ML13087A408
| ML13087A408 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/2013 |
| From: | Mel Gray Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4 |
| To: | |
| gray, mel | |
| References | |
| MN 13-001 | |
| Download: ML13087A408 (11) | |
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Limerick 2012 Performance Assessment Summary
- Exelon operated Limerick safely and in a manner that preservedd th the public bli hhealth lth and d safety f t andd protected t t d th the environment
- Limerick remained in the Licensee Response column of the Action Matrix
- 6814 hours0.0789 days <br />1.893 hours <br />0.0113 weeks <br />0.00259 months <br /> of inspection and related activities were conducted by NRC inspectors
- All Green Performance Indicators & 14 regulatory issues of Low Safety significance
NRC Strategic Plan Strategic Goals
- Safety:
y Ensure adequate q pprotection of public p
health and safety and the environment.
- Security: Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials.
Strategic Objectives
- Openness: The NRC appropriately informs and involves stakeholders in the regulatory process.
- Effectiveness: NRC actions are high quality, y and realistic, to enable the safe efficient, timely, and beneficial use of radioactive materials.
- Operational Excellence: NRC operations use effective business methods and solutions to achieve hi excellence ll in i accomplishing li hi the th agencys mission.
Plant Performance Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Response
Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone
- Increasing I i Safety S f t Significance Si ifi
- Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts
- Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement
- Increasing Regulatory Actions
Some Nuclear Facts
- More than 100 nuclear power plants l t supply l about b t 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.
- Nuclear materials are used in medicine for g
diagnosis and cancer treatment
- Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, devices radiography devices, and irradiators
License Renewal Safe and Secure Continued Operation Environmental Review 10 CFR Part 51 Environmental Review Environmental Public Participation Impact Statement Safety Review Painting and Coatings 10 CFR Part 54 Safety Review Vessell iinternals V t l Susceptible System and Component Inspections inspections Inspection Report Aging Management Programs Safety Evaluation Onsite Inspection
Spent Nuclear Fuel Safe and Secure Storage & Transport Assured By Comprehensive Regulations Detailed D t il d NRC Review R i Robust Cask & Package Designs Significant Experience Base Continued Oversight U.S. Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Trojan Columbia 1
Bi Rock Big R k Monticello Point Nine Mile Pt 2 Kewaunee 3 DOE TMI-2 Storage Prairie Island Point Fitzpatrick 4 Ginna 5 DOE Idaho Spent Fuel Facility Beach Humboldt Bay LaCross 6 e 7 Zion Palisade 8 Fermi Perry s 9 6 5 Cook Davis Besse 7 1 Northeast:
Private Fuel Storage Ft. Calhoun 4 2 10 11 13 1. Maine Yankee Beaver Valley 3 12 14 2. Seabrook 15 3. Vermont Yankee Rancho Seco Ft Saint Vrain (vault storage)
Cooper 8 Midwest: 4. Yankee Rowe
- 1. Dresden 16 5. Pilgrim
- 2. GE Morris (wet) 6. Haddam Neck North Anna
- 3. Braidwood 7. Millstone Callaway 4. Lasalle 8. Indian Point Surry
- 5. Byron 9. Susquehanna Wolf Creek 6 Duane Arnold
- 6. 10 Three Mile Island 10.Three Diablo Canyon 7. Quad Cities 11. Limerick
- 8. Clinton 12. Peach Bottom Shearon Harris 13. Oyster Creek McGuire 14. Hope Creek Watts Bar
- 15. Salem Sequoyah Catawba Robinson 16. Calvert Cliffs San Onofre Arkansas Nuclear Oconee Browns Ferry Summer Brunswick One Palo Verde Vogtle Hatch Comanche Peak Grand Gulf Farley LEGEND As of August 2007: River Bend Operating 31 Ope 3 at g General Ge e a Licensed ce sed ISFSIs S S s at Reactor eacto SSites tes Waterford Crystal River 18 Reactor Sites Pursuing a General licensed ISFSI South Texas Project 15 Specific Licensed ISFSIs (At or Away from Reactor Sites) St. Lucie
[No known sites are pursuing a future Specific Licensed ISFSI]
19 reactor sites have not announced intentions regarding ISFSI Turkey Point 30 States have at least one ISFSI Railroads Interstate Highways Disclaimer: This map provides only general information regarding the current and potential ISFSI licensees, based on various information sources that may be inexact and may change.
Nuclear Security &
Physical Protection S f Safeguards d Security Inspections Force-on-Force Exercises Interagency Cooperation Intrusion Detection & Assessment
Response
p &Offsite Assistance Threat Assessment Information Security Preventing Unauthorized Disclosure
Emergency Planning Zones Emergency planning is based on a range of accidents, including the most severe Each nuclear plant has 2 Emergency Planning Zones 10 mile EPZ - Plume Exposure Planning Zone Focused on protecting people short-term 50 mile EPZ - Ingestion Exposure Planning Zone Focused on protecting people and the food supply long-term The EPZ:
Encompasses area that would be most affected by reactor accidents Could C ld b be expanded d d if necessary
Response to Fukushima Enhancements without Delay
- Re-evaluate Re evaluate external hazards
- Modify station blackout rule
- Mitigation strategies
- Reliable hardened vents
- Enhance spent fuel pool instrumentation
- Enhance emergency plan staffing and communications