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NRC-2019-000295 - Resp 1 - Final, Agency Records Subject to the Request Are Enclosed
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Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Tuesday, September 11 , 2018 3:17 PM To: Adams, Darrell

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NRC Preparations for Hurricane Florence Attachments: NRC 1RP 240 - Natural Phenomena.pdf Good Afternoon:

I wanted to send along the current status of Hurricane Florence, and the NRC's preparations in response to the storm. This information is from last night, and will be updated at least once a day. I will send along the updates as soon as I see them .

NRC has begun our hurricane preparations. Region II is taking the lead for response, with HQ offices supporting their efforts. We anticipate landfall near the Brunswick nuclear plant in North Carolina sometime Thursday night into Friday morning, at either a Category 4 or Category 5 storm. Additional NRC resources are being assigned to plants who might be in the path of the hurricane, as well as to state and some local Emergency Operations Centers that may request an NRC laision .

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As of 1700 EDT, Hurricane FLORENCE is a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 140 mph. It is currently travelling WNW at 13 mph and is forecast to make landfall on Thursday, September 13th.

Agency Response Activities

  • Agency response is being performed per IRP 240, "Natural Phenomena" (attached above and is a good depiction of the NRC's process)

- Region II Emergency Response Coordinators are tracking the forecast.

- Region II Incident Response Center may be staffed as soon as Thursday, depending on the forecast. *

- Given the uncertainty of the storm track and the potential to impact several Region II sites, Region II has developed a pool of responders to deploy to any Region II site as needed.

  • Storm preparations are ongoing at the Brunswick (North Carolina) nuclear power plant. There are two inspectors that will remain onsite through the duration of the storm. An additional inspector will deploy to Brunswick tomorrow morning to provide resident inspector replacement coverage. This inspector was deployed early to avoid potential complications from state evacuations and adverse weather.
  • Actions also completed:

- Agreement state notifications in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina

- All NRC materials licensees (Category 1 and 2 facilities) notification Notification of the Research and Test Reactors in the path of the storm Darrell E. Adams Senior Congressional I External Affairs OHicer Office of Congressional Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.gov 2

IRP 240 NATURAL PHENOMENA APPROVED BY: Wmjam Gott IRA/ EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/25(18 REVISION: 2

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1. PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................3
2. RESPONSIBILIT1ES ................................................ ,....................................................... 3 2.1 Regional Hurricane Territory Boundaries .............................................................. 3 2.2 Regional Administrator (RA) ................................................................................. 3 2.3 Director of the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS) ................................. 3 2.4 Director of the Division of Fuel Facility Inspection (DFFI) ...................................... 4 2.5 Director of the Division of Reactor Projects (DRP) .................................................4 2.6 Headquarters and Regional Emergency Response Coordinators ........................ ..4
2. 7 Director of the Division of Preparedness and Response (DPR) ........................... .4
3. GENERAL NOTES ....................................................................*..................................... .4
4. INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................................5 4.1 120 - 96 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact .......................... :******** ........................... 5 4.2 96 - 72 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact ................................................... : ............ 6 4.3 72 - 48 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact ................................................................8 4.4 48 - 12 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact .............................................................. 10 4.5 12 - 0 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact ..............................................................*.. 11 4.6 Recovery .........................................................-................................................... 12
5. REFERENCES ........ :.....................................................................................................13 APPENDIX A- Emergency Response Equipment Verification .............................. '. ................. 14 APPENDIX B- Pre-Impact Assessment lnformation ............................................................... 16 APPENDIX C - Management Briefing Agenda ........................................................................ 17 APPENDIX D- Sample Severe Weather Management Brief Outline ........................................ 18 APPENDIX E - Weather Tools ................................................................................................ 19

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1. PURPOSE This procedure establishes a standard protocol to respond to events resulting from natural phenomena. Response activities include assessing the threat posed by the natural phenomenon to NRC and Agreement State licensees, establishing and maintaining situational awareness. augmenting staff resources, and recovering from response activities.
2. RESPONSIBILITIES 2.1 Regional Hurricane Territory Boundaries
  • Region I: North of latitude 38 degrees north, west of longitude 55 degrees west and east of longitude 67 degrees west Region II: South of latitude 38 degrees north, west of longitude 55 degrees West and east of longitude 87 degre*es west Region Ill: Region Ill is not directly responsible for hurricane response but is available to assist other regions with their response Region IV: West of longitude 87 degrees west 2.2 Regional Administrator (RA)

Manages and administers the regional elements of the NRC Incident Response Program pertaining to severe natural phenomena.

2.3 Director of the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS)

Prior to, during, and after natural disasters, is responsible to determine the control and security status of radioactive materials at affected:

1) Independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSls) not co-located with an operating power reactor plant.
2) Research and Test Reactors (with assistance from Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Research and Test Reactors Branch).
3) Decommissioned facilities.

4} Radioactive materials licensees in non-agreement states authorized to possess International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Code of Conduct Category 1 and 2 radioactive sources.

5) Agreement State Radiation Control Program officials with authorized International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Code of Conduct Category 1 and 2 radioactive sources in their state.

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page4 2.4 Director.c>f the Division of Fuel Facility Inspection (DFFI)

Prior to, during and after natural disasters, is responsible to determine the control and security status of radioactive materials at all affected fuel cycle facilities.

2.5 Director of the Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

Prior to, during and after natural disasters, is responsible to determine the status of operating power reactor plants, including independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSls) co-located with the plants.

2.6 Headquarters and Regional Emergency Response Coordinators Coordinate the overall actions in the procedure to assess situational threats to NRC regulated activities and communicate that assessment to internal and external stakeholders, annually complete Appendix A, "Emergency Response Equipment Verification."

2. 7
  • Director of the Division of Preparedness and Response (DPR)

Coordinate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the process for assessment of the impact of natural phenomena on offsite radiological emergency preparedness and response for power reactor facilities in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 1601.

3. GENERAL NOTES
1) Procedure Entry Instructions: Enter this procedure when the regional/headquarters emergency response coordinator receives credible information from NRC staff, the National Weather Service, licensee event reports, news media, United States Geological Survey, or other equivalent, reliable, authoritative sources that a natural phenomenon event has the potential to adversely affect NRC regulated operations at a licensee's facility.

