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End of Cycle Meeting Summary 4-18-13
ML13121A489
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Site: Wolf Creek Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation icon.png
Issue date: 05/01/2013
From: O'Keefe N
NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To: Matthew Sunseri
Wolf Creek
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May 1, 2013 Matthew W. Sunseri, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS PERFORMANCE OF WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION

Dear Mr. Sunseri:

On April 18, 2013, members of the NRC staff met with representatives of Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation in New Strawn, KS to discuss the results of the yearly performance assessment of Wolf Creek Generating Station. A copy of the NRCs presentation is included as.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (The Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Neil OKeefe, Chief Project Branch B Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-482 License No.: NPF-42

Enclosures:

1. Presentation Slides UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511

M Sunseri Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator (Robert.Lewis@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Deputy Director (Michael.Scott@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Tom.Blount@nrc.gov)

Acting DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Charles.Peabody@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Neil.OKeefe@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Mike.Bloodgood@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/B (David.You@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Doug.Huyck@nrc.gov)

File Located: R:\\_REACTORS\\_WC\\2013 ADAMS:

SUNSI Rev Compl.

Yes No ADAMS Yes No Reviewer Initials MRB Publicly Avail Yes No Sensitive Yes No Sens. Type Initials MRB RIV/SPE:DRP/B C:DRP/B MRBloodgood CFOKeefe

/RA/

/RA/

5/1/13 5/1/13 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

Enclosure 1

Wolf Creek Generating Station 2012 Annual As s es s ment Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commis s ion - Region IV Burlington, KS April 18, 2013 2

Agenda

  • Introductions
  • Overview of Ins pection Proces s
  • Dis cus s ion of Plant Performance Res ults
  • Clos ing Remarks
  • Public Comments and Ques tions NRC Staff
  • Kris s Kennedy, Director, Divis ion of Reactor Projects, NRC Region IV
  • Charles Peabody, Senior Res ident Ins pector at Wolf Creek 3

Enclosure 4

NRC Performance Goals

  • Safety: Ens ure adequate protection of public health and s afety and the environment.
  • Security: Ens ure adequate protection in the s ecure us e and management of radioactive materials.

5 Reactor Overs ight Proces s Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas 6

Significance Thres hold Performance Indicators Green:

Only Bas eline Ins pection White:

Increas es NRC overs ight Yellow:

Increas es NRC overs ight Red:

Increas es NRC overs ight Ins pection Findings Green:

Very low s afety is s ue White:

Low to moderate s afety is s ue Yellow:

Subs tantial s afety is s ue Red:

High s afety is s ue

Enclosure 7

Action Matrix Concept Increas ing Safety Significance Increas ing NRC Ins pection Efforts Increas ing NRC/Licens ee Management Involvement Increas ing Regulatory Actions Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.

Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance 8

Wolf Creek Generating Station Ins pection Activities J anuary 1 - December 31, 2012

  • Bas eline Ins pection - ~ 7500 hours0.0868 days <br />2.083 hours <br />0.0124 weeks <br />0.00285 months <br />

- Res ident ins pectors on s ite daily

- Regional ins pectors from Arlington, TX

- Maintenance

- Operations

- Engineering

- Radiation Protection

- Security

- Emergency Preparednes s 9

Wolf Creek Generating Station Ins pection Activities J anuary 1 - December 31, 2012

  • Bas eline Ins pections
  • Augmented Ins pection
  • Follow-up Augmented Ins pection
  • Problem Identification and Res olution Team Ins pection

Enclosure 10 Wolf Creek Generating Station Annual As s es s ment Summary J anuary 1 - December 31, 2012

  • Overall conclus ion: Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation operated Wolf Creek Generating Station in a manner that pres erved public health and s afety 11 Wolf Creek Generating Station As s es s ment Res ults J anuary 1 - December 31, 2012
  • Wolf Creek Generating Station entered the Degraded Corners tone Action Matrix (Column 3)

- Yellow finding for maintenance that affected s afety-related equipment not implemented in accordance with procedures

- White performance indicator due to emergency dies el generator failures 12 Wolf Creek Generating Station Annual As s es s ment Summary J anuary 1 - December 31, 2012

  • Current Status :

- The Yellow finding was promptly corrected before the plant res tarted

- Extens ive corrective actions to improve dies el reliability in the recent outage

Enclosure 13 Future Ins pections

  • A Supplemental NRC Ins pection completed in March for actions to addres s the White Performance Indicator
  • NRC plans a larger Supplemental Team Ins pection to review the actions to addres s the Yellow finding
  • Follow-up ins pection of progres s on s ubs tantive cros s -cutting is s ues will be performed concurrent with the Supplemental Team Ins pection Wolf Creek Generating Station Annual As s es s ment Summary 14 J anuary 1 - December 31, 2012
  • Current s ubs tantive cros s -cutting is s ues

- Thoroughnes s of problem evaluation

- Appropriatenes s and timelines s of corrective actions

- Cons ervative decis ion-making

- Completenes s and accuracy of des ign information, procedures and work ins tructions Wolf Creek Generating Station Annual As s es s ment Summary 15 Licens ee Res pons e and Remarks Matthew Suns eri Pres ident and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

Enclosure 16 NRC Clos ing Remarks Kris s Kennedy Director Divis ion of Reactor Projects NRC Region IV 17 Open to the Public

  • The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and s takeholders informed of its activities.
  • At www.nrc.gov, you can:

- Find public meeting dates and trans cripts ;

- Read NRC tes timony, s peeches, pres s releas es,

and policy decis ions ; and

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

18 Contacting the NRC

  • Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

  • Report a s afety concern

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov

  • General information or ques tions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs

Enclosure Actions in Res pons e to the J apan Nuclear Accident

  • Mailbox for comments on s taff actions :

J LD_Public.Res ource@nrc.gov

  • Office of Public Affairs Point of

Contact:

OPA.res ource@nrc.gov or 301-415-8200 19 NRC Social Media Channels

  • Blog:

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

  • Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos /nrcgov/

  • Twitter:

https ://twitter.com/#!/nrcgov

  • RSS:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/lis ts erver.html#rs s 20 21 Reference Sources

  • Reactor Overs ight Proces s

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/in dex.html Public Electronic Reading Room

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html Public Document Room 800-397-4209 (Toll Free)

Enclosure Ques tions or Comments ?

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