ML090921035
| ML090921035 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 03/19/2009 |
| From: | Division Reactor Projects II |
| To: | Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
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| Download: ML090921035 (8) | |
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Enclosure 2 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Annual Annual Assessment Meeting Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program Reactor Oversight Program -- CY 2008 CY 2008 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Region II Region II Dothan, AL Dothan, AL March 19, 2009 March 19, 2009 Purpose of Todays Meeting A public forum for discussion of the licensee A public forum for discussion of the licensees s
performance performance NRC will address the licensee performance NRC will address the licensee performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter issues identified in the annual assessment letter Licensee will be given the opportunity to Licensee will be given the opportunity to respond to the information in the letter and respond to the information in the letter and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve their performance 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 II Organization Luis Reyes Regional Administrator Victor McCree Deputy Regional Administrator Division of Reactor Projects Len Wert, Director Joel Munday, Acting Deputy Director Division of Reactor Safety Kriss Kennedy, Director Richard Croteau, Deputy Director Harold Christensen, Deputy Director Projects Branch 2 Scott Shaeffer, Chief (404)562-4521 Regional Specialist Inspectors Resident Inspectors (RI)
Eddy Crowe, Senior RI Shane Sandal, RI RI Office: (334)899-3386 Project Engineers (PE)
Curt Rapp, Senior PE Tonya Lighty, PE Our Mission Our Mission To license and To license and regulate the nation regulate the nations s
civilian use of civilian use of byproduct, source, byproduct, source, and special nuclear and special nuclear materials to ensure materials to ensure adequate protection of adequate protection of public health and public health and safety, promote the safety, promote the common defense and common defense and security, and protect security, and protect the environment.
the environment.
Some Nuclear Facts Some Nuclear Facts
More than 100 nuclear More than 100 nuclear power plants supply about power plants supply about 20 percent of the 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.
electricity in the U.S.
Nuclear materials are used Nuclear materials are used in medicine for diagnosis in medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.
and cancer treatment.
Nuclear materials are Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, flow measurement devices, radiography devices, and radiography devices, and irradiators.
irradiators.
The NRC Regulates The NRC Regulates Nuclear reactors Nuclear reactors -- commercial power reactors, commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs research and test reactors, new reactor designs Nuclear materials Nuclear materials -- nuclear reactor fuel, nuclear reactor fuel, radioactive materials for medical, industrial, and radioactive materials for medical, industrial, and academic use academic use Nuclear waste Nuclear waste -- transportation, storage and transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear material and waste, disposal of nuclear material and waste, decommissioning of nuclear facilities decommissioning of nuclear facilities Nuclear security Nuclear security -- physical security of nuclear physical security of nuclear facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks What We What We Don Dontt Do Do Regulate nuclear weapons, military Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors, or space vehicle reactors reactors, or space vehicle reactors Own or operate nuclear power plants Own or operate nuclear power plants Regulate some radioactive materials, Regulate some radioactive materials, such as X such as X--rays and naturally rays and naturally occurring radon occurring radon How We Regulate How We Regulate Establish rules and regulations Establish rules and regulations Issue licenses Issue licenses Provide oversight through inspection, Provide oversight through inspection, enforcement, and evaluation of enforcement, and evaluation of operational experience operational experience Conduct research to provide support Conduct research to provide support for regulatory decisions for regulatory decisions Respond to events and emergencies Respond to events and emergencies Assurance of Plant Safety Assurance of Plant Safety Require Require defense defense--in in--depth depth Require long Require long--term maintenance of term maintenance of equipment equipment Require continual training of Require continual training of operators operators Verify compliance with regulations Verify compliance with regulations What We Do What We Do -- Nuclear Waste Nuclear Waste The NRC regulates:
The NRC regulates:
- Storage of spent Storage of spent reactor fuel in fuel reactor fuel in fuel pools or dry storage pools or dry storage casks, and casks, and
- A national spent A national spent fuel storage site fuel storage site--
Yucca Mountain.
Yucca Mountain.
What We Do What We Do -- Nuclear Security Nuclear Security NRC Requires:
NRC Requires:
- Well Well--armed and well armed and well--
trained security forces, trained security forces,
- Surveillance and Surveillance and perimeter patrols, perimeter patrols,
- State State--of of--the the--art site art site access equipment and access equipment and
- controls, controls,
- Physical barriers and Physical barriers and detection zones, and detection zones, and
- Intrusion detection Intrusion detection systems and alarm systems and alarm stations.
stations.
