ML091350087
| ML091350087 | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 05/14/2009 |
| From: | Borchardt W NRC/EDO |
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COMMISSION BRIEFING SLIDES/EXHIBITS BRIEFING ON RESULTS OF AARM MAY 14, 2009
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7 C U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ProtectingPeople and the Environment Briefing on the Results of the Agency Action Review Meeting May 14, 2009 Bill Borchardt, EDO
Agenda
- Plant Discussion
-Palo Verde: Elmo Collins, RIV
" Industry Trends Program -
Frederick Brown, NRR "ROP Self-Assessment -
Agenda (cont.)
- Materials and Waste Programs Performance: Charles Miller, FSME
- Facility Discussion
-Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc..
Luis Reyes, RII 3
Plant Discussion - Palo Verde
- NRC Activities to Confirm Safety and Assess Effectiveness of CAL
- Inspections
- Public Meetings
- Palo Verde Actions in 2008 4
Plant Discussion - Palo Verde
- Current Performance Assessment
- Overall Performance Improved
- Closed CAL and Substantive Cross Cutting Issues
- Actions Going Forward
- Focused CAL Follow Up Inspections
- Periodic Public Meetings 5
Reactor Industry Trends Program
" Identifies Trends in Safety Performance
- Communicates Performance To Stakeholders
" Complements the ROP
- Supports NRC Performance Goals 6
FY 2008 Reactor Trend Results
- No Statistically Significant Adverse Trends in Safety Performance
- Short term performance was within expected ranges
" No Significant Accident Sequence Precursors 7
ROP Self-Assessment
- Reviewed Against Program Goals
" Met Performance Goals and Achieved Intended Outcomes
- Safety Improved at Specific Plants as Result of ROP Implementation 8
2008 AARM Follow Up Actions
" Clarify Meaning and Use of "Green" Pis
- Evaluate Resident Inspector Attraction and Retention Issues 9
ROP Discussion Topics
- Action Matrix Deviations
- Several ROP Enhancements
- Consistent ROP Resources 10
2009 ROP Focus Areas
- Consistently Implement SCCI Guidance
- Followed development in Safety Culture Initiative
- Ongoing Effort to Further Improve the PI Program 11
Materials and Waste Programs Perform ance Provide a summary of the materials and waste program's performance 12
Performance Evaluation Program
- Systematic review to identify significant:
- Operational performance trends
-Licensee performance issues
-NRC program issues/gaps 13
Performance Criteria
" Strategic Outcomes
- Performance Measures
- Abnormal Occurrences
- Significant Enforcement Actions
- Trending review of Event Data
- SECY-02-0216 and SECY-08-0135 14
Strategic Outcomes &
Performance Measures
- All Strategic Outcomes were realized
- Performance Measures were all within the established goals 15
Abnormal Occurrences
" Ten abnormal occurrences (AOs) in FY 2008
" All AOs in FY 2008 were medical-related events
- No discernable trends on total number of AOs 16
Escalated NRC Materials Enforcement Actions
- 118 escalated enforcement actions in calendar year 2008
- Two cases involved severity level II violations
- No significant performance trends identified 17
Licensee Performance/
NRC Program Gaps
" Two nuclear materials licensees met the significant performance issues criteria for FY 2008
- No significant trending issues identified
- No NRC program gaps or failures identified 18
Trending Review of Event Data
- Reviewed 10 years - 5,227 eve nts during this period
- No significant performance tre nds identified
- No significant change from previous 10 year period (5,053 events) 19
Review of General Licensed Device Events
- Data Reviewed to determine:
-Type of general licensed device (GLD) events that have been reported
-Any trends regarding GLDs 20
Review of General Licensed Device Events
- General Findings:
-546 events involved 7,776 GLDs for the time period 111/1998 to 12/31/2008
-Tritium exit signs accounted for 93 percent of the GLDs for these events 21
Review of General Licensed Device Events
Conclusions:
-The NRC is evaluating the cause for the large number of tritium exit sign related events
- No other trends were found during this study 22
Materials Licensee Briefing on Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
" Reasons for Discussion
" NRC Actions
" Current Performance
- NFS' Compliance with Order
" Next Steps 23
Conclusions
" All strategic and performance goals were met in FY 2008
" No adverse performance trends identified
" Enhancements to the ROP 24
List of Acronyms "AARM - Agency Action Review Meeting
- CAL - Confirmatory Action Letter
- EDO - Executive Director of Operations 25
List of Acronyms (cont)
" FMSE - Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs
" FY - Fiscal Year
- GLD -General Licensed Device
- IMC -Inspection Manual Chapter S IP - Inspection Procedure
" ITP - Industry Trends Program 26
List of Acronyms (cont)
" MD - Management Directive
" NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
" PI - Performance Indicator
" PI&R - Problem Identification and Resolution
" RII - Region II 27
List of Acronyms (cont)
- RIV - Region IV
" ROP - Reactor Oversight Process
" SCCI- Substantial Cross-Cutting Issue
" SDP - Significance Determination Process
