ML051100065

Summary of Meeting with Nebraska Public Power District Regarding Cooper Nuclear Station end-of-cycle

ML051100065
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	04/19/2005
From:	Hay M NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Edington R 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 April 19, 2005 Randall K. Edington, Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321

SUMMARY

OF MEETING WITH NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT REGARDING COOPER NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Edington:

This refers to the meeting conducted at the Brownville Concert Hall in Brownville, Nebraska, on April 13, 2005. The purpose of this meeting was to present the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) assessment of Cooper Nuclear Station's safety performance for the past year. The attendance list and the NRC's and Nebraska Public Power District's presentation slides are enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 http://www.nrc.aov/readina-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerelv, Michael C. Hay, Chiei 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 w/enclosures: Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Michael T. Boyce, Nuclear Asset Manager Control Section Nebraska Public Power District Kansas Department of Health 1414 15th Street and Environment Columbus, NE 68601 Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 John C. McClure, Vice President Topeka, KS 66612-1366 and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District Daniel K. McGhee P.O. Box 499 Bureau of Radiological Health Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Iowa Department of Public Health 401 SW 7th Street, Suite D P. V. Fleming, Licensing Manager Des Moines, IA 50309 Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 William J. Fehrman, President Brownville, NE 68321 and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District Michael J. Linder, Director 1414 15th Street Nebraska Department of Columbus, NE 68601 EnvironmentalQuality P.O. Box 98922 Jerry C. Roberts, Director of Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District Chairman P.O. Box 98 Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Brownville. NE 68321 Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Marlin Logan Auburn, NE 68305 Presiding Commissioner Atchison County Sue Semerena, Section Administrator P.O. Box 280 Nebraska Health and Human Services Rock Port, MO 64482 System Division of Public Health Assurance Dennis Martin, Sheriff Consumer Services Section Atchison County Sheriff's Office 301 Centennial Mall, South 511 West Clay P.O. Box 95007 Rock Port, MO 64482 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Brent Lottman, Sheriff Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director 1805 N Street for Public Policy Auburn, NE 68305 Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Randall Rohrs, Chairman Jefferson City, MO 65101 Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse Director 1824 N Street State Emergency Management Agency Auburn, NE 68305 P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-01 16

Nebraska Public Power District Dick Hainje, Regional Director FEMA Region VI1 Department of Homeland Security 2323 Grand Boulevard, Suite 900 Kansas City, MO 64108-2670 Robert Leopoid, State Liaison Officer Nebraska Health and Human Services Department of Regulation and Licensure Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68508 AI Berndt, Assistant Director Emergency Management Agency 1300 Military Road Lincoln, NE 68508 Scott Clardy, Director Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

ENCLOSURE 1 ATTENDANCE LIST

I NRC WBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE I/ LICENSEE/FACILlTY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station I DATEDIME April 13, 2005; 6:OO p.m.(CST)

/I LOCATION Brownville Concert Hall Brownville, Nebraska NAME (PLEASE PRINT) 0RGANI ZATI0N

NRC PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE LICENSEUFAClLlTY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station DAT E/TIM E April 13, 2005; 6:OO p.m.(CST)

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

ENCLOSURE 2 NRC PR NTATION SLIDES

Cooper Nuclear Station Annual I Purpose of Todays Meeting Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program CY 2004 w A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance I m NRC will address the licensee performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter Licensee will respond to the information in the letter and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV maintain or improve their performance Brownville, NE April 13,2005 I I I

Agenda I NRC Representatives Introduction Scott Schwind, Senior Resident Inspector 0 Review of Reactor Oversight Process (402) 825-3371 0 National Summary of Plant Performance w Steve Cochrum, Resident Inspector 0 Discussion of Plant Performance Results 9 (402) 825-3371 0 Licensee Response and Remarks w Mike Hay, Branch Chief 0 NRC Closing Remarks (817) 860-8144 0 NRC available to address public questions m Art Howell, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (817) 860-8248 1 I I Region IV Organization I NRC Performance Goals 0 Safety: Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment 0 Security: Ensure the secure use and management of radioactive materials Openness: Ensure openness in our regulatory process Effectiveness: Ensure that M C actions are effective, efficient,realistic, and timely Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRC strategic objective 1 I 1

