ML13144A776
| ML13144A776 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/2013 |
| From: | Hay M NRC/RGN-IV/DRP |
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| Download: ML13144A776 (16) | |
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May 24, 2013 LICENSEE:
Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
FACILITY:
Fort Calhoun Station
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING WITH OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT On May 17, 2013, a Category 1 meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) at the Comfort Inn & Suites located at 7007 Grover Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
The NRC presented the preliminary results of a Manual Chapter 0350 Team inspection that reviewed the licensees progress in addressing items in the Confirmatory Action Letter Restart Checklist (Enclosure 1.) The licensee presented details of their progress for issue resolution and plant restart activities (Enclosure 2.)
A video of the public meeting will be posted on the website devoted to the special oversight at Fort Calhoun Station, available at:
http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/fcs/special-oversight.html.
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 Agency wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Public Electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public web site at:
http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.
To receive a summary of future meetings and other plant-specific e-mail distributions, you must subscribe to the Operating Reactor Correspondence electronic distribution for this plant via:
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CONTACT:
Michael Hay, RIV/DRP (817) 200-1147 Docket No.:
50-285
- NRC Presentation Slides : OPPD Presentation Slides UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511
F t C lh St ti Fort Calhoun Station Public Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 17, 2013 Omaha, Nebraska Opening and Introductions
- Welcome
- Introduction of NRC personnel
Purpose
- NRC will present preliminary results of NRC will present preliminary results of a team inspection
-NRC will discuss results
-Allow for pubic comments and questions
-OPPD response to inspection results OPPD response to inspection results
-Allow for additional public comments and questions
MC 0350 Team Inspection Preliminary Results
- Team Lead - Greg Warnick g
Public questions and comments to NRC
OPPD Discussion Lou Cortopassi Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Omaha Public Power District NRC Remarks Closing Remarks
Open discussion Open to the public
- The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and stakeholders informed of its activities 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;
- Access the agencys Electronic Reading Room to find Access the agency s Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents; and
- Subscribe to automatically receive correspondence from the NRC
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
- General information or questions
- www.nrc.gov Inspection Procedures
- Provide the objectives, requirements, and specific guidance for inspection activities specific guidance for inspection activities, which are focused on safety.
- IP 95003: provides NRC with supplemental info. regarding licensee performance.
- Determines breadth and depth of safety, organizational, and programmatic issues g
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- More diagnostic than indicative
- Includes review of programs and processes not inspected under baseline program
- Objectives:
- independently assess of the
- determine if the NRC oversight process provided sufficient warning to p
y extent of risk significant issues
- independently assess the adequacy of the programs and processes used by the licensee to identify, evaluate, and correct performance issues
- independently evaluate the sufficient warning to significant reductions in safety
- evaluate the licensees safety culture independently evaluate the adequacy of programs and processes in the affected strategic performance areas
- provide insight into the overall root and contributing causes of identified performance deficiencies Inspection Procedure 95003
- Key Attributes:
- Design
- Human performance
- Procedure quality
- Equipment performance
- Configuration control
- Emergency response g
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- Occupational radiation safety
- Security
Confirmatory Action Letter
- Confirmatory Action Letters (CAL):
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confirms the required actions OPPD must take prior to the restart of Fort Calhoun Station
- NRC approval for restart is required. NRC focus is safety, restart is not a foregone focus is safety, restart is not a foregone conclusion Restart Checklist
- The purpose of the Restart Checklist is to if th t th i
th t lt d i th verify that the issues that resulted in the prolonged performance decline at Fort Calhoun Station are resolved.
- The Restart Checklist includes an assessment of each of the key attributes assessment of each of the key attributes described in NRC Inspection Procedure 95003