ML091050623

NRC & Neac Meeting Concerning Millstone Annual Assessment, 2008 Reactor Oversight Process, Slides

ML091050623
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	04/23/2009
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NRC & NEAC Meeting Concerning Millstone Annual Assessment 2008 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region I

Purpose of Todays Meeting

• Discuss Millstone performance for 2008

• NRC will address Millstones performance as discussed in NRCs Annual Assessment Letter to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

• NEAC will be given the opportunity to respond to the information, request clarifications, and ask additional questions, as needed 2

Agenda

• Introduction

• NRC Organization and Performance Goals

• Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

• National Summary of Plant Performance

• Millstone Plant Performance Assessment

• NEAC Response and Remarks

• NRC and NEAC Closing Remarks

• Break

• NRC available to address public questions 3

Region I Organization Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator Marc L. Dapas Deputy Regional Administrator Division of Reactor Safety Division of Reactor Projects Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Darrell J. Roberts, Director David C. Lew, Director John D. Kinneman, Director Peter Wilson, Deputy Director James W. Clifford, Deputy Director Daniel S. Collins, Deputy Director Ronald Bellamy Regional Specialists Regional Specialists Branch 6 Chief Millstone Resident Inspection Staff Project Engineers Steve Shaffer, Senior Resident Inspector Scott Barber, Senior Project Engineer James Krafty, Resident Inspector Christopher Newport, Project Engineer Brian Haagensen, Resident Inspector 4

NRC Strategic Plan 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 5

NRC Regulatory Functions What We Regulate

• Nuclear Reactors

• Commercial power, research, test, and new reactor designs

• Nuclear Material

• Reactor fuel, radioactive material for medical, industrial, and academic uses

• Nuclear Waste

• Transportation, storage, disposal, and facility decommissioning

• Nuclear Security

• Facility physical security 6

Reactor Oversight Process 3 Strategic Areas & 7 Cornerstones Reactor Radiation Safeguards Safety Safety Public Occupational Initiating Mitigating Barrier Emergency Physical Radiation Radiation Events Systems Integrity Preparedness Protection Safety Safety 7

Reactor Oversight Process S tra te g ic P e rfo r m a n c e A re a s S a fety C o rn e r s to n e s B a s e lin e In s p e c tio n P e r fo r m a n c e In d ic a to r R e s u lts R e s u lts S ig n ific a n c e S ig n ific a n c e T h r e s h o ld T h r e s h o ld A c tio n M a tr ix R e g u la to ry R e s p o n s e 8

Baseline Inspection Areas

• Maintenance Effectiveness

• Operability Evaluations

• Post-Maintenance Testing

• Refueling & Outage Activities

• Surveillance Testing

• Emergency Preparedness Assessment 9

Baseline Inspection Areas

• Occupational Radiation Safety

• Public Radiation Safety

• Performance Indicator Verification

• Fire Protection

• Identification & Resolution of Problems

• Follow-up of Events 10

NRC Performance Indicators

• Initiating Events PIs

• Mitigating Systems PIs

• Barrier Integrity PIs

• Emergency Planning PIs

• Radiation Protection PIs

• Security PIs are not Publicly Available 11

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green Baseline Inspection White Requires additional NRC oversight Yellow Requires more NRC oversight Red Requires most NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green Very low safety issue White Low to moderate safety issue Yellow Substantial safety issue Red High safety issue 12

Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone

• Increasing Safety Significance

• Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts

• Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement

• Increasing Regulatory Actions 13

National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Licensee Response 86 Regulatory Response 14 Degraded Cornerstone 3 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 1 Unacceptable 0 Total 104 14

National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Performance Indicator Results Green 1762 White 6 Yellow 0 Red 0 Total Inspection Findings Green 776 White 17 Yellow 0 Red 0 15

NRC Inspection Activities at Millstone (for 2008)

• 7845 hours0.0908 days <br />2.179 hours <br />0.013 weeks <br />0.00299 months <br /> of inspection and related activities

• 3 resident inspectors on-site

• 19 regional inspections

• 4 major team inspections:

- Emergency Preparedness Exercise

- U3 Air Void SIT

- Problem Identification & Resolution

- Triennial Fire Protection 16

Millstone PIs / Findings (January 1 - December 31, 2008)

• All Green Performance Indicators

• 14 Green / Severity Level - IV inspection findings 17

NRC Inspection Findings Millstone

• Green - Inadequate maintenance procedures result in Unusual Event being declared at Unit 2 because of reactor coolant system leakage exceeding technical specification limits.

• Green - Installation of the incorrect internal valve trim package in valve 2-HD-103A resulted in a Unit 2 reactor trip.

• Green - Failure to correct safety valve lifting following uncomplicated reactor trips from full power at Unit 2.

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NRC Annual Assessment Summary Millstone

• Dominion operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved public health and safety and protected the environment

• Millstone was in the Licensee Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix for the last quarter of 2008 19

NRC Annual Assessment Summary Millstone

• NRC plans baseline inspections at Millstone for the remainder of 2009 20

NEAC Response and Remarks Millstone Nuclear Power Station Units 2 & Unit 3 21

Contacting the NRC

• Report a safety concern:

(800) 695-7403 Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions:

www.nrc.gov Public Affairs Officers:

Diane Screnci 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan 610-337-5331 22

NRC Representatives

• David C. Lew, Division Director, DRP 610-337-5229

• James W. Clifford, Deputy Division Director, DRP 610-337-5080

• Ronald Bellamy, Branch Chief 610-337-5200

• Steve Shaffer, Senior Resident Inspector 816-447-3170

• James Krafty, Resident Inspector 816-447-3170

• Brian Haagensen, Resident Inspector 816-447-3170

• Scott Barber, Senior Project Engineer 610-337-5232 23

Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

• http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/ind ex.html

• Public Electronic Reading Room http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

• Public Document Room 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 24

End of the Presentation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I King of Prussia, Pennsylvania April 23, 2009