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St. Lucie/Turkey Point 2023 Annual Assessment Meeting Slides
	ML24103A104
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Site:	Turkey Point, Saint Lucie
Issue date:	04/25/2024
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St Lucie Units 1 & 2 and Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 2023 Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region 2 April 25, 2024

Meetings Purpose Discuss licensee performance in 2023 Address Findings and Performance Indicators Information Meeting with a Q&A Session

Agenda

Introductions

NRC Mission Statement and Strategic Goals NRC Resident Inspector Program Reactor Oversight Process Review St Lucie Annual Assessment Summary Turkey Point Annual Assessment Summary Question and Answer Session

Introductions

St. Lucie Resident Inspectors John Hickman - Senior Resident Inspector Sebastien Bruneau - Resident Inspector Turkey Point Resident Inspectors Dr. Amber Donley - Senior Resident Inspector Arthur Knotts - Resident Inspector

Introductions

Regional Personnel Ryan Taylor - Branch Chief David Gasperson - Public Affairs Officer Natasha Childs - Senior Project Engineer Jeff Hamman - Senior Project Engineer

NRC Mission Statement The NRC licenses and regulates the Nations civilian use of radioactive materials, to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security, and to protect the environment.

NRC Strategic Goals

1) Ensure the safe and secure use of radioactive materials

2) Continue to foster a healthy organization

3) Inspire stakeholder confidence in the NRC

Resident Inspector Program Resident inspectors live in the communities they serve Perform onsite inspections Provide daily oversight of plant activities, including the control room Routinely discuss safety concerns with plant personnel and senior management Observe emergency drills and provide support to NRC decision makers for actual emergencies or urgent issues

Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

Implemented in each of the NRCs four regions Involves inspection and assessment activities Executed by regional and resident inspectors 1

2 3

4 NRC NRC

ROP Framework

ROP Assessment Inputs Inspection Findings Very low safety or security significance finding Low to moderate safety or security significance finding Substantial safety or security significance finding High safety or security significance finding WHITE GREEN YELLOW RED NRC develops findings from inspections Findings evaluated for safety significance using a significance determination process

ROP Assessment Inputs Performance Indicators (PIs)

Performance within an expected level Performance outside expected range Minimal reduction in the safety margin Signals a significant reduction in safety margin in the area measured WHITE GREEN YELLOW RED Licensees collect PI data (17 PIs total)

PI data reported to the NRC quarterly PI data evaluated & integrated with inspection findings to develop NRCs assessment of licensee performance

Action Matrix Concept Increasing:

Safety Significance

Inspection

Management Involvement

Regulatory Action Licensee

Response

(Column 1)

Regulatory

Response

(Column 2)

Degraded Performance (Column 3)

Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone (Column 4)

Unacceptable Performance (Column 5)

NRC Annual Assessment Summary St Lucie Units 1 & 2

NRC Annual Assessment Summary Florida Power & Light (FPL) operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved the public health and safety and protected the environment.

St Lucie Units 1 & 2 were in the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs ROP Action Matrix for the entire 2023 assessment period.

NRC plans to conduct routine baseline inspections at St Lucie in 2024.

NRC Inspection Activities Two resident inspectors on site; residents perform daily oversight activities and document baseline inspection results on a quarterly basis Four regional inspections, including:

Cyber Security Inspection Initial License Exam Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection Security Baseline Inspection St Lucie Units 1 & 2 for 2023

St. Lucie PIs and Findings All Green Performance Indicators Four Green inspection findings January 1 through December 31, 2023

NRC Inspection Findings There were four Green non-cited violations and one Severity Level IV violation at St Lucie in 2023 St Lucie Units 1 & 2 St Lucie inspection reports can be found by going to the following link and selecting Saint Lucie:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight/listofrpts-body.html

NRC Annual Assessment Summary Turkey Point Units 3 & 4

NRC Annual Assessment Summary FPL operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved the public health and safety and protected the environment.

Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 were in the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs ROP Action Matrix for the entire 2023 assessment period.

NRC plans to conduct routine baseline inspections at Turkey Point in 2024.

NRC Inspection Activities Two resident inspectors on site; residents perform daily oversight activities and document baseline inspection results on a quarterly basis Four regional inspections, including:

Initial License Exam Cyber Security Inspection Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection Security Baseline Inspection Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 for 2023

Turkey Point PIs and Findings All Green Performance Indicators Sixteen Green inspection findings January 1 through December 31, 2023

NRC Inspection Findings Sixteen findings of very low safety significance (Green)

Turkey Point Unit 3 & 4 Turkey Point inspection reports can be found by going to the following link and selecting Turkey Point:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight/listofrpts-body.html

Getting in Touch with the NRC General information or questions NRC Public Website - www.nrc.gov Region II Public Affairs 404-997-4417 l OPA2.Resource@nrc.gov Report an Emergency 301-816-5100 (collect calls accepted)

Safety Concern or Allegations 1-800-695-7403 l Allegation@nrc.gov

Questions?

John Hickman - Senior Resident Inspector, St Lucie John.hickman@nrc.gov l 404.997.5231 Main Office - 404.997.5230 Dr. Amber Donley - Senior Resident Inspector, Turkey Point Amber.donley@nrc.gov l 404.997.5271 Main Office - 404.997.5270

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