ML031910113

Summary of Confirmatory Action Letter Quarterly Inspection Exit Meeting with Nebraska Public Power District Regarding Cooper Nuclear Station

ML031910113
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	07/09/2003
From:	Kennedy K NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Warren C Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C O M M I S S I O N REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 J u l y 9, 2003 Clay C. Warren, Vice President of Nuclear Energy Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321

SUMMARY

OF CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER QUARTERLY INSPECTION EXIT MEETING WITH NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT REGARDING COOPER NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Warren:

This refers to the meeting conducted at the Brownville Concert Hall, Brownville, Nebraska, on July 1, 2003. The purpose of this meeting was to present the results of the NRC's Confirmatory Action Letter quarterly inspection conducted at the Cooper Nuclear Station of the Nebraska Public Power District. The attendance list and the NRC's and Nebraska Public Power District's presentation slides are enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at httD://www.nrc.uov/readinu-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

SincereIy ,

Kriss M. Kennedy, Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. NRC Presentation Slides

3. NPPD Presentation Slides

Nebraska Public Power District cc:

Thomas J. Palmisano Site Vice President Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321 John R. McPhail, General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box499 Columbus, Nebraska 68602-0499 P. V. Fleming, Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, Nebraska 68321 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, Nebraska 68305 Sue Semerena, Section Administrator Nebraska Health and Human Services System Division of Public Health Assurance Consumer Services Section 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007 Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director for Public Policy Department of Natural Resources 205 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Jerry Uhlmann, Director State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-01 16

Nebraska Public Power District Vick L. Cooper, Chief Radiation Control Program, RCP Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366 Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health 401 SW 7th Street, Suite D Des Moines, Iowa 50309 William J. Fehrman, President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, Nebraska 68601

Nebraska Public Power District Electronic distribution by RIV:

Acting Regional Administrator (TPG)

DRP Director (ATH)

Acting DRS Director (ATG)

Senior Resident Inspector (SCS)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (KMK)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RlTS Coordinator (NBH)

Jim Isom, Pilot Plant Program (JAI)

RidsNrrDipmLipb ADAMS: .I$ Yes 0 No Initials:

6 Publicly Available 0 Non-Publicly Sensitive '$, Non-Sensitive

..I ENCLOSURE I 1-ATTENDANCE LIST

NRC PUBLIC MEETING AlTENDANCE LICENSEUFAClLlTY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station DATE/TlME July 1, 2003; 7:OO p.m.

LOCATION Brownville Concert Hall, Brownville, Nebraska NAME (PLEASE PRlNTl ORGANlZATl0N ti5 N u - - p / d Page 2 of

NRC PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE l LICENSEUFACILITY Nebraska Public Power District CooDer Nuclear Station l DATE/TIME July 1, 2003; 7:OO p.m.

1I LOCATION Brownville Concert Hall, Brownville, Nebraska NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION 1

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NRC PUBLIC MEETING AlTENDANCE LICENSEUFACILlTY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station DATE/TlME July 1, 2003; 7:OO p.m.

LOCATION Brownville Concert Hall, Brownville, Nebraska NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION

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ENCLOSURE 2 NRC PRESENTATION SLIDES

I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV Art Howell Director Division of Reactor Projects Kriss Kennedy Chief, Branch C 1

Cooper Nuclear Station Division of Reactor Projects Inspection Exit Meeting Wayne Walker Senior Project Engineer, Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Nebraska Public Power District Meeting Guidelines

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Cooper Nuclear Station -

Purpose of Meeting Inform Public of Inspection Findings Introduction Meeting with Licensee Answer questions from audience 3 4 Meeting Guidelines Meeting Agenda

".,-- -. I Registration Table Provisions of Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) and The Strategic Improvement Pian (TIP)

Questions and Answers Inspection Scope Handouts Inspection Findings Feedback Forms Nebraska Public Power District Response Questions and Answers 5 6

1 Inspection Team Confirmatory Action Letter f

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= Emergency Preparedness a Wayne Walker-Team Leader Human Performance Jeff Cruz-Resident Inspector = Material Condition and Equipment Reliability