" SRM - Staff Requirements Memorandum 28
Palo Verde. Nuclear Generating Station May 2009 Randy Edington Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Arizona Public Service
I-PLANT EQUIPME14T PFOptF (ORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM SAFETY WHUMANPERF.,'CONT. LEARNING I KNOWLEDGE TRAINING COMMUNICATIONS I OVERSIGHT N q EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS I ~g PRCDUE NIERN - E GES PROCRAMS,'PRO(FSSES
- 1 (CISTEFFECTIVENESS MFTRICS F LONG RANGE PLAN DEPARTMENTPLANS 2
3 Sustaining. Continuous Improvement Beyond and Broaderthan CAL
" Safety Culture
- Industry Engagement
" Planning 5 Year Site Integrated Business Plan
- Long-Range Planning / Strategic Planning
" Alignment to Mission, Values and Behaviors
" Equipment
- Top 10 Technical Issues
- Minor Modifications
" People
- Hiring and Development Model
- Staffing and Recruiting Strategies
- Succession Planning
" Corrective Action Program 4
Sustaining Continuous Improvement Beyond and Broaderthan CAL
- Knowledge / Training
- Four-week Power Plant Fundamentals Course
- Orientation Program
- Oral Boards
- Measures
- Performance Indicators with Industry Targets
- Self-Assessments and Benchmarking
- Trending and Analysis
- Oversight
- Management Review Meetings
- Nuclear Assurance, Off-Site Safety Review Committee,' Nuclear Oversight Committee
- Plant Health Committee
- Executive Challenge Boards
- Communication Strategy 5
Hiring & Development Model Hiring for our future 70% - 90%
Sr .ig,Leve 6
Palo Verde Leadership Model
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NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock &Wilcox Company Update to Commission on N.FS' Safety Culture Improvem ent Plan May 14, 2009 Dave Kudsin, President 1
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company A new beginning...
oSuccessful Acquisition oSmooth Transition 0Commitment to Safety Improving accountability through:
-Increased Corporate Oversight
-New Ethics Program oResources Accessibility 2
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES. INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company Bottom Line Up Front Plan on-track
-Challenge: management of plan
-Action: senior project manager assigned
~Performance Indicators positive oSlower progress than plan in some areas o2011 goal achievable 3
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock &Wilcox Company Safety Culture Strategic Plan oLong Range Vision-Industry "best in class" safety culture by 2011 oIntegrates findings of self assessment and third party assessment oActions to address each finding assigned a date and responsible manager 4
NUCL EAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company Safety Culture Strategic Plan
~mid Term: One Page Plan System
-objectives with metrics
-Action Plans with milestones oAnnuaI plan development.
-workshop to develop Strategic Plan
-Flows down to management: 3 to 4 levels oMonthly execution meetings
-Review objectives (metrics) and action plans (milestones) 5
-.1 NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock &Wilcox Company Project Management Summary Plan on-track
=93 commitments completed (46%)
->70% complete by December 31, 2009
-No overdue actions oActions effective
-Need to develop comprehensive cultural change set of metrics for use in change assessment 6
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock &Wilcox Company Human Performance (HuP) oAveragjng 12 days between HuP site-wide event clock resets oAlI operations personnel using HuP tools by year-end; security forces 2010 oMaking conservative decisions
()Security overtime reduced 25%;
staffing all-time high 7
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NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company Maintenance Backlog 250 200 150 100 50 0
Jun-05 Dec-05 Jun-06 Dec-06 Jun-07 Dec-07 Jun-08 Dec-08
'Improving Long-term Plant Safety 8
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES. INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock &Wilcox Company Employee Safety Awareness 750 600 450 _o_
300I__
150 0 -
2005 2006 2007 2008
'Lowering the Reporting Threshold vIncreasing Ownership & Participation 9
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
Employee Reported Problems a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company 2200--
1900 0 t3-1 _
1600 T 1300 ---- _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _
1000____ _
700 -_
400 -__ -_
2006 2007 2008 r- Low ] Moderate 0 High Severity
'Better Risk Management 10
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company Corrective Action Program 5.0 How satisfied are you with the overall process from initial identification of the problem through problem closure?
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3.0 Dec-07 Mar-08 Jun-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 Mar-09 mproving Employee Satisfaction 11
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
a subsidiary of The Babcock &Wilcox Company Safety Conscious.Work Environment 0 Successfully launched Employee Concerns Program (April 2009) oEnabled anonymous Corrective Action Program problem reporting (Oct 2008) 12