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NRC Slides for EOC Meeting 4/2/13
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Public Meeting Ground Rules g

  • General Meeting Protocols

- Please hold comments until acknowledged by facilitator

- No audience participation during NRC-licensee portion of meeting

- Be respectful of speakers and others

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- Provide written comment/question for facilitator to read, if preferred

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- Facilitator may request clarification

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  • When Speaking, Please:

- Be courteous and respectful; avoid personal attacks or accusations

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- Share the air time: we want to hear from everyone

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- Do not request other participants to donate their time to you 1

NRCs Annual Assessment of Palisades Reactor Oversight Process - 2012 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III South Haven, MI 2

April 2, 2013

Opening p

g Cynthia Pederson Deputy Regional Administrator, RIII Deputy Regional Administrator, RIII 3

Our Mission

  • To license and regulate
  • To license and regulate the nations civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common promote the common defense and security, and protect the 4

environment.

Purpose of Todays Meeting p

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  • A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance in 2012
  • NRC will address the performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter
  • Licensee will be given the opportunity g

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to respond and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or 5

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improve performance

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Introd ction

  • Introduction
  • National Summary of Plant Performance Di i

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  • Discussion of Plant Performance Results
  • Discussion of actions requested by the NRC i th 2012 t l tt NRC in the 2012 assessment letter
  • Licensee Response and Remarks NRC Cl i

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  • NRC Closing Remarks
  • Break 6
  • NRC available to address public questions

Assurance of Plant Safety R

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  • Require defense-in-depth
  • Long-term maintenance of equipment
  • Continual training of operators
  • Compliance with regulations 7

Significance Threshold g

Performance Indicators Performance Indicators Green:

Only Baseline Inspection White:

Increases NRC oversight Y ll I

NRC i ht Yellow:

Increases NRC oversight Red:

Increases NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green:

Very low safety issue White:

Low to moderate safety issue White:

Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:

Substantial safety issue Red:

High safety issue 8

National Summary of Plant Performance Performance Status as of 12/31/2012 Status as of 12/31/2012 Licensee Response 81 Regulatory Response 18 Regulatory Response 18 Degraded Cornerstone 3

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Unacceptable 0

IMC 0350 O i ht 1

IMC 0350 Oversight 1

Total 104 9

Action Matrix Summary October 2011 September 2012 October 2011 - September 2012 Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Multiple/Rep Degraded Unacceptable Performance

Response

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Response

II Degraded Cornerstone III Degraded Cornerstone IV Performance V

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

- Degraded Cornerstone Column due to:

An Auxiliary Feed Water pump failed to function -

(low to moderate safety significance)

Service Water pump coupling failure -

(low to moderate safety significance)

Complicated shutdown caused by fault during work on an 10 electric panel -

(substantial safety significance)

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

Follow-up Supplemental Inspections Inspections

  • The objectives of the inspections conducted to f ll ith th Whit fi di l t d t th follow up with the White findings related to the Auxiliary Feedwater Pump and Service Water Pump Coupling failure and Yellow finding Pump Coupling failure and Yellow finding related to the complicated shutdown from the electrical fault are:

- the root causes for the risk-significant issues were understood;

- the extent of condition and extent of cause of the issues were identified; and

- corrective actions were or will be sufficient to address and preclude repetition of the root cause.

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Supplemental Inspections pp p

  • Included an independent NRC review of the extent p

of condition and extent of cause.

  • Concluded there were no significant weaknesses.
  • Independently assessed whether any safety culture
  • Independently assessed whether any safety culture component caused or significantly contributed to the performance issues.
  • Determined licensees corrective actions were d

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t adequate to prevent recurrence.

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NRC Safety Culture Review y

120 plant employees/contractors were interviewed by the NRC safety culture experts.

The inspection team determined that, although there are still some challenges the safety culture was adequate and is some challenges, the safety culture was adequate and is improving.

Employees at all levels of the organization stated they felt comfortable raising nuclear safety concerns through multiple avenues.

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Action Matrix, Oct 2012 - Current Licensee Regulatory

Response

Degraded Multiple/Rep Degraded Unacceptable Performance Licensee

Response

I

Response

II Degraded Cornerstone III Degraded Cornerstone IV Performance V

  • After conducting multiple inspections, the NRC determined that the licensee implemented determined that the licensee implemented appropriate corrective actions related to the White and Yellow findings from 2011.
  • In October, 2012, the NRC returned Palisades to Column I (Licensee Response).

