ML112430571

NRC Presentation-Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction Status Public Meeting

ML112430571
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Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	09/01/2011
From:	NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB2
To:	Tennessee Valley Authority
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WELCOME Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction Status Public Meeting August 24, 2011 Enclosure 5

Category 1 Public Meeting

• Please sign in

• Public invited to observe/comment

• NRC available after the meeting for questions/comments

• Feedback forms

• Agenda, slides, meeting summary, and list of attendees in Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

Purpose/Topics

• TVAs schedule for project completion

• TVAs transitional plans : Operational areas

• TVAs open items package development

• TVAs quality of corrective actions for historical issues

• Heineman Circuit Breaker issue

• Status of Fukushima reviews

• Licensing activities

• Inspection activities

Licensing Status

• Accomplishments

• FSAR Topics - 93% complete

• Fire protection and Chapter 15 Dose Consequence in progress

• SSERs 21, 22, and 23 published

• SSER 24 draft to be completed September 2, 2011

• Publish in late September 2011

• Major areas include accidents/transient analyses (15), cyber-security (13 6) and operational releases and dose (11 and 12)

(13.6),

• ACRS Subcommittee scheduled on October 5, 2011

• Materials License under Part 70 issued in June

• Open Issues

• SSER 23 Appendix HH

• Coordination with Region II for closure

• Supplement to the final Environmental Statement

Inspection Program Updates

• Completed the Mid-cycle assessment review

• Results will be issued in a September 1,2011 letter to TVA

• For the 12 month assessment period identified 12 Severity Level IV violation

• Expended over 17,000 inspection related hours

• Increased size of Watts Bar 2 construction projects branch in Region 2; nine inspectors assigned to project

• 33 different regional inspectors during the assessment period

Inspection Program Elements Historical Open items Previously (VIO,NCV,IFI..)

Completed Allegations inspections Inspection Generic Program Licensing Communications issues New Or CAPs/SPs re-work

Status of Inspection Program

• Over 500 construction inspection items in the Inspection Planning and Scheduling (IP&S)

• Completed inspections for 111 IP&S items

• Many y of the remaining g IP&S items have been inspected, but require additional effort to close

• Completed inspections for seven (7) CAPs and SPs

Status of Inspection Program Recently Completed Team Inspections:

• Independent Design Verification Program

• Problem Identification and Resolution

• Commercial Grade Dedication Started Pre-Operational testing inspections (IMC 2513); these inspections will increase as TVA completes construction on more safety systems

NRC response to Fukushima Dai-ichi accident

• NRC Commission created Japan Task Force (JTF)

• JTF presented its report to the Commission on July 19, 2011, proposing 12 recommendations

• The Commission has asked NRC staff for a series of papers to:

1. Outline the JTF recommendations that should be implemented immediately (Sept. 9, 2011)

2. Prioritize JTF recommendations (Oct. 3, 2011)

3. Consider JTF broadest recommendation to revise NRC regulatory approach (within 18 months)

THANK YOU Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction Status Public Meeting August 24, 2011