ML051310350

Public Meeting NRC Slides Regarding Clinton End-of-Cycle Plant Performance Assessment

ML051310350
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Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	04/21/2005
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Clinton Power Station Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2004 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III Lisle, Illinois

Agenda

! Introduction

! Review of Reactor Oversight Process

! National Summary of Plant Performance

! Discussion of Plant Performance Results

! Licensee Response and Remarks

! NRC Closing Remarks

! Break

! NRC available to address public questions

NRC Representatives

! Mark Satorius, Director, Division Reactor Projects

- (630) 829-9600

! Steve Reynolds, Deputy Division Director, DRP

- (630) 829-9601

! Kahtan Jabbour, Project Manager, NRR

- (301) 415-1496

! Billy Dickson, Senior Resident Inspector

- (217) 935-9521

! Carey Brown & Doug Tharp, Resident Inspectors

- (217) 935-9521

! Allan Barker, Senior Project Engineer (starts May 1, 2005)

- (630) 829-9500

! Mark Ring, Branch Chief

- (630) 829-9703

Region III Organization Regional Specialists Director Division of Reactor Safety Roy J. Caniano Deputy Director Cynthia D. Pederson Allan Barker Daneira Melendez-Colon Liliana Ramadan Project Engineers Billy Dickson Carey Brown Douglas E. Tharp Clinton Resident Inspectors Branch Chief Mark A. Ring Director Division of Reactor Projects Steven A. Reynolds Deputy Director Mark A. Satorius Regional Administrator Geoffrey E. Grant Deputy Regional Administrator James L. Caldwell

NRC Performance Goals

! Safety:Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment

! Security: Enhance the secure use and management of radioactive matrerials

! 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 NRCs strategic objective

Reactor Oversight Process Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas

Examples of Baseline Inspections

! Equipment Alignment

~92 hrs/yr

! Triennial Fire Protection

~200 hrs every 3 yrs

! Operator Response

~125 hrs/yr

! Emergency Preparedness

~80 hrs/yr

! Rad Release Controls

~100 hrs every 2 yrs

! Worker Radiation Protection ~100 hrs/yr

! Corrective Action Program ~200 hrs every 2 yrs

! Corrective Action Case Reviews ~60 hrs/yr

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 issue White:

Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:

Substantial safety issue Red:

High safety issue

Action Matrix Concept Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.

Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance

Purpose of Todays Meeting

! A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance

! 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 maintain or improve their performance

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

• Davis-Besse is in IMC 0350 process Total Units 102

National Summary

! Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2004)

< Green 1834

< White 6

< Yellow 0

< Red 0

! Total Inspection Findings (CY 2004)

< Green 778

< White 11

< Yellow 0

< Red 0

Clinton Assessment Results (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2004)

! Licensee Response Column of Action Matrix

! No Supplemental Inspections in 2004

! Special Inspection in July 2004 - lightning strike, scram with complications

Safety Significant Findings or PIs

! No greater than Green findings

! No greater than Green Performance Indicators

! No Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues

Clinton Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2004)

! Ninth Refueling Outage -Feb. 2004

! 17 Green findings

! Special Inspection in July 2004 - lightning strike, scram with complications

! Problem Identification & Resolution Inspection -

April 2004

Clinton Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2004)

! Multiple Balance of Plant Issues

! Early Site Permit Activities

! Doug Tharp assigned as Resident Inspector -

May 2004

! Carey Brown returns to Region - May 2005

Clinton Annual Assessment Summary January 1-December 31, 2004

! Exelon operated Clinton in a manner that preserved public health and safety

! All cornerstone objectives were met with no greater than Green findings identified

! NRC plans baseline inspections at Clinton for the remainder of the assessment period

Licensee Response and Remarks Robert S. Bement Clinton Site Vice President Exelon Generation Company

Contacting the NRC

! Report an emergency

< (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

! Report a safety concern:

< (800) 695-7403

< Allegation@nrc.gov

! General information or questions

< www.nrc.gov

< Select What We Do for Public Affairs

Reference Sources

! Reactor Oversight Process

< http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.html

! Public Electronic Reading Room

< http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

! Public Document Room

< 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free)