ML051460466
| ML051460466 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/2005 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML051460466 (13) | |
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Public Meeting Between USNRC and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company May 24, 2005
2 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov PURPOSES OF THIS MEETING
- Inform the Public of the Transition of Davis-Besse Oversight to the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)
- Discuss NRC Oversight
- Provide the Public with an Overview of the ROP
- Discuss the NRCs Assessment of Plant Performance
- Discuss the Licensees Assessment of Plant Performance
- Receive Comments and Answer Questions From the Public
3 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov AGENDA
- Introduction and Opening Remarks
- Review of NRC 0350 Panel Oversight
- Overview of the Reactor Oversight Process
- Upcoming Activities at Davis-Besse
- Licensee Discussion of Plant Performance and Activities
- Adjourn NRC meeting with FENOC
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- Public Comments and Questions of NRC
- Adjourn Meeting
4 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov DAVIS-BESSE 0350 PANEL TIMELINE March 6, 2002 - Discovery of Reactor Head Degradation at Davis-Besse March 13, 2002 - NRC Issues a Confirmatory Action Letter April 29, 2002 - NRC Places Davis-Besse into IMC0350 Oversight March 8, 2004 -NRC Approval to Restart and Confirmatory Order is Issued February 3, 2005 - Davis-Besse Reported to the NRC that there was no Evidence of Leakage from their Vessel Upper and Bottom Heads based Mid-Cycle Outage Inspections May 19, 2005 - NRC Issued a letter to the Licensee Transitioning Davis-Besse from IMC0350 back into the Reactor Oversight Process
5 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov Assessment for Returning to the Reactor Oversight Process
- Performance Indicators are Meaningful
- The Licensee has Established an Effective Long-Range Improvement Plan
- The Licensee Sufficiently Implemented their Corrective Action Program
- The Licensee has Demonstrated Safe Plant Operation and Overall Improving Performance
- The Licensee has Adequate Controls in Place to Address the Plant-Specific Issues that Caused IMC 0350 to be Implemented
6 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov NRC OVERSIGHT
- The NRC will conduct inspections beyond what the ROP typically requires
- Inspection of Independent Assessments required by the Confirmatory Order
- Corrective Actions, Safety Culture / SCWE, Engineering, Operations
- Additional Problem Identification & Resolution Inspection
- 95001 Inspection of the White Finding in Emergency Preparedness
7 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas
8 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov Cornerstones REACTOR SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AS A RESULT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATION INITIATING EVENTS MITIGATING SYSTEMS BARRIER INTEGRITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC RADIATION SAFETY OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY PHYSICAL PROTECTION RADIATION SAFETY SAFEGUARDS NRCs Overall Safety Mission HUMAN PERFORMANCE SAFETY CONSCIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Cross-Cutting Areas Strategic Performance Areas REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
9 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov ACTION MATRIX CONCEPT Licensee
Response
Regulatory
Response
Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.
Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Effort Increasing NRC Management Involvement Davis-Besse in Regulatory Response Column due to a White Finding in the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone
10 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
- August 2005: Additional Problem Identification and Resolution Team Inspection
- Confirmatory Order Required Independent Assessments and NRC Inspections
- Continued Resident Inspector Baseline Inspections
- 95001 Inspection on White Emergency Preparedness Finding
- Quarterly Assessment of Plant Performance per IMC0305
- End of Cycle Public Meeting Spring 2006
11 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov FirstEnergy Presentation
12 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov Questions and Comments From the Public
13 Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 www.nrc.gov Summary
- Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant Continues to Operate Safely.
- NRC Oversight of Davis-Besse will Transition to the Reactor Oversight Process
- NRC will Conduct Additional Inspections Beyond what the ROP Requires
- The NRC Continues to Monitor Performance on a Daily Basis.