ML20210N408
| ML20210N408 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/22/1996 |
| From: | Schuetze G NRC |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| ML20210N243 | List: |
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| FOIA-97-178 NUDOCS 9708250214 | |
| Download: ML20210N408 (9) | |
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Subject:
Utility Courtesy Visit Chairman Jackson - --
Commonwealth Edison has requested a courtesv visit with you on Monday, May 13, at 4:00 'p.m. - following their briefing of the Commission. Attendees will be James O'Connor, Chairman /CEO; Michael Wallace, Senior VP/ Nuclear Strategic Services;
._ Thomas Maiman, Senior VP/ Nuclear; and Harry Kaiser, Chief Nuclear Operations Officer.
(This meeting does not take the place of Mr. O'Connor's meeting previously scheduled on Thursday, June 6. CE will call to reschedule at a later date.)
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5/7/96 SCHEDULING NOTES
Title:
Briefing;by Commonwealth Edison Scheduled:
2:00 p.m.,_ Monday, May 13, 1996 (PUBLIC)
-Duration:
Approx 1-1/2 hrs
Participants:
Commonwealth Edison 60 mins
- James J. O'Connor Chairman and CEO
- Thomas J. Maiman, Senior Vice President Nuclear Division
- Harold Keiser, Vice President Chief Nuclear Operations Officer-
- J. Steven Perry Dresden Station Site Vice President
- Timothy J. O'Connor, Operations Manager Dresden Station
- Preston D. Swafford Maintenance Superintendent Dresden' Station
- Rajiv S. Kundalker Site Engineering Manager Dresden Station Other Manaaement Attendina
- Michael J. Wallace, Senior Vice President Nuclear Strategic Services
- Dennis L. Farrar Nuclear Regulatory Services Manager
- Ir'ene'M. Johnson Licensing Operations Director
- Frank A. Spangenberg Regulatory _ Assurance Manager, Dresden Station Documents:
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BRIEFING BY COMMONWEALTH EDISON MONDAY, MAY 13,1996 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
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I OPENING REMARKS GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS FOR COMMONWEALTH EDIS0N TO BRIEF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AT DRESDEN STATION SINCE THEIR LAST BRIEFING IN NOVEMBER.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMONWEALTH EDISON HERE TODAY.
YOUR PRESENTATION IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST SINCE THE COMMISSION CONTINUES TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMONWEALTH EDISON'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES PARTICULARLY THE PROGRESS BEING MADE AT THE DRESDEN STATION IN ESTABLISHING LASTING AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THAT WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED IMPROVED PERFORMANCE.
WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE STATUS OF YOUR IMPROVEMENTS.
ALTHOUGH THE STAFF HAS REPORTED IMPROVEMENTS IN DRESDEN'S PERFORMANCE YOU CONTINUE TO FACE LONGSTANDING CHALLENGES IN SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT AREAS INCLUDING WORKER SKILLS, WORK MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING, THE BACKLOG OF EQUIPMENT DEFICIENCIES, RADIATION PROTECTION, AND MATERIAL CONDITION.
THESE CHALLENGES AND THE PROGRESS BEING MADE IN MEETING YOUR G0ALS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OVERALL PLANT PERFORMANCE ARE AREAS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE ADDRESSED IN THIS BRIEFING.
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COPIES OF THE PRESENTATION ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MEETING.
COMMISSIONER R0GERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OPENING COMMENTS?
COMMISSIONER DICUS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OPENING COMMENTS?
i MR. O'CONNOR, YOU HAY PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
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The Comission was briefed by Comonwealth Edison Company (the licensee) and the NRC staf f concerning the licensee's nuclear safety performance.
The briefing focused on the licensee's response to the NRC's January 27, 1997 request for information pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f).
The Comission asked the licensee for more supporting details, to give the Comission confidence in the licensee's ability to simultaneously operate and improve performance at each of its six nuclear stations.
The Comission asked that this additional information be presented quantitatively, in a manner enabling the Commission to evaluate trends associated with the licensee's selected performance criteria.
The Comission expects a briefing from the licensee, in approximately 6 months, on the implementation of the licensee's performance improvement plan.
In conjunction with that briefing, the staff should present its own assessment of the licensee's performance improvements.
The staff's presentation should indicate how site-specific findings were reviewed and integrated into its overall assessment of the licensee's performance improvement plan implementation.
(EDO)
(SECY Suspense:
12/1/97)
The staff should evaluate appropriate aspects of the NRC inspection and enforcement programs, to determine:
(1) whether the NRC can improve its methods of identifying and taking appropriate regulatory action for cyclical declines in licensee performance: and (2) whether, for large utilities with multiple reactor sites, the staff should be integrating corporate wide performance data into decisions on individual site performance trends.
(EDO)
(SECY Suspense:
10/1/97)
The staff should provide the Commission with an estimate of the total resource estimate (FTE and contract support) required to support the " augmented" efforts at Commonwealth Edison sites.
These estimates should indicate the source of the " augmented" NRC resources (e.g., Regions, NRR. AE00), and discuss the potential impact on other NRC inspection activities or regulatory programs.
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The Commission was briefed by Commonwealth Edison Companyithe licensee) and the NRC staff concerning the licensee's nuclear safety performancel The briefing focused on the licensee's response to the NRC's January 27,.1997, request,for information pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f).
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confidence in the licensee's ability to simultaneously 4p[erate and The Commission asked the licensee for more supportin details, to give the Commission each of its six nuclear stations. The Commission asked that this additional information be presented quantitatively, in a manner enabling the' Commission to evaluate trends associated with the licensee's selected performance criteria.
i The Commission expects a briefing from the/ censee, in approximately 6 months, on the li implementation of the licensee's performance improvement plan, in conjunction with that briefing, the staff should present its own assessment of the licensee's performance i
improvements. The staff's presentation should indicate how site-specific findings were reviewed and integrated into its overall assessment of the licensee's performance improvement plan implementation.
(EDO)
(SECY Suspense:
12/1/97)
The staff should evaluate appropriate aspects of the NRC inspection and enforcement programs, to determine: (1) whether the NRC can improve its methods of identifying and I
taking appropriate regulatory action for cyclical declines in licensee performance; and (2) whether, for large utilities with multiple reactor sites, the staff should be integrating corporate-wide performance data into decisions on individual site performance trends.
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