ML13339A724

Meeting Summary Slides

ML13339A724
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Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	12/05/2013
From:	NRC Region 4
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Fort Calhoun Station Public Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 21, 2013 Omaha, Nebraska 1

Opening and Introductions

• Welcome

• Introduction of NRC personnel 2

Purpose

• NRC

- Actions completed

- Actions in process

- Remaining actions

• Questions and comments from the public 3

Confirmatory Action Letter Restart Checklist Items (18 Items) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Basis Document Items (450+)

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Actions Completed

• Issuance of Updated Restart Checklist and Basis Document - Items closed include:

- Reactor Protection System (White Finding)

- Flood Recovery Actions

- Maintenance Programs

- Containment Internal Structure

- Corrective Action Process

- Systems Readiness from Extended Shutdown

• Over 90% of items reviewed and closed 5

2011 Flood Recovery Activities Flood Recovery Plan Actions Associated with Facility and System Restoration

• 84 Individual items

- 71 items to be completed prior to heatup

- 10 items to be completed prior to restart

- 3 items to be completed after startup

• All Items complete except 2 items required to be completed after startup 6

2011 Flood Recovery Activities Geotechnical Reviews at Fort Calhoun Station

• 22 Inspection Items

- Field/structure walkdowns

- Advanced technologies to verify no negative impact

- Building elevation surveys 7

2011 Flood Recovery Activities Geotechnical Review Overall Conclusions

• No indications of building settlement or shifting

• Characteristic of the soils have not changed since flood of 2011

• Safety system foundations remain within design criteria 8

Japan Lessons Learned Status

• Orders

- Mitigating Strategies

- Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation

• Request for Information

- Seismic and Flooding Reevaluations

- Seismic and Flooding Walkdowns

- Emergency Preparedness

- Emergency Procedures

• Rulemaking (Stations Blackout, Onsite Emergency Response, Filtering Strategies)

- Status of Tier 1 Activities for Fort Calhoun can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/japan/plants/fcs.html 9

Fort Calhoun Flooding Status

• Flooding issues related to Spring 2011 floods and recovery

• Status of Flood related Japan Lessons Learned Activities

- Mitigating strategies

- Flooding walkdown

- Flooding reevaluation

• Due in March 2014

• Interim Compensatory Actions

- Discussed in April 22, 2013, public meeting and submitted in October 26, 2013, letter

- Recently inspected 10

Flooding Compensatory Measures

• Provide protection above design basis flood height

• Provide means to remove decay heat from the reactor

• Provide makeup to spent fuel pool

• Staff continuing to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to analyze Missouri River

• NRC inspections recently verified mitigation strategy is adequate 11

Emergency Preparedness

• 35 Individual items

- All items completed and closed

• NRC Activities:

- Independent inspections of emergency response facilities and equipment

- Verified flood impacted equipment repaired and tested

- Evaluated exercise scheduled for December 3, 2013 12

Engineering Activities

• Tornado Missile Protection

• High Energy Line Breaks/Environmental Qualifications

• Switchgear Fire (Red Finding)

• Safety System Functional Failures (White Performance Indicator)

• Containment Spray and High Pressure Safety Injection System Plant Modifications 13

NRC Actions

• Regional Coordination of Inspection Activities

- Multiple team inspections

- Individual inspections

• Headquarters Activities

- Licensing Actions

• Tornado Missile License Amendment Request (LAR)

• High Energy Line Break LAR

• Work Hour Exemption Requests

- Headquarters Technical Support

• Containment internal structure

• Tornado Missile 50.59 and operability evaluations 14

Remaining Actions

• Complete Inspections

- NRC will inspect remaining restart checklist items

• Next Steps 15

In Summary

• Substantial progress has been made and a majority of items are closed or near closure

• There are a few items remaining for which OPPD needs to provide information to the NRC

• New issues may be identified that could require additional inspections and resolution

• Thorough and independent verification of plant safety 16

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

- www.nrc.gov 17

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