ML12269A061

FENOC Presentation for 2012-09-26 Public Meeting

ML12269A061
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Site:	Beaver Valley, Davis Besse, Perry
Issue date:	09/26/2012
From:	FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
To:	NRC/RGN-III
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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FENOC Fleet Overview NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012

Agenda Opening Remarks Jim Lash - President FE Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer FENOC Overview Pete Sena - President FENOC and Chief Operating Officer Fleet Perspective Eric Larson - Vice President, Nuclear Support Ken Sturtecky - Executive Director, Fleet Outages Fleet Engineering and Projects Dan Pace - Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering Site Performance Review Beaver Valley: Paul Harden - Vice President Davis-Besse: Barry Allen - Vice President Perry: Vito Kaminskas - Vice President Fleet Oversight and Assessment Kevin Ostrowski - Vice President, Oversight Closing Remarks Jim Lash NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 2

Desired Outcome Demonstrate that FENOC is:

Committed to the safety and protection of the public, employees, and the environment Committed to safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective operations Focused on fleet operations and is having positive effects on site performance Addressing challenges and adjusting actions where needed On track for top fleet industry operating performance NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 3

About FirstEnergy (FE)

Headquartered in Akron, Ohio One of the largest investor-owned electric systems in the U.S. based on six million customers served Nearly $46 billion in assets

$16 billion in annual revenues Over 20,000 megawatts of generating capacity 10 electric utility operating companies in seven states 65,000-square-mile service territory 20,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and approximately 194,000 miles of distribution lines Approximately 17,000 employees NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 4

FirstEnergy Diverse Generating Sources FirstEnergy Power Sources FirstEnergy Power Sources Supercritical coal 9,791 MW Subcritical coal 2,517 Nuclear 3,991 Supercritical Coal Gas/Oil 1,745 20% Subcritical Coal Renewables 2,208 48%

Nuclear Total 20,252 MW 9%

OVEC included with Sub-critical coal Gas/Oil 11% Renewable 12%

NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 5

FirstEnergy Generation An Integrated Fossil and Nuclear Generation Fleet One common vision and approach to safety, human performance and business practices Leverage operational and maintenance expertise Implement best practices across the generation fleet Apply nuclear approach to certain practices/events (e.g., outage management)

- New Executive Director - Fleet Outages; for both nuclear and fossil improvement Share resources and knowledge across the generation fleet NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 6

FENOC Overview Pete Sena NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 7

FENOC Organization Tony Alexander President and CEO Board of Directors FirstEnergy Corp.

Nuclear Committee Jim Lash FE Generation President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pete Sena Peg Breetz Ken Sturtecky Kevin Ostrowski FENOC President and Director Generation Executive Director Vice President Chief Operating Officer Human Resources Fleet Outages Fleet Oversight Dan Pace ul Harden Barry Allen Vito Kaminskas Eric Larson Senior Vice President President Vice President Vice President Vice President Fleet Engineering ver Valley Davis-Besse Perry Nuclear Support Ray Lieb Brian Boles John Grabnar Jim Thomas Greg Halnon Mark Manoleras Rich Bolgna Director Director Director Director Director Director Fleet Director e Operations Site Operations Site Operations Nuclear Security Regulatory Affairs Engineering BV Site Engineering Dan Murray David Imlay Harlan Hanson Rick Mende David Hamilton Ken Byrd Director Director Director Director Fleet Director Fleet Director Improvement Perf Improvement Perf Improvement Operations Support Project Management DB Site Engineering Dave Huff John Dominy Jim Veglia Steve Braunfield Larry Rushing Doug Reeves Director Director Director Director Director DB Director aintenance Maintenance Maintenance BETA Lab S/G Replacement PY Site Engineering Roy Brosi Director Strategic Industry Initiatives NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 8

FENOC Vision and Strategies NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 9

Continuous Improvement Process Strategy Realign for Gap Improvement Identification Business Plan Benchmarking Action to Close Monitor Results Gaps Metrics Excellence Plans NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 10

Fleet Results - 2012 in progress Personal safety

- Fleet OSHA Rate = 0.26

- Maintaining focus on safe and reliable day-to-day operations

- 91.0% Fleet Capability Factor (year-to-date)

- 1.01% Fleet Forced Loss Rate (year-to-date)

Fleet benchmarks

- Strengths

- Fleet Forced Loss Rate

- Unplanned scrams

- Fleet Equipment Reliability Index

- Chemistry effectiveness indicator

- Opportunities

- Outage duration

- Collective radiation exposure NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 11

FENOC Strategic Direction Fleet Focus Areas Drive Improved Performance Focus Areas:

