ML051460466
| ML051460466 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/2005 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| References | |
| Download: ML051460466 (13) | |
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Public Meeting Between USNRC and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company May 24, 2005
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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 www.nrc.gov 2
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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 www.nrc.gov 3
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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 www.nrc.gov 4
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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 www.nrc.gov 5
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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 www.nrc.gov 6
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS Strategic Perfor m an ce Areas Safety Cornerstones Ba seline Inspec tion Performance Indicator Results Results Significanc e Significance Significanc e Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Res ponse www.nrc.gov 7
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY NRCs Overall AS A RESULT OF CIVILIAN Safety Mission NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATION Strategic REACTOR RADIATION Performance SAFEGUARDS SAFETY SAFETY Areas PUBLIC OCCUPATIONAL INITIATING MITIGATING BARRIER EMERGENCY PHYSICAL RADIATION RADIATION Cornerstones EVENTS SYSTEMS INTEGRITY PREPAREDNESS SAFETY SAFETY PROTECTION HUMAN SAFETY CONSCIOUS PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION PERFORMANCE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND RESOLUTION Cross-Cutting Areas www.nrc.gov 8
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 ACTION MATRIX CONCEPT Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone 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 www.nrc.gov 9
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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 www.nrc.gov 10
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 FirstEnergy Presentation www.nrc.gov 11
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 Questions and Comments From the Public www.nrc.gov 12
Davis-Besse - Public Meeting - May 24, 2005 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.
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