ML061780327
| ML061780327 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 03/07/2006 |
| From: | Venable J Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| RIC 2006 | |
| Download: ML061780327 (25) | |
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RIC 2006 RIC 2006 Session T2GH Session T2GH Emergency Preparedness Emergency Preparedness Joe Venable Joe Venable Site Vice President, Operations Waterford 3 Site Vice President, Operations Waterford 3 March 7, 2006 March 7, 2006
2 Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina Waterford 3 Waterford 3ss
Response
Response
3 Katrinas Projected Path Changed Late After crossing lower Florida peninsula, originally projected to hit panhandle but moved much further west.
4 The Destruction Was Widespread 17,000 square miles affected in Louisiana, 20,000 in Mississippi
5 and Our Largest City Flooded
6 Prepping for the Storm
- Hurricane duty roster
- Site walkdowns/preparations completed promptly
- Implemented Entergy Nuclear corporate hurricane response procedure
- Communications equipment testing
- Rooms for Core Team families
7 Prepping for the Storm
- Excellent coordination with offsite agencies throughout the event
- St. Charles Parish communications
- Twice daily industry meetings
- Highway contraflow
- Evacuations started
- St. Charles Parish 0900 August 27
8 Hurricane Command Center
- Activated Aug. 27
- Day/night shifts report to stay
- Hurricane Command Center activated 8:00 AM
- Response directed from Command Center and Technical Support Center
- Operations staff free to focus on the plant
- Hurricane Watch 10:00 AM
- Core Team onsite 5:00 PM
- Briefings
- Collateral duties
- Accountability
- Hurricane Warning 10:00 PM
9 Hurricane Command Center
- Emphasis on personal accountability and safety throughout response
- Move to power block for all personnel on Aug. 28 before weather conditions deteriorated
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- 138 personnel on site (including 2 NRC)
- Plant shutdown initiated 10:59 AM before tropical storm winds
- Reactor and turbine offline 1:16 PM
- Mode 4 at 8:58 PM and throughout storm
- Mode 5 and forced outage on 09/01/05 Hurricane Command Center
11 Loss of Offsite Power August 29
- Both emergency diesel generators started and supplied safety busses
- Just-in-time loss of offsite power and shutdown training provided
- Emergency diesel generators ran until offsite power restored
- A Train - 9/1/05
- B Train - 9/2/05
12 Loss of Offsite Communications August 30
- Maximum winds
- Gusts -86 mph at 199 ft 7:20 AM 199 ft sensor lost ~ 8:00 AM
- 62 at 33 ft 1 minute averaged
- Contingency measures
- 501 area code
- Nextel
- Additional satellite phones
13 Katrinas Unique Challenges Corporate HQ evacuated Employees homes destroyed Security threats in New Orleans Flooded gas facilities Contractors bankruptcy fears Inoculations for workforce Severe substation flooding Communications knocked out Massive scale/logistics challenge Gasoline/Diesel shortages Inaccessibility
14 Restoration
- Safety Trumps Speed
- 1.87 million total electric customers
- 145,000 gas customers
- 28,900 Distribution poles replaced
- 522 Transmission lines out of service
- 715 Substations out of service
- 29 fossil/1 nuclear units shut down
15 Severity of Hurricane Katrina and flooding meant accounting for all employees in affected areas - 119 unaccounted for by Sept. 9; all located by Sept. 14 Helped employees locate missing family members Continued salary and benefits for all employees Monitored and responded to employee hotline Facilitated time off for employees to check on homes Expanded on-site counseling Temporarily modified medical and pharmacy procedures and requirements Temporarily modified savings plan to allow easier access to funds Human Resources Challenges Met
16 Restart
- Coordinated with support from entire Entergy Fleet
- NRC/FEMA restart assessment teams onsite on Sept. 6
- Permission for restart, Sept. 9
- Reactor critical and synced to the grid on Sept. 13
- Vital to the restoration
17 Final Critique
- Sept. 22 Event Critique
- Communications improvements needed
- Core team staffing additions
- Many improvements made for Hurricane Rita Preparations
- Plant Safety Systems and plans functioned as designed
18 Employee Assistance
- Training Center tent city
- Housed 800 Transmission & Distribution workers
- Employee family trailer city/hotel rooms
- 141 employees homes uninhabitable out of 600 employees
- Presently houses 35 families
- Nursery, day care, arcade, computers
- Laundromat
- Cash disbursements
- Gasoline
19 Camp Katrina at W3
20 Camp Katrina at W3
21 Family Living Center at W3
22 Relationships
- Strong offsite relationships paved the way for the quick restart
- Work force rebounded quickly
23 Fleet Support
- Support from Entergy Fleet instrumental in recovery
- Performance of Entergys four southern plants provided critical generation for the restoration
24 RESTART ASSESSMENTS
- 10 Emergency Planning Gaps identified
- Evacuation time estimate
- Transportation resources for public evacuation
- AC power to Alert Notification System sirens
- Emergency Response Org. call-out
- Backup Emergency Operations Facility
- Emergency News Center
- Rumor Control
- One reception center not available for use
- NRC Emergency Notification System (ENS)
- National Weather Center Alert Toning System
25 In Conclusion
- Plant safety systems and emergency plans functioned as designed
- Strong offsite relationships paved way for restart
- Waterford 3 workforce rebounded quickly
- Support from Entergy and nuclear fleet instrumental in response and recovery
- Performance of Entergys four southern nuclear plants provided much needed generation
- Entergy orchestrated outage repair and restoration at a record pace
- Information shared by industry helped Waterford 3 prepare