= Plant Modifications and ConfigurationControl rn Paul Elkmann-EP Specialist

= Corrective Action Program, Utilization of Industry Operating Experience, and Self-Assessments Leonard Willoughby-Resident Inspector Implementation of Engineering Programs 7 8

-J I CAL Assessment Process Inspection Scope

--. ..--*- --e. .%x*mh NRC Baseline inspections Five of Six CAL Focus Areas NRC performance indicators Completed Revision 2 actions CAL quarterly inspections Performance Indicators Licensee performance indicators and performance measures = Issues Identified in First Quarterly CAL Inspection, February 2003 9 10 Inspection Resu1ts , Quality of Improvement Plan Closure Packages

- ^^^ w- . xx- ---. I Team reviewed 54 of 263 Revision2 improvement plan actions 103 Strategic Improvement Plan actions Closure packages were considered complete completed as scheduled and reviewed w 54 actions reviewedwere completed as

- some minor discrepancies noted described in the Strategic Improvement Plan a A number of the important actions in the Action Plans covered by the CAL remain to be completed

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Effectivenessof Corrective Evaluation of Human Performance

..I Actions for Emergency reparedness Performance Areas

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t' CAL item to conduct a self assessmentwas completed I

= Issues identifiedduring April 2002 10 CAL related improvement plan actions I supplemental inspection were adequatety reviewed and completed addressed I

= Team noted little improvement in human

= Corrective actions for peiformance performance

- deficiencies were effective based on

- Baseline inspection

- Quarterly CAL inspection

- Performance indicatorsassociatedwith emergency preparedness 1 I 13 14 Material Condition and Equipment I - ,Evaluation of Human Performance Reliability UI

= 3 of 4 performance indicatorsdemonstrating . . _ _ .._

. I unsatisfactoryperformanceas defined by NPPD 25 CAL related improvement plan actions ,

completed as scheduled

-- Qualification matrix adherence Human performance event free days Actions implementedhave not resulted in.

- Overtime (%hours) year to date satisfactory performance indicator results in most areas Baseline inspection findings

- Unplannedentry into limiting conditions of

= Additional actions needed to address lack of -

operation Overdue preventivemaintenance improvement in human performance 15 16 Material Condition and Equipment aterial Condition and Equipment Reliability (continued)

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Potential violation in area of preventive 48 completed actions constitute initial maintenanceand corrective action foundation for improvement

-most of the actions completed delivered

- failure to complete preventivemaintenance feedback evaluations development of a plan or procurement funding toward equipment improvements - failure to enter all examples into corrective action program I

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Plant Modifications and Configuration Corrective Action Program, Utilization '

Control Industry Operating Experience and I

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x I B . 2 25 CAL improvement plan actions completed as scheduled 15 CAL improvement plan actions completed as scheduled

= 3 of 5 performanceindicatorswere 2 of 5 performance indicators demonstrated unsatisfactory (however 2 had improving unsatisfactory performance trends)

- - Timeliness of response to industry issues Reactor oversight program index Long term caution orders - Timeliness of corrective actions

- Modificationcloseout backlog = Comprehensive correctiveaction program

= Engineeringinspection May 2003 did not inspectionscheduled for September 2003 identify any significant issues in this area 19 20 Engineering Programs Conclusions

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= CAL actions completed on schedule No new CAL actions completed since last inspection = In area of emergency prepardness corrective actions for performance deficiencieswere 1 performance indicator unsatisfactory- effective overdue preventive maintenance

= Assessment to date indicates a lack of significant progress in improving human

= 1 performance indicator not meeting goal- performance engineering program health

= loo early in implementation process to assess overall effectivenessof the remaining areas 21 22

. Nebraska Public Power District U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Response Cooper Nuclear Station Inspection Exit Meeting 23 24

