ML11319A219

Enclosure 4 NRC Slides for 11/08/2011 Public Meeting Slides

ML11319A219
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	11/15/2011
From:	Haag R NRC/RGN-II/DCP/CPB3
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Haag R
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WELCOME Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction Status Public Meeting November 8, 2011 Enclosure 4

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 Agency wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

Inspection Program Updates

• Results of the Mid-cycle assessment review issued in a September 1, 2011 letter to TVA

• Overall acceptable performance

• Three items highlighted:

- Inadequate corrective action for historical items

- Resolution of Heinemann circuit breaker

- No substantive cross-cutting issues

Inspection Program Updates

• Next periodic assessment in November for the Quarterly review

• Expended approximately 9000 inspection related hours in 2nd half of FY11

Status of Inspection Items

• Approximately 532 construction inspection items in the Inspection Planning and Scheduling (IP&S)

• Closed 145 IP&S items

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

• Closed eight (8) Corrective Action Programs and Special Programs, many sub-issues also closed

Pre-Operational Testing Inspection Program

• Inspection Manual Chapter 2513

• Performed in parallel with construction inspection (IMC 2512)

• Two sections: Testing and Operational Preparedness

• Testing - Mandatory and Primal Inspections

- Mandatory tests are large tests that verify functionality of major features/ components

- Primal tests are system level tests, samples select based on risk, history, etc.

Pre-Operational Testing Inspection Program

• Operational Preparedness inspections assess programs and TVAs ability to support Unit 2 operations

• Examples: radiation protection; chemistry; security; emergency preparedness; fire protection, etc.

• Inspection guidance in 2513 being reviewed for applicability

• Will require inspectors outside of the construction inspection group

THANK YOU Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction Status Public Meeting November 8, 2011