ML071150269

NRC Annual Performance Assessment of Vermont Yankee, 2006 Reactor Oversight Process

ML071150269
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	04/25/2007
From:	NRC Region 1
To:
Powell R, RI/DRP/610-337-6967
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NRC Annual Performance Assessment of Vermont Yankee 2006 Reactor Oversight Process

Purpose of Todays Meeting

• Discuss Vermont Yankee Plant Performance for CY 2006

• Provide Entergy management the opportunity to respond to the NRCs Annual Performance Assessment and to identify new or existing programs to continue to improve performance

• Provide stakeholders the opportunity to engage the NRC staff on plant performance issues and our role in ensuring safe plant operations 2

Agenda

• Introduction

• NRC organization and performance goals

• Reactor oversight process

• National summary of plant performance

• Vermont Yankee plant performance assessment

• Entergy managements response and remarks

• NRC closing remarks

• Break

• NRC available to address public questions 3

Region I Organization Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator Marc L. Dapas Deputy Regional Administrator David C. Lew Marsha K. Gamberoni Director, Division of Reactor Projects Director, Division of Reactor Safety James W. Clifford Darrell J. Roberts Deputy Director Deputy Director Raymond Powell Regional Specialists Branch Chief Vermont Yankee Project Engineers Resident Inspectors Barry Norris - Senior PE David Pelton - SRI Nicole Sieller - PE Beth Sienel - RI 4

NRC Performance Goals

• Safety: Ensure protection of 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 NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timely

• Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out NRCs strategic objective 5

Reactor Oversight Process 3 Strategic Areas & 7 Cornerstones Reactor Radiation Safeguards Safety Safety Public Occupational Initiating Mitigating Barrier Emergency Physical Radiation Radiation Events Systems Integrity Preparedness Protection Safety Safety 6

Reactor Oversight Process S tra te g ic P e rfo r m a n c e A re a s S a fe ty C o rn e r s to n e s B a s e li n e In s p e c tio n P e r fo r m a n c e I n d ic a to r R e s u lts R e s u lts S ig n ific a n c e S ig n ific a n c e T h re s h o ld T h re s h o ld A c tio n M a tr ix R e g u la to ry R e s p o n s e 7

Typical Baseline Inspection Areas

• Equipment Alignment

• Maintenance

• Fire Protection

• Operator Response

• Emergency Preparedness

• Radiation Release Controls

• Worker Radiation Protection

• Corrective Action Program

• Corrective Action Case Reviews 8

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green 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 9

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 10

National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of 2006 Licensee Response 70 Regulatory Response 24 Degraded Cornerstone 6 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 3 Unacceptable 0 Total 103 11

National Summary

• Performance Indicator Results (at end of 2006)

Green 1843 White 11 Yellow 0 Red 0

• Total Inspection Findings (2006)

Green 676 White 13 Yellow 0 Red 0 12

NRC 2006 Inspection Activities Vermont Yankee

• 4887 hours0.0566 days <br />1.358 hours <br />0.00808 weeks <br />0.00186 months <br /> of inspection and related activities

• 2 resident inspectors on-site

• 12 regional inspections

• 3 major team inspections:

Power Uprate Component Design Bases Inspection Licensed Operator Requalification Inspection 13

NRC Performance Indicators and Inspection Findings

• All performance indicators for Vermont Yankee for CY 2006 were Green

• There were 6 findings for Vermont Yankee in CY 2006 - 5 Green (very low safety significance) and 1 White (low to moderate safety significance) 14

NRC Inspection Findings

• White, a failure to properly prepare and ship a package containing radioactive material in a manner that assured conformance with DOT radiation level limitations on the external surface of the package.

• Green, a failure to correct a previously identified condition that allowed the continued accumulation of dust on a grounding resistor bank. This dust accumulation contributed to the inadvertent initiation of the east switchgear room CO2 fire suppression system, declaration of an Unusual Event, and performance of a rapid power reduction.

• Green, a failure to incorporate operating experience into the preventive maintenance strategy for the reactor building closed cooling water system pump motor.

• Green, a failure to conduct surveillance tests to verify 10 CFR 50, Appendix R (Fire protection Program) components remained in an operable condition.

• Green, a failure to establish an adequate off-normal procedure to address degraded service water system flow conditions.

• Green, a failure to correct a condition that caused flow oscillations in both the high pressure coolant injection system and the reactor core isolation cooling system.

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NRC Annual Assessment Summary Vermont Yankee

• Entergy operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved public health and safety and protected the environment

• Vermont Yankee plant performance was in the Licensee Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix for the first 3 quarters of 2006, and moved to the Regulatory Response column in the 4th quarter of 2006 due to a White finding

• All cornerstone objectives were fully met

• NRC plans baseline inspections and one supplemental inspection at Vermont Yankee for CY2007 16

Licensee Response and Remarks Mr. Theodore Sullivan Site Vice President-Vermont Yankee Energy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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Contacting the NRC

• Report an emergency 3/4 (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

• Report a safety concern 3/4 (800) 695-7403 3/4 Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions 3/4 www.nrc.gov 18

NRC Representatives

• James W. Clifford, Deputy Division Director, DRP

- (610) 337-5080

• Raymond Powell, Branch Chief

- (610) 337-6967

• David Pelton, Senior Resident Inspector

- (802) 257-4319

• Beth Sienel, Resident Inspector

- (802) 257-4319 19

Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process 3/4 http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.html

• Public Electronic Reading Room 3/4 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

• Public Document Room 3/4 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 20

End of the Presentation Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region I King of Prussia, Pennsylvania May 14, 2007