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Quad Cities Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2007 Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station Cordova, IL May 22, 2008

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

Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Review of Reactor Oversight Process
  • National Summary of Plant Performance
  • Discussion of Plant Performance Results
  • Licensee Response and Remarks
  • NRC Closing Remarks
  • Break
  • NRC available to address public questions

Region III Organization James Caldwell Regional Administrator Mark Satorius Deputy Regional Administrator Cynthia Pederson Steven West Director Division of Reactor Projects Director Division of Reactor Safety Gary Shear Anne Boland Deputy Director Deputy Director Mark Ring Regional Specialists Branch Chief Quad Cities Station Resident Inspectors Project Engineers James McGhee Allan Barker Jeremy Tapp

NRC Representatives

  • Cynthia Pederson, Projects Division Director

- (630) 829-9634

  • Mark Ring, Branch Chief

- (630) 829-9703

  • James McGhee, Senior Resident Inspector

- (309) 654-2227

- (309) 654-2227

Our Mission To license and regulate the nations civilian use of byproduct, source and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment.

Some Nuclear Facts More than 100 nuclear power plants supply about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.

Nuclear materials are used in medicine for cancer treatment and diagnosis.

Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, radiography devices and irradiators.

The NRC Regulates:

Nuclear reactors - commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs; Nuclear materials - nuclear reactor fuel, radioactive materials for medical, industrial and academic use; Nuclear waste - transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear material and waste, decommissioning of nuclear facilities; and Nuclear security - physical security of nuclear facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks.

What we dont do:

Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors or space vehicle reactors. (These are regulated by other federal agencies.)

Own or operate nuclear power plants.

Regulate some radioactive materials, such as naturally occurring radon and X-rays. (These are regulated by states or other federal agencies.)

How We Regulate Establish rules and regulations Issue licenses Provide oversight through inspection, enforcement and evaluation of operational experience Conduct research to support regulatory decisions Respond to emergencies

Assurance of Plant Safety

  • Requiring a defense-in-depth design philosophy
  • Requiring long-term maintenance of equipment
  • Requiring continual training and qualification of nuclear plant operators.
  • Verifying compliance with regulations

What We Do - Nuclear Waste The NRC regulates:

  • Spent fuel storage installations for the interim storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel in fuel pools or dry storage casks.
  • A high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., if proposed by the DOE.

What We Do - Nuclear Security NRC requires:

  • Well-armed and well-trained security forces;
  • Surveillance and perimeter patrols;
  • State-of-the-art site access equipment and controls;
  • Physical barriers and detection zones; and
  • Intrusion detection systems and alarm stations

NRC Performance Goals

  • Safety: Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the environment.
  • Security: Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials.

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

Examples of Baseline Inspections

  • Equipment Alignment ~80 hrs/yr
  • Triennial Fire Protection ~250 hrs every 3 yrs
  • Operator Response ~125 hrs/yr
  • Rad Release Controls ~110 hrs every 2 yrs
  • Worker Radiation Protection ~95 hrs/yr
  • Corrective Action Program ~250 hrs every 2 yrs
  • 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 Multiple/R ep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Perform ance Cornerstone Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions

National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2007 Licensee Response 87 Regulatory Response 8 Degraded Cornerstone 8 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 1 Unacceptable 0 Total 104

National Summary

  • Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2007)

- Green 1942

- White 8

- Yellow 1

- Red 0

  • Total Inspection Findings (CY 2007)

- Green 759

- White 9

- Yellow 2

- Red 0

Quad Cities Assessment Results (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2007)

  • Licensee Response column of Action Matrix
  • Human Performance Cross Cutting Aspect

Safety Significant Findings or PIs

  • No greater than Green findings or PIs

Quad Cities Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2007)

  • 100% Baseline Inspection Completion

- Resident Inspectors

- Region-based Inspectors

- 17 Green Findings (baseline inspections)

  • Supplemental Inspections

Quad Cities Miscellaneous Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2007)

  • Human Performance Cross Cutting Aspect

Quad Cities Annual Assessment Summary January 1 - December 31, 2007

  • Exelon operated the Quad Cities station in a manner that preserved public health and safety
  • All cornerstone objectives were met with no greater than Green findings or PIs
  • Baseline inspections at Quad Cities for the remainder of the assessment period
  • Continue evaluation of Human Performance Cross Cutting Aspect.