Reactor Oversight Process End-of-Cycle Assessment Conclusion m NPPD operated Cooper Nuclear Station in a manner that preserved public health and safety Examples of Baseline Inspections I Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green: Only Baseline Inspection Engineering Team Inspection -500 hrs every 2 yrs White: May increase NRC oversight Corrective Action Case Reviews -60 hrdyr Yellow: Requires more NRC oversight 0 Equipment Alignment -92 hrslyr Red. Requires more NRC oversight Triennial Fire Protection -200 hrs every 3 yrs Operator Response -125 hrdv Inswction Findinp;~

Emergency Preparedness -80 hrdy Green: Very low safety significant issue Rad Release Controls -100 hrs every 2 yrs White: Low to moderate safety significant issue Worker Radiation Protection -100 WyI Yellow: Substantial safety significant issue Corrective Action Program -200 hrs every 2 yrs Red: High safety significant issue Action Matrix ConceDt National Summary of Plant performance Status at End of CY 2004 Licensee Response 78 Regulatory Response 21 Degraded Cornerstone 0 IncreasingSafety Significance MultipldRepetitive Degraded Cornerstone 3 Unacceptable 0 Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Total 102*

IncreasingNRCkicensee Management Involvement *Davis-Besse is in IMC 0350 process Increasing Regulatory Actions 2

National Summary Cooper Nuclear Station Inspection es Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2004) -

(Jan 1 Dee 31,2004) w Green 1834 m Resident Inspectors Expended Approximately 2769 w White 6 Hours Inspecting Cooper Nuclear Station in 2004

.Yellow 0 w Red 0 m Region Based InspectorsExpended Approximately 1507 Hours Inspecting Cooper Nuclear Station in 2004 Total Inspection Findings (CY 2004)

F Green 778 Reactor OversightProcess Action Matrix Deviation

.White 11 Request

• Yellow 0 Red 0 m Closure of White Emergency Preparedness Findings (Remlatorv ResDonse Column)

Cooper Nuclear Station Inspection Cooper Nuclear Station Assessment Results Activities I (Jan 1 - Dec 31,2004)

(Jan 1 -Dee31,2004) 0 Most Recent Quarter was Within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix CAL Completion Assessment by NPPD 0 One Finding of Low to Moderate Significance (White) in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone-SignificantNumber of m CAL Completion Inspection by NRC Licensed Operator Requalification Written Examination Failures B Supplemntal Inspections for White Performance -Supplemental Inspection Completed Indicator-Unplanned Scrams and White Finding for Operator Requal Exam Failure Rate 0 Green Performance Indicator Results Cooper Nuclear Station Assessment Cooper Nuclear Station Assessment Results (Contd) . Results (Contd)

CAL Areas Were Satisfactorily Addressed and the CAL Was Closed (January 2005)

During the Assessment Period There Were a Number There Were a Number of Challenges in Both Human of Findings in the Area of Problem Identificationand Performance and Problem Identification and Resolution Resolution - Substantive Crosscutting Issues Will -Identification Remain Open

-Correction of Equipment Problems m During this Assessment Period Multiple Findings Were Identified in the Area of Human Performance

-Procedural Compliance

-Programmatic and Procedural Adequacy 3

Cooper Nuclear Station Cooper Nuclear Station Annual Assessment Summary Annual Assessment Summary (contd)

Jan 1 - Dec 31,2004 -

Jan 1 Dee 31,2004 All Six CAL Areas Were Satisfactorily Addressed NRC Plans to Conduct Baseline Inspections at Cooper Nuclear Station in 2005 0 Most Recent Quarter Was Within the Re,@atory -Major Baseline Team Inspections in Engineering Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix and Problem Identification and Resolution will be Conducted in the Near-Term to Assess Ongoing Improvement Initiatives in Human Performance, 0 Substantive Crosscutting Issues Will Remain Open Material Condition and Corrective Action Program Pending Further Assessment in 2005 Implementation Contacting the NRC 0 Report an emergency e (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

