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| issue date = 06/24/2014
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| title = 06/26/2014 NRC Presentation for Palisades 2013 Annual Assessment Public Meeting
| title = NRC Presentation for Palisades 2013 Annual Assessment Public Meeting
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{{#Wiki_filter:NRC's Annual Assessmentof Palisades Assessment of Palisades Performance for 2013Nuclear Regulatory Commission -Region III South Haven, MI June 26 , 2014 1 ,
{{#Wiki_filter:NRCs Annual Assessment of Palisades Performance for 2013 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III South Haven, MI June 26,, 2014 1
O p enin g pg Eric DuncanBranchChief,Palisades Branch Chief, PalisadesNRC Region III 2
Pur p ose and A g enda p g*Discuss Palisades Performance in 2013Plid R*P a li sa d es R esponse*NRCA vailabletoA ddress Q uestions NRC A vailable to A ddress Q uestions 3 Our MissionTolicenseandregulatethe To license and regulate the nation's civilian use of


byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials
Opening p      g Eric Duncan Branch Chief, Palisades NRC Region III 2


to ensure adequate protectionofpublichealth protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and securityandprotectthe security , and protect the environment.
Purpose p    and Agenda g
4 Si g nificance Threshold g Performance Indicators Green:Baseline InspectionWhite:Increases NRC oversight Yellow:IncreasesNRCoversight Yellow: Increases NRC oversight Red:Increases NRC oversightInspectionFindings Inspection Findings Green:Very low safety issue White:Lowtomoderatesafetyissue White: Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:Substantial safety issue Red:High safety issue 5
* Discuss Palisades Performance in 2013
Action Matrix Conce p t pLicenseeRegulatoryDegradedMultiple/RepUnacceptableLicenseeResponseRegulatoryResponseDegradedCornerstoneMultiple/Rep
* Palisades P li d Response R
.DegradedCornerstoneUnacceptablePerformance (Column I)(Column II)(Column III)(Column IV)(Column V)
* NRC Available to Address Questions 3
Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts C Increasing NR C Involvement Increasin g Re g ulator y Actions 6ggy National Summary of Plant Performance Performance Status as of 12/31/2013Licensee Response             Column 180 RegulatoryResponseColumn2 9 Regulatory Response Column 2 9Degraded Cornerstone Column 39 Multiple/Repetitive Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone     Column 4 1UnacceptableColumn5 0 Unacceptable
 
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 security, environment.
4
 
Significance g             Threshold Performance Indicators Green: Baseline Inspection White: Increases NRC oversight Yellow: Increases NRC oversight Red:   Increases NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green: Very low safety issue White: Low to moderate safety issue Yellow: Substantial safety issue Red:   High safety issue 5
 
Action Matrix Concept                p Licensee    Regulatory  Degraded    M ultiple/R ep.
ep  Unacceptable Response    Response    Cornerstone  Degraded        Perform ance (Column I) (Column II) (Column III)
Cornerstone        (Column V)
(Column IV)
Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC      C Involvement Increasing  g Regulatory g       y Actions 6
 
National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 12/31/2013 Licensee Response         Column 1  80 Regulatory Response       Column 2   9 Degraded Cornerstone       Column 3    9 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone       Column 4   1 Unacceptable              Column 5    0 IMC 0350 Oversight                    1 Total                                100 7
 
2013 Annual Assessment January 1 - December 31  31, 2013
* Palisades operated safely
* All cornerstone objectives j        met
* Palisades in Column 1 of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix 8


Column 5 0IMC 0350 Oversight1 Total 100 7 Total 100 2013 Annual AssessmentJanuary1December31 2013 January 1 -December 31 , 2013*Palisades operated safely Palisades operated safely*All cornerstone ob j ectives met j*Palisades in Column 1 of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix 8
NRC Additional Activities in 2013 In 2013, NRC performed an additional 1000 hours of effort beyond the 2000 hours allocated for routine baseline inspections.
NRC Additional Activities in 2013 In 2013, NRC performed an additional 1000 hours of effort beyond the 2000 hours allocated for routine baseline inspections.
NRC used these additional hours to:
NRC used these additional hours to:
*Review corrective actions implemented to Review corrective actions implemented to address performance problems in 2011
* Review corrective actions implemented to address performance problems in 2011 and 2012.
* Increase public communication to address the publics public s concerns about plant performance 9
 
NRC Additional Activities in 2013
* S Safety f t Conscious C    i    Work W k Environment E i        t (SCWE) -
an environment where personnel feel free to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation, intimidation, harassment, or discrimination.
* All NRC licensees and contractors are expected to establish and maintain a SCWE which contributes to the safe operation of NRC-regulated facilities.
10
 
Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) Inspections
* NRC identified chilled SCWE in Security
* Licensee developed SCWE Action Plan
* NRC reviewed i    d SCWE Action A ti Plan Pl implementation i l      t ti
* NRC determined that quality of actions were insufficient to assess and understand the cause of the chilled SCWE and did not demonstrate a strong t      commitment it  t to t improve i      Security S    it SCWE
* NRC will closely monitor Security SCWE and perform follow-up SCWE inspection 11
 
Recent Inspection p        Activities
* Control Rod Drive Mechanism Housing Inspection
* Reactor Vessel Foreign Material Inspection
* Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT) Inspection 12
 
Control Rod Drive Mechanism (CRDM) Housings
* During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage, Outage Palisades identified flaws in 17 of 45 CRDM housings
* NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing testing and reviewed licensee evaluations
* No through-wall through wall leakage identified
* Licensee replaced all CRDM housings
* NRC evaluating the appropriate frequency of future CRDM housing inspections 13
 
Reactor Vessel Foreign      g Material
* D During i Spring S i 2014 R  Refueling f li    O Outage, licensee li identified foreign material within the reactor vessel
* NRC experts reviewed the licensees evaluation
* NRC concluded no impact to plant or public health and safety
* Review of licensee corrective actions continues 14
 
Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT)
* SIRWT contains water to cool the reactor core and containment building during accidents and for adjusting water level during outages
* SIRWT has leaked over the years and Palisades has performed numerous repairs
* NRC observed replacement of SIRWT bottom
* All leakage l k    issues i      now adequately d    t l addressed dd    d
* Confirmatory Action Letter closed 15
 
Other Inspections p            in 2014
* Bi Biennial i l Problem P bl    Identification Id tifi ti and  d Resolution Inspection (Complete)
* Force-on-Force Security Inspection (Complete)
* Component Design Bases Inspection (Pending)
* Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise (Pending) 16
 
Open p to the Public
* Th The NRC placesl    a high hi h priority i it on keeping k      i the public and stakeholders informed of its activities.
* At www.nrc.gov, you can:
    - Fi Findd public bli meeting ti dates d t and  d transcripts; t      i t
    - Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and
    - Access the agencys Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.
17
 
Contacting      g the NRC
* Report an emergency emergenc
  - (301) 816-5100 (call collect)
* Report R    t a safety f t concern
  - (800) 695-7403
  - Allegation@nrc.gov Allegation@nrc gov
* Meeting Feedback
* General G      l information i f    ti or questions ti
  - www.nrc.gov
  - Select What We Do for Public Affairs 18
 
Reference Sources
* Reactor Oversight Process
  - http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/
ASSESS/index.html
* Public Electronic Reading Room
  - http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html
* NRC Information Digest
  - http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-ll i    /      / ff/ 1350/
collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350
* Public Document Room
  - (800) 397-397 4209 (Toll (T ll Free)
F )
19
 
NRC Social Media Channels
* Blog:    http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/
* Flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrcgov/
* T itt Twitter: htt //t itt https://twitter.com/#!/nrcgov
                              /#!/
* YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov
* RSS:    http://www nrc gov/public http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html#rss 20
 
Actions in Response to the Japan Nuclear Accident
* Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident Website: 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 OPA.resource@nrc.gov      301 415 8200 21


and 2012.
Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Nuclear Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks 22
*Increase public communication to address thepublic'sconcernsaboutplant the publics concerns about plant performance 9
NRC Additional Activities in 2013SftCiWkEit(SCWE)
*S a f e t y C onsc i ous W or k E nv i ronmen t (SCWE) -an environment where personnel feel free to raisesafetyconcernswithoutfearofretaliation, raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation, intimidation, harassment, or discrimination. *All NRC licensees and contractors are expected to establish and maintain a SCWE which  contributestothesafeoperationof contributes to the safe operation of NRC-regulated facilities.
10 Safety Conscious Work Environment(SCWE)Inspections Environment (SCWE) Inspections*NRC identified chilled SCWE in Security*Licensee developed SCWE Action PlanNRCidSCWEAti Pliltti*NRC rev i ewe d SCWE A c ti on P l an i mp l emen t a ti on*NRC determined that quality of actions were insufficient to assess and understand the cause of the chilled SCWE and did not demonstrate a titttiSitSCWE s t rong comm it men t t o i mprove S ecur it y SCWE*NRC will closely monitor Security SCWE and perform follo w-up SCWE inspection 11 Recent Ins p ection Activities p*Control Rod Drive Mechanism Housing Inspection*Reactor Vessel Foreign Material Inspection Inspection
*SafetyInjectionRefuelingWater Tank*Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT) Inspection 12 Control Rod Drive Mechanism (CRDM)Housings (CRDM) Housings*DuringSpring2014RefuelingOutagePalisades
*During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage , Palisades identified flaws in 17 of 45 CRDM housings
*NRCinspectorsobservedCRDMhousing
*NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing testing and reviewed licensee evaluations
*Nothroughwallleakageidentified
*No through-wall leakage identified*Licensee replaced all CRDM housings*NRC evaluating the appropriate frequency of future CRDM housing inspections 13 Reactor Vessel Forei g n Materia l gDiSi2014RfliOli
*D ur i ng S pr i ng 2014 R e f ue li ng O utage, li censee identified foreign material within the reactor


