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NRC Presentation for Palisades 2013 Annual Assessment Public Meeting
ML14175A284
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Issue date: 06/24/2014
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NRCs Annual Assessment of Palisades Assessment of Palisades Performance for 2013 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III South Haven, MI June 26, 2014 1

Opening p

g Eric Duncan Branch Chief, Palisades Branch Chief, Palisades NRC Region III 2

Purpose and Agenda p

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  • Discuss Palisades Performance in 2013 P li d

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  • Palisades Response
  • NRC Available to Address Questions NRC Available to Address Questions 3

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

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Significance Threshold g

Performance Indicators Green: Baseline Inspection White: Increases NRC oversight Yellow: Increases NRC oversight Yellow: Increases NRC oversight Red:

Increases NRC oversight Inspection Findings 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 5

Action Matrix Concept p

Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep Unacceptable Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.

Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance (Column I)

(Column II)

(Column III)

(Column IV)

(Column V)

Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts C

Increasing NRC Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions 6

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National Summary of Plant Performance Performance Status as of 12/31/2013 Licensee Response Column 1 80 Regulatory Response Column 2 9

Regulatory Response Column 2 9

Degraded Cornerstone Column 3 9

Multiple/Repetitive Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column 4 1

Unacceptable Column 5 0

Unacceptable Column 5 0

IMC 0350 Oversight 1

Total 100 7

Total 100

2013 Annual Assessment January 1 December 31 2013 January 1 - December 31, 2013

  • Palisades operated safely Palisades operated safely
  • All cornerstone objectives met j
  • Palisades in Column 1 of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix 8

NRC Additional Activities in 2013 In 2013, NRC performed an additional 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> of effort beyond the 2000 hours0.0231 days <br />0.556 hours <br />0.00331 weeks <br />7.61e-4 months <br /> allocated for routine baseline inspections.

NRC used these additional hours to:

  • Review corrective actions implemented to Review corrective actions implemented to address performance problems in 2011 and 2012.
  • Increase public communication to address the publics concerns about plant the public s concerns about plant performance 9

NRC Additional Activities in 2013 S f t C

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  • Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) -

an environment where personnel feel free to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation, raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation, intimidation, harassment, or discrimination.

  • All NRC licensees and contractors are expected to establish and maintain a SCWE which contributes to the safe operation of contributes to the safe operation of NRC-regulated facilities.

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Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) Inspections Environment (SCWE) Inspections

  • NRC identified chilled SCWE in Security
  • Licensee developed SCWE Action Plan NRC i

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  • NRC reviewed SCWE Action Plan implementation
  • NRC determined that quality of actions were insufficient to assess and understand the cause of the chilled SCWE and did not demonstrate a t

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S it SCWE strong commitment to improve Security SCWE

  • NRC will closely monitor Security SCWE and perform follow-up SCWE inspection 11

Recent Inspection Activities p

  • Reactor Vessel Foreign Material Inspection Inspection
  • Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank
  • Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT) Inspection 12

Control Rod Drive Mechanism (CRDM) Housings (CRDM) Housings

  • During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage Palisades
  • During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage, Palisades identified flaws in 17 of 45 CRDM housings
  • NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing
  • NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing testing and reviewed licensee evaluations
  • No through wall leakage identified
  • Licensee replaced all CRDM housings
  • NRC evaluating the appropriate frequency of future CRDM housing inspections 13

Reactor Vessel Foreign Material g

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  • During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage, licensee identified foreign material within the reactor vessel
  • NRC experts reviewed the licensees evaluation
  • NRC concluded no impact to plant or public health and safety
  • Review of licensee corrective actions continues 14

Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT)

Water Tank (SIRWT)

  • SIRWT contains water to cool the reactor core
  • SIRWT contains water to cool the reactor core and containment building during accidents and for adjusting water level during outages
  • SIRWT has leaked over the years and Palisades has performed numerous repairs
  • NRC observed replacement of SIRWT bottom All l k

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  • All leakage issues now adequately addressed
  • Confirmatory Action Letter closed 15

Other Inspections in 2014 p

Bi i l P bl Id tifi ti d

  • Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection (Complete)
  • Force-on-Force Security Inspection (Complete)
  • Component Design Bases Inspection (Pending)

(Pending) 16

Open to the Public p

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  • The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and stakeholders informed of its activities.

activities.

  • At www.nrc.gov, you can:

Fi d bli ti d t d t i t

- Find public meeting dates and transcripts;

- Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and

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

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Contacting the NRC g

Report an emergenc

  • Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

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  • Report a safety concern

- (800) 695-7403 Allegation@nrc gov

- Allegation@nrc.gov

  • Meeting Feedback G

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  • General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov Select What We Do for Public Affairs 18

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs

Reference Sources

  • Reactor Oversight Process Reactor Oversight Process

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

ASSESS/index.html

  • Public Electronic Reading Room

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

  • NRC Information Digest

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-ll i

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collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/

  • Public Document Room (800) 397 4209 (T ll F

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- (800) 397-4209 (Toll Free)

NRC Social Media Channels

  • Blog:

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

  • Flickr:

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

T itt htt

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/#!/

  • Twitter:

https://twitter.com/#!/nrcgov

  • RSS:

http://www nrc gov/public

  • RSS:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html#rss 20

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 21

Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Nuclear Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks 22

Closing Remarks g

Kenneth OBrien Kenneth OBrien Deputy Division Director Division of Reactor Projects NRC Region III C

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NRC Representatives p

- (630) 829-9662

- (630) 829-9663

- (630) 829-9620

- (269) 764-8971

  • April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector

- (269) 764-8972 24

- (269) 764-8972

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