ML071360253

Slides for Indian Point Annual Assessment Meeting - Nrc'S

ML071360253
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Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/16/2007
From:	NRC Region 1
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Annual Performance Assessment of Indian Point Energy Center for 2006

Introductions

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3/4Sam Collins, Regional Administrator 3/4Gene Cobey, Branch Chief 3/4John Lubinski, Deputy Director, DORL, NRR 3/4Mark Cox, IP2 Senior Resident Inspector 3/4Don Jackson, IP3 Senior Resident Inspector 3/4Karl Farrar, Regional Counsel, Facilitator Entergy 2

Purpose 3/4Discuss Entergys performance as described in the NRC Annual Assessment Letter 3/4 Public Outreach 3/4Question and answer period 3/4On-going information session 3

Agenda 3/4Describe Who We Are 3/4Review of NRC Reactor Oversight Process 3/4NRC Assessment of Plant Performance 3/4Entergy Response and Remarks 3/4NRC Closing Remarks 3/4Break 3/4NRC available to answer questions 4

NRC - Who We Are The NRC is an independent agency established by Congress 3/4Headquarters and four Regional Offices 3/4Region I Office oversees inspections at Indian Point Energy Center 3/4Inspections are conducted by four full-time resident inspectors with additional inspections by region-based specialist inspectors 5

Region I Organization Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator Marc L. Dapas Deputy Regional Administrator David C. Lew A. Randolph Blough Director Division of Reactor Projects Director Division of Reactor Safety James W. Clifford Marsha K. Gamberoni Deputy Director Deputy Director Eugene Cobey Branch Chief Regional Specialists Indian Point Unit 2 Indian Point Unit 3 Resident Inspectors Resident Inspectors Mark Cox - SRI Don Jackson - SRI Greg Bowman - RI Brian Wittick - RI 6

NRC Strategic Goals 3/4Safety: Ensure protection of public health and safety and the environment.

3/4Security: Ensure the secure use and management of radioactive materials.

3/4Openness: Ensure openness in our regulatory process.

3/4Effectiveness: Ensure that NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timely.

3/4Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRCs strategic objective.

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Reactor Oversight Process Exhibit 1: REGULATORY FRAMEWORK PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY NRCs Overall AS A RESULT OF CIVILIAN Safety Mission NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATION Strategic REACTOR RADIATION Performance SAFETY SAFETY SAFEGUARDS Areas EMERGENCY PUBLIC OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICAL Cornerstones INITIATING MITIGATING BARRIER RADIATION RADIATION EVENTS SYSTEMS INTEGRITY PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION SAFETY SAFETY HUMAN SAFETY CONSCIOUS WORK PROBLEM PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Cross-Cutting Areas 8

Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Response 9

Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone e u R gla tory ic n L se e D egra d e Mu l iplet Re/ .p U n ace tap b le es p R on se e p R on s se C orn erst on e D eg rade d P er for man ce C or ersn ton e 3/4Increasing Safety Significance 3/4Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts 3/4Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement 3/4Increasing Regulatory Actions 10

Reactor Oversight Process 3/4Deviation Concept 3/4Used in rare instances when actions dictated by the Action Matrix may be inappropriate 3/4Executive Director for Operations approves all deviations 11

Indian Point 2 Annual Assessment 3/4 Entergy operated Indian Point Unit 2 in a manner that preserved public health and safety 3/4 At the end of CY2006, Indian Point Unit 2 was in the Licensee Response Column of the Action Matrix 3/4All Findings of Very Low Safety Significance (Green) 3/4All NRC Performance Indicators Green 12

Indian Point 2 Annual Assessment 3/4 NRC identified a substantive cross-cutting issue concerning human performance 3/47 Green findings related to procedure adequacy 3/4Entergy actions to date were not proven effective 3/4 NRC will monitor and inspect Entergys progress towards improving procedure adequacy 13

Indian Point 3 Annual Assessment 3/4 Entergy operated Indian Point Unit 3 in a manner that preserved public health and safety 3/4 At the end of CY2006, Indian Point Unit 3 was in the Licensee Response column of the Action Matrix 3/4All Findings of Very Low Safety Significance (Green) 3/4All NRC Performance Indicators Green 14

Indian Point 3 Annual Assessment 3/4 Transitioned to the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC Action Matrix on April 13, 2007 3/4Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours Performance Indicator will be White for the 2Q07 submittal 3/4 NRC will perform supplemental inspection 15

Units 2 & 3 Common Assessment Issues 3/4Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) 3/4Entergy survey and NRC inspection identified that some workers expressed reluctance to raise issues under certain circumstances 3/4NRC requested Entergy evaluate and address 3/4NRC will monitor and inspect Entergys progress towards improving SCWE 16

Unit 2 & 3 Common Assessment Issues 3/4ROP Deviation 3/4Groundwater 3/4Emergency Sirens 3/4NRC will continue enhanced oversight until Entergy has completed actions described in the Deviation Memo 17

NRC Annual Assessment Summary 3/4 Entergy continues to operate both units safely 3/4 Inspection and oversight will monitor progress to:

3/4 Improve Unit 2 procedure adequacy 3/4 Improve the IPEC safety conscious work environment 3/4 Reduce the trend in Unit 3 unplanned scrams 3/4 Enhanced oversight continues for key issues:

3/4 Onsite groundwater contamination 3/4 Emergency siren system 18

Entergy Response and Remarks Mr. Fred Dacimo Site Vice President - Indian Point Energy Center Entergy Nuclear Northeast 19

Contacting the NRC 3/4 Report an emergency 3/4 1-301-816-5100 (call collect) 3/4 Report a safety concern 3/4 1-800-695-7403 (toll free) 3/4 Allegation@nrc.gov 3/4 General information or questions 3/4 www.nrc.gov 3/4 Select What We Do for Public Affairs 20

Reference Sources 3/4 Reactor Oversight Process 3/4 http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.html 3/4 Public Electronic Reading Room 3/4 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html 3/4 Public Document Room 3/4 1-800-397-4209 (toll free) 21