Personal Safety Leadership Fundamentals Outage Planning & Execution Key Strategic Projects NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 12

Fleet Focus Area - Leadership Fundamentals Individual Leadership Assessments Team Alignment and Effectiveness Assessments Team Alignment Sessions Targeted Organizational Effectiveness Training for managers and above Leaders teaching leaders through engagement in FENOC-specific New Supervisor/Manager and Continuing Training INPO rotations for development of select high potentials NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 13

Fleet Perspective Eric Larson Ken Sturtecky NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 14

FENOC Management Model he FENOC Management Model depicts how FENOC conducts business by outlining the responsibilities of the Executive eadership Team for Governance, Oversight, Support, and Performance and the relationships among individual activities.

Values Safety, Teamwork, Customer Service Vision Board of Directors Accountability & Ownership People with a strong safety Nuclear Committee of the Board FirstEnergy Executive Council Positive Change & Accomplishment focus delivering top fleet operating performance Continuous Improvement, Open Communications and Integrity, Diversity in Workforce, Knowledgeable Workforce Executive Leadership Team (ELT) FENOC Policies Governance of Fleet Operations Peer Groups Governance Oversight Support Performance Develop Strategy Challenge to Continuous Assistance for Continuous Improve Plant Review of Plant Provided to Plant Improvement Performance Performance NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 15

Fleet Focus Area - Personal Safety Engaged with a leader in Industrial Safety -

DuPont Changing from a compliance basis to a caring FELT focus Focus is on the supervision interaction with employees on behaviors Long term investment for the future with program implementation over approximately three years NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 16

Emergency Preparedness Improvements New Emergency Operations Facilities for each site New Emergency Preparedness rule on track for implementation Siren upgrades Fleet Common Emergency Plan Central Joint Information Center Pilot security integrated exercise NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 17

Fleet Focus Area - Outage Planning & Execution Ken Sturtecky - Executive Director, Fleet Outages Benchmark data reflects outage performance Outage performance improvements have been incremental over the last five years Created new Executive Director - Fleet Outages position Developed focus on outage planning and execution NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 18

Fleet Focus Area - Outage Planning & Execution Ken Sturtecky - Executive Director, Fleet Outages Consistent, predictable performance Outage improvement areas

- Outage planning and readiness process

- Five Outage business plans

- Strengthening alliances

- Outage expertise and resources

- Execution NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 19

Fleet Engineering and Projects Dan Pace NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 20

Fleet Engineering Managing demographics Engineering Human Performance improvements Design support of major projects Completion of Maintenance Strategy Equipment Reliability improvements Improvements in Safety Assessment Capability NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 21

PRA Current Status Level 1 / Level 2

- BV1, BV2, PY complete, DB complete by December 2012

- Next Updates: BV1, BV2, PY - 2014, DB - 2017 Internal Flooding: All scheduled to be complete by March 2013 Seismic: Models under development; scheduled for 2014 External Events: Scheduled for end of 2014 Fire: NFPA 805 transitions

- Beaver Valley submittal - extension request in progress

- Davis-Besse submittal - scheduled for 2014

- Perry - no submittal currently scheduled NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 22

Regulatory Guide 1.200 PRA Upgrade Project to Regulatory Guide 1.200

- Rev 1 compliance

- Beaver Valley and Perry: December 2012

- Davis-Besse: March 2013

- Rev 2 compliance: currently December 2014 (NFPA 805 transitions)

NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 23

Fleet Focus Area - Key Strategic Projects Major Projects Update Davis-Besse Shield Building Dry Fuel Storage License Renewal Major Component Replacements Fukushima Response NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 24

Davis-Besse Shield Building Root Cause activities complete Building mapping complete Concrete testing complete Coating in progress Design Basis updates on track Addressing Shield Building open item in License Renewal Safety Evaluation Report NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 25

Dry Fuel Storage Organization in place Perry initial loading in progress Address need for stackup support in 2013 Beaver Valley initial loading planned for 2014 Davis-Besse commence re-loading planned for 2016 NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 26

License Renewal Beaver Valley Units 1 and 2 licenses renewed in 2009

- Extended period program work on track Davis-Besse Safety Evaluation Report (SER) issued

- SER open item responses submitted

- Addressing License Renewal Contentions Perry project startup initiated - submittal planned for 2015 NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 27

Major Component Replacements Beaver Valley Unit 1 replacements complete - 2006 Davis-Besse head replaced - 2011 Davis-Besse steam generator - 2014 Beaver Valley Unit 2 Steam Generator / Reactor Head - 2017 NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 28

