ML070940318
| ML070940318 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/2007 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-III |
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| Download: ML070940318 (22) | |
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Point Beach Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2006 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III Two Creeks , Wisconsin March 28, 2007
Agenda z Introduction z Review of Reactor Oversight Process z National Summary of Plant Performance z Discussion of Plant Performance Results z Licensee Response and Remarks z NRC Closing Remarks z Break z NRC available to address public questions 2
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 be given the opportunity to respond to the information in the letter and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve their performance 3
Region III Organization James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Geoffrey E. Grant Deputy Regional Administrator Mark A Satorius Cynthia D. Pederson DRP Division Director Director, Division of Reactor Safety K. Steven West Anne T. Boland DRP Deputy Division Director Deputy Director Patrick Louden Regional Specialists Branch Chief Michael Kunowski, Project Engineer Point Beach Kevin Barclay, Reactor Engineer Robert Krsek, Senior Resident Inspector John Bartleman, Reactor Engineer Gregory Gibbs, Resident Inspector Diana Betancourt, Reactor Engineer John Robbins, Reactor Engineer 4
NRC Representatives z Mark Satorius, Director, Division Reactor Projects
- (630) 829-9600 z Steven West, Deputy Division Director, DRP
- (630) 829-9601 z Patrick Milano, Project Manager, NRR
- (301) 415-1457 z Robert Krsek, Senior Resident Inspector
- (920) 755-2309 z Gregory Gibbs, Resident Inspector
- (920) 755-2309 z Michael Kunowski, Senior Project Engineer
- (630) 829-9618 z Patrick Louden, Branch Chief
- (630) 829-9627 5
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 6
Reactor Oversight Process
- 3 Strategic Performance Areas are divided into 7 Cornerstones of Safety
- Findings and Performance Indicators are assigned a Cornerstone
- Findings can be assigned a cross-cutting aspect, which is a causal factor to the performance deficiency
- Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues involve numerous findings with a common cross-cutting aspect, often in multiple Cornerstones
- Human Performance, Problem Identification and Resolution, and Safety Conscious Work Environment 7
Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Response 8
Examples of Baseline Inspections z Equipment Alignment ~80 hrs/yr z Triennial Fire Protection ~200 hrs every 3 yrs z Operator Response ~125 hrs/yr z Emergency Preparedness ~80 hrs/yr z Rad Release Controls ~110 hrs every 2 yrs z Worker Radiation Protection ~90 hrs/yr z Corrective Action Program ~250 hrs every 2 yrs z Corrective Action Case ~60 hrs/yr Reviews 9
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 10
Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions 11
National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2006 Licensee Response 70 Regulatory Response 24 Degraded Cornerstone 6 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 3 Unacceptable 0 Total 103 12
National Summary Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2006)
Green 1843 White 11 Yellow 0 Red 0 Total Inspection Findings (CY 2006)
Green 676 White 13 Yellow 0 Red 0 13
Point Beach Assessment Results 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Multiple/ Multiple/ Multiple/ Multiple/
Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Degraded Degraded Degraded Degraded Cornerstone Cornerstone Cornerstone Cornerstone Point Beach remained in the Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column of the Action Matrix throughout the assessment period. This was due to:
z Red findings associated with a potential common mode failure of the Auxiliary Feed Water Recirculation Line z Red and Yellow findings associated with the design of Auxiliary Feed Water Recirculation Orifices Confirmatory Action Letter was closed on November 30, 2006. This action also closed the Red and Yellow findings.
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Point Beach Assessment Results 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Multiple/ Multiple/ Multiple/ Multiple/
Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Repetitive Degraded Degraded Degraded Degraded Cornerstone Cornerstone Cornerstone Cornerstone A Special Inspection was conducted to review the circumstances concerning the failure to incorporate the results of a 1982 reactor head drop analysis into the Point Beach Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) z 1 Green Non-Cited Violation associated with Design Control z 1 Finding, with significance To Be Determined (TBD), associated with the failure to update the FSAR.
3/4 On January 29, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III Violation with no Civil Penalty.
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Safety Significant Findings or PIs (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2006)
- All of the findings in this assessment period were Green; of low safety significance
- All performance indicators for this assessment period were Green
- No Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues are being tracked at this time 16
Point Beach Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2006)
Findings during this assessment period at Point Beach were dispositioned as follows:
- 1 Apparent Violation of NRC requirements
- A Confirmatory Order was issued on January 3, 2007 as part of a settlement agreement between NMC and the NRC.
- 1 Violation of NRC requirements
- Issued in early January 2007 for a Severity Level III violation of Records Maintenance Requirements found in 10 CFR 50.71(e)
- 20 Non-Cited Violations
- 6 Findings 17
Point Beach Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2006)
- Component Design Bases Inspection
- Conducted between August 14 and October 03, 2006
- 6 Green Non-Cited Violations
- 4 Unresolved Items
- Unit 2 Refueling Outage
- Began on October 15, 2006
- Completed November 19, 2006 18
Point Beach Annual Assessment Summary (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2006) z NMC operated Point Beach Units 1 & 2 in a manner that preserved public health and safety z All cornerstone objectives were met z All findings and performance indicators were Green during this assessment period z NRC plans baseline inspections at Point Beach for the remainder of the assessment period 19
Licensee Response and Remarks Dennis Koehl Site Vice President Nuclear Management Company, LLC 20
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 21
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) 22