NRC Performance Goals NRC Performance Goals Safety: Ensure adequate protection of Safety: Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the public health and safety and the environment.
environment.
Security: Ensure adequate Security: Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and protection in the secure use and management of radioactive management of radioactive materials.
materials.
Reactor Oversight Process Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas Examples of Baseline Inspections Examples of Baseline Inspections Equipment Alignment Equipment Alignment
~80 hrs/yr
~80 hrs/yr Triennial Fire Protection Triennial Fire Protection
~250 hrs
~250 hrs triennially Operator Response Operator Response
~125 hrs/yr
~125 hrs/yr Emergency Preparedness Emergency Preparedness
~80 hrs/yr
~80 hrs/yr Rad Release Controls Rad Release Controls
~110 hrs
~110 hrs biennially Worker Radiation Protection Worker Radiation Protection
~95 hrs/yr
~95 hrs/yr Corrective Action Program Corrective Action Program
~250 hrs
~250 hrs biennially Corrective Action Case Reviews ~60 hrs/yr Corrective Action Case Reviews ~60 hrs/yr Significance Threshold Inspection Findings & Performance Indicators Green:
Very Low safety issue White:
Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:
Substantial safety issue Red:
High safety issue NRC Response:
Green:
Only Baseline Inspection White:
May increase NRC oversight Yellow:
Requires more NRC oversight Red:
Requires more NRC oversight Action Matrix Concept Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions Multiple/Rep Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance Degraded Cornerstone Regulatory
Response
Licensee
Response
National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2008 Licensee Response Licensee Response 86 86 Regulatory Response Regulatory Response 14 14 Degraded Cornerstone Degraded Cornerstone 33 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 11 Unacceptable Unacceptable 0
0 Total Total 104 104 National Summary National Summary Performance Indicator Results Performance Indicator Results (end of CY 2008)
(end of CY 2008)
- Green Green 1762 1762
- White White 66
- Yellow Yellow 00
- Red Red 00 Total Inspection Findings Total Inspection Findings (CY 2008)
(CY 2008)
- Green Green 776 776
- White White 17 17
- Yellow Yellow 00
- Red Red 00 Inspection Activities 7400 hours0.0856 days <br />2.056 hours <br />0.0122 weeks <br />0.00282 months <br /> of inspection-related activities
In-service Inspection
Radiation Protection
Emergency Preparedness Graded Exercise
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection
Biennial Problem Identification & Resolution (PI&R) Inspection
Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Inspection
Security
Initial Operator Licensing Examinations
95001 Supplemental Inspection for Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG)
95002 Supplemental Inspection for Breakers & Residual Heat Removal (RHR) valves
B.5.B Inspection (TI 171)
Heat Sink Performance Inspection
Reactor Coolant Dissimilar Metal Butt Weld Inspection (TI 172)
EDG TS Surveillance Requirements (Endurance/Margin) Inspection (TI 176) 2008 Assessment Results - Unit 1 2nd Qtr 2007 3rd Qtr 2007 4th Qtr 2007 1st Qtr 2008 2nd Qtr 2008 3rd Qtr 2008 4th Qtr 2008 Input 1 White Performance Indicator CCW Input 1 White Performance Indicator CCW Input 1 White Performance Indicator CCW Input 1 White Performance Indicator CCW Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 3 White Performance Indicator AC Power Input 3 White Performance Indicator AC Power Input 3 White Performance Indicator AC Power Input 3 White Performance Indicator AC Power Input 4 White Finding EDG Exhaust Input 4 White Finding EDG Exhaust Licensee
Response
(Column 1)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Regulatory
Response
(Column 2)
Regulatory
Response
(Column 2)
ADDRESSED IN 95002 ADDRESSED IN 95002 ADDRESSED IN 95001 ADDRESSED IN 95001 1st and 2nd quarters 2008 within the Degraded Cornerstone column Overall, Regulatory issues at Farley Unit 1 have been associated with:
Repetitive 4160 volt breaker failures Run failures on the 1B EDG All Action Matrix inputs for these issues have been successfully reviewed by the NRC via Supplemental 95002 and 95001 Inspections Unit 1 Assessment Results (contd)
For the breaker issues, a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) was issued November 2007 CAL closed (January 25, 2008) based on inspection and review of licensee new multipoint breaker inspection process Marked improvement in breaker performance over the 2008 assessment period The licensee completed modifications to their component cooling water (CCW) system during 2nd quarter 2008 which reduced their risk profile for the CCW system The modification resulted in the licensee returning a key CCW Mitigating System Performance Index (MSPI) performance indictor (PI) to Green status Unit 1 Assessment Results (contd)