Fukushima Response Engagement Developed a dedicated group very early

- Take all appropriate actions based on lessons learned

- Support the industry - domestically and internationally Engaged at every level and on nearly every industry working group and taskforce including substantive interaction with NRC Staff Responded to industry initiatives (INPO IERs)

Early contracting of specialized technical support in 2011 for Seismic and Flooding Developed and maintain a strong industry peer team NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 29

Fukushima Response Seismic / Flooding / Emergency Preparedness Seismic walkdowns in progress with outage scopes identified

- Proceeding with the timely development of Seismic PRA Flooding walkdowns in progress and support the November 2012 submittal Flooding analysis with new methodology (includes dam failures)

- Probable Maximum Precipitation Analysis

- Probable Maximum Flood Analysis is in progress EP Communication walkdowns are complete and support the October 2012 submittal EP Staffing (multi-unit)

- Assessment to support the new Emergency Preparedness Rule is in progress

- 10 CFR 50.54(f) Staffing Assessment will follow and be informed by Mitigation Strategies NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 30

Beaver Valley Paul Harden NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 31

2012 Site Priorities Beaver Valley Safe, secure, reliable, cost effective plant operations Safe and successful completion of 1R21 and 2R16 Successful completion of emergency preparedness improvements and evaluated exercise Successful completion of Maintenance and Technical Training accreditation renewal Successfully complete Unit 2 spent fuel re-rack to increase storage capacity (complete re-rack in 2013)

NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 32

Beaver Valley Organization Paul Harden Site Vice President Beaver Valley Ray Lieb Dave Huff Dan Murray Rich Bologna Director Director Director Director Site Operations Maintenance Perf Improvement Site Engineering Charles McFeaters Ronald Green Richard Klindworth Darin Benyak Steve Hovanec Robert Kurkiewicz Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Site Operations Site Work Mgmt Site Maintenance Regulatory Comp Plant Engineering Site Quality Assurance Tim Steed Brian Matty Chris Hynes Carmen Mancuso Manager Manager Manager Manager Dawn Laitres Site Radiation Prot Site Outage Mgmt Training Design Engineering Manager Site Human Donald Salera Greg Cramer Pat Pauvlinch Resources Manager Manager Manager Site Chemistry Emergency Resp Tech Svcs Eng Dan Craine Manager Site Protection Lee Montanari Manager Site Projects Matrixed to site from fleet NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 33

Performance Snapshot Beaver Valley Personal Safety Performance (both units)

- Over 6 million hours without a lost-time accident Operating Performance (18 month average through August)

- BV1 INPO Index: BV1 = 100.0 / BV2 = 100.0

- BV1 Forced Loss: BV1 = 0.00% / BV2 = 0.09%

- Capability Factor: BV1 = 92.92% / BV2 = 93.26%

- Chemistry Effectiveness Index:

BV1 = 0.00 / BV2 = 0.15

- Equipment Reliability Index:

BV1 = 93 / BV2 = 96

- BV1 1st Quartile Collective Exposure

- BV2 2nd Quartile Collective Exposure NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 34

Continuing Plant Improvement Initiatives Beaver Valley Unit 2 Steam Generator Replacement Unit 2 Reactor Vessel Closure Head Replacement Low Pressure Turbine Rotor Replacements National Fire Protection Act (NFPA) 805

- Risk Informed Modifications Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool Re-rack Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Digital Instrumentation & Control Upgrades Workforce Replenishment Operator Pipeline NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 35

Davis-Besse Barry Allen NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 36

2012 Site Priorities Davis-Besse Safe, Reliable, Cost-Effective Operations through People, Processes & Procedures Excellent Personal Safety Behaviors Consistent Reinforcement of Standards Improve Performance through Training & the Corrective Action Program Consistent Execution of Clearance

& Plant Status Control 18th Refueling Outage Preparation

& Execution Recognize and Celebrate Success NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 37

Davis-Besse Organization Barry Allen Site Vice President Davis-Besse Brian Boles John Dominy Dave Imlay Ken Byrd Larry Rushing Director Director Director Director Director, DB Site Operations Maintenance Perf Improvement Site Engineering S/G Replacement Tom Summers Randy Patrick Doug Saltz Pat McCloskey Brian Kremer Bill OMalley Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Site Operations Site Work Mgmt Site Maintenance Regulatory Comp Plant Engineering Site Quality Assurance Doug Noble Gary Kendrick Jeff Cuff Jon Hook Manager Manager Manager Manager Linda Griffith Site Radiation Prot Site Outage Mgmt Training Design Engineering Manager Site Human Alvin Dawson Jim Vetter Allan Wise Resources Manager Manager Manager Site Chemistry Emergency Resp Tech Svcs Eng Mike Parker Manager Site Protection Mark Roelant Manager Site Projects Matrixed to site from fleet NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 38

