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Annual Assessment Meeting for the Palisades Nuclear Plant Reactor Oversight Process - 2011 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III South Haven Michigan March 21, 2012 1

Purpose of Todays Meeting

  • A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance in 2011
  • NRC will address the performance 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 2

Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Review of Reactor Oversight Process
  • National Summary of Plant Performance
  • Di Discussion i off Pl Plant Performance P f Results R l
  • Licensee Response and Remarks
  • NRC Closing Remarks
  • Break
  • NRC available to address public questions 3

Region III Organization Cynthia D. Pederson Acting Regional Administrator Jennifer L. Uhle Acting Deputy Regional Administrator Division of Reactor Safety Division of Reactor Projects Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Steven A. Reynolds, Director K. Steven West, Director Anne T. Boland, Director Kenneth OBrien, Deputy Director Gary Shear, Deputy Director Patrick Louden, Deputy Director Jack Giessner Regional Specialists Regional Specialists Branch 4 Chief Branch Staff Palisades Resident Inspection Staff Robert Lerch, Project Engineer Tom Taylor, Senior Resident Inspector Diana Betancourt, Reactor Engineer April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector Swetha Shah, Reactor Engineer 4

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

- Establishing rules and regulations

- Issuing licenses

- Providing oversight through inspection, enforcement, and evaluation of operational experience

- Conducting research to provide support for regulatory decisions

- Responding to events and emergencies 5

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

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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
  • 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 7

What We Dont Do

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

Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Performance Indicator Baseline Inspection Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Response 9

Reactor Oversight Process Cornerstones Mission Strategic P f Performance Areas Cornerstones Cross-Cutting Areas Human Performance--Safety Conscious Work Environment--Problem Identification &

Resolution 10

Significance Threshold of Inspection Findings and Indicators Safety significance NRC Response Green (very low) Routine NRC Inspections White (low to moderate) Increases NRC oversight Yellow (substantial) Increases NRC oversight Red (high) Increases NRC oversight 11

Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance I II III Cornerstone V IV Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions 12

National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 2/15/2012 I Licensee Response 88 II Regulatory Response 11 III Degraded Cornerstone Palisades now 3 IV Multiple/Repetitive Deg. Cornerstone 1 V Unacceptable 0 Total *103

  • Fort Calhoun not included - shutdown and requires NRC permission to restart 13

National Summary

  • Performance Indicator Results for 2011

- Green 6585

- White 9

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

  • Total Inspection Findings in 2011

- Green 846

- White 13

- Yellow 2

- Red 0 14

Palisades Assessment Results January 1 - December 31, 2011

  • In the fourth q quarter of 2011 NRC placed Palisades in Column III -

Degraded Cornerstone Column 15

Summary of Safety Significant Findings Plant continues to operate safely, but performance has degraded

  • Operator leaves his post - Confirmatory Order

(low to moderate safety significance)

(low to moderate safety significance)

  • Complicated shutdown caused by fault during work on an electric panel -

(substantial safety significance) 16

Cornerstones Mission Strategic P f Performance Areas Cornerstones SW AF pump pump failure failure DC bus failure

NRCs Response to Issues 2011

  • Routine inspections ~ 2500 hours0.0289 days <br />0.694 hours <br />0.00413 weeks <br />9.5125e-4 months <br />
  • Additional inspections to address plant issues - over 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> 18

Palisades Inspection Activities January 1 - December 31, 2011

  • Routine Inspections
  • Special Inspection Team - Complicated shutdown caused by electrical fault 19

Assessment Summary

  • Palisades continues to operate safely
  • NRC placed Palisades in Column III of the Action Matrix (Degraded Cornerstone) in 4th quarter 2011
  • Substantive Cross-cutting Issues (SCCIs) -

three in human performance area

- Conservative Assumptions

- Adequate Procedures

- Effective Oversight

  • If the NRC determines the plant is not operating safely, we will shut down the plant 20

NRCs Response to Issues 2012

  • NRC will do routine/baseline activity
  • NRC will do follow-up inspections on all three greater than green findings and confirmatory order
  • NRC will independently evaluate the issues

- Adequate actions to prevent the issue from occurring again

- Determine if the condition that existed could exist in other equipment

- Determine the root/underlying causes and evaluate if those causes could lead to other events

- Determine if problems with safety culture caused or significantly contributed to the events 21

Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Nuclear Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks 22

Closing Remarks Cynthia y Pederson Acting Regional Administrator, RIII 23

Questions/Comments 24

Open to the Public

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

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Contacting the NRC

  • Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

  • Report a safety concern

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov

  • General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs 26

NRC Representatives

- (630) 829-9662

- (630) 829-9619

  • Tom Taylor, Senior Resident Inspector

- (269) 764-8971

  • April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector

- (269) 764-8972 27

Reference Sources

  • Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/

ASSESS/index.html

  • Public Electronic Reading Room

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

  • NRC Information Digest

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/

  • Public Document Room 800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 28

NRC Social Media Channels

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