ML061500094

Summary of Meeting with Entergy Operations Re Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, Annual Performance Assessment

ML061500094
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	05/30/2006
From:	Graves D NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E
To:	Venable J Entergy Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C 0 M M I S S IO N REGION IV 6 1 1 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 May 3 0 , 2 0 0 6 Joseph E. Venable Vice President Operations Waterford 3 Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751

SUMMARY

OF WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNIT 3, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PUBLIC MEETING

Dear Mr. Venable:

This meeting was conducted at Killona, Louisiana, on May 18, 2006, between the NRC and your staff. The participants discussed performance at Waterford, Unit 3, for the period January 1 through December 31,2005.

The attendance list and a copy of the presentation slides are enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at htt p://www.nrc.g ov/readinq-rm/adams .ht mI (the PubI ic EIect ronic Reading Room) .

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely, bavid N. Graves, Chief Project Branch E Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-382 License: NPF-38

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. NRC Presentation Slides

Entergy Operations, Inc. cc w/enclosures:

Senior Vice President and Parish President Chief Operating Officer St. Charles Parish Entergy Operations, Inc. P.O. Box 302 P.O. Box 31995 Hahnville, LA 70057 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Winston & Strawn LLP Vice President, Operations Support 1700 K Street, N.W.

Entergy Operations, Inc. Washington, DC 20006-3817 P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Federal Emergency Management Agency ATTN: William E. Peterson Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Regional Director P.O. Box 651 Region VI, Federal Center Jackson, MS 39205 800 North Loop 288 Denton, TX 76201-3698 General Manager, Plant Operations Waterford 3 SES Col. Jeff Smith, Deputy Director Entergy Operations, Inc. Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and 17265 River Road Emergency Preparedness Killona, LA 70066-0751 7667 Independence Blvd.

P.O. Box 44217 Manager - Licensing Manager Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc. Jeffrey P. Meyers, Division Administrator 17265 River Road Emergency and Radiological Services Killona, LA 70066-0751 Division Louisiana Department of Environmental Chairman Quality Louisiana Public Service Commission P.O. Box 4312 P.O. Box 91 154 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-91 54 Albert D. Laque, Parish President Director, Nuclear Safety & St. Charles Parish RegulatoryAffairs P.O. Box 302 Waterford 3 SES Hahnville, LA 70057 Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Sheriff Greg Champagne Killona, LA 70066-0751 St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office P.O. Box 7 Richard Penrod, Senior Environmental Hahnville, LA 70057 Scientist Office of Environmental Services Rep. Gary L. Smith, Jr.

Northwestern State University State of Louisiana, District 56 Russsell Hall, Room 201 P.O. Box 189 Natchitoches, LA 71497 Norco, LA 70079

Entergy Operations, Inc. Rep. Ernest D. Wooten April Black, Councilwoman State of Louisiana, District 105 St. Charles Parish District 5 8018 Highway 23, Suite 214 162 Oak Manor Lane Belle Chasse, LA 70037 St. Rose, LA 70087 Senator Joel T. Chaisson, I1 Richard Dickie Duhe, Councilman State of Louisiana, District 19 St. Charles Parish District 6 P.O. Box 1255 401 Oak Street Destrehan, LA 70047 Norco, LA 70079 Tab Troxler, Director Barry Minnich, Councilman St. Charles Parish Department St. Charles Parish District 7 of Emergency Preparedness 337 Wanda Street P.O. Box 302 Luling, LA 70070 Hahnville, LA 70057 Nickie Monica, Parish President Lance Marino, Councilman-at-Large St. John the Baptist Parish St. Charles Parish Division A 1801 West Airline Highway 660 Pine Street Laplace, LA 70068 Norco, LA 70079 Paul Oncale, Public Safety Director Clayton Snookie Faucheux, St. John the Baptist Parish Councilman-at-Large 1801 W. Airline Highway St. Charles Parish Division B Laplace, LA 70068 140 North Oak Court P.O. Box 1342 Sheriff Wayne Jones Luling, LA 70070 St. John the Baptist Parish 1801 W. Airline Highway Desmond J. Hilaire, Councilman Laplace, LA 70068 St. Charles Parish District 1 P.O. Box 111 Hahnville, LA 70057 Brian A. Fabre, Councilman St. Charles Parish District 2 322 Beaupre Drive Luling, LA 70070 G. Ram Ramchandran, Councilman St. Charles Parish District 3 13 Hermitage Court Destrehan, LA 70047 Derryl Walls, Councilman St. Charles Parish District 4 P.O. Box721 Des Allemands, LA 70030

Entergy Operations, Inc. Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSMI )

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (RJCI)

Senior Resident Inspector (MCH)

Branch Chief, DRPIE (DNG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (GLG)

Team Leader, DRPITSS (RLNI)

RlTS Coordinator (KEG)

