ML051530167

Public Meeting NRC Slides Quad Cities End-of-Cycle Annual Plant Performance Assessment

ML051530167
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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	05/25/2005
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Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2004 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III Lisle, Illinois

Agenda

! Introduction

! Review of Reactor Oversight Process

! National Summary of Plant Performance

! Discussion of Plant Performance Results

! Licensee Response and Remarks

! NRC Closing Remarks

! Break

! NRC available to address public questions

NRC Representatives

! Mark Satorius, Director, Division Reactor Projects

- (630) 829-9600

! Steve Reynolds, Deputy Division Director, DRP

- (630) 829-9601

! Larry Rossbach, Project Manager, NRR

- (301) 415-2863

! Karla Stoedter, Senior Resident Inspector

- (309) 654-2227

! Mike Kurth, Resident Inspector

- (309) 654-2227

! Allan Barker, Senior Project Engineer

- (630) 829-9679

! Mark Ring, Branch Chief

- (630) 829-9703

Region IIIOrganization Regional Specialists Director Division of Reactor Safety Roy J. Caniano Deputy Director Cynthia D. Pederson Allan Barker Daneira Meléndez-Colón Liliana Ramadan Project Engineers Karla Stoedter Michael Kurth Quad Cities Resident Inspectors Branch Chief Mark A. Ring Director Division of Reactor Projects Steven A. Reynolds Deputy Director Mark A. Satorius Regional Administrator Geoffrey E. Grant Deputy Regional Administrator James L. Caldwell

NRC Performance Goals

! Safety:Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment

! Security: Enhance the secure use and management of radioactive materials

! Openness: Ensure openness in our regulatory process

! Effectiveness: Ensure that NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timely

! Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRCs strategic objective

Reactor Oversight Process Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Performance Indicator Results Regulatory Response Strategic Performance Areas

Examples of Baseline Inspections

! Equipment Alignment

~92 hrs/yr

! Triennial Fire Protection

~200 hrs every 3 yrs

! Operator Response

~125 hrs/yr

! Emergency Preparedness

~80 hrs/yr

! Rad Release Controls

~100 hrs every 2 yrs

! Worker Radiation Protection ~100 hrs/yr

! Corrective Action Program ~200 hrs every 2 yrs

! Corrective Action Case Reviews ~60 hrs/yr

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green:

Only Baseline Inspection White:

May increase NRC oversight Yellow:

Requires more NRC oversight Red:

Requires more NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green:

Very Low safety issue White:

Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:

Substantial safety issue Red:

High safety issue

Action Matrix Concept Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.

Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance

Purpose of Todays Meeting

! A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance

! NRC will address the licensee performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter

! Licensee will respond to the information in the letter and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve their performance

National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2004 Licensee Response 78 Regulatory Response 21 Degraded Cornerstone 0

Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 3

Unacceptable 0

• Davis-Besse is in IMC 0350 process Total Units 102

National Summary

! Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2004)

< Green 1834

< White 6

< Yellow 0

< Red 0

! Total Inspection Findings (CY 2004)

< Green 778

< White 11

< Yellow 0

< Red 0

Quad Cities Assessment Results (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2004)

! Licensee Response Column of Action Matrix

! No supplemental Inspections in 2004

Safety Significant Findings or PIs

! No greater than Green Findings

! No greater than Green Performance Indicators

! No Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues

Quad Cities Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2004)

! 17 Green Findings

! 14 Green Non-Cited Violations

! Unit 2 Seventeenth Refueling Outage - February 2004

! Problem Identification & Resolution Inspection -

October 2004

Quad Cities Inspection Activities (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2004)

! Source Term Reduction Efforts - February 2004

! Extended Power Uprate (EPU)

< Commitment to limit the operation of both units -

April 2004

< Replacement of steam dryers - spring 2005

< EPU related inspections

< 2005 update: New steam dryer in Unit 2

! License Renewal - October 2004

Quad Cities Annual Assessment Summary January 1-December 31, 2004

! Exelon operated Quad Cities Units 1 & 2 in a manner that preserved public health and safety

! All cornerstone objectives were met with no greater than Green findings identified

! NRC plans baseline inspections at Quad Cities for the remainder of the assessment period

Licensee Response and Remarks Tim Tulon Quad Cities Site Vice President Exelon Generation Company

Contacting the NRC Report an emergency (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

Report a safety concern:

(800) 695-7403 Allegation@nrc.gov General information or questions www.nrc.gov Select What We Do for Public Affairs

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

! Public Document Room

< 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free)