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Slides, Presentation for Palisades Annual Assessment Meeting - Reactor Oversight Program - 2009
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Palisades Annual Assessment Meeting 1

Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - 2009 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III South Haven, MI May 11, 2010

Purpose of Todays Meeting

  • A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance in 2009
  • NRC will address the performance 2

issues identified in the annual assessment letter

  • Licensee will be given the opportunity to respond and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve performance

Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Review of Reactor Oversight Process
  • National Summary of Plant Performance Di i

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  • Discussion of Plant Performance Results
  • Licensee Response and Remarks
  • NRC Closing Remarks
  • Break
  • NRC available to address public questions

Region III Organization Mark A. Satorius Regional Administrator Cynthia D. Pederson Deputy Regional Administrator Division of Reactor Projects Division of Reactor Safety Division of Nuclear Materials Safety 4

K. Steven West, Director Gary Shear, Deputy Director Anne T. Boland, Director Kenneth OBrien, Deputy Director Jack Giessner Branch 4 Chief Regional Specialists Palisades Resident Inspection Staff John Ellegood, Senior Resident Inspector Thomas Taylor, Resident Inspector Cammie Hernandez, Office Assistant Branch Staff Robert Lerch, Project Engineer Diana Betancourt, Reactor Engineer Frank Tran, Reactor Engineer Steven C. Reynolds, Director Patrick Louden, Deputy Director Regional Specialists

Our Mission

nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment.

Some Nuclear Facts 104 nuclear power plants supply about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.

Nuclear materials are used in medicine for diagnosis 6

in medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.

Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, radiography devices, and irradiators.

The NRC Regulates

  • Nuclear reactors - commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs
  • Nuclear materials - nuclear reactor fuel, radioactive materials for medical, industrial, and academic use 7
  • Nuclear waste - transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear material and waste, decommissioning of nuclear facilities
  • Nuclear security - physical security of nuclear facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks

What We Dont Do

  • Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors, or space vehicle reactors 8
  • Own or operate nuclear power plants
  • Regulate some radioactive materials, such as naturally occurring radon

How We Regulate

  • Establish rules and regulations
  • Issue licenses
  • Provide oversight through inspection, f

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  • Conduct research to provide support for regulatory decisions
  • Respond to events and emergencies

Assurance of Plant Safety

  • Require defense-in-depth
  • Require long-term maintenance of equipment 10
  • Require continual training of operators
  • Verify compliance with regulations

What We Do - Nuclear Waste

  • The NRC regulates:

- Storage of spent reactor fuel in fuel pools or dry storage casks 11 casks

What We Do - Nuclear Security

  • NRC Requires:

- Well-armed and well-trained security forces,

- Surveillance and perimeter patrols, 12 perimeter patrols,

- State-of-the-art site access equipment and

controls,

- Physical barriers and detection zones, and

- Intrusion detection systems and alarm stations.

NRC Performance Goals

  • Safety: Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the environment.

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  • Security: Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials.

Reactor Oversight Process Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Performance Indicator Results Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Performance Indicator Results Strategic Performance Areas 14 Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Regulatory Response Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Regulatory Response

Examples of Baseline Inspections

  • Equipment Alignment

~80 hrs/yr

  • Triennial Fire Protection

~250 hrs every 3 yrs

  • Operator Response

~125 hrs/yr E

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~80 hrs/yr

  • Rad Release Controls

~110 hrs every 2 yrs

  • Worker Radiation Protection

~95 hrs/yr

  • Corrective Action Program

~250 hrs every 2 yrs

  • Corrective Action Case Reviews

~60 hrs/yr

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green:

Only Baseline Inspection White:

Increases NRC oversight Yellow:

Increases NRC oversight Red:

Increases NRC oversight 16 Red:

Increases NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green:

Very low safety issue White:

Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:

Substantial safety issue Red:

High safety issue

Action Matrix Concept Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.

Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance 17 Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions

National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 12/31/2009 Licensee Response 79 Regulatory Response 24 Degraded Cornerstone 1

18 Degraded Cornerstone 1

Multiple/Repetitive Deg. Cornerstone 0

Unacceptable 0

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National Summary

  • Performance Indicator Results (total for CY 2009)

- Green 7039

- White 18

- Yellow 0

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- Yellow 0

- Red 0

  • Total Inspection Findings (total for CY 2009)

- Green 879

- White 7

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

Palisades Assessment Results January 1 - December 31, 2009 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Regulatory

Response

Regulatory

Response

Regulatory

Response

Regulatory

Response

20 Plant performance for all four quarters of the CY2009 assessment period was within the Regulatory Response Column of the Action Matrix due to:

A White finding in Occupational Radiation Protection Cornerstone (first three quarters) and

One in the Initiating Events Cornerstone (Spent Fuel Pool Degradation) in the fourth quarter.

Safety Significant Findings or PIs January 1 - December 31, 2009 Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Degradation It was assigned 4Q 2009 and it involved spent fuel pool degraded fuel racks. The NRC determined the finding to be of low-to-21 moderate safety significance, White, because one control system (the absorber material in the plate) was degraded.

The other control system was in place (the soluble boron in the SFP) to ensure the safety function was met.

Inspection Report: 2009008

Palisades Inspection Activities January 1 - December 31, 2009 Over 2,535 person-hours of direct inspection 12 Non-Cited Violations (NCV) 1 White Finding with an associated Violation 2

dditi l I ti Fi di ith 22 2 additional Inspection Findings with no associated violation Severity Level IV Violation Traditional enforcement for inaccurate record of individual monitoring February 17: The licensee shut down using normal shutdown procedures to replace several leaking Control Rod Drive seals

Palisades Inspection Activities January 1 - December 31, 2009 August 31 - September 25: Supplemental Inspection Inspection Report 2009007 23 Conducted in response a White finding due to the failure to perform adequate radiological evaluations to properly quantify the radiological dose following receipt of electronic dosimeter alarms.

1 Severity Level IV identified

Palisades Annual Assessment Summary January 1 - December 31, 2009

  • Entergy operated Palisades Units 1 in a manner that preserved public health and safety 24 and safety
  • All cornerstone objectives were met with one White finding identified

January 1 - December 31, 2009 Human Performance Substantive Cross-Cutting Issue:

The cross-cutting themes in the aspects of error prevention, Documentation/Procedures, and Planning from the last assessment period were Palisades Annual Assessment Summary 25 Planning from the last assessment period were closed.

NRC plans baseline inspections at Palisades and a supplemental inspection (95001) in response to the White finding for the CY2010 assessment period.

Other Items of Public Interest

  • Entergy continues to monitor and 26 repair tritium leaks-all drinking wells less than minimum detectable activity

Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Representatives 27 Entergy Representatives

Open to the Public

  • The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and stakeholders informed of its activities.

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  • At www.nrc.gov, you can:

- Find public meeting dates and transcripts;

- Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and

- Access the agencys Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.

Contacting the NRC

  • Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

  • Report a safety concern 29

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov

  • General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs

NRC Representatives

- (301) 415-8371

- (630) 829-9619 30

- (269) 764-8971

- (269) 764-8971

  • Robert Lerch, Project Engineer

- (630) 829-9759

NRC Representatives

- (630) 829-9834 Viktoria Mitlyng, Public Affairs Officer (630) 829 9662 31

- (630) 829-9662 Prema Chandrathil, Public Affairs Officer

- (630) 829-9663

  • NRC Region III Office Switchboard

- (630) 829-9500 (800) 522-3025

Reference Sources

  • Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/in dex.html 32 Public Electronic Reading Room

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html Public Document Room 800-397-4209 (Toll Free)

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