ML041050522

Meeting Summary with Entergy Operations, Inc. Re Arkansas Nuclear One End-of-Cycle Performance Assessment

ML041050522
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	04/09/2004
From:	Troy Pruett NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-D
To:	Forbes J Entergy Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 7601 1-4005 A p r i l 9, 2004 Jeffrey S. Forbes Site Vice President Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville AR. 72801-0967

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

FOR END-OF-CYCLE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Dear Mr. Forbes:

This refers to the end-of-cycle performance assessment meeting conducted at the Holiday Inn, Russellville Arkansas, on March 30, 2004. Topics discussed during the meeting included the Reactor Oversight Process and the safety performance at Arkansas Nuclear One (See ADAMS

1. ML040631065). The meeting attendance list and a copy of the slides presented during the meeting are included as Enclosures 1 and 2.

In accordance with Section 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's 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 htt~://www.nrc.uov/readina-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

project Branch D Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-313 50-368 Licenses: DPR-51 NPF-6

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. Meeting slides

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cc with enclosures:

Bernard Bevill Radiation Control Team Leader Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Mail Slot 30 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867 Colonel Wayne Ruthven Arkansas Department of Emergency Management P.O. Box 758 Conway, AR 72033 Dewey Traylor Emergency Service Coordinator Pope County No. 4 Emergency Lane Russellville, AR 72801 Charlie Smith Emergency Service Coordinator Yell County Courthouse Union Street Dardanelle, AR 72834 Fred Taylor Emergency Service Coordinator Johnson County Office of Emergency Services P.O. Box 546 Clarksville, AR 72830 Don Fairbanks Emergency Service Coordinator Logan County Office of Emergency Services Logan County Courthouse Paris, AR 72855 The Honorable Steve Pfeifer Mayor of Danville P.O. Box 69 Danville, AR 72833 The Honorable Bill Elsken Mayor of Paris P.O. Box 271 Paris, AR 72855

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The Honorable Billy Helms Mayor of Clarksville 205 Walnut Street Clarksville, AR 72830-3005 The Honorable Carolyn McGee Mayor of Dardanelle P.O. Box 360 Dardanelle, AR 72834 The Honorable Johnny Waldo Mayor of Dover P.O. Box 258 Dover, AR 72837 The Honorable Jerry Don Barrett Mayor of Atkins P.O. Box 128 Atkins, AR 72823 The Honorable Raye Turner Mayor of Russellville P.O. Box 428 Russellville, AR 72811 The Honorable Edwin Price Mayor of London P.O. Box 130 London, AR 72847 The Honorable Stewart Nelson Mayor of Morrilton City Hall P.O. Box 583 Morrilton, AR 72110 The Honorable Jimmy L. Witt Judge of Yell County Danville Courthouse P.O. Box 219 Danville, AR 72833 The Honorable Jimmy Hart Judge of Conway County 117 South Moose, Room 203 Morrilton, AR 72110

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The Honorable Mike Jacobs Judge of Johnson County P.O. Box 278 Clarksville, AR 72830 The Honorable Edgar Holt Judge of Logan County Room 22 Paris, AR 72855 The Honorable Jim Ed Gibson Judge of Pope County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801 Senior Vice President

& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Vice President Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Manager, Washington Nuclear Operations ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Mike Schoppman Framatome ANP, Inc.

Suite 705 1911 North Fort Myer Drive Rosslyn, VA 22209

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APR - 9 2054 Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSMI)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (RWD)

Branch Chief, DRP/D (JAC)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (NLS)

Staff Chief, DRPJTSS (PHH)

RlTS Coordinator (KEG)

Rebecca Tadesse, OED0 RIV Coordinator (RXT)

AN0 Site Secretary (VLH)

ADAMS: fi yes NO Initials:

pl. ~ u b l i d yAvailable Non-Publicly ~vaflable Sensitive $4, Non-Sensitive JAClark TNmuett 418 104 414 104 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

Enclosure 1 Arkansas Nuclear One End of Cycle Meeting Attendance List March 30,2004 (7:OO p.m.)