..I ENCLOSURE 3 1-NPPD PRESENTATION SLIDES

..I 1-Agenda 2ndQuarter TIP Inspection NRC Public Meeting t Opening Remarks Tom Palmisano t Inspection Results & Tom Palmisano Cooper Nuclear Station Overall Performance July 1 , 2003 t Human Performance John Christensen t Equipment Reliability Gary Kline I , t Program Improvements Gary Kline t Closing Remarks Tom Palmisano Inspection Results Inspection Results &

Overall Performance + Agree with the results

+ Addressing the potential NCV Tom Palmisano

+ CNS recognizes importance of cross Site Vice President cutting Focus Areas

+ Improved Emergency Preparedness Program

+ Improved Closure Packages Overall Performance Pillar PI Trend

+ Not satisfied with progress

+ Overall CAP performance adequate

-Some areas improving

- Others need further improvement 3 Assessments completed by August

-Anticipate progress in several areas

-Assessment data expected to lead Pis 1

ERO Performance ERO Staff Augmentation Time Condition Report Generation CAP Open Items Rate CAP Backlog CAP Performance Index 2

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..I 1-Engineering Backlog USA Safety Culture Assessment 4 Team concluded Cooper safety culture Human Performance is healthy (four strengths)

John Christensen

+ Many of the weaknesses center around Equipment Reliability & Work Plant Manager Management

+ Cooper findings not a significant outlier

+ Team confirmed TIP Plan addresses majority of the weaknesses I t Recent CNS Performance Human Performance Issues Recent CNS Performance Issues 4 Several Performance Issues During RE-t CNS Current Performance 21 4 Current Actions Related to Peer and Self-checking

- Site Stand Downs Conclusion

- Focused training on standards

- increased management focus

- Peer checker population reduced 3

CNS Current Performance Station Human Performance Event Free Clock Current Actions I - Increased focus on Organization, Conditions, and Leadership

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+ Recent and In-process Changes:

- Work Management Improvements

- Pre-job. Post-job Briefs

- Procedure Use and Adherence

- Coaching

+ Precursor Performance Indicators

- OSHA Recordable Injury Rate

- Operator Distractions (previously Operator Challenges)

- Control Room Deficiencies OSHA Recordable Injury Rate Operator Distractions I

Control Room Deficiencies Conclusion

+ Additional improvements will be seen with continued focus.

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Equipment Reliability I

Equipment Reliability t Multifaceted approach

-Known equipment issues in TIP Gary Kline - Emergent and other known equipment General Manager, issues

-Accelerated schedules where feasible

- Fundamentals and infrastructure

- Programs t Known issues prioritized and scheduled 1

1 TIP Equipment Improvements I Additional Progress on Other Equipment t Service Water t Circulating Water System Valves t Feedwater t Intermediate Range Monitors

-Digital Speed Control t 250V Battery Cell Replacement

- Reactor Feed Startup Valves t Condensate Demineralizers t Switchyard t 2200 Valves in Refueling Outage 21 t Service Water Radiation Monitors t DEH Power Supply t Feedwater Check Valves t Feedwater Heater Instrumentation t Feedwater Temperature Operating t ToruslDrywell Vacuum Breakers Band I 27 21 Accelerating Schedules Fundamentals and Where Feasible I nfrastructure t Reactor Vessel Level Setpoint t Equipment Reliability Organization - Complete t lsophase Bus Duct t Plant Health Committee - Complete t System Health Report Process -Complete t Governor Valve Springs t AP913 Processes Established -1 2/31/03

+ Diesel Fuel Oil Storage Tank - PM Optimization

- Predictive Maintenance

+ Reactor Water Cleanup System - Identification of Critical Components

- Valves and demineralizer

- Long-range System Plans

- Demineralizer flow controller t Equipment Strategic Planning Process - In Progress t Main Condenser Hotwells t Root Cause Effectiveness - In Progress t Roles and Responsibilities - In Progress t Steam Condensing Modification 5

Program Improvements t Defined key programs Closing Remarks

+ Set standards for programs

- Monitoring Tom Palmisano

- Maintaining Site Vice President

+ Improved use of Performance Indicators .

Strengthening staff skills and depth 3

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