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NMC Slides for 11/30/04 Public Meeting
ML043490060
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Site: Monticello, Palisades, Kewaunee, Point Beach, Prairie Island, Duane Arnold  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 11/30/2004
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Nuclear Management Co
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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1 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Nuclear Management Company LLC.

NRC Region III Briefing - Engineering November 2004 Nuclear Management Company LLC.

NRC Region III Briefing - Engineering November 2004

2 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Agenda

  • Introductions
  • NMC Fleet Presentation
  • Plant Presentations

- Kewaunee

- Palisades

- Point Beach

- Monticello

- Duane Arnold

- Prairie Island

3 Committed to Nuclear Excellence NMC Engineering Programs

  • NMC Engineering Programs Organization

- Fleet organizational reporting for all Engineering Program personnel

- Site implementation and ownership

- Fleet establishment of requirements and technical direction

  • Program Health process

- Fleet Standards

  • Select Fleet scope of programs
  • Develop fleet standards
  • Gap analysis
  • Improvement plan for correcting gaps
  • One of the inputs to Program Health

4 Committed to Nuclear Excellence NMC Engineering Programs

  • Program Health process

- Program Health

  • Systematic/objective approach
  • Thorough/diverse set of inputs
  • Used as input to review meetings, performance appraisal, etc.
  • Each sites performance is rolled into a single grade point average
  • Engineering Program improvement

- Staffing

- Program Health GPA has increased

- Compliance with standards

  • Reduction of red/yellow programs

5 Committed to Nuclear Excellence NMC Engineering Programs

  • Engineering Program Improvements

- Engineering Program Successes

  • Fleet Welding
  • AOV Program development

- Engineering Program Focus Areas

  • Appendix R and Fire Protection
  • EQ Enhancement project

6 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Kewaunee

  • Main Focus Areas

- Long Standing Issues Resolution

- System Engineering Update

- Linked Design Basis Data

- Human Performance Initiatives

7 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Kewaunee

  • Long Standing Issues Resolution

- Material Improvements

  • New Reactor Head Installed
  • Split Pin Replacement Completed
  • New Analog Rod Position Indication (NARPI) Installed
  • Control Room Damper Replacements

8 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Kewaunee

  • System Engineering Status

- System Engineering Outage Involvement

  • Diesel Generators
  • Circulating Water Intake Cleaning
  • Radiation Monitoring Troubleshooting
  • NARPI Replacements
  • Fleet Support for Department Startup

9 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Kewaunee

  • Linked Design Basis Data

- System Functional Matrices (SFM) Status

  • External review completed
  • Future Plans

- Electronic Data Status

10 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Kewaunee

  • Human Performance Status

- Product Specific Coaching Cards

  • Training planned for 1st Quarter

- Quality Review Team Results

  • Errors analysis

11 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades

  • Main Focus Area

- Palisades 2004 Reactor Head Inspection &

Repair Activities

  • Palisades Unique Features
  • Major Activities
  • Decision Making
  • Teamwork
  • Results

12 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades Unique Features Nozzle Extensions Nozzle Support Grid

  • Reactor Head Lift Rig Thermal Sleeves

13 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades Major Activities Volumetric Inspection (Ultrasonic Testing with UT Leak Path)

Nozzle Inside Diameter Scoring Bare Metal Visual Inspection J-Groove Weld Surface Inspection (Dye Penetrant Testing)

Nozzle Repairs

14 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades Decision Making Logic Charts Developed Pre-Outage

  • UT with Leak path
  • Visual Inspection Supplemented Based on Initial Findings
  • Scoring of Nozzle Inside Diameter

15 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades Teamwork Fleet Participation

  • Materials
  • Challenging of Actions and Conclusions

16 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades Teamwork Industry Participation

  • Industry Peers
  • Industry Working Group Members
  • Vendors

17 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Palisades Results Successful

  • Characterization and Evaluation of Nozzle Inside Diameter Scoring
  • Detection and Verification of Linear Penetration Test Indications in 2 J-Groove Welds
  • Nozzle Repairs

18 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Point Beach Main Focus Area

