ML081550266

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Harris Slides, NRC Annual Assessment Meeting
ML081550266
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Site: Harris Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 05/20/2008
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Progress Energy Carolinas
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NRC/RGN-II
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Harris Nuclear Plant NRC Annual Assessment Meeting May 20, 2008 Enclosure 2 1

2007 Safety Performance 3/4 Industrial Safety 3/4 Progress Energy = 0 injuries 3/4 Contractor = 0 injuries 3/4 Collective Radiation Exposure 3/4 11th out of 69 PWR units Top Quartile Safety Performance Enclosure 2 2

2007 Operational Excellence 3/4 20 year anniversary 3/4 Capability 3/4 Ranked 5th out of 55 units with a refueling outage 3/4 2% better than any other refueling outage year for Harris 3/4 Consistent Top Quartile production cost performance Enclosure 2 3

Harris Lake and water usage 3/4Safe operation during exceptional drought 3/4 Lake maintained above minimum level 3/4 No extraordinary measures taken 3/4Cooling tower efficiency 3/4Service water pump operation 3/4Capable of safe and reliable operation with lower lake level Enclosure 2 4

Continuous Investment in Safety 3/4Plant safety equipment 3/4 Containment sump 3/4 Pressurizer weld overlay 3/4New emergency siren system 3/4Fire protection Enclosure 2 5

Fire Protection Accomplishments 3/4 Harris is a pilot plant for new regulations 3/4 Developed industry first Fire Probabilistic Risk Analysis 3/4 Strengthened fire prevention and response strategies 3/4 Operator responses eliminated 3/4Not required to place plant in a safe condition 3/4Included as enhancement to Nuclear Safety Enclosure 2 6

Fire Program Transition Schedule Enclosure 2 7

Harris Plant Self-Evaluation 3/4 Program components:

3/4 Self-assessment 3/4 Corrective action 3/4 Operating experience 3/4 Benchmarking 3/4 Integrated via Corrective Action Program 3/4 Foundation for continuous improvement 3/4 Led by line organizations Enclosure 2 8

The New Energy Reality:

More energy to power our lives 50% increase in home size 1975 2005 Average size of home in 1975 - Average size of home in 2005 -

1,645 square feet 2,434 square feet Enclosure 2 9

The New Energy Reality:

More customers to serve 2007 2026 1.4 million customers 1.9 million customers Enclosure 2 10

Enclosure 2 11

Changing How We Use Energy:

Energy efficiency www.savethewatts.com Enclosure 2 12

Meeting The Challenge:

Availability of renewable energy Solar Enclosure 2 13

State-of-the-art Nuclear Plants 3/4 Nuclear power 3/4 Emits zero greenhouse gas emissions 3/4 Promotes energy independence through less reliance on foreign energy sources 3/4 Stable prices over time Enclosure 2 14

Enclosure 2 15