ML051260104

Summary of Annual Assessment Meeting with Constellation Generation Group, Constellation Energy Slides

ML051260104
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	04/28/2005
From:	Constellation Energy Group
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Calvert Cliffs Annual Assessment Meeting April 14, 2005

Overview

• Constellation Energy

• Nuclear Security

• 2004 Performance

• 2005 Initiatives

- Human Performance

- Equipment Reliability

• Closing Remarks

Constellation Energy

• A Fortune 200 competitive energy company based in Baltimore.

- The "most admired energy company in America" in Fortune magazine's 2005 list of revered companies.

- Ranked the No. 1 utility in BusinessWeek's annual evaluation of the best performing companies.

- Baltimore Magazine selected Constellation Energy as a Best Place to Work.

• The nations leading supplier of competitive electricity to large commercial and industrial customers.

• Manage more than 28,000 megawatts of commercial and industrial customers peak load

• Evolved from the first gas utility in the United States, giving us a legacy of more than 185 years of energy expertise

• Own or co-own 107 generating units at 35 locations, totaling approximately 12,500 megawatts of generating capacity

• Net income (2003) - $277.3 million

• Revenues (2003) - $9.7 billion

• Employees - more than 9,600

• Headquartered in Baltimore, with more than two dozen corporate and regional offices throughout North America

CGG Nuclear Operations Mike Wallace President - CGG Mike Heffley Sr. VP and CNO Jim Spina George Vanderheyden Maria Korsnick VP - NMP VP - CCNPP VP - Ginna Bruce Montgomery Julie Sickle Dave Holm Manager Manager Performance Plant General Manager Engineering Services Improvement Doug Bauder Hearst Daman Mark Geckle Manager Integrated Manager Manager Operations Work Management Maintenance

Nuclear Security

• All NRC Industry Security Orders Implemented

• Constellation Energy nuclear industry leadership

- Nuclear Energy Institute's Security Working Group

- Nuclear Security Coordination Council

Unit Two White Finding

• We learned from it

- Five root cause teams ensured thorough analysis

- Several causal analysis techniques to assess equipment and human performance

- We fixed the problems

• We worked with the industry to share our learning

• Broad preventive actions

2004 Plant Performance

• Safety

- Worker safety

- Safe operation

• Reliability

- Unit Reliability

- Equipment Reliability

- Maintenance Improvements

2004 Unit One Refueling Outage Performance

• Performed safely

- Station personnel had zero (0) OSHA recordables

- Our second lowest outage dose

• Replaced main turbine low pressure rotors

- United States record for replacement

- Safe, efficient start-up

• Reliable operation throughout 2004

CCNPP - Investing in the future

$489M (2002 - 2007)

Modifications (2002 - 2004)

• New Steam Generators (U1 and U2)

• New Unit Transformers (U1 and U2)

• Condenser Re-tube on two waterboxes (U1)

• Main Generator Rewind (U1)

• Low-Pressure Turbine Monoblock Replacement (U1)

Modifications (2005 - 2007)

• Reactor Vessel Head Replacement (U1 and U2)

• Thimble Support Plate Replacement (U1 and U2)

• Enhanced Service Structure for Reactor Vessel Heads (U1 and U2)

• 500 KV Switchyard Breaker Replacements

2004 Performance Improvement

• Training

- Operations training programs renewed accreditation

- All licensed operators were re-qualified

- All initial license candidates successful

• Business Plan High Impact Teams

- High Impact Teams to improve performance

- Results in individual and leadership development

CCNPP Business Plan Vision

- We Exercise Our Core Values

- We Lead the Industry

- We Generate Safely, Efficiently, and Reliably

- We Recognize the Contribution of All Through Mutual Respect and Support Mission

- Safely produce electricity from nuclear energy at a competitive cost.

Strategic Themes

- Develop People to Support Operational Excellence and CEG Growth

- Grow and Solidify our Reputation (Industry, Environmental, and Community)

- Improve Generation Reliability

- Reduce Operating Cost Best of the Best of Our Size

Human Performance

• Human Performance in early 2004

• Formalized Human Performance Initiative

• Improvements noted by NRC / INPO in 2nd half of 2004

• Implementing similar program at other Constellation nuclear plants

Equipment Reliability

• Focus on maintenance of key components

- 128,000 component evaluations

• Alignment of roles and responsibilities

- Leadership, procedures, and training

• Excellence in performance monitoring

• Continual improvement of maintenance

• Excellence in long range planning

Conclusion

• Challenging and successful year

• Top performer in many areas

• We give back to the community

- Employees donated $235,000 to the United Way

- Employees donated an additional $22,000 to other Agencies

- Employees invested 4,300 hours0.00347 days <br />0.0833 hours <br />4.960317e-4 weeks <br />1.1415e-4 months <br /> of their time to 15 different volunteer activities. 900 of the 4300 hours0.0498 days <br />1.194 hours <br />0.00711 weeks <br />0.00164 months <br /> were invested into the SMART program benefiting local schools

- Employees sit on 16 boards for local Community Organizations