ML051040083

Meeting Summary for End-of-Cycle Performance Assessment for Columbia Generating Station

ML051040083
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	04/13/2004
From:	William Jones NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E
To:	Parrish J Energy Northwest
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 April 13, 2004 J. V. Parrish (Mail Drop 1023)

Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

FOR END-OF-CYCLE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION

Dear Mr. Parrish:

This refers to the Category 1 public meeting conducted at the Energy Northwest Office Complex in Richland, Washington, on April 6, 2005. The meeting attendance list and a copy of the slides presented during the meeting are enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made 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 http://www.nrc.nov/readinn-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.

Sincerely, r\\

William B. Joney Chief Project Branch E Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-397 License: NPF-21

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. Presentation

Energy Northwest cc w/enclosures:

Gary Robertson, Director Division of Radiation Protection Department of Health P.O. Box 47827 Olympia, WA 98504-7827 Claude Oliver, Chairman Board of Benton County Commissioners P.O. Box 190 Prosser, WA 99350 Frank H. Brock, Chair Board of Franklin County Commissioners 1016 North 4th Street Pasco, WA 99301 Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Regional Center Mr. John Pennington, Regional Director Region X 130 228th Street, SW Bothell, WA 98021-9796 Lynn Albin, Radiation Physicist Washington State Dept. of Health P.O. Box 47827 Olympia, WA 98504-7827 The Honorable James R. Beaver Mayor of Kennewick City Hall 210 West 6th Avenue Kennewick, WA 99336 Gary Crutchfield Pasco City Manager P.O. Box 293 Pasco, WA 99301 John C. Darrington Manager, City of Richland City Hall, 505 Swift Boulevard Richland, WA 99352

Energy Northwest Rick Dodson, Environmental Health Benton-Franklin Co. Health District 800 West Canal Drive Kennewick, WA 99336 The Honorable Michael Garrison Mayor of Pasco P.O. Box 293 Pasco, WA 99301-293 Dr. Larry Jecha Benton-Franklin Co. Health District Environmental Health 471 Williams Street Richland, WA 99352 Mike Wilson, Organizational Nuclear Waste Programs Department of Ecology P.O. Box 47600 Olympia, WA 98504 Project Manager The Honorable Jerry Peltier Mayor of West Richland City Hall 3801 West Van Giesen West Richland, WA 99352 The Honorable Rob Welch Mayor, City of Richland City Hall, 505 Swift Boulevard Richland, WA 99352 Jim Mullen, Director WA State Emergency Management Military Department Building 20 (MS TA-20)

Camp Murray, WA 98430-5122 W. Scott Oxenford (Mail Drop PE04)

Vice President, Technical Services Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968

Energy Northwest Albert E. Mouncer (Mail Drop PEOI)

Vice President, Corporate Services/

Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 General CounseVCFO Chairman Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council P.O. Box 43172 Olympia, WA 98504-31 72 Douglas W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20)

Manager, Regulatory Programs Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Gregory V. Cullen (Mail Drop PE20)

Supervisor, Licensing Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Chairman Benton County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 190 Prosser, WA 99350-01 90 Dale K. Atkinson (Mail Drop PE08)

Vice President, Nuclear Generation Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 William A. Horin, Esq.

Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Matt Steuerwalt Executive Policy Division Office of the Governor P.O. Box 431 13 Olympia, WA 98504-31 13

Energy Northwest Lynn Albin, Radiation Physicist Washington State Department of Health P.O. Box 7827 Olympia, WA 98504-7827

Energy Northwest WBJo@s 41 1%M5 Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSMI )

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (KSW)

Senior Resident inspector (ZKD)

Branch Chief, DRPlE (WBJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLNI)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

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ISP Review Completed:

ADAMS: &-Yes n NO h$als; Publicly Available ublicly Available Sensitive tive

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c Columbia Generating Station Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2004 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV Richland, WA April 6,2005 Purpose of Todays Meeting U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornmission assessment of Energy Northwests performance in the operation of Columbia Generating Station Provide a forum for questions and cornments from members of the audience 1

Agenda

Introductions

NRC Review of Reactor Oversight Process NRC Discussion of Plant Performance Resu Energy Northwest Response and Remarks Question and Answer Period NRC Closing Remarks ts NRC Representatives Tony Vegel William B. Jones Zachary Dunham Ronald Cohen Deputy Division Director, DRP Branch Chief Senior Resident Inspector Resident Inspector 2

Region IV Organization I

Resident Inspectors Zachary Dunham Ronald Cohen Dr. Bruce Mallett Regional Administrator Pat GWYM Deputy Regional Administrator Project Engineers Vincent Gaddy John Kirkland Dwight Chamberlain Director, Division of Reactor Safety Art Howell Director, Division of Reactor Projects Tony Vegel Deputy Director NRC Performance Goals Security: Ensure the secure use and management of radioactive materials Openness: Ensure openness in our regulatory process Effectiveness: Ensure that NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timely Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRC' strategic objective Safety: Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment

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Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Performance Indicator Types of Inspections Performed Baseline Inspections Follow up to Events and Conditions Supplemental Inspections 4

Examples of Baseline Inspections Equipment Alignment Triennial Fire Protection Operator Response Emergency Preparedness Rad Release Controls Worker Radiation Protection Corrective Action Program Corrective Action Case Revie 'S Performance Indicators In addition to the baseline inspections Provided on a quarterly basis by licensees in each Strategic Performance Area

. Independently verified by the NRC 5

Significance Threshold Licensee

Response

Inspection Findings Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable

Response

Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone Green:

Very low safety issue White:

Yellow:

Substantial safety issue Red:

High safety issue Low to moderate safety issue Performance Indicators Green:

Only baseline inspection White:

May increase NRC oversight Yellow:

Requires more NRC oversight Red:

Requires more NRC oversight Action Matrix Concept Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRCLicensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions

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National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2004 Licensee Response 78 Regulatory Response 21 Degraded Cornerstone 0

Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 3

Unacceptable 0

Total 102 Davis-Besse is in IMC 0350 process National Summary l Total Inspection Findings (CY 2004) b Green 778 b White 11 b Yellow 0

b Red 0

l Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2004) b Green 1834 b White 6

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b Red 0

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Columbia Generating Station Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2004)

Regional Inspection Effort Division of Reactor Projects Division of Reactor Safety 2050 hours0.0237 days <br />0.569 hours <br />0.00339 weeks <br />7.80025e-4 months <br /> 950 hours Columbia Generating Station Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2004)

Baseline Inspection Program March 2004 inspection of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation 8

Columbia Generating Station Assessment Results (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2004)

Energy Northwest operated Columbia Generating Station within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix

- All inspection findings and performance indicators were of very low safety significance (licensee response)

No Supplemental Inspections

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Cross-Cutting Areas Human Performance Problem Identification and Resolution Safety Conscious Work Environment 9

Cross-Cutting Criteria Multiple Green or Safety Significant Inspection Findings with Cross-Cutting Aspects Causal Factors have a Common Theme.

Concern with the Licensee's Scope of Effort or Progress in Addressing Cross-Cutting Performance Deficiencies Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2004)

Problem Identification and Resolution Cross-Cutting Issue Human Performance Cross-Cutting Issue 10

Substantive Problem Identitication and Resolution Cross-Cutting Issue Problem Identification and Resolution Cross-Cutting Issue Discussed in end-of-cycle letter dated March 3,2004 and midcycle letter dated August 30, 2004 Problem identification and resolution issues contributed to a number of very low safety significance findings in the mitigating systems, barrier integrity, and occupational radiation safety cornerstones Substantive Problem Identitication and Resolution Cross-Cutting Issue Problem Identification and Resolution Cross-Cutting Issue

- Common performance characteristic primarily involved a lack of rigor with regard to aggressively identifying and correcting problems with plant design information

- Fewer findings identified that appear to be direct result of improvement initiatives in this area

- No further NRC focused inspections for this substantive cross-

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Human Performance Cross-Cutting Issue Human performance substantive cross-cutting issue identified for commo~z perfemance chxacteristic of personnel performance

- Failing to follow procedure or a lack of understanding of the procedural requirements and the impact on plant operations

- Contributed to very low safety significant findings in initiating events, mitigating systems, barrier integrity, emergency preparedness and occupational radiation protection cornerstones Human Performance Cross-Cutting Issue Findings involved instances of failing to follow procedures or a lack of understanding of the procedural requirements and the impact on operations Performance issues resulted in:

- Inadequate responses to plant conditions both from operational and radiological standpoint

- Plant transients and scrams f

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Human Performance Cross-Cutting Issue NRC cmcern with licensee imprcvement efforts

- Energy Northwest has not demonstrated through the implementation of the Operations Department Performance Improvement Plan that the issues involving operator knowledge of systems and the emergency plan have been adequately addressed to insure the corrective actions are effective p u m a n Performance Cross-Cutting Issue Resolution NRC review determines that operator performance has improved and Operations Department Performance Improvement Plan has been effective

- Follow up inspection using Inspection Procedure 71 152, Identification and Resolution of Problems

- Semi-annual reviews during the next midcycle review

- Problem Identification and Resolution team inspection focus, in part, on Energy Northwests actions to address human w.,

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Columbia Generating Station Annual Assessment Summary Energy Northwest operated Columbia Generating Station in a manner that preserved public health and safety and all cornerstone objectives were met NRC assessed Columbia Generating Station within the Licensee Response Column of the Action Matrix NRC baseline inspections at Columbia Generating Station Licensee Response and Remarks J. V. Parrish Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest 14

Contacting the NRC 0 Report an emergency 0 Report a safety concern:

F (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

F (800) 695-7403 F Allegation @nrc.gov 0 General information or questions F www.nrc.gov Select What We Do for Public Affairs Reference Sources 0 Reactor Oversight Process b http://www.nrc.govNRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.html 0 Public Electronic Reading Room b http ://w w w.nrc. godreading-rm. html 0 Public Document Room b 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 15

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