- Confirmatory Action Letter Focus Areas

  • Engineering Organizational Effectiveness
  • Quality Engineering Products
  • Operations/Engineering Interface
  • Human Performance
  • Equipment Issues/Backlogs

19 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Point Beach

  • Engineering Organizational Effectiveness

- Quality Engineering Products

  • Quality Review Team
  • Engineering Safety and Design Review Group
  • Effectiveness Review Results

- Operations/Engineering Interface

  • Operational Decision Making Model

- Ensures continued safe operation

- Roles and Responsibilities

- Potential Consequences

- Short and Long-term Risk

- Implementation Plans

  • Examples

20 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Point Beach

  • Engineering Organizational Effectiveness

- Operations/Engineering Interface (contd)

  • Increased Engineering Support

- System/Plant Engineering

- Reactor Engineering

- Troubleshooting

  • Operator Burden
  • Plant Health Committee

21 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Point Beach

  • Engineering Organizational Effectiveness

- Engineering Human Performance

  • Training
  • Focus on pre-job briefs
  • Human Performance investigations
  • Trend

22 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Point Beach

  • Engineering Organizational Effectiveness

- Equipment Issues/Backlogs

  • Resolution of Station issues
  • Fire Protection
  • Maintenance Rule
  • Functional Failures
  • In-Service Testing program equipment
  • Work Order backlog

23 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Point Beach

  • Engineering Organizational Effectiveness

- Challenges

  • Continued focus on Human Performance
  • Expanding use of Operational Decision Making model
  • Continued Work Order backlog reduction
  • Continued operation procedure backlog reduction

24 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Monticello Main Focus Areas

- Program Engineering

  • Examples

- Configuration Management Initiatives

25 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Monticello NMC Engineering Programs organization Established and staffed Engineering Programs Department at Monticello.

Initial analysis complete with recovery plans.

More intrusive look into programs now underway.

Examples:

PRA Appendix R

26 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Monticello

  • Enhanced Fleet Support

- Critical Review During Reconstitution

  • Cable separation
  • RHRSW cable Modification in Intake Structure
  • MOV Modification

- Ventilation issues (Control Room Ventilation and Non-Safety Related Ventilation)

- Other Modifications

- Reconstitution of Safe Shutdown Analysis

27 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Monticello

  • Internal flooding is significant contributor
  • Reduce risk:

-Implementation of Modifications

-Procedure changes

  • 2005 RFO Impact

28 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Monticello Configuration Management Initiatives Design Basis Documents Update Status Timeline Calculation database One database with relational links Inputting Purpose paragraph of older calculations Configuration Management Fleet Support Peer group established

29 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Duane Arnold Main Focus Area

- Equipment Reliability

  • Standardized Equipment Reliability Plan
  • Equipment Reliability Coordinators
  • Top 10 equipment issues list
  • Plant Health Committee (PHC)
  • Common performance indicators
  • AP-913 monitoring by PHC
  • Operator Burden reduction

30 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Duane Arnold

- Equipment Reliability plan implementation

  • Preventive Maintenance Optimization
  • Condenser Reliability Plan
  • Diesel Generator Plan
  • Dry Well Cooler Plan

31 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Duane Arnold Equipment Reliability Results

- Focus on equipment

- Prioritization

- Management Sponsorship

- Equipment performance

- Opportunities

32 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Prairie Island Main Focus Area

- Equipment Reliability

  • Accomplishments
  • Areas of Focus

33 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Prairie Island

  • Accomplishments

- 4 Large projects

  • Security
  • Reactor Head replacement
  • Dry Cask Storage

34 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Prairie Island

  • Accomplishments

- Outage

  • Reduction of Operator Burden
  • 20 targeted issues

- Enhanced reliability and performance

  • Focused improvements based on:
  • Engineering programs
  • System Health

35 Committed to Nuclear Excellence Prairie Island

  • Focus Areas

- Equipment Reliability

  • Burning Platform
  • Site awareness

- Excellence Plan

- Equipment clock reset program

  • Focus the site
  • Limited number of projects
  • Team approach
  • Individual performance
  • Match people and job
  • Challenge boards
  • Accountability
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