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Through-Wall Leaks Several leaks occurred during 2012-2013:

  • More than most plants

- Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank

- Control Rod Drive Mechanism

- Service Water Valve

- Main Steam System Main Steam System

- Component Cooling Water Heat Exchanger

  • Current assessment: low risk significance Current assessment: low risk significance
  • Maintenance practices 16
  • NRC follow-up inspections

NRC Actions in 2013

  • Routine Inspections
  • The NRC approved a Deviation from the Action Matrix for Palisades for an additional 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> Matrix for Palisades for an additional 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br />.

In addition to routine inspections, the NRC will also:

- Ensure that the licensee is implementing appropriate corrective actions to improve the organization and sustain performance on site.

- Ensure that planned corrective and maintenance actions on a number of recent technical issues for which initial NRC review identified no immediate safety concerns, are effective such y

that these issues will not lead to more significant safety issues.

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NRCs Assessment Results of Palisades Palisades J

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  • Palisades continues to operate safely
  • NRC placed Palisades in Column I* of the Action Matrix (Licensee Response)
  • Palisades successfully completed the y

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  • With ROP deviation for additional inspections

NRCs Annual Assessment Summary of Palisades January 1 - December 31, 2012 Summary of Palisades

  • Substantive cross-cutting issues (SCCIs) - two in human performance - one in conservative assumptions and one in oversight assumptions and one in oversight.
  • On February 13, 2013, the NRC closed the SCCI in y

conservative assumptions.

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  • For 2013, in addition to the baseline inspections, NRC plans to conduct an additional 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> (deviation hours) of inspection at Palisades.

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Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Nuclear Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks 20

Closing Remarks g

Cynthia Pederson Deputy Regional Administrator, RIII Deputy Regional Administrator, RIII 21

Break 22

Public Meeting Ground Rules g

  • General Meeting Protocols

- Please hold comments until acknowledged by facilitator

- No audience participation during NRC-licensee portion of meeting

- Be respectful of speakers and others

  • To Speak

- Sign up with facilitator at break S g up t

ac tato at b ea

- Provide written comment/question for facilitator to read, if preferred

- For phone participants, let operator know you want to speak, wait for facilitator to acknowledge you

- Facilitator may request clarification

- Be ready to speak immediately following prior speaker

- Be ready to speak immediately following prior speaker

  • When Speaking, Please:

- Be courteous and respectful; avoid personal attacks or accusations

- Keep comments/questions brief and to the point Sh h

i i

h f

- Share the air time: we want to hear from everyone

- Respect time limits and Facilitators time cues

- Refrain from grandstanding

- Do not interrupt others

- Direct comments to NRC

- Respect Facilitators determination of appropriate donated time

- Do not request other participants to donate their time to you 23

Questions/Comments 24

Open to the Public p

  • The NRC places a high priority on keeping
  • 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 and policy decisions; and

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

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Contacting the NRC g

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  • Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

  • Report a safety concern

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov

  • General information or questions General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs 26 Select What We Do for Public Affairs

NRC Representatives p

Viktoria Mitlyng, Office of Public Affairs, RIII (630) 829 9662

- (630) 829-9662 Prema Chandrathil, Office of Public Affairs, RIII (630) 829 9663

- (630) 829-9663 John Jack Giessner, Branch Chief, Division of Reactor Projects Projects

- (630) 829-9619 Tom Taylor Senior Resident Inspector Tom Taylor, Senior Resident Inspector

- (269) 764-8971 A

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27 April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector

- (269) 764-8972

Reference Sources Reactor O ersight Process

  • Reactor Oversight Process

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

ASSESS/index.html ASSESS/index.html

  • Public Electronic Reading Room

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

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  • NRC Information Digest

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-p g

g collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/

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

NRC Social Media Channels

  • Blog:

http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/

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  • RSS:

http://www nrc gov/public

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http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html#rss 29

Actions in Response to the Japan Nuclear Accident Nuclear Accident

  • Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident
  • Mailbox for comments on staff actions:

JLD_Public.Resource@nrc.gov

  • Office of Public Affairs Point of

Contact:

OPA resource@nrc gov or 301-415-8200 OPA.resource@nrc.gov or 301 415 8200 30

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