ML15037A248

Summary of Regulatory Conference to Discuss Safety Significance of Diablo Canyon Power Plant Protective Action Recommendations for Areas of the Ocean Finding

ML15037A248
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	02/05/2015
From:	Mark Haire Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
IR 2014502
Download: ML15037A248 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 E LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511 February 5, 2015 EA-14-010 Mr. Edward D. Halpin, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUMMARY

OF REGULATORY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT PROTECTIVE ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AREAS OF THE OCEAN FINDING

Dear Mr. Halpin:

On January 14, 2015, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff met with representatives of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant to discuss the apparent violation with an associated finding involving the failure to obtain prior approval for an emergency plan change which decreased the effectiveness of the emergency plan as documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000275/2014502 and 05000323/2014502 (ML14335A774). The purpose of the regulatory conference was to discuss your position, with respect to the facts and assumptions used by the NRC to make our preliminary safety significance determination, and to allow you to present any new information that may assist us in arriving at the final significance of the finding.

During the meeting, your staff described your assessment of the significance of the finding and the corrective actions taken to resolve it, including the root cause evaluation of the finding.

Specifically, your staff determined that it did not effectively compare changes to emergency plan implementing procedures to NRC regulations and emergency plan requirements, and performed less than adequate evaluations for determining decreases in effectiveness. Your staff also communicated the corrective actions taken which included adding an emergency preparedness supervisor position for additional oversight; adding metrics to monitor program health; strengthening procedure instructions, training, and qualifications for performing change evaluations; and adding a protective action recommendation bases document to the site emergency plan. Additionally, your staff initiated an Emergency Preparedness Licensing Basis Verification Project to reassess all changes to its emergency plan since its original approval by the NRC. Additionally, during the Regulatory Conference, your staff presented several factors for NRC consideration to exercise enforcement discretion. A copy of the handout you provided at this meeting can be found in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) (ML15014A223).

E. Halpin The NRC staff asked questions during the Regulatory Conference to clarify its understanding of the information presented. The NRC requested that you provide information regarding the findings of the Emergency Preparedness Licensee Basis Verification Project. The NRC will continue to review the information that you provided during the regulatory conference and the subsequent information that was requested in order to reach a final significance determination.

We are developing our final risk significance and will issue a final significance determination letter in February.

Meeting attendance rosters for Region IV and teleconference are provided as enclosures to this letter. This regulatory conference was video-recorded and transcribed. The video and copy of the transcription (ML15020A010) will be made available and placed into the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). This Category 1 public meeting was attended telephonically by 14 members of the public, 5 members from other government agencies, and other staff of the NRC, licensee, and nuclear industry.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs ADAMS.

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark S. Haire, Branch Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323 License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Attendance at Region IV

2. Meeting Attendance by Teleconference cc w/ encl: Electronic Distribution

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DATE 1/27/15 2/3/15 2/3/15 2/3/15 2/4/15 2/5/15 Letter to Edward D. Halpin from Mark S. Haire, dated February 5, 2015

SUMMARY

OF REGULATORY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT PROTECTIVE ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AREAS OF THE OCEAN FINDING DISTRIBUTION:

Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

Acting DRP Deputy Director (Thomas.Farnholtz@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (John.Reynoso@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Madeleine.Arel-Davis@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)

Acting Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Theresa.Buchanan@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Michael.Waters@nrc.gov)

ATTENDEES NRC DIABLO CANYON

• Marc Dapas, Regional Administrator

• Barry Allen, Site Vice President

• Jeff Clark, Deputy Director, DRS

• Thomas Baldwin, Director, Site Services

• Wayne Walker, Branch Chief, DRP

• Doug Evans, Director, Emergency

• Mark Haire, Branch Chief, DRS Services

• Thomas Hipschman, Sr. Resident

• Michael Ginn, Manager, Emergency Inspector, DRP Planning

• Paul Elkmann, Senior Emergency Preparedness Inspector, DRS

• Gilbert Guerra, Emergency Preparedness Inspector, DRS

• Robert Kahler, Branch Chief, DPR, NSIR

• Carolyn Faria-Ocasio, Office of Enforcement

• Christi Maier, Enforcement Specialist, RIV Enclosure 1

PARTICIPANTS ON TELECONFERENCE Ron Alsop San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Patricia Borchmann Sanonofresafety.org Douglas Brunson Duke Energy Lauren Casey Nuclear Regulatory Commission Don Eliechteling Tax Payer Jonathan Fiske Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jacalyn Gawron Consultant Pacific Gas & Electric Donna Gilmore San Onofre Safety William Gloege CA For Green Nuclear Power Richard Grundstrom Federal Emergency Management Agency Dan Hirsch University of CA Ace Hoffman Nuke-Free North County Blair Jones TGD Tracy Jue CA Dept. of Public Health Tina Kuhr Duke Energy Stephen LaVie Nuclear Regulatory Commission Don Lightning Citizens Oversight Joe Loya Pacific Gas & Electric Ray Lutz Citizens Oversight Chuck Mackey Pacific Gas & Electric Marni Magda Let Laguna Vote Gary McWilliams Westinghouse Danielle Mills CA Energy Commission Angel Moreno Nuclear Regulatory Commission Larry Parker Stars Alliance Ron Rodarte Green Party Orange County CA Penelope Rothe Pen Songs Productions Eric Schrader Nuclear Regulatory Commission Linda Seeley San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Jeff Summy Pacific Gas & Electric Kelly Van Buren San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Lynn Walter Private Citizen Enclosure 2