Although this procedure is designed for any type of natural phenomenon; it is expected to be.used most often for hurricanes based on their frequency and impact. Hurricanes therefore have standard entry criteria of Category 1 force winds (74 mph sustai11ed) at a site. Based upon the error margins with storm forecasting and past experience, it may be appropriate to monitor activities at a site where strong tropical storm force winds (58 mph sustained) are forecasted.

Experience has shown no need to monitor sites with sustained winds forecasted to stay below 58 mph.

2) Procedure Exit Instructions: This procedure may be exited at any time if it is determined that the natural phenomenon will not adversely affect NRC regulated operations at a licensee's facility.
3) All responders should maintain sufficient safety margin to avoid hazardous situations and mitigate potential fatigue issues with sufficient rest and sleep.

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4) For rapidly developing natural phenomena, response personnel shall complete all their appropriate response actions up to the current time.
5) If Region II is projected to be impacted by a hurricane and is unable to staff their Incident Response Center (IRC), then Region IV would take the lead for responding to the hurricane until such time as Region II can stand up their IRC.
6) If nuclear power plants in Region 11 are not expected to be affected by the natural phenomena event, but materials licensees on the East Coast or in the Caribbean Sea are expected to be affected, then Region I may assume the lead for NRC response, coordinating closely with Region II and with NRG HQ.
7) Large Natural Phenomena can cause sufficient infrastructure damage to impact a licensee even if the natural phenomena does not directly impact the licensee (e.g.,

electrical grid instability, upstream cooling water impacts, etc.). Consider broad impacts when evaluating actions.

8) Use this general guidance when assigning roles and responsibilities to emergency response personnel. Be thorough but flexible. Each natural phenomena (tropical storms, hurricanes, seasonal river flooding, earthquake, fires, and tornados) will have its own timeline and activities. Therefore, steps in this procedure may not apply or may be performed out of order. Be judicious when expending NRC resources. For example, many of the actions listed under the 96 to 72-hour timeframe should be planned but not implemented until close to 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
9) NRC periodic briefings about storm and licensee status are: generally led by the affected region's ERC. Senior management and Commission briefings are generally led by the affected region's Base Team Manager if the regional IRC is activated or by a senior regional designated official if the IRC is not activated.

Briefings should be coordinated through the Headquarters Operations Officers, who can assign a standard bridge line and can ensure that documents created, including SITREPS, are distributed to NRC and external agencies (e.g. FEMA, DHS).

10) Modify the forms in this procedure to best suit the phenomena at hand. Discuss these procedure changes during operational communication and coordination conference meetings.
4. INSTRUCTIONS 4.1 120 - 96 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact
1) Resident Inspectors:
a. If a natural phenomenon is predicted to cause the licensee to enter their Abnormal Operation Procedure for Severe Weather or equivalent procedure due to an initiating event with significant potential to affect public safety (e.g., Emergency Action Level declaration or plant power maneuvering), the Resident Inspector shall notify their respective Branch Chief, who will then notify the Regional ERCs.

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2) Emergency Response Coordinators
a. Monitor the natural phenomenon; tracking its strength, location, and path.

Tools for monitoring weather events are available in Appendix E.

b. With support from DNMS/DRP, determine if there are potentially impacted licensees.
c. If the phenomenon is forecasted to affect licensee(s), then inform (typically via email) regional management, other potentially impacted regions, DNMS point-of-contact (POC), DFFI POC, Regional State Liaison Officer(s)

(RSLOs), Public Affairs Office (PAO), and the Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR) Division of Preparedness and Response Manager on Call (MOC) concerning the natural phenomena.

d. If after making the notification above it is determined that the phenomenon will not affect the licensee(s), then issue a closure notification to the same individuals informing them that no impact is expected and the region will exit this procedure.

4.2 96 - 72 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact

1) Emergency Response Coordinators
a. With support from DNMS/DRP, determine the potentially impacted licensees and agreement states.
b. Email regional staff about the entry into this procedure with a description of the impacted area and warning for personal safety.
c. Maintain overall status of Regional response actions.
d. Brief region management, Headquarters Response Manager-on-Call (MOC)/ Monitoring Team Leader (MTL) on phenomenon's status.

Appendix C provides a standard briefing agenda. Briefings should typically be once per day, but more often if conditions change or if there is greater than normal variability. Prior to 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />, briefings via email are acceptable unless management requests or conditions warrant a meeting.

e. Verify IRC equipment is available and operating properly. As applicable:
i. Telephones (conventional, cellular, satellite) ii. Computers and information technology (IT) systems iii. Back up emergency power (normal periodic testing may be sufficient based on the likelihood of the storm impacting the region) iv. Emergency response kits

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f. Coordinate with divisional representatives to develop a roster of responders (IRC, sites, EOCs, etc.) and provide the roster to the affected event inspectors, the Headquarters MOC, and the IRC when staffed.
g. Coordinate responder dispatch per IRP 232, Responder Dispatch.
i. Avoid dispatching staff if the staff would arrive during dangerous conditions (e.g., high winds, road ice, flooding) or due to evacuation orders such as contra flow routing on highways.

ii. Make hotel reservations as soon as possible.

iii. Provide responders with a second cell phone on a different network if possible iv. Consider assigning multiple responders at locations that would require 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> coverage.

2) Director/Branch Chiefs (Division of Reactor Projects (DRP) / Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)/ Division of Fuel Facilities Inspection (DFFI}
a. Identify staff to backfill for Resident Inspectors. Appropriate onsite coverage will vary depending on the natural phenomena and the site location. Factors include the probability of a plant impact and the anticipated ability to access the site after the impact. It may be appropriate to have no coverage with a local resident able to rapidly respond, one responder if relief can be provided in a reasonable time after the impact, or two responders if there is a potential that no relief could be provided for an extended period of time. *,
b. For fuel cycle facilities without residents, evaluate the need to send an inspector.
3) Division of Nuclear Materials Safety {DNMS)
a. Determine potentially impacted licensees and agreement states and provide the information to the ERCs.
b. Identify staff (if necessary) to dispatch to monitor licensees' responses.
4) Headquarters Monitoring Team Leader (MTL} / Manager-On-Call (MOC)
a. Notify the NSIR DPR Reactor Licensing Branch Chief (BC) responsible for coordinating the assessment of the impact of the event on offsite response capabilities with FEMA in accordance with IMC 1601 and request the BC or designated representative be available in the Headquarters Operations Center (HOC) if and when the HOC is stood up.
b. Establish a watch bill for HOC response personnel.

