ML090930340
| ML090930340 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/2009 |
| From: | Exelon Nuclear |
| To: | NRC/RGN-III |
| References | |
| Download: ML090930340 (7) | |
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Exelon Nuclear Byron Generating Station U.S. NRC End-of-Cycle Public Meeting April 2, 2009
Byron Generating Station April 2, 2009 2
Byron 2008 Accomplishments
- 2 Successful refueling outages
- Maintenance and Technical training programs re-accredited
- Successful Emergency Preparedness - Hostile Action Drill
- Error free transition of the guard force to Exelon
- Organizational and material condition improvements
- Environmental stewardship
Byron Generating Station April 2, 2009 3
Byron 2008 Performance
- NRC performance indicators -
- All indicators are Green
- NRC inspection results
- White Finding for SX riser piping action plan reviewed (complete)
- Received NRC substantive cross-cutting issue
Byron Generating Station April 2, 2009 4
Human Performance Cross-Cutting Issue
- Two formal investigations conducted
- Corrective actions that are implemented:
- Technical Human Performance
- Questioning attitude
- Challenge
- Standards, policies and administrative controls
Byron Generating Station April 2, 2009 5
Performance Improvement Actions Taken
- Engineering Decision Making Training
- Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), Kepner Tregoe (KT), and At-The-Desk observation program
- Targeted Technical Human Performance Training (ongoing)
- Job shadowing program
- Department Human Performance Improvement Plans (HPIPs)
- Senior Management elevated oversight through Weekly Human Performance Plan of the Day (HUPOD)
- 2009 first quarter Leadership training provided
Byron Generating Station April 2, 2009 6
Performance Improvement Progress
- Metrics have shown overall improvement in the area of human performance.
- Decrease in Byron Total Error Rate per 10,000 person hours
- Decreased departmental clock resets (improved) in 2009.
- The site has recently accomplished several major activities error free.
- Station Auxiliary Transformer Work Window
- 1B Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Work Window
- 2A Safety Injection Pump Work Window
Byron Generating Station April 2, 2009 7
Byron Key Activities - 2009
- Organization Effectiveness / Human Performance - Number 1 Priority
- Summer grid reliability operations
- Construction of dry cask spent fuel storage facility, 2Q2009 initial loading
- Unit 1 refueling outage