Unit 1 Assessment Results (contd)
NRC conducted Supplemental Inspection Procedure 95002 in June 2008 which encompassed::
- multiple safety multiple safety--related circuit breaker failures related circuit breaker failures
- Quality of root cause evaluations remained a Quality of root cause evaluations remained a focus area during inspection focus area during inspection Inspection indicated improvement in root Inspection indicated improvement in root cause evaluation process and noted cause evaluation process and noted improvements in breaker reliability improvements in breaker reliability Unit 1 Assessment Results (contd)
NRC conducted 95001 supplemental inspection 3 NRC conducted 95001 supplemental inspection 3rd rd quarter 2008 which encompassed:
quarter 2008 which encompassed:
- Noted improved rigor and scope of root cause evaluations Noted improved rigor and scope of root cause evaluations
- Incorporated improvements in the Corrective Action Program Incorporated improvements in the Corrective Action Program (CAP)
(CAP)
At end of assessment period, approximately 348 of At end of assessment period, approximately 348 of 438 95002 Action Items were complete (80%)
438 95002 Action Items were complete (80%)
The licensee entered the Regulatory Response The licensee entered the Regulatory Response column 3 column 3rd rd quarter 2008 based on:
quarter 2008 based on:
- White finding for inadequate work instructions (Not counted White finding for inadequate work instructions (Not counted in the in the NRC NRCss Action Matrix to prevent double counting)
Action Matrix to prevent double counting) 2008 Assessment Results - Unit 2 1st Qtr 2007 2nd Qtr 2007 3rd Qtr 2007 4th Qtr 2007 1st Qtr 2008 2nd Qtr 2008 3rd Qtr 2008 4th Qtr 2008 Input 1 White Performance Indicator RHR Input 1 White Performance Indicator RHR Input 1 White Performance Indicator RHR Input 1 White Performance Indicator RHR Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 2 White Inspection Finding Open Parallel White Breakers Input 3 Yellow Inspection Finding RHR Sump Input 3 Yellow Inspection Finding RHR Sump Input 3 Yellow Inspection Finding RHR Sump Input 3 Yellow Inspection Finding RHR Sump Licensee
Response
(Column 1)
Regulatory
Response
(Column 2)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Degraded Cornerstone (Column 3)
Licensee
Response
(Column 1)
Licensee
Response
(Column 1)
ADDRESSED IN 95002 ADDRESSED IN 95002 ADDRESSED IN 95002 1st and 2nd quarters 2008 within the Degraded Cornerstone column:
Yellow Inspection finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone (RHR valve failures )
White Performance indicator Parallel Finding White MSPI RHR system PI NRC conducted Supplemental Inspection Procedure 95002 in June 2008 which encompassed all of the issues noted above all of the issues noted above Unit 2 Assessment Results (contd)
The licensee entered the Licensee Response column 3rd quarter 2008 Unit 2 Assessment Results (contd) 2008 Assessment Summary 2008 Assessment Summary Southern Nuclear operated Farley in a Southern Nuclear operated Farley in a manner that preserved public health and manner that preserved public health and safety with safety with moderate degradation in safety performance All cornerstone objectives were met All cornerstone objectives were met For the remainder of 2009:
For the remainder of 2009:
NRC plans baseline inspections NRC plans baseline inspections Overall Assessment Impact Overall Assessment Impact
Overall, Farley Overall, Farleys performance has improved over the assessment period s performance has improved over the assessment period
Both units improved their standing on the Both units improved their standing on the NRC NRCss Action Matrix Action Matrix
All NRC Supplemental inspections conducted during 2008 were All NRC Supplemental inspections conducted during 2008 were successfully completed with no new significant regulatory issues successfully completed with no new significant regulatory issues being being identified.
identified.
Specific corrective actions associated with breakers, Specific corrective actions associated with breakers, EDGs EDGs and RHR and RHR sump valves have been effective sump valves have been effective
Programmatic corrective actions in the area of root cause evalua Programmatic corrective actions in the area of root cause evaluations tions and corrective action program improvements have been implemented and corrective action program improvements have been implemented..
Although all effectiveness reviews have not been completed, the Although all effectiveness reviews have not been completed, the NRC NRC will be looking for sustained performance in the areas noted abo will be looking for sustained performance in the areas noted above.
ve.
Contacting the NRC Report an emergency (301) 816-5100 (call collect)
Report a safety concern:
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