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c. Consider supplementing the HOO watch bill with additional HOOs during the key hours of the storm impact.
d. Participate in Region-Event Response Status Briefings.
e. Verify that the Region and HOOs are prepared to coordinate DHS SITREP input requests. Establish when/how the HOOs request the input, what information will be requested, etc.
f. Request the NSIR DPR Reactor Licensing Branch Chief assess the need for, and as appropriate, conduct just-in-time training for NSIR staff and management, RSLOs in the affected region, and NRR project managers responsible for the facilities most likely to be impacted ..
5) Regional State Liaison Officers
a. Contact the appropriate Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Region(s) and state emergency management agencies to understand their response plans and establish an ongoing liaison protocol.

4.3 72 - 48 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact

1) Resident Inspectors/Fuel Cycle Facility Project lnspectors/~vent Responders
a. Verify the operability of cellular telephones, satellite telephones, and batteries. *
b. Complete your on-site and personal protection preparations (family, home, vehicle, etc.).
c. Notify the cognizant Branch Chief of NRC ~mptoyee plans to evacuate the area with emergency contact information.
d. Arrange for plant access badging for NRC designated Event Responders.
e. Ensure management has assigned sufficient on-site inspector staff for the duration of the phenomena.
f. Verify that licensee's event preparation activities are progressing appropriately, including the pre-staging of licensee emergency response organization (ERO) staff.
g. Regional staff should also discuss site preparations with Control Room and licensee management. Ensure that licensee management is aware of the process outlined in IMC 1601 for interfacing with FEMA on post event assessment of offsite response capabilities. (RSLOs can answer questions if needed).
h. Provide initial site status report to ERCs using Appendix B as a reference.

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2) Emergency Response Coordinators
  • a. Brief regional management and the Headquarters MOC when significant changes occuL Use Appendices B and C as guides.
b. Maintain contact phone numbers for onsite and evacuated NRC employees and family members for agency and employee / family use.
3) Director/Branch Chiefs (Division of Reactor Projects (DRP} / Division of Reactor Safety (DRS) / Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS) / Division of Fuel Facilities Inspection (DFFI)
a. All Branch Chiefs shall:
i. Identify NRC staff that live, work, are on official travel, or are scheduled to travel in the potentially affected area. For impacted individuals, determine if they are capable to respond (if needed) and any appropriate actions to ensure their safety.
b. DRP / DFFI Branch Chiefs. shall coordinate with Resident Inspectors/

Project Inspectors to:

i. Provide initial site status report t~ ERCs using Appendix B as a reference.

ii. Verify the residents have adequate on-site and personal protection preparations (family, home, vehicle, etc.)

c. DNMS Branch Chiefs shall evaluate each of the following potentially impacted sites using Appendix B as a reference: *
i. Site under decommissioning
  • ii. Independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) not co-located with an operating power reactor plant iii. Research and test reactor (solicit assistance from Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Research and Test Reactors Branch Chief(s) to contact licensees)

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iv. Facility authorized to possess special nuclear material; and V. Licensees in non-agreement states with International Atomic Energy Agency Code of Conduct Category 1 and 2 radioactive sources

4) Headquarters Monitoring Team Leader (MTL) / Manager-On-Call (MOC)
a. Verify the status of the DHS National Operations Center (NOC), and provide an NRC desk officer if requested by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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b. Maintain periodic communications with the Regional ERC.
c. Inform all HQ Emergency Response Coordinators, the Reactor Licensing BC, potentially affected NRR Project Managers and a representative from the NRC External Hazards Center of Excellence meteorology section about HQ and regional actions and plant status.

4.4 48 - 12 Hours Prior to Licensee Impact

1) Regional Administrator
a. Determine if proactively entering Monitoring Mode is appropriate. If so, inform the appropriate office director, NSIR MOC, and ERG.
2) Resident Inspectors/Fuel Cycle Facility Project Inspectors/Event Responders
a. Perform a turnover briefing and site familiarization between Resident .

Inspectors and Event Responders. For materials licensees, obtain the briefing and site familiarizationJrom the licensee.

b. Confirm briefing schedule with the regional ERCs.
c. Coordinate with regional ERCs about requesting EROS activation at power plants.
d. Plan shift rotations and estimated time for offsite residents to relieve onsite residents. Provide the rotation schedule to the Regional ERG to avoid contacting offsite responders who may be resting prior to responding.
e. Establish a work/rest schedule.
3) Emergency Response Coordinators
a. Coordinate with Residents to request ERDS activation at sites that are expecting impact from the event.
b. Provide recommendation to the Regional Administrator for timing of entering Monitoring Mode and staffing the IRC.
c. Staff IRC prior to impact. Experience during major hurricanes has shown that staffing the lRC approximately 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> before impact provided adequate time to prepare.
d. Aid the Base Team Manager in establishing a briefing schedule with onsite event inspectors. Based on experience, the briefing schedule should be no more often than every 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> to allow onsite inspectors time to collect information and to monitor site activities.

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4) Headquarters Monitoring Team Leader (MTL) / Manager-On-Call (MOC)
a. Consult with the RA about entering Monitoring Mode, if there has been no discussion during this timeframe.
b. Determine Headquarters Operations Center (HOC) staffing based on
  • desired support from the region, the severity, intensity, and potential site impact.

