ML090930340

CY2008 Byron Station End-of-Cycle Public Meeting Licensee Presentation

ML090930340
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Site:	Byron
Issue date:	04/02/2009
From:	Exelon Nuclear
To:	NRC/RGN-III
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Exelon Nuclear Byron Generating Station U.S. NRC End-of-Cycle Public Meeting April 2, 2009

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 2 April 2, 2009

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 3 April 2, 2009

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 4 April 2, 2009

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 5 April 2, 2009

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 6 April 2, 2009

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 Byron Generating Station 7 April 2, 2009