ML16154A677

Annual Assessment Meeting/Open House (Hand Out)

ML16154A677
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment Meeting/Open House 2015 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III May25, 2016

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.

2

Materials Reactors Waste What We Regulate

Radon Military X-Rays What We Dont Regulate

Some Nuclear Facts 100 nuclear power plants supply about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.

Nuclear materials are used in medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.

Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, radiography devices, and irradiators.

5

NRC Performance Goals Safety - Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the environment Security - Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials 6

How We Regulate

Regulatory Framework NRCs Safety Mission Strategic Performance Areas Cornerstones Cross-Cutting Areas Human Performance--Safety Conscious Work Environment--Problem Identification &

Resolution

Reactor Oversight Process 9

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

Significance Threshold Increasing Safety Significance Green White Yellow Red Performance Indicators Inspection Findings Green White Yellow Red Increasing Safety Significance

Action Matrix Columns Increasing Safety Significance Inspection Management Involvement Regulatory Action Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Unacceptable Performance

12 National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 02/22/2016 Licensee Response 90 Regulatory Response 7

Degraded Cornerstone 0

Multiple/Repetitive Deg. Cornerstone 3

Unacceptable 0

IMC 0350 Oversight 0

Total 100

13 National Summary

• Performance Indicator Results for 2015*

- Green 6686

- White 12

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

• PIs are counted per plant per quarter

• Total Inspection Findings in 2015#

- Green 782

- White 8

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

1. Finding data current as of 2/22/2016

NRC Annual Assessment Summary NextEra Energy operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved the public health and safety and protected the environment Point Beach Unit 1 and Unit 2 were in the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix from March 17, 2015, through the remainder of 2015 At the start of 2015 Point Beach Unit 1 was in the Degraded Response Column due to a previous external flooding violation and an auxiliary feedwater pump violation. Unit 2 was in the Regulatory Response Column due to the external flooding violation.

No Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues were identified Point Beach Nuclear Plant 14

NRC Inspection Activities 7591 total hours expended by NRC on Reactor Oversight Process activities 3304 inspector hours of direct inspection activity 499 inspector hours reviewing and observing plant operating status 2265 inspector hours of preparation for and documentation of inspection activities 1523 hours0.0176 days <br />0.423 hours <br />0.00252 weeks <br />5.795015e-4 months <br /> for other Reactor Oversight Process elements (e.g., assessments and communications) 15 Point Beach 2015

NRC Inspection Activities 2 resident inspectors on site - residents produced four quarterly inspection reports and walked through the plant daily 37 other inspectors participated in various inspections 3 major team inspections Supplemental Inspection for a Degraded Cornerstone and Regulatory Response column entry Component Design Basis Inspection Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Point Beach Nuclear Plant for 2015 16

Significance Threshold Green Baseline Inspection White Requires additional NRC oversight Yellow Requires more NRC oversight Red Requires most NRC oversight Performance Indicators Inspection Findings Green Very low safety issue White Low to moderate safety issue Yellow Substantial safety issue Red High safety issue 17

Point Beach PIs and Findings All Green Performance Indicators 12 Green/Severity Level IV Inspection Findings 1 White Inspection Finding (External Flooding) Carryover from 2014 January 1 through December 31, 2014 18

Safety Significant/White Findings None Identified in 2015 Lake Wave Run-Up External Flooding Protection Features NRC Identified in First Quarter of 2013 Remain Opened Due to Significant Weaknesses with Licensees Corrective Action During Inspection in First Quarter of 2014 Corrective Actions Found Sufficient during Re-Examination in First Quarter of 2015 Point Beach Nuclear Plant

NRC Inspection Findings Failure to evaluate Containment Spray System for potential gas intrusion Failure to perform a written Safety Evaluation for Final Safety Analysis Report changes Failure to address potential effects on a safety-related system in the event of a failure of a non-seismic portion of the Service Water System Failure to quantify radionuclides potentially in the body for internal radiation dose assessments Point Beach Nuclear Plant Some Examples of Green Findings 20

