ML090750834

04/02/2009 Meeting Slides, Three Mile Island Annual Assessment Meeting 2008 Reactor Oversight Process

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Three Mile Island Annual Assessment Meeting 2008 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region I

Purpose of Todays Meeting

• Discuss TMI performance for 2008

• Provide Exelon the opportunity to respond to the NRCs annual performance assessment and to identify new or existing programs to maintain or improve performance

• Provide stakeholders the opportunity to engage the NRC staff on plant performance issues and our role in ensuring safe plant operations 2

Agenda

• Introduction

• NRC Organization and Performance Goals

• Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

• National Summary of Plant Performance

• TMI Plant Performance Assessment

• Exelon Response and Remarks

• NRC Closing Remarks

• Break

• NRC available to address public questions 3

Region I Organization Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator Marc L. Dapas Deputy Regional Administrator Division of Reactor Safety Division of Reactor Projects Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Darrell J. Roberts, Director David C. Lew, Director John D. Kinneman, Director Eugene W. Cobey, Acting Deputy Director James W. Clifford, Deputy Director Daniel S. Collins, Deputy Director Ronald Bellamy Regional Specialists Regional Specialists Branch 6 Chief TMI Resident Inspection Staff Project Engineers David Kern, Senior Resident Inspector Scott Barber, Senior Project Engineer Javier Brand, Resident Inspector Christopher Newport, Project Engineer 4

NRC Strategic Plan 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 5

NRC Regulatory Functions What We Regulate

• Nuclear Reactors

• Commercial power, research, test, and new reactor designs

• Nuclear Material

• Reactor fuel, radioactive material for medical, industrial, and academic uses

• Nuclear Waste

• Transportation, storage, disposal, and facility decommissioning

• Nuclear Security

• Facility physical security 6

Reactor Oversight Process 3 Strategic Areas & 7 Cornerstones Reactor Radiation Safeguards Safety Safety Public Occupational Initiating Mitigating Barrier Emergency Physical Radiation Radiation Events Systems Integrity Preparedness Protection Safety Safety 7

Reactor Oversight Process S tra te g ic P e rfo r m a n c e A re a s S a fety C o rn e r s to n e s B a s e lin e In s p e c tio n P e r fo r m a n c e In d ic a to r R e s u lts R e s u lts S ig n ific a n c e S ig n ific a n c e T h r e s h o ld T h r e s h o ld A c tio n M a tr ix R e g u la to ry R e s p o n s e 8

Baseline Inspection Areas

• Maintenance Effectiveness

• Operability Evaluations

• Post-Maintenance Testing

• Refueling & Outage Activities

• Surveillance Testing

• Emergency Preparedness Assessment 9

Baseline Inspection Areas

• Occupational Radiation Safety

• Public Radiation Safety

• Performance Indicator Verification

• Fire Protection

• Identification & Resolution of Problems

• Follow-up of Events 10

NRC Performance Indicators

• Initiating Events PIs

• Mitigating Systems PIs

• Barrier Integrity PIs

• Emergency Planning PIs

• Radiation Protection PIs

• Security PIs are not Publicly Available 11

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green Baseline Inspection White Requires additional NRC oversight Yellow Requires more NRC oversight Red Requires most NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green Very low safety issue White Low to moderate safety issue Yellow Substantial safety issue Red High safety issue 12

Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone

• Increasing Safety Significance

• Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts

• Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement

• Increasing Regulatory Actions 13

National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Licensee Response 86 Regulatory Response 14 Degraded Cornerstone 3 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 1 Unacceptable 0 Total 104 14

National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Performance Indicator Results Green 1762 White 6 Yellow 0 Red 0 Total Inspection Findings Green 776 White 17 Yellow 0 Red 0 15

NRC Inspection Activities at TMI (for 2008)

• 5669 hours0.0656 days <br />1.575 hours <br />0.00937 weeks <br />0.00216 months <br /> of inspection and related activities

• 2 resident inspectors on-site

• 10 regional inspections

• 3 major team inspections:

Problem Identification & Resolution: 03/31 - 04/04 Triennial Fire Protection: 08/25 - 09/12 License Renewal: 11/17 - 12/12 16

TMI PIs / Findings (January 1 - December 31, 2008)

• All Green Performance Indicators

• 7 Green / Severity Level - IV inspection findings 17

NRC Inspection Findings TMI

• Incomplete or Untimely Corrective Actions

- design calculations for EDG fuel capacity

- staged equipment for loss of SW event

- emergency lighting & use of elevators when combating a fire

• Degraded Fire Barrier Seals Not Properly Inspected and Repaired

• Inservice Test Reference Conditions and Instrumentation Not Established 18

NRC Annual Assessment Summary TMI

• Exelon operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved public health and safety and protected the environment

• TMI was in the Licensee Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix for the last quarter of 2008 19

NRC Annual Assessment Summary TMI

• NRC plans baseline inspections at TMI for the remainder of 2009 20

Licensee Response and Remarks Mr. William Noll Site Vice President - Three Mile Island Exelon Generation Company, LLC 21

Contacting the NRC

• Report a safety concern:

(800) 695-7403 Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions:

www.nrc.gov Public Affairs Officers:

Diane Screnci 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan 610-337-5331 22

NRC Representatives

• David C. Lew, Division Director, DRP 610-337-5229

• James W. Clifford, Deputy Division Director, DRP 610-337-5080

• Ronald Bellamy, Branch Chief 610-337-5200

• David Kern, Senior Resident Inspector 717-948-1165

• Javier Brand, Resident Inspector 717-948-1165

• Scott Barber, Senior Project Engineer 610-337-5232 23

Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

• http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASS ESS/index.html

• Public Electronic Reading Room http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

• Public Document Room 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 24

End of the Presentation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I King of Prussia, Pennsylvania April 2, 2009