Licensee Response and Remarks 0 Report a safety concern:

(800) 695-7403 c Allegation@nrc.gov Randy Edington 0 General information or questions Vice President-Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer c www.nrc.gov Nebraska Public Power District c Select What We Do for Public Affairs Reference Sources 0 Reactor Oversight Process ht~~/www.Nc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGKT/ASSESS/i 0 Public Electronic Reading Room b http#www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html 0 Public Document Room 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free)

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ENCLOSURE 3 NPPD PR NTATION SLIDES

Annual Performance Randy Edington Assessment Cooper Nuclear Station Vice President Nuclear -

April 13, 2005 Chief Nuclear Officer Agenda

+ Introduction Randy Edington Stu Minahan

+ Human Performance Stu Minahan General Manager of Plant

+ Corrective Action Operations Program Stu Minahan t Equipment Reliability Gary Kline t Closing Remarks Randy Edington Recent Activities Human Performance + Phase 3 Human Performance Training for All CNS and Supplemental Z-Employees

+ Supervisory Focus Meetings

+ Department Specific Training 1

Upcoming Activities t Industry and Fleet Solicitation . . . . .

t Focused Self-Assessment May 2-6, . .

2005 . ....... ...

t New Training Facility t Department Specific Plans t Leadership Focus Corrective Action Program t Problem Identification:

- HIT - Continuing

- 168 sile personnelobserved 90% of plant

- Focus on First Line Supervisors

• Increase focus on timely issuance of CRS

- Review of Operation Log Activities

- Improved SCWE in Problem ID area

- Largesl improvemenl

- Improved Training on Trending for CIC's

. A S 0 Techniciancertification lhis summer

. CNS Site 'Trend" day, lo focus on conlinuous imorovement t

Corrective Action Program Improve Quality and Effectiveness

- ODMl Process I t Corrective Action Program Industry Visits Benchmarking CNS CAP

- INPO (November 2004)

• Improve interim action focus . Peer meeting at H.B. Robinson

- Higher Tier Apparent Cause for Critical 1 - BRUCE (January 2005)

Components . CAP performance indicators

. Detailedanalysis template - Millstone (April 2005)

• CARB review . Backlog reduction

- Continue 100% Review of Closures by CABA Staff - BNFL (England, May 2005)

- Use of CAP to Improve Safety and Equipmenl . CAP" processes

- 7 of l o p 10 Safely ilems - Palo Verde (AprillMay 2005)

. 4 ot Top 10 Equipmenlitems . CAPorocess J

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Backlog Reduction Equipment Reliability 1600 Gary Kline General Manager, CR Enqineerinq Jan Mar May Jul Sep NOV Jan Mat I Equipment Reliability Recent Accomplishments t Feedwater Check Valve Replacement t AOV I MOV Valve Scope

+ Degraded Cable Replacement t AOG 2 Train Restoration

+ Reactor Building Ventilation Controls

+ MIC Safe Harbor Removal - Service Water t RHR SW Valve Replacements I

I Recent Accomplishments (cont.) Summary Results

+ LP Rotor Replacement + 4 Red Systems Reduced to 1

+ Rebuilt Condensate / Feedwater Heater + 4 Temp Alterations Reduced to 1 Trains + Overall System Health Improved

+ SIL 131 Implementation t 54 Days Continuous Operation

+ Additional Troubleshooting Capability - + No Unplanned Downpowers Feedwater + Chemistry Index 1.00

+ OWC Reliability 95% and Increasing 3

Current Initiatives t Reactor Vessel Level Control Closing Remarks t Feedwater Speed Control v Circulating Water intake Randy Edington t Service Water Gland Water Duplex Strainers t Drywell Fan Coil Unit Strategy t APRM Noise Filter t Complete PMO Project 4