Performance Snapshot Davis-Besse Personal Safety Performance

- 5 million hours without a lost-time accident Operating Performance (two year average through August)

- INPO Index = 94.4

- Forced Loss = 0.31%

- Capability Factor = 84.84%

- Chemistry Effectiveness Index = 0.00

- Equipment Reliability Index = 92

- 3rd Quartile Collective Exposure NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 39

Continuing Plant Improvement Initiatives Davis-Besse Steam Generator Replacement License Renewal Digital Electro-Hydraulic Control Reactor Coolant Pump Motor Replacement Turbine Plant Cooling Water Heat Exchanger Re-tube Workforce Replenishment Operator Pipeline NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 40

Perry Vito Kaminskas NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 41

2012 Site Priorities Perry Safe, secure, reliable, cost effective plant operations Reinvigorate implementation of the Corrective Action Program Perform radiological work error-less and event-free Rigorously plan and prepare for 1R14 Execute Dry Cask Storage campaign Renew Accreditation of Operations Training Programs Successfully complete Emergency Response Evaluated Exercise Demonstrate performance warranting closure of Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues and return to Column 1 of the NRC Reactor Oversight Process NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 42

Perry Organization Vito Kaminskas Site Vice President Perry John Grabnar Jim Veglia Harlan Hanson Doug Reeves Director Director Director Director Site Operations Maintenance Perf Improvement Site Engineering Jeff Tufts Mike Koberling Charles Smith Bob Coad Keith Nelson John Messina Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Site Operations Site Work Mgmt Site Maintenance Regulatory Comp Plant Engineering Site Quality Assurance Stan Baker Nick Conicella Tony Mueller Ted Hilston Manager Manager Manager Manager Dawn Skerness Site Radiation Prot Site Outage Mgmt Training Design Engineering Manager Site Human Joe Oelbracht Rick Smith Polly Boissoneault Resources Manager Manager Manager Site Chemistry Emergency Resp Tech Svcs Eng Larry Lindrose Manager Site Protection Brad Baumgardner Manager Site Projects Matrixed to site from fleet NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 43

Performance Snapshot Perry Personal Safety Performance

- Over 600,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> without a lost-time accident Operating Performance (current performance)

- Perry INPO Index = 64.8

- Perry Forced Loss = 2.12%

- Perry Capability Factor = 93.12%

- Chemistry Effectiveness Index = 15.36

- Equipment Reliability Index = 81

- 4th Quartile Collective Exposure NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 44

Continuing Plant Improvement Initiatives Perry Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Low Pressure Turbine Rotor Replacements Backwash Receiving Tank Level Transmitter Replacement Digital Electro-Hydraulic Control Plant Radiation Monitor Digital Upgrade Feedwater Valve Replacements Workforce Replenishment Operator Pipeline NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 45

Radiation Protection Performance Perry Improving oversight of radiological work

- High radiological risk = Infrequently Performed Test or Evolution (IPTE)

- RP technicians attend pre-job brief for high risk work

- Work supervisors attend radiological briefs for high radiological risk and Locked High Radiation Area (LHRA) entries

- Director and RP Manager approval required for emergent LHRA entries Radiation Protection Procedures

- Single, comprehensive survey maps

- Comprehensive High Radiological Area (HRA) briefs include all accessible areas

- Improved control of high dose areas where access not required

- Radiological hold points, critical steps and contingency plans Radiation worker engagement

- Work supervisor reviews of high radiation area entries

- Interactive radiological briefs for HRA entries

- Radiologically controlled area trip cards

- Procedure use and adherence

- Radiation technician/supervisor training (dynamic learning activity, oral boards)

NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 46

Fleet Oversight Kevin Ostrowski NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 47

Fleet Oversight Compliance auditing - 2012

- 8 audits completed; 4 planned

- 18 Industry technical specialists used from 17 plants/utilities Individual site performance assessment

- Organizational Effectiveness now included in assessments

- Beaver Valley - Refueling outage focus

- Davis-Besse - Oversight of reactor head / replacement S/G work

- Perry - Focus on oversight of improvement activities Corporate Assessments

- Safety Culture/NEI Safety Culture Assessment Process Employee Concerns Program NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 48

Closing Remarks Jim Lash NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 49

Closing Remarks Our vision:

People with a strong safety focus delivering top fleet operating performance.

Safe Plant Operations Reliable Plant Operations Cost-Effective Plant Operations Effective use of People, Processes and Procedures NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012 50

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FENOC Fleet Overview NRC Senior Management Briefing September 26, 2012