4.5 12 - O Hours Prior to Licensee Impact

1) Resident Inspectors/Fuel Cycle Facility Project Inspectors/Event Responders
a. Tour the Control Room and site when appropriate and safe to do so.

b: Brief the Region on plant status:

i. Operational mode ii. Inoperable equipment iii. Weather (wind speed, expected onsite impact, impact time, expected storm surge onsite) iv. Protected area boundary and security systems
v. -Sije buildings, tanks and sumps vi. Electrical infrastructure vii. Ultimate Heat Sink viii. Site damage ix. Off-site damage (accessibility, offsite notification ability)
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  • NRC staff personnel safety concerns xi. Pre-staging of licensee ERO staff and ability to perform key emergency plan functions if required.
2) Headquarters Monitoring Team Leader (MTL} / Manager-On-Call (MOC)
a. Maintains periodic communications or provide event response information to:
i. Department of Homeland Security / Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) headquarters - DHS Situation Reports (SITREPS) and DHS On-the-Spot Reports (SPOTREPS).

NOTE that this step is usually performed by the HOOs. Work with the HOOs to determine who will provide periodic reports to DHS.

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page 12 ii. Send copies of SITREP and SPOTREP reports to the RSLOs, the regional ERC, and the Reactor Licensing BC for their information.

b. Ensure HQ Emergency Response Coordinators are kept informed about the event response and the potential to activate response teams if the event worsens.

C. Ensure periodic reports about facility status are developed, approved and sent to the International Atomic Energy Agency {IAEA) Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) via the IAEA's Unified System for Incidents and

, I Emergencies (USIE).

4.6 Recovery

1) Resident Inspectors/Fuel Cycle Facility Project Inspectors/Event Responders NOTE: Provide regional managers and HQ staff with information about licensee plans to restart a reactor that has been shut down, or to continue operating a reactor that has not been shut down, as soon as licensee plans are known, or if licensee plans change.
a. Review licensee recovery activities. Consider:
i. Availability of adequate licensee on-site staffing for plant repair ii. Duration of repair activities iii. Status of licensee emergency plan capabilities, including status of offsite facilities {EOF, JIC) ability to augment onsite staff, etc.

iv. Readiness for plant restart.

b. Brief region management on licensee response / recovery operations.
c. Coordinate with the region ERC to:
i. Report planned return to the region (for event responders) ii. Return response equipment iii. Forward records of site response related activities.
2) Director/Branch Chiefs (Division of Reactor Projects (bRP) / Division of Reactor Safety (DRS) / Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS) / Division of Fuel Facilities Inspection* (DFFI)
a. Transition oversight from Monitoring (IRC) to Normal (DRP/DNMS Branch)
b. Identify tasks that will transition to routine inspection process.
c. Develop process to permit NRC staff to return to normal work locations.

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d. Evaluate the need for a reactive inspection.
3) Headquarters Monitoring Team Leader (MTL} I Manager-On-Call (MOC)
a. Confirm thatDHS Headquarters and FEMA Headquarters understands the:
i. Scope of NRC's response activities ii. Status of shut down plants and their plans to restart iii. Status of the local infrastructure to support protective action implementation.
b. Obtain briefing from Regional State Liaison Officers to understand FEMA's plans to:
i. Dispatch a damage assessment team to affected sites ii. . Preparations / logistics to coordinate damage assessment iii. Evaluate the readiness of shutdown plants for restart.
c. Ensure the IAEA IEC is kept informed about the status of the commercial US nuclear fleet, protective actions taken, and other important response and recovery information.
d. Keep HQ ERCs and NRR project managers continually informed about response efforts, plant status, and the implementation of the NRC-FEMA Disaster Initiated Review (DIR) process at affected plant sites.
4) Regional State Liaison Officers

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a. Contact the affected FEMA Regional Response Coordination Center to coordinate FEMA's damage assessment and logistics with NRC's assessment. *
5. REFERENCES
1) NRC Inspection Manual Chapter, IMC 1601, "Communication and Coordination Protocol for Determining the Status of Offsite Emergency Preparedness Following a Natural Disaster, Malevolent Act, or Extended Plant Shutdown"
2) Task Force Report 2005 Hurricane Season Lessons Learned Final Report (ADAMS No. ML060900005)

END

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page 14 APPENDIX A- Emergency Response Equipment Verification 1.0 Annual Regional Review Annually by May 31, the Regional Emergency Response Coordinator will notify regional management that the Region is prepared for hurricane season.

Preparation is determined by performing the following steps:

1) Update the hurricane computer evacuation program {HURREVAC) to at least the most recent season release. Minor midseason updates are at the discretion of the ERC.
2) Verify that the Natural Phenomena Response Requirements Matrix for each regional facility is current.
3) Verify the operabil!ty of regional iridium satellite telephones.
4) Verify that emergency response equipment and supplies are available in Resident Inspector Offices at reactor facilities vulnerable to hurricanes. The list below can be adjusted based upon Senior Resident Inspector input at each site.
a. Suitable bedding for two people, such as,
i. Air mattresses with electrical / battery powered pump or aluminum folding cots ii. Sleeping bags iii. Sleeping bag liners iv. Blankets
v. Pillows vi. Sheet and pillowcase sets
b. Additional items:
i. Three duffie bags ii. Three rain suits iii. Three pairs of rain boots iv. Battery powered lanterns and extra batteries/ chargers
5) Conduct Hurricane/ Natural Phenomena Response Training for appropriate Regional personnel.

2.0 Annual Headquarters Review Annually by May 31, the Headquarters Coordination Branch Chief will notify Division of Preparedness and Response management that headquarters is prepared for the hurricane season. Preparation is determined by performing the following steps:

1) Verify that the following Weather Information Sources in Operations Center computers have been updated to the current version:

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a. HURREVAC Hurricane Evacuation Tracking Program
b. StormGeo TropicsWatch
c. WeatherBug Professional Streamer
d. Google Earth
2) Verify that the Natural Phenomena Response Requirements Matrix for each plant in Operations Center computers is current and embedded in a-Library.
3) Verify the operability of headquarters satellite telephones.
4) Verify telephone access capability using the Government Emergency Telecommunication~s Service (GETS) System.
5) Verify that Headquarters Response Program Managers, as well as NRR Project
  • Managers for coastal plants and other HQ staff as necessary have completed Hurricane Response Refresher Training.
6) Inform Division of Preparedness and Response management by May 31st that headquarters is ready for Hurricane Season.