vessel*NRC experts reviewed the licensee's evaluation*NRC concluded no impact to plant or public health and safety*Review of licensee corrective actions continues 14 Safety Injection Refueling WaterTank(SIRWT)
Closingg Remarks Kenneth OBrien Deputy Division Director Division of Reactor Projects NRCC Region eg o III 23
Water Tank (SIRWT)*SIRWTcontainswatertocoolthereactorcore
*SIRWT contains water to cool the reactor core and containment building during accidents and


for adjusting water level during outages*SIRWT has leaked over the years and Palisades has performed numerous repairs*NRC observed replacement of SIRWT bottomAlllkidtlddd
NRC Representatives p
*All l ea k age i ssues now a d equa t e l y a dd resse d*Confirmatory Action Letter closed 15 Other Ins pections in 201 4 pBiilPblIdtifitid
* Viktoria Mitlyng Mitlyng, Office of Public Affairs, Affairs RIII
*Bi enn i a l P ro bl em Id en tifi ca ti on an d Resolution Inspection (Complete)*Force-on-Force Security Inspection (Complete)*Component Design Bases Inspection (Pending)*Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise (Pending)(Pending)16 O p en to the Public pThNRClhihiitki
    - (630) 829-9662
*Th e NRC p l aces a hi g h pr i or it y on k eep i ng the public and stakeholders informed of its activities.
* Prema Chandrathil,, Office of Public Affairs,, RIII
activities.
    - (630) 829-9663
*At www.nrc.gov, you can:Fidblitidtdtit
* Eric Duncan, Branch Chief, RIII
-Fi n d pu bli c mee ti ng d a t es an d t ranscr i p t s;-Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and -Access the agency's Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.
    - (630) 829-9620
17 Contactin g the NR C gReportanemergenc
* Alex Garmoe, Senior Resident Inspector
*Report an emergenc y-(301) 816-5100 (call collect)Rtft*R epor t a sa f e t y concern-(800) 695-7403  Allegation@nrcgov
    - (269) 764 764-8971 8971
-Allegation@nrc
* April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector
.gov*Meeting FeedbackGliftiti*G enera l i n f orma ti on or ques ti ons-www.nrc.govSelect"WhatWeDo"forPublicAffairs 18-Select "What We Do" for Public Affairs Reference Sources
    - (269) 764-8972 24}}
*ReactorOversightProcess Reactor Oversight Process-http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/
ASSESS/index.html*Public Electronic Reading Room-http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html*NRC Information Digest-http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-lli//ff/1350
/co ll ect i ons/nuregs/sta ff/sr 1350/*Public Document Room (800)397 4209(TllF)19-(800) 397-4209 (T o ll F ree)
NRC Social Media Channels*Blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/*Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrcgov/Titthtt//titt/#!/
*T w itt er: htt ps://t w itt er.com/#!/nrcgov*YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov
*RSS:http://wwwnrcgov/public
*RSS: http://www
.nrc.gov/public
-involve/listserver.html#rss 20 Actions in Response to the Japan NuclearAccident Nuclear Accident*ActionsinresponsetoJapanNuclearAccident
*Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident Website: 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: OPAresource@nrcgovor301-415-8200 OPA.resource@nrc
.gov or 301 415 8200 21 Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Nuclear OperationsPalisadesNuclearPlant Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks 22 Closin g Remarks gKennethO'Brien Kenneth O'Brien Deputy Division DirectorDivision of Reactor Projects NR C R eg i o n IIICego 23 NRC Re p resentatives p*ViktoriaMitlyngOfficeofPublicAffairsRIII Viktoria Mitlyng , Office of Public Affairs , RIII-(630) 829-9662*Prema Chandrathil
, Office of Public Affairs
, RIII ,,-(630) 829-9663*Eric Duncan, Branch Chief, RIII-(630) 829-9620*Alex Garmoe, Senior Resident Inspector(269)764 8971-(269) 764-8971*April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector
-(269)764-8972 24-(269) 764-8972}}

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NRCs Annual Assessment of Palisades Performance for 2013 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III South Haven, MI June 26,, 2014 1

Opening p g Eric Duncan Branch Chief, Palisades NRC Region III 2

Purpose p and Agenda g

  • Discuss Palisades Performance in 2013
  • Palisades P li d Response R
  • NRC Available to Address Questions 3

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 security, environment.