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Enclosure 1 END-OF-C' :LE MEETING ATTENDANCE LICENSEE/FACILlTY Entergy / Waterford-3 Steam Electric Station DATE/TlME May 18,2006 - 6:30 pm LOCATION James M. Cain Energy Education Center 4224 Highway 3127 Killona, LA 70057 NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION Page $- of 2

I END-OF-C CLE MEETING ATTENDANCE l LI CENSEE/FACILITY Entergy / Waterford-3 Steam Electric Station II DATETTIME May 18,2006 - 6:30 pm LOCAT10N James M. Cain Energy Education Center 4224 Highway 3127 Killona, LA 70057 I NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION I'

Enclosure 2 Waterford Unit 3 Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2005 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV Arlington, Texas May 18,2006 Agenda Introduction Review of Reactor Oversight Process National Summary of Plant Perfoilnance Discussion of Plant Performance Results Entergy Operations, Inc., Response and Remarks NRC Closing Remarks Break NRC available to address public questions

Purpose of Todays Meeting 0 A public forum for discussion of Waterford Unit 3 performance 0 NRC will address the performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter 0 Entergy Operations, Inc., will be given the opportunity to respond to the information in the letter epresentatives David Graves - Chief, Project Branch E (817) 860-8147 MichaelHay - Senior Resident Inspector (985) 783-6253 GrantLarkin - Resident Inspector (985) 783-6253

Region IV Organization Regional Administrator Thomas P. Gwynn Director Division of Reactor Projects Director Division of Reactor Safety Anton Vegel Roy Caniano I

David Graves Branch Chief 1 T J, \

Regional Specialists J

Waterford Unit 3 Project Engineers Resident Inspectors Vince Gaddy Michael Hay Gilbert Guerra Grant Larkin NRR Project M;m;igcr hlcl Fields Grant Larkin, Resident Inspector 3

NRC Performance Goals Safety: Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment Security: Ensure the secure use and management of radioactive materials 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 objectives versight Process Strategic PerformanceAreas Cornerstones I I I I Threshold

Examples of Baseline Inspections 0 Equipment Alignment -80 hrs/yr 0 Triennial Fire Protection -200 hrs eveiy 3 yrs 0 Operator Response -125 lus/yr 0 Emergency Preparedness -80 hrs/yr 0 Radiation Release Controls -1 10 hrs every 2 yrs 0 Worker Radiation Protection -90 hrs/yr 0 Corrective Action Program -250 hrs every 2 yrs 0 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 Licensee Regulatory Degraded MultiplelRep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRCLicensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions National Summary of lant Performance Status at End of CY 2005 Licensee Response 84 Regulatory Response 12 Degraded Cornerstone 4 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Coi-nerstone 3 Unacceptable 0 Total 103

National Summary Performance Indicator Results b Green 1850 b White 4 B+ Y eliliow 0 b Red 0 Total Inspection Findings b Green 849 b White 10 b Yellow 1 b Red 0 WaterfQrdunit 3 Michael Hay, Senior Resident Inspector

Waterford Unit 3 Assessment Results 0 Licensee Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all performance indicators indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green).

Waterford Unit 3 Inspection Activities 1 Inspection Effort 1024 Resident Inspection Hours 1088 Regional Inspection Hours 1 Team Inspection Safety System Design and Performance Capability Refueling Outage Inspection April 17 to June 10, Refueling Outage 13 1 Event Followup 9 August 28 to September 13, the plant was shutdown for Hurricane Katrina 9 November 11 to 15, operators manually tripped the reactor from 100 percent due to decreasing main condenser vacuum following a relay failure in the circulating water logic

Waterford Unit 3 Inspection Activities 0 Temporary Instruction TI-160 Pressurizer Penetration Nozzles and Steam Space Piping Connections in U.S. Pressurized Water Reactors TI-161 Transportation of Reactor Control Rod Drives in Type A Packages TI-163 Operational Readiness of Offsite Power 0 Special Inspection RCS draindown with inadequate venting Safety Significant Findings or Performance Indicators

• Sixteen findings of very low safety significance (Gseen)

Waterford Unit 3 Annual Assessment Summary Overall, Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety.

All cornerstone objectives were met.

2006 Planned Inspection Activities Baseline Inspection Program TI- 165 Operational Readiness of Offsite Power and Impact on Plant Fbsk - Complete e Inspection Procedure 7 1150, Discrepant or Unreported Performance Indicator Data

Licensee Response and Remarks Kevin Walsh Vice President Operations (Acting)

. Waterford Unit 3 Entergy Operations, Inc.

ClQShKlg arks David Graves, Chief, Project Branch E

Contacting the NRC Report an emergency F (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

Report a safety concern P (800) 695-7403 b Allegation @nrc.gov General information or questions b www.nrc.gov b Select What We Do for Public Affairs Reference Sources Reactor Oversight Process b http://www .nrc.gov/NRWOVERSIGHT/ASSES S/index.html Public Electronic Reading Room F http://www .nrc.govkeading-rm.htm1 Public Document Room F 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free)