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Annual Assessment Meeting - Slides
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Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Process - CY 2014 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III Monticello, MN March 26, 2014 1

Opening Remarks Anne Boland Director, Division of Reactor Projects NRC Region III 2

Our Mission

To license and regulate the nations civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment 3

Agenda

Introduction

National Nuclear Plant Performance Summary

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Performance Results

Xcel Response and Remarks

NRC Closing Remarks

Break

NRC Available for Public Questions 4

National Plant Performance Summary Status as of 3/4/2015 Licensee Response Column 1 77 Regulatory Response Column 2 17 Degraded Cornerstone Column 3 2 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column 4 2 Unacceptable Column 5 0 IMC 0350 Oversight 1 Total 99 5

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators

Only Baseline Inspection

Increases NRC oversight

Increases NRC oversight Inspection Findings

Very low safety issue

Low to moderate safety issue

Substantial safety issue

High safety issue 6

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Annual Assessment Summary January 1 - December 31, 2014

Xcel operated Monticello in a manner that preserved public health and safety.

In the 4th quarter the Yellow finding associated with external flooding was closed, but a new Greater-than-Green (GTG) finding in Security was identified.

With both findings in the 4th quarter, Monticello met the criteria for entering column 4, Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone, of the NRC Action Matrix.

On February 27, the NRC granted a Deviation from the NRC Action Matrix, which places Monticello in column 2, Regulatory Response.

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Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Deviation from NRC Action Matrix

Deviations are allowed from the Action Matrix when the regulatory actions defined by the Matrix may be inappropriate.

A Deviation is an agency decision that is approved by the EDO and reviewed by the Commission.

The Deviation was granted based on the overall improvement in licensee performance and the successful completion of the 95002 inspection for the external flooding finding and the positive results of the 2014 biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection.

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NRC Actions in 2014

Routine, Baseline Inspections

- Triennial Fire Protection Inspection

- Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

- 95002 Supplemental Inspection for External Flooding finding

Post-Fukushima Activities 9

Safety Significant Findings

One GTG finding was identified in the Security cornerstone in the 4th quarter.

- The issue was associated with the ability to meet the licensees design basis for Security

- The issue was self-identified by the licensee and corrective actions were implemented to restore compliance

- Although the finding occurred a decade ago, the NRC concluded that the cause of the finding was similar to those issues being addressed by the current performance improvement efforts.

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95002 Supplemental Inspection

On December 2, 2014, the NRC completed the 95002 inspection for the external flooding finding.

The inspection determined whether: the causes of the deficiencies were understood; the extent of the issues were identified; that corrective actions will prevent recurrence; and that safety culture impacts were evaluated.

The NRC concluded that Monticello had met the 95002 objectives and identified no other significant issues.

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Substantive Cross-Cutting Issue (SCCI) in Human Performance

During the August 2014 mid-cycle assessment, the NRC identified an SCCI in human performance, associated with the aspect H.14, Conservative Bias. This SCCI was held-open during the end-of-cycle assessment in February 2015.

The SCCI will remain open until the number of inspection findings with this aspect is reduced to below the threshold of four, corrective actions taken to improve performance prove effective, and sustained improvement is observed in the H.14 aspect of the human performance area.