NAME Organization 1 Public Tom Kamerling River Valley Radio (KCJC) I Chris Meyer AR Dept. of Health Tim Mitchell I Entergy I

I Dewey Traylor I Pope County Emergency Management I I Jeff Clark 1 NRC Rick Deese NRC John Dixon NRC Ed Crowe NRC I Jeff Forbes I Entergy Stephenie Pyle Entergy Fred Taylor Johnson County Office of Emergency Management Cliff Eubanks Entergy David Maxwell Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Joe Kowalewski Entergy Bernie Bevill AR Dept. of Health I

Phillip Fisher Entergy

Arkansas Nuclear One Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2003 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV Russellville, AR March 30,2004

Meeting Agenda Introduction Overview of Reactor Oversight Process National Summary of Plant Performance Discussion of Plant Performance Results Licensee response and remarks NRC closing remarks NRC available to address public questions

NRC Representatives Art Howell, Director, Division Reactor Projects (8 17) 860-8248 Mark Satorius, Deputy Division Director, DRP (8 17) 860-8291 Jeffrey Clark, Branch Chief (817) 860-8166 Richard Deese, Senior Resident Inspector (479) 968-3290 Ed Crowe, Resident Inspector (479) 968-3290 John Dixon, Resident Inspector (479) 968-3290 Tom Alexion, Project Manager, NRR (301) 415-1326

Region IV Organization Dr. Bruce Mallett Regional Administrator 7

Deputy Regional Administrator 1

Art Howell Dwight Chamberlain Director Division of Reactor Projects Director Division of Reactor Safety Mark Satorius Gail Good Deputy Director \

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Jeffrey Clark Branch Chief Regional Specialists

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Arkansas Nuclear One Resident Inspectors Project Engineers Richard Deese Nancy Salgado David Dumbacher

NRC Performance Goals Maintain safety and protect the environment Enhance public confidence Improve effectiveness, efficiency, and realism of processes and decision making Reduce unnecessary regulatory burden

Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety I Cornerstones I s

Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold egulatory Response I

Examples of Baseline Inspections Equipment Alignment -92 hrslyr Triennial Fire Protection -200 hrs every 3 yrs Operator Response -125 hrslyr Emergency Preparedness -80 hrslyr Radiation Release Controls -100 hrs every 2 yrs Worker Radiation Protection - 100 hrslyr Problem Identification -200 hrs every 2 yrs and Resolution (PI&R)

PI&R Case Reviews -60 hrslyr

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green: Only Baseline Inspection White: May increase NRC oversight Yellow: Requires more NRC oversight Red: Requires more NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green: Very low safety significance White: Low to moderate safety significance Yellow: Substantial safety significance Red: High safety significance

I Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded MultipleIRep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone I

Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRCILicensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions

Focus of Today's Meeting I

A public forum for discussion of the licensee's performance NRC will address the licensee performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter Licensee may respond to the information in the letter and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve their performance

National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2003 Licensee Response Column 75 Regulatory Response Column 22 Degraded Cornerstone Column 2 MultipleIRepetitive Degraded Cornerstones 3 Unacceptable 0 Total 102"

• Davis-Besse was in IMC 0350 process

National Summary I

Performance Indicator Results (end of CY 2003)

Green 1825 White 15 Yellow 0 Red 0 Total Inspection Findings (throughout CY 2003)

Green 748 White 9 Yellow 2 Red 1

A N 0 Assessment Results (Jan 1 , -Dee 31,2003)

A N 0 remained in the Licensee Response Column There were no greater than Green findings No Performance Indicators were greater than Green

AN0 Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2003)

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The resident inspectors and visiting inspectors from other branches combined to perform 4457 hours0.0516 days <br />1.238 hours <br />0.00737 weeks <br />0.0017 months <br /> of inspection during the year 2003. This included activities involving both units. It also included the autumn Problem Identification & Resolution ( P E R ) inspection.

New resident staff assignments in 2003; Ed Crowe, John Dixon, and senior resident Rick Deese For the year the plant had only very low safety significance findings

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I A N 0 Inspection Activities I

I (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2003) 1 Major team inspections this year included the PI&R Inspection and Engineering Design Inspection Inspections included normal operation, follow up to emergent issues, and outage inspections

Annual Assessment Summary (Jan 1 - Dec 3 1,2003)

Entergy Operations, Inc. operated A N 0 Units 1 & 2 in a manner that preserved public health and safety All cornerstone safety objectives were met NRC plans baseline inspections at A N 0 for the remainder of the assessment period Scheduled for spring and summer is the Unit 2 License Renewal Inspection Unit 1 Reactor Vessel Head replacement inspection activities are expected over the next 12 months

Licensee Response and Remarks Jeffrey S. Forbes Vice President Operations Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.

Contacting the NRC Report an emergency (301) 8 16-5100 (call collect)

Report a safety concern:

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Reference Sources Reactor Oversight Process Public Electronic Reading Room Public Document Room (800) 397-4209 (Toll Free)