4

Significance g Threshold Performance Indicators Green: Baseline Inspection White: Increases NRC oversight Yellow: Increases NRC oversight Red: Increases NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green: Very low safety issue White: Low to moderate safety issue Yellow: Substantial safety issue Red: High safety issue 5

Action Matrix Concept p Licensee Regulatory Degraded M ultiple/R ep.

ep Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Perform ance (Column I) (Column II) (Column III)

Cornerstone (Column V)

(Column IV)

Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC C Involvement Increasing g Regulatory g y Actions 6

National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 12/31/2013 Licensee Response Column 1 80 Regulatory Response Column 2 9 Degraded Cornerstone Column 3 9 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column 4 1 Unacceptable Column 5 0 IMC 0350 Oversight 1 Total 100 7

2013 Annual Assessment January 1 - December 31 31, 2013

  • Palisades operated safely
  • All cornerstone objectives j met
  • Palisades in Column 1 of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix 8

NRC Additional Activities in 2013 In 2013, NRC performed an additional 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> of effort beyond the 2000 hours0.0231 days <br />0.556 hours <br />0.00331 weeks <br />7.61e-4 months <br /> allocated for routine baseline inspections.

NRC used these additional hours to:

  • Review corrective actions implemented to address performance problems in 2011 and 2012.
  • Increase public communication to address the publics public s concerns about plant performance 9

NRC Additional Activities in 2013

  • S Safety f t Conscious C i Work W k Environment E i t (SCWE) -

an environment where personnel feel free to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation, intimidation, harassment, or discrimination.

  • All NRC licensees and contractors are expected to establish and maintain a SCWE which contributes to the safe operation of NRC-regulated facilities.

10

Safety Conscious Work Environment (SCWE) Inspections

  • NRC identified chilled SCWE in Security
  • Licensee developed SCWE Action Plan
  • NRC reviewed i d SCWE Action A ti Plan Pl implementation i l t ti
  • NRC determined that quality of actions were insufficient to assess and understand the cause of the chilled SCWE and did not demonstrate a strong t commitment it t to t improve i Security S it SCWE
  • NRC will closely monitor Security SCWE and perform follow-up SCWE inspection 11

Recent Inspection p Activities

  • Reactor Vessel Foreign Material Inspection
  • Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT) Inspection 12

Control Rod Drive Mechanism (CRDM) Housings

  • During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage, Outage Palisades identified flaws in 17 of 45 CRDM housings
  • NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing testing and reviewed licensee evaluations
  • No through-wall through wall leakage identified
  • Licensee replaced all CRDM housings
  • NRC evaluating the appropriate frequency of future CRDM housing inspections 13

Reactor Vessel Foreign g Material

  • D During i Spring S i 2014 R Refueling f li O Outage, licensee li identified foreign material within the reactor vessel
  • NRC experts reviewed the licensees evaluation
  • NRC concluded no impact to plant or public health and safety
  • Review of licensee corrective actions continues 14

Safety Injection Refueling Water Tank (SIRWT)

  • SIRWT contains water to cool the reactor core and containment building during accidents and for adjusting water level during outages
  • SIRWT has leaked over the years and Palisades has performed numerous repairs
  • NRC observed replacement of SIRWT bottom
  • All leakage l k issues i now adequately d t l addressed dd d
  • Confirmatory Action Letter closed 15

Other Inspections p in 2014

  • Bi Biennial i l Problem P bl Identification Id tifi ti and d Resolution Inspection (Complete)
  • Force-on-Force Security Inspection (Complete)
  • Component Design Bases Inspection (Pending)

Open p to the Public

  • Th The NRC placesl a high hi h priority i it on keeping k i the public and stakeholders informed of its activities.
  • At www.nrc.gov, you can:

- Fi Findd public bli meeting ti dates d t and d transcripts; t i t

- Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and

- Access the agencys Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.

17

Contacting g the NRC

  • Report an emergency emergenc

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

  • Report R t a safety f t concern

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov Allegation@nrc gov

  • Meeting Feedback
  • General G l information i f ti or questions ti

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs 18

Reference Sources

  • Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/

ASSESS/index.html

  • Public Electronic Reading Room

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

  • NRC Information Digest

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-ll i / / ff/ 1350/

collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350

  • Public Document Room

- (800) 397-397 4209 (Toll (T ll Free)

F )

19

NRC Social Media Channels

/#!/

Actions in Response to the Japan Nuclear Accident

  • 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 OPA.resource@nrc.gov 301 415 8200 21

Licensee Response and Remarks Entergy Nuclear Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks 22

Closingg Remarks Kenneth OBrien Deputy Division Director Division of Reactor Projects NRCC Region eg o III 23

NRC Representatives p

- (630) 829-9662

- (630) 829-9663

- (630) 829-9620

- (269) 764 764-8971 8971

  • April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector

- (269) 764-8972 24

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