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page 16 APPENDIX B - Pre-Impact Assessment Information Licensee: Form Submitted: I (Date/Time)

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Location: Event:

Licensee POC:

(Name/Title/Phone)

NRC POC:

(Name/Title/Phone)

Licensee's expected impact: (ex: max 35mph winds, flooding cresting at 5', etc.)

Licensee's precautionary actions:

  • . testing communications
  • site walkdowns
  • activating emergency response facilities
  • augmenting onsite ERO staff
  • etc.

NRG plans for oversight:

Include names, titles, and phone numbers for responders

  • pre-staged onsite
  • individual(s) to respond
  • POC to followup with licensee afterwards
  • etc.

Changes to the Natural Phenomena Response Requirements Matrix:

(template next page)

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page 17 APPENDIX C - Management Briefing Agenda A. Regional Emergency Response Coordinator

i. History of event, present projection, location strength of the natural phenomena ii. Event map, information from Internet, Weatrer Channel, etc.

iii. Status of:

  • Response preparations, limitations and challenges *
  • Coordination with NRC Headquarters/Regions
  • Region(s) Watch Bill
  • Personnel Safety B. DRP
i. Identify affected site(s) ii. Response Status - site preparations and unique site challenges iii. Status of onsite staffing:
  • Identify on-site Inspectors
  • Individuals for relief coverage C. DRS
i. Recommend individuals for relief coverage ii. All traveling inspectors verified to be aware of the storm and taking precautions with travel.

D. DNMS

..i. Provide status of materials licensees ii. All traveling inspectors verified to be aware of the storm and taking precautions with travel.

E. DFFI

i. Provide status of fuel cycle facilities

. F. DRMA

i. Summarize travel / logistics arrangements G. Regional State Liaison Officer
i. Summarize communications with Federal, State and local agencies ii. Discuss potential need for DI Rs and I MC 1601.

H. Regional Public Information Officer

i. Summarize Regional or Headquarters Public Affairs arrangements I. Headquarters (NSIR MTL/MOC)
i. Provide status of HQ actions

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page 18 APPENDIX D - Sample Severe Weather Management Brief Outline NOTE: This format should be used for periodic (twice daily during storm impact) NRC internal briefings, for Commissioners Assistant briefings, and other briefings as appropriate. Briefings should be led by the Regional Emergency Response Coorpinator. All event times should be reported in military time, using the site time followed by H(jl time (e.g. 1400 CT/1300 ET).

1.0 Storm History and Status Hurricane __ is currently a Category_ storm and is projected to increase/decrease in strength, and produce maximum sustained winds of_. mph.

The storm is currently located at and is expected to make landfall on or about _ _time on _ _date. The eye of the storm is predicted to pass over_ _ _ __

2.0 Agency response activities Agency response is being performed in accordance with IRP 240, "Natural Phenomena."

The agency is currently in Mode, with __ leadi.ng the agency response. We are monitoring activities in the projected path of the storm as follows:

2.1 Plant A Emergency declared? Site status? Power level? Storm wind and water projections. NRC staff deployed to this site.

2.2 Plant B Emergency declared? Site status? Power level? Storm wind and water projections. NRC staff deployed to the site.

2.3 Other plants affected, etc.

2.4 DNMS Provide status of materials licensees and status of regional response for those licensees.

2.5 DFFI Provide status of fuel cycle facilities and status of regional response for those facilities.

3.0 Government Liaison 3.1 Regional State Liaison Officers

  • Summarize status of communications with federal, state and local agencies
  • Discuss need for potential interaction with FEMA on DIR process (IMC 1601)
  • Discuss status of licensee arid state emergency response capabilities -

onsite and offsite facilities, staffing, ANS system status, communications systems, etc.

3.2 Regional Public Information Officer Summarizes regional and/or HQ public affairs arrangements 3.3 Headquarters

  • Provide status of HQ actions - staffing at HOC, etc.
  • Provide status of liaison with international community, with Congress, with other interested parties.
  • Discuss any HQ issues.

Natural Phenomena REV2 Page 19 APPENDIX E - Weather Tools The following are some tools and websites that are available for monitoring weather events:

1) HURREVAC Hurricane Evacuation Tracking Prograr
a. This tool is available from http://www.hurrevac.com/
b. The following is a link that includes training material for Hurrevac. Under "Other Printed Resources" there is a just-in-time training document that can be used as a quick refresher: http://wvM.hurrevac.com/guides.htm
2) StormGeo TropicsWatch http://customers.stormgeo.com/portal/login (ERCs have user name and password for website)
a. StormGeo sends tropical storm advisory e-mails to ERCs and selected NRC managers. It provides daily and weekly tropical storm updates. For storms that will impact licensees, detailed wind profiles are provided for each impacted site.

The wind forecasts are often overly conservative for sites.

3) Weather Underground: http://v.;v,w.wunderground.com/
a. This site has extensive information for tropical storms and hurricanes.
b. There is a blog, currently maintained by Dr. Jeff Masters with detailed storm predictions and analysis.
c. The Severe Weather link provides updated storm model graphs and forecast maps.
4) National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/
a. This site is the source of much of the information that is used on commercial weather sites.
b. Site specific forecasts:
i. For accurate site specific forecasts, enter the city and state of the location, then click on the resulting map to focus the forecastto the exact site.

ii. The hourly weather forecast graph is available by clicking on the graph towards the bottom right after selecting a location. The hourly weather forecast graph provides accurate temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation probability, and rain amount. It is not very accurate for show accumulation.

c. Storm Surge Information
i. Storm surge graphical:

http://www.ooc.ncep.noaa.gov/et surge/et surge info.shtml ii. Local tides with storm surge for Mid-Atlantic, other areas are similarly available: htto://w\w1.weather.gov/phi/tides

Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 3:07 PM To: Adams, Darrell

Subject:

NRC Update on Hurricane Florence Attached below is what is expected to be the final Hurricane Florence update that we'll get. To me, the key point is that after consultation with local counties (who indicated their ability to implement their emergency plans), the state and FEMA yesterday the Brunswick licensee is moving forward with re-start plans for Units 1 and 2. NRC inspectors remain on site and will monitor start-up operations .