NRC Inspection Plans for 2016 NRC Plans Baseline Inspections for 2016 This includes the following major team inspections:

Triennial Heat Sink Inspection Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection 21 Point Beach Nuclear Plant

22 Mitigating Strategies (MS) & Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (SFPI) Order

• MS Order requires strategies to cope with a long term loss of safety systems

• SFPI Order requires plants to be able to tell if water is at or above certain levels

• Site Audit was performed in June 2015

• Site Safety Evaluation scheduled to be issued after the NRC receives the site compliance letter

• Regional inspection of MS inspection (TI 191, Rev 1) will be performed after Safety Evaluation issued Point Beach Fukushima Recommendations Status

Point Beach Fukushima Flooding Response Status Flooding Hazard Reevaluations

- Reevaluate Hazards using present-Day information

- Flooding Was Submitted March 2015

- Staff assessments will be issued by December 2016

- Inspectors completed TI-190 which verified a licensees interim actions were appropriate to mitigate the reevaluated flood levels.

Licensees will address the reevaluated flood heights as part of their Mitigating Strategies Assessment, and if impacted take one of four potential paths:

1) No change; 2) procedural change;

3) physical modifications; 4) Revised Mitigating Strategies 23

24

• Seismic Walkdowns

- Verify that the site can meet its current requirements for hazard protection

- Walkdowns are complete; Staff assessments issued

• Seismic Hazard Reevaluations

- Reevaluate Hazards using present-Day information

- Seismic Reevaluations submitted March 31, 2014

- NRC assessment of the licensee submittal was issued on August 3, 2015

- NRC assessment in letter dated October 27, 2015, stated that a seismic risk evaluation was not required

• Sites will evaluate the impacts of the updated Seismic hazards as part of their mitigating strategies assessment.

Point Beach Fukushima Seismic Response Status

Actions in Response to the Japan Nuclear Accident

• Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident: http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-info.html

• 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 25

NRC Social Media Channels

• Blog:

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

• Flickr:

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

• Twitter:

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

• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov

• RSS:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html#rss 26

27 Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.htm l

Public Electronic Reading Room

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

Point Beach Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment Meeting/Open House 2015 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III May25, 2016

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.

2

Materials Reactors Waste What We Regulate

Radon Military X-Rays What We Dont Regulate

Some Nuclear Facts 100 nuclear power plants supply about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.

Nuclear materials are used in medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.

Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, radiography devices, and irradiators.

5

NRC Performance Goals Safety - Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the environment Security - Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials 6

How We Regulate

Regulatory Framework NRCs Safety Mission Strategic Performance Areas Cornerstones Cross-Cutting Areas Human Performance--Safety Conscious Work Environment--Problem Identification &

Resolution

Reactor Oversight Process 9

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

Significance Threshold Increasing Safety Significance Green White Yellow Red Performance Indicators Inspection Findings Green White Yellow Red Increasing Safety Significance

Action Matrix Columns Increasing Safety Significance Inspection Management Involvement Regulatory Action Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Unacceptable Performance

12 National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 02/22/2016 Licensee Response 90 Regulatory Response 7

Degraded Cornerstone 0

Multiple/Repetitive Deg. Cornerstone 3

Unacceptable 0

IMC 0350 Oversight 0

Total 100

13 National Summary

• Performance Indicator Results for 2015*

- Green 6686

- White 12

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

• PIs are counted per plant per quarter

• Total Inspection Findings in 2015#

- Green 782

- White 8

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

1. Finding data current as of 2/22/2016

NRC Annual Assessment Summary NextEra Energy operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved the public health and safety and protected the environment Point Beach Unit 1 and Unit 2 were in the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix from March 17, 2015, through the remainder of 2015 At the start of 2015 Point Beach Unit 1 was in the Degraded Response Column due to a previous external flooding violation and an auxiliary feedwater pump violation. Unit 2 was in the Regulatory Response Column due to the external flooding violation.

No Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues were identified Point Beach Nuclear Plant 14

NRC Inspection Activities 7591 total hours expended by NRC on Reactor Oversight Process activities 3304 inspector hours of direct inspection activity 499 inspector hours reviewing and observing plant operating status 2265 inspector hours of preparation for and documentation of inspection activities 1523 hours0.0176 days <br />0.423 hours <br />0.00252 weeks <br />5.795015e-4 months <br /> for other Reactor Oversight Process elements (e.g., assessments and communications) 15 Point Beach 2015

NRC Inspection Activities 2 resident inspectors on site - residents produced four quarterly inspection reports and walked through the plant daily 37 other inspectors participated in various inspections 3 major team inspections Supplemental Inspection for a Degraded Cornerstone and Regulatory Response column entry Component Design Basis Inspection Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Point Beach Nuclear Plant for 2015 16

Significance Threshold Green Baseline Inspection White Requires additional NRC oversight Yellow Requires more NRC oversight Red Requires most NRC oversight Performance Indicators Inspection Findings Green Very low safety issue White Low to moderate safety issue Yellow Substantial safety issue Red High safety issue 17

Point Beach PIs and Findings All Green Performance Indicators 12 Green/Severity Level IV Inspection Findings 1 White Inspection Finding (External Flooding) Carryover from 2014 January 1 through December 31, 2014 18

Safety Significant/White Findings None Identified in 2015 Lake Wave Run-Up External Flooding Protection Features NRC Identified in First Quarter of 2013 Remain Opened Due to Significant Weaknesses with Licensees Corrective Action During Inspection in First Quarter of 2014 Corrective Actions Found Sufficient during Re-Examination in First Quarter of 2015 Point Beach Nuclear Plant

NRC Inspection Findings Failure to evaluate Containment Spray System for potential gas intrusion Failure to perform a written Safety Evaluation for Final Safety Analysis Report changes Failure to address potential effects on a safety-related system in the event of a failure of a non-seismic portion of the Service Water System Failure to quantify radionuclides potentially in the body for internal radiation dose assessments Point Beach Nuclear Plant Some Examples of Green Findings 20

NRC Inspection Plans for 2016 NRC Plans Baseline Inspections for 2016 This includes the following major team inspections:

Triennial Heat Sink Inspection Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection 21 Point Beach Nuclear Plant

22 Mitigating Strategies (MS) & Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (SFPI) Order

• MS Order requires strategies to cope with a long term loss of safety systems

• SFPI Order requires plants to be able to tell if water is at or above certain levels

• Site Audit was performed in June 2015

• Site Safety Evaluation scheduled to be issued after the NRC receives the site compliance letter

• Regional inspection of MS inspection (TI 191, Rev 1) will be performed after Safety Evaluation issued Point Beach Fukushima Recommendations Status

Point Beach Fukushima Flooding Response Status Flooding Hazard Reevaluations

- Reevaluate Hazards using present-Day information

- Flooding Was Submitted March 2015

- Staff assessments will be issued by December 2016

- Inspectors completed TI-190 which verified a licensees interim actions were appropriate to mitigate the reevaluated flood levels.

Licensees will address the reevaluated flood heights as part of their Mitigating Strategies Assessment, and if impacted take one of four potential paths:

1) No change; 2) procedural change;

3) physical modifications; 4) Revised Mitigating Strategies 23

24

• Seismic Walkdowns

- Verify that the site can meet its current requirements for hazard protection

- Walkdowns are complete; Staff assessments issued

• Seismic Hazard Reevaluations

- Reevaluate Hazards using present-Day information

- Seismic Reevaluations submitted March 31, 2014

- NRC assessment of the licensee submittal was issued on August 3, 2015

- NRC assessment in letter dated October 27, 2015, stated that a seismic risk evaluation was not required

• Sites will evaluate the impacts of the updated Seismic hazards as part of their mitigating strategies assessment.

Point Beach Fukushima Seismic Response Status

Actions in Response to the Japan Nuclear Accident

• Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident: http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-info.html

• 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 25

NRC Social Media Channels

• Blog:

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

• Flickr:

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

• Twitter:

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

• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov

• RSS:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html#rss 26

27 Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.htm l

Public Electronic Reading Room

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