Licensee Response and Remarks Tim Tulon Site Vice President Exelon Nuclear Generating Company

Quad Cities Station 2008 NRC End-Of-Cycle May 22, 2008 Tim Tulon Site Vice President

Discussion Topics

  • 2008 Highlights
  • 2007 Highlights
  • Human Performance Initiatives
  • Actions to Improve Documentation Quality

2008 Highlights

  • Completed refueling outage in March 2008

- Generator rewind

- New main power transformer

- Implemented digital main turbine control

- Significantly reduced control room deficiencies

Main Generator Good for 30 more years

Digital Main Turbine Control AFTER BEFORE

2007 Highlights

  • Achieved several station best evers

- Station capacity factor - 95.01%

- Refuel outage duration Unit 1 - 19 days

- Summer reliability - 99.8%

- Annual accumulated dose (with outage) - 250 Rem

  • Acoustic Side Branch modification effective -

Extended Power Uprate issues behind us

Human Performance

  • Overall broad actions
  • Targeted actions

Overall Human Performance Initiatives

  • Implemented Zero Tolerance program in October 2007
  • Weekly human performance and Plant Manager accountability meetings
  • Outage Human Performance Standards Team

- Senior Leadership visibility

- Field observations and coaching

- Well-received by outage team

  • Station
  • Visitors

28 4/24-4/30 58 4/17-4/23 53 4/10-4/16 3232 4/3-4/9 28 3/27-4/2 3/20-3/26 83 Zero Tolerance 3/13-3/19 75 3/06-3/12 66 2/28-3/05 59 02/21-02/27 52 02/14-02/20 75 02/07-02/13 67 01/31-2/06 63 1/24-1/30 23 1/17-1/23 54 1/10-1/16 48 1/3-1/9 42 12/20 - 1/2 37 12/13 - 12/19 32 12/06 - 12/12 57 11/29 - 12/05 72 11/15 - 11/28*

61 11/8 - 11/14 11/01 - 11/7 53 54 10/25 - 10/31 48 10/18 - 10/24 13 10/11 - 10/17 7 10/4 - 10/10 100 70 60 50 20 10 90 40 30 0 80

Department Human Performance Clock Resets 2007/2008 Clock Resets 15 13 12 11 10 9

9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5

5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3

1

-1 Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 When Zero Tolerance Began

Actions to Improve Documentation Quality

  • Procedures

- Living departmental procedure metrics

- Metrics measure whats driving change

  • Engineering calculation quality upgrade

- Near-term: resolve known issues

  • 34 of 46 revisions complete
  • Remaining revisions scheduled for 2008

- Long-term: fleet-wide calculation improvement initiative (prioritized based on risk insights)

Actions to Improve Documentation Quality

  • Station Drawings Drawing Corrections

- Critical/Functional 250 218 (Priority 1) 200 drawing issues 150 88 corrected prior to the 100 documentation cross 50 cutting issue and after 0 Priority 1 Drawing Issues Corrected Before After

Actions to Improve Documentation Quality

  • Clearance Orders

- Plant Manager & Operations Director meetings with Operators

- Crew MRMs

- Intervention training with Non-Licensed Operators

- Operations received comprehensive (two-day) training on operability determination process

- Implemented quality review team (QRT)

Actions to Improve Documentation Quality

  • Work packages

- Conducted work planner training on problem areas

- Implemented peer checks prior to work package issuance

- Implemented package quality review team (QRT)

- Increased work package feedback

Work package feedback with pre- vs. post-job briefs 26 20 300 32 13 50 250 15 25 200 41 150 29 277 274 28 244 245 23 208 100 193 32 41 22 50 27 167 130 50 94 78 78 38 27 36 36 0 3 Ja Fe bn MAar ch M pr ayil Ju June A ugly S ep O t N ct ov 3/8/ D Ja c n-e08 20 F e 08 b Q -08 2R 8- A 19 pr Pre-Work Post-Work

Human Performance Initiatives

  • Quad Cities is committed to continually assessing and improving human performance

- Developed comprehensive human performance excellence plan

- Realizing improvements in technical rigor, management challenge, and workforce behaviors

Vision

  • Top Quartile - Get There Stay There

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

Reference Sources

  • Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.h tml

  • Public Electronic Reading Room

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

  • Public Document Room 800-397-4209 (Toll Free)
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