.FINAL Florence Update September 19, 20181030 ET Storm Status The National Hurricane Center is no longer issuing updates for Florence. The remains of the storm are a remnant low in the Atlantic.

The Lumber and Neuse Rivers (west and north of Wilmington, respectively) are expected to crest today. RII has assessed the forecast and does not believe there will be any substantial impact to the offsite access at Brunswick.

Agency Response Activities 11 Following confirmation that offsite conditions did not limit access of outside support to Brunswick and verification of qualified personnel and support services availability, the agency returned to Normal Mode today at 1030 ET and this is the final storm update.

  • Brunswick Current Status
  • There are no significant operational challenges at the Brunswick site.
  • Unit 1 is shut-down and has three of four offsite power lines available. Repairs to restore the 4th power line is ongoing.
  • Unit 2 is shut-down and has three of four offsite power lines available. Repairs to restore the 4th power line is ongoing. Startup is in progress.
  • Flood conditions are expected to persist for several days, with major river cresting expected on Wednesday and Thursday. The licensee expects cresting to occur only in the western part of the state and concluded that cresting of the Cape Fear River will have little impact on the Southport or Cape Fear River Basin. They do not expect to lose the ability to access the site.
  • Loss of potable water has occurred due to a county water leak. Potable water is being delivered via tanker trucks. Repairs are ongoing, and the licensee anticipates the restoration of county potable water today.

- Restart Plan

  • Following an extensive discussion with the local counties, the state, and FEMA on Tuesday, the licensee commenced startup today of Unit 2.
  • Both New Hanover and Brunswick Counties indicated their ability to implement their emergency plans and the State committed to supplementing the county if the need were to arise.
  • Startup is planned as follows:! 11

Wednesday 0800 ET Beain startup of Unit 2 Thursday 0200 ET Unit 2 online Friday 0600 ET Beain startup of Unit 1 Saturday (unknown} Unit 1 online Oversight

  • Two NRC inspectors arrived onsite yesterday and relieved the two inspectors who had been onsite since prior to the storm. Two additional inspectors will arrive today to assist with start-up observations as needed.
  • Supplemental coverage at the Brunswick plant will remain in place in case the licensee experiences any challenges as they perform post-storm activities and restart the plant.
  • Global Nuclear Fuels Portions of the GE Wilmington campus are reopening (day shift returning to the aircraft portion). A new crew is expected to come in Thursday (9/20) to continue a damage assessment at GNF and make preparations for startup. However, there are no definitive plans for a restart at this time.

Darrell E. Adams Senior Congressional I External Affairs Officer Office of Congressional Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.gov 111Best available information as of 0730 ET, September 19, 2018 2

Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 11 :13 AM To: Adams, Darrell

Subject:

NRC Update on Hurricane Florence Attached below is the latest NRC update on Hurricane Florence from this morning. Most of the information, as in the past days, continues to focus on Brunswick.

Hurricane Florence Update September 18, 2018 0800 ET 1.0 Storm Status As of 0500. ET Sunday, September 16th, FLORENCE had weakened to a tropical depression. The National Hurricane Center is no longer issuing updates for Florence.

2.0 Agency Response Activities 2.1 Operating Reactors Brunswick remains affected by the storm and remains in a Notice of Unusual Event (NOUE) due to plant access conditions. Supplemental coverage at the Brunswick plant will remain in place due to significant challenges in establishing access to the site due to local road flooding conditions. There are no significant operational challenges at the Brunswick site.

Flood conditions are expected to remain in place for several days, with major river cresting expected on Wednesday and Thursday. The licensee reports some roads are accessible.

Two NRC inspectors have arrived on site this morning and are relieving the two inspectors who have been on site since prior to the storm.

  • Brunswick - Unit 1 and Unit 2 both are shut-down

- Currently in a NOUE for the site, due to flood conditions prohibiting plant staff from accessing the site via personal vehicles.

Unit 1 initially lost two offsite power lines, one was restored Sunday. September

16. Currently, three offsite power lines are available.

Unit 2 has also lost two offsite power lines. Still have 2 offsite power lines available.

EDG3 is operable but degraded following repairs.

Licensee has two shifts of staff and leadership onsite with food, water, and supplies.

Plant is monitoring Discharge Canal levels to aid local area run-off controls.

Loss of potable water has occurred due to a county water leak and a Flex Hale pump has been staged to provide backup fire suppression if needed.

Duke has made no decisions on plant restart.

The licensee priorities for the site are:

  • Restore all offsite power lines to both units.
  • Provide replacement workers and supplies to site ..

2.2 Fuel Cycle Facilities

  • GNF-A

No changes to plant status. The plant will remain shut-down most likely until the end of the week. Challenges exist getting the staff to the site.

Darrell E. Adams Senior Congressional I External Affairs Officer Office of Congressional Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.gov 2

Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 8:59 AM To: Adams, Darrell Cc: Ian Whitson; McDonald, John (Burr); Torie Ness (torie_ness@tillis.senate.gov); Courtney Lam; Jay Krenzer; Nick Barbash; Emily Richardson; Drew Lumpkin; Evan Chapman; Ken Johnson; Lou Kadiri; Emily Lavery; Joe McKeown; Matt Rimkunas; Van Cato; Zack Barnes; Brett Layson; Daniel Hale; Zellie Duvall; Jack Overstreet; Matt Blackwell

Subject:

NRC Preparations For Hurricane Florence Good Morning: Here is the latest news we have on Hurricane Florence. The key area of focus remains on the Brunswick plant, where the Hurricane is just about reaching (as of 8am on 9/14 ).

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As of 1400 ET on Thursday (9/13), Hurricane FLORENCE is a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph. It is currently travelling NW at 10 mph and is currently forecast to make landfall on Thursday evening into Friday, September 14th.

2.0 Agency Response Activities Agency response is being performed per IRP 240, "Natural Phenomena" (ML16125A314).

  • Region II Emergency Response Coordinators continue tracking the forecast and the Region II Incident Response Center was staffed at 1800 ET Thursday.

