on the NRCs NRCs public web site:

public web site:

www.NRC.

www.NRC.gov gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/

/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/

ANO1/ano1_chart.html ANO1/ano1_chart.html www.NRC.

www.NRC.gov gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/

/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/

ANO2/ano2_chart.html ANO2/ano2_chart.html 19

Event Follow Event Follow--up and up and Supplemental Inspections Supplemental Inspections

• • Review events for significance Review events for significance

• • Follow Follow--up significant inspection findings up significant inspection findings

• • Determine causes of performance declines Determine causes of performance declines

• • Provide for graduated response Provide for graduated response 20

Reactor Oversight Process Reactor Oversight Process Licensee safety performance is monitored by:

Licensee safety performance is monitored by:

• • performance indicators performance indicators

• • evaluating inspection findings evaluating inspection findings Safety performance letter written every six Safety performance letter written every six months months Public meetings on annual basis Public meetings on annual basis www.NRC.

www.NRC.gov gov/reading

/reading--rm rm//adams adams.html

.html 21

Plant Safety Plant Safety Performance Summary Performance Summary 22

Inspection Results Inspection Results

• • NRC and Licensee identified inspection NRC and Licensee identified inspection findings were of very low safety findings were of very low safety significance significance

• • Inspection results within the Licensee Inspection results within the Licensee Response Band Response Band

• • No special or supplemental inspections No special or supplemental inspections necessary necessary 23

Performance Indicator Performance Indicator Results Results All performance indicators within the All performance indicators within the Licensee Response Band Licensee Response Band 24

Assessment Conclusion Assessment Conclusion Licensee effectively managed:

Licensee effectively managed:

-- Reactor safety Reactor safety

-- Radiation safety Radiation safety

-- Plant security Plant security Arkansas Nuclear One operated in a Arkansas Nuclear One operated in a manner that protected the health and manner that protected the health and safety of the public safety of the public 25

ROP Action Matrix Summary for 2002 ROP Action Matrix Summary for 2002 0

1 0

5 15 Region IV 0

1 2

24 75 Nationwide Unacceptable Performance Multiple/

Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Degraded Cornerstone Regulatory Licensee

Response

26

Arkansas Nuclear One Arkansas Nuclear One 27

Additional Focus Areas Additional Focus Areas

• • NRC Responds As NRC Responds As--Needed Needed

• • Mandate Licensee Actions Mandate Licensee Actions

• • Implement Emergency Response Implement Emergency Response 28

Nuclear Industry Issues Nuclear Industry Issues

• • Potential Reactor Vessel Head Degradation Potential Reactor Vessel Head Degradation

• • Security at Nuclear Power Plants Security at Nuclear Power Plants 29

Reactor Vessel Head Degradation Reactor Vessel Head Degradation

• • Wastage found on Davis Wastage found on Davis--Besse Besse reactor reactor vessel head vessel head

• • Inspections required by Bulletins Inspections required by Bulletins

• • Lessons Learned Lessons Learned

• • Order Issued Order Issued 30

Reactor Vessel Head Degradation Reactor Vessel Head Degradation

• • NRC specialists monitored ANO reactor NRC specialists monitored ANO reactor vessel head inspection during Unit 1 and vessel head inspection during Unit 1 and Unit 2 Outages Unit 2 Outages

• • Reactor vessel heads did not have Reactor vessel heads did not have wastage wastage 31

Security at Nuclear Power Plants Security at Nuclear Power Plants

• • NRC created Office of Nuclear Security NRC created Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response and Incident Response

-- Provides more efficient counterpart to Provides more efficient counterpart to Office of Homeland Security Office of Homeland Security

• • Top Top--to to--bottom review of Security bottom review of Security Program Initiated Program Initiated 32

Security at Nuclear Power Plants Security at Nuclear Power Plants

• Issuance of Orders/Interim Compensatory Measures (ICM)

• • Verification of licensee actions regarding Verification of licensee actions regarding ICMs ICMs 33

Security at Nuclear Power Plants Security at Nuclear Power Plants

• Pending Orders on fatigue/guard training

• Initiation of pilot Force-on-Force Exercise

• NRC working with FAA has prohibited planes from circling or loitering above nuclear power plants

• • Has expanded involvement with other federal Has expanded involvement with other federal agencies agencies 34

Threat Advisory and Protective Threat Advisory and Protective Measures System Measures System

• • communicates threats affecting NRC licensees communicates threats affecting NRC licensees

• • corresponds to color corresponds to color--coded Homeland Security coded Homeland Security Presidential Directive Presidential Directive

• • Identifies specific actions to be taken by NRC Identifies specific actions to be taken by NRC licensees for each threat level licensees for each threat level 35

Contacting the NRC Contacting the NRC

• • Report an Report an Emergency Emergency: :

(301) 816 (301) 816--5100 (collect) 5100 (collect)

• • Report a Report a Safety Concern Safety Concern::

(800) 695 (800) 695--7403 or Allegation@

7403 or Allegation@nrc nrc..gov gov

• • General Information or questions:

General Information or questions:

www.

www.nrc nrc..gov gov Select What we do for Public Affairs Select What we do for Public Affairs