The agency will enter Monitoring Mode at 6pm ET and will track activities as follows:

2.1 Operating. Reactors

  • Brunswick - Unit 1: Shut-down. Unit 2: Also Shut-down.

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All four emergency diesel generators (EDGs) have been tested and there are 18 days of fuel on site.

- Severe weather prep procedure complete. The licensee is manning the Technical Support Center and two ERO crews are on site.

There are two NRC inspectors on site.

- The site is predicting 70-90 mph winds with a 16 foot max storm surge and 20 - 30 inches of rain with storm conditions for approximately 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

  • North Anna - Unit 1: 100% and Unit 2: 100% power

- Severe weather prep procedure on hold. There is no equipment out of service

- TSC manning watch bill being setup as a possibility.

- There are two inspectors onsite.

Minimal Impacts from the storm are expected with no high winds or rainfall.

- . No additional updates will be included unless conditions change.

  • Harris - 100% power

- Both EDGs have been tested and operable.

Severe weather prep procedure complete.

- There are two inspectors onsite.

The site is predicting 36-42 mph winds with 5 - 8 inches of rain predicted.

The licensee will man the TSC as conditions warrant.

  • Surry - Unit 1: 100% and Unit 2: 100% power

- Severe weather prep procedure complete. There is no equipment out of service There are two inspectors on site.

- The site is expecting 30 mph winds with of rainfall predicted to be 1-3 inches.

- No additional updates will be included unless conditions change.

  • Summer - 100% power

- Licensee is 90% complete with storm preparations and the resident staffis verifying the preparations.

- There are four inspectors on site but the need for this coverage is probably not needed based on the current forecast. A decision to release two EP inspectors will be discussed FRI morning.

- Current projections are for 5-10 inches of rain through the weekend.

  • Robinson - Unit: 100% power

- Licensee initiated adverse weather procedures yesterday.

The residents are evaluating the licensee's preparations. At present the pending refueling outage, which was scheduled to begin early Saturday morning will be delayed until Tuesday.

There are two inspectors onsite and another will arrive tomorrow.

Current projections are for winds from noon Friday until Saturday evening greater than 30 mph.

17 days of EOG fuel onsite.

  • Hatch - Unit 1 and 2 are at 100% power

- One EOG OOS expected return today.

- No additional updates will be included unless conditions change.

  • Vogtle - Unit: Both Units at 100% power Licensee preparations complete today.

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- Winds at 25 mph Saturday evening gusting to 35.

- Rain amounts of 5- 10 inches.

- Two inspectors are on site.

  • Vogtle - Units 3&4 Unit 3 & 4 would have a site dismissal for non-essential staff.

The licensee will unload and lock the cranes but will not completely lower the cranes because the wind speeds are not expected to be high enough to require that.

The licensee will maintain constant communication between Units 1&2 and Units 3 &4.

- The site is expecting 20-25 mph sustained winds with approximately 6 inches of rain.

2.2 Fuel Cycle Facilities

  • Westinghouse Severe weather preparations will be complete today Site will shut down by 3:30 this afternoon and storm riders will commence their watch bill

- Anticipate sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts up to 43 mph. Maximum winds anticipated on Sunday at 2:00 pm

- Anticipate up to 4.5" of rain

  • GNF-A Facility shutdown yesterday and the site has been locked down since 1900 ET. Storm riders are in place All storm preparations have been completed

- The plant experienced no problem during shutdown and all furnaces are being taken to a cold shutdown condition

- All emergency power supplies have been tested and they are fully stocked for consumables Based on the current weather information, they expect to declare an ALERT between midnight and 2:00 am based on current projected hurrican_e force winds

  • BWXT Monitoring storm progress and rain levels upstream No indications that they are considering a shutdown at this time The Senior Resident Inspector will be back in the area at 14:30 and will be available all weekend.

Flooding is not a concern for the main processing building, only for their wastewater treatment building which is located closer to the river. If flooding is anticipated, they have procedural guidance to shut down the facility and transfer material to higher ground 4

2.3 Materials Licensees/Research and Test Reactors (Region I)

  • Region I has completed:

Agreement state notifications are complete in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

- All NRC materials licensees (Category 1 and 2 facilities) have been notified.

- There are no issues to report.

  • In coordination with NRR, notification of the RTRs in the path of the storm have been completed.

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC - The NC State reactor shutdown today 9/12/18 around 1 PM. They will NOT have a reactor staff member at the facility continuously from 5 PM today until 8 AM Monday. The reactor manager will be checking on things occasionally throughout the storm.

- Armed Forces Radiobiological Research Institute, Bethesda, MD

- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD University of Maryland, College Park, MD Darrell E. Adams Senior Congressional [ External Affairs Officer Office of Congressional Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.gov 5

Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:22 PM To: Adams, Darrell

Subject:

NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2017 Performance of Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant Attachments: Brunswick Meeting Agenda.pdf; 2017 Brunswick Open House.pdf Good Afternoon: Attached is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announcement that on April 18, 2018, from 5-6 p.m., the staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Brunswick nuclear power plant, operated by Duke Energy, during an open house at the Duke Media Center, 8520 River Road SE, Southport, N.C. The Brunswick plant is located near Southport. about 30 miles southwest of Wilmington.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Note to Requester: Both attachments to this email are publicly available. The first attachment is at D~mell E. Adams https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML 1808/ML18087A392.pdf and Senior Congressional I External Affairs Officer the second attachment is included within the body of this Office of Congressional Affairs email and also publicly available at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1810/ML18100A042.pdf (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.aov No: II-18-009 April 10, 2018

Contact:

404-997-4417 Jue_y Lctlrord, 404-997-44 l 6 NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2017 Performance of Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety perfo1mance of the Brunswick nuclear power plant, operated by Duke Energy, during an open house on April 18 at the Duke Media Center, 8520 River Road SE, Southport, N.C. The two-unit Brunswick plant is located near Southport, about 30 miles southwest of Wilmington.

The open house will run from 5-6 p.m:, and NRC employees responsible for plant inspections, including the resident inspectors based full-time at the site, will be available to discuss its perfonnance.

The NRC concluded that the Brunswick plant operated safely during 2017. At the end of the year, all inspection findings and performance indicators were green or oflow safety significance. As a result, Brunswick remains under the NRC's normal level of oversight, which entails thousands of hours of inspection each year.

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The NRC Reactor Oversight Process uses color-coded inspection findings and indicators to measure plant perfonnance. The colors start at green and increase to white, yellow or red, commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved. Inspection findings or perfonnance indicators with more than very low safety significance trigger increased NRC oversight.

Inspections are perfonned by two NRC resident inspectors and inspection specialists from the NRC Region II office in Atlanta.

The annual assessment letter for the Brunswick plant, as well as the notice for the open house, are available on the NRC website. Current perfonnance infonnation for Brunswick Unit l and Unit 2 is also available.

Darrell E. Adams Senior Congressional I External Affairs Officer Office of Congressional Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.gov 2

Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:04 PM To: Adams, Darrell

Subject:

NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2017 Performance of Harris Nuclear Power Plant Attachments: Harris_2017 Open House.pdf; Harris Meeting Agenda.pdf Good Afternoon: Attached is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announcement that on April 17, 2018, from 5-6 p.m., the staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Harris nuclear power plant, operated by Duke Energy, during an open house at the Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 West Ballentine St., Holly Springs, N.C.

Note to Requester: Both attachments to this email are Please let me know if you have any questions. publicly available. The first attachment is included within the body of this email and also publicly available at Darrell E. Adams https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML 1810/ML18100A040.pdf Senior Congressional I External Affairs Officer and the second attachment is available at Office of Congressional Affairs https ://www.nre.gov/docs/M L 1808/M L 18081 A449. pdf U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.gov No: II-18-007 April 9, 2018

Contact:

Ro!.!.cr Hannah, 404-997-4417

.1 oey Led ford, 404-997-4416 NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2017 Performance of Harris Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Harris nuclear power plant, operated by Duke Energy, during an open house on April 17 at the Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 West Ballentine St., Holly Springs, N.C. The single-unit Harris plant is located near New Hill, about 20 miles southwest of Raleigh.

The open house will run from 5-6 p.m., and NRC employees responsible for plant inspections, including the resident inspectors based full-time at the site, will be available to discuss its perfonnance.

The NRC concluded that the Harris plant operated safely during 2017. At the end of the year, a11 inspection findings and performance indicators were 1:,rreen, or of lo,v safety significance. As a result,

Harris remains under the NRC's nonnal level of oversight, which entails thousands of hours of inspection each year.

The NRC Reactor Oversight Process uses color-coded inspection findings and indicators to measure plant perfonnance. The colors start at green and increase to white, yellow or red, commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved. Inspection findings or performance indicators with more than very low*safety significance trigger increased NR~ oversight.

Inspections are perfonned by two NRC resident inspectors and inspection specialists from the NRC Region II office in Atlanta.

The annual assessment letter for the Harris plant, as well as the notice for the open house, are available on the NRC website. Current performance information for the Harris plant is also available.

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Adams, Darrell From: Adams, Darrell Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2018 11:10 AM To: Adams, Darrell

Subject:

NRC Issues 2017 Annual Assessments for Nation's Nuclear Plants Attachments: 18-008.docx; Brunswick EOC Final.pdf; Harris EOC Final.pdf; MCG EOC Final.pdf Good Morning, Attached are the NRC's 2017 safety assessments of the North Carolina nuclear power plants -

Brunswick, McGuire, and Shearon Harris. Please note the NRC determined that 13 reactors needed resolution of one or two items of low safety significance. None of the North Carolina plants were identified.

Please let me know if you have any questions Note to Requester: All attachments to this email are publicly

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AccessionNumber=ML18059A220, the Harris attachment is at (301) 415-2339 I Darrell.Adams@nrc.oov https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?

AccessionNumber=ML18059A088, the MCG attachment is at

AccessionNumber=ML18059A093 No: 18~008 March 5, 2018 CONTACT:* Office of Public Affairs, 301-415-8200 NRC Issues Annual Assessments for Nation's Nuclear Plants The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued annual letters to the nation's 99 commercial nuclear power plants operating in 2017 regarding their operational performance throughout the year. All but three plants were in the two highest performance categories.

Of the 96 highest-performing reactors, 83 met all safety and security performance objectives, and were inspected by the NRC using the standard "baseline" inspection program.

The NRC determined that 13 reactors needed resolution of one or two items of low safety significance. For this performance level, regulatory oversight includes additional inspections and follow-up of corrective actions. Plants in this level are: Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3 (Alabama); Catawba 2 (South Carolina); Clinton (Illinois); Columbia (Washington state); Diablo Canyon 2 (California); Fenni 2 (Michigan); Grand Gulf (Mississippi); Peny (Ohio); Sequoyah 1 and 2 (Tennessee); and Wolf Creek (Kansas).

Diablo Canyon 2 and Fenni 2 have resolved their findings since the reporting period ended and have transitioned to the highest perfonning level.

There were no reactors in the third performance category with a degraded level of performance.

The NRC noted that there were three reactors in the fourth performance category. Arkansas Nuclear One 1 and 2 require increased oversight because of two safety findings of substantial significance. Pilgrim (Massachusetts) is in the fourth performance category because oflong-standing issues oflow-to-moderate safety significance. Additional inspections will be conducted to confirm that the performance issues are being addressed.

Later this spring and summer, the NRC will host a public meeting or other event near each plant to discuss the details of the annual assessments. A separate announcement will be issued for each public assessment meeting. In addition to the annual assessment letters, plants also receive an NRC inspection plan for the coming year.

  • Information on the NRC's oversight of commercial nucl_ear power plants is available through the NRC's webpage on the Reactor Oversight Process. The NRC routjnely updates information on each plant's current performance and posts the latest information as it ~ecomes available to the action matrix summary. Assessment letters are posted: here; click on "20 l 7q4" for each plant. Annual construction oversight assessments for new reactors at the Vogtle units 3 and 4 siks are also on the NRC website.

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