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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, | {{#Wiki_filter:NRC's Annual Assessmentof Palisades Assessment of Palisades Performance for 2013Nuclear 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 | byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials | ||
to ensure adequate protectionofpublichealth protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and securityandprotectthe security, and protect the environment. | to ensure adequate protectionofpublichealth protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and securityandprotectthe security , and protect the environment. | ||
4 | 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 | ||
Action Matrix Conce | Action Matrix Conce p t pLicenseeRegulatoryDegradedMultiple/RepUnacceptableLicenseeResponseRegulatoryResponseDegradedCornerstoneMultiple/Rep | ||
.DegradedCornerstoneUnacceptablePerformance (Column I)(Column II)(Column III) | .DegradedCornerstoneUnacceptablePerformance (Column I)(Column II)(Column III)(Column IV)(Column V) | ||
(Column IV) | 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 | ||
(Column V) | |||
Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts | |||
Column 5 0IMC 0350 Oversight1 | 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 | ||
and 2012. | and 2012. | ||
*Increase public communication to address thepublic | *Increase public communication to address thepublic'sconcernsaboutplant the publics concerns about plant performance 9 | ||
'sconcernsaboutplant the publics concerns about plant performance 9 | |||
NRC Additional Activities in 2013SftCiWkEit(SCWE) | 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 | 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 | *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 | *During Spring 2014 Refueling Outage , Palisades identified flaws in 17 of 45 CRDM housings | ||
*NRCinspectorsobservedCRDMhousing | *NRCinspectorsobservedCRDMhousing | ||
*NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing testing and reviewed licensee evaluations | *NRC inspectors observed CRDM housing testing and reviewed licensee evaluations | ||
*Nothroughwallleakageidentified | *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 | *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) | 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) | ||
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for adjusting water level during outages*SIRWT has leaked over the years and Palisades has performed numerous repairs*NRC observed replacement of SIRWT bottomAlllkidtlddd | for adjusting water level during outages*SIRWT has leaked over the years and Palisades has performed numerous repairs*NRC observed replacement of SIRWT bottomAlllkidtlddd | ||
*All | *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 | ||
* | *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 | ||
(Pending) 16 | *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. | ||
* | |||
activities. | activities. | ||
*At www.nrc.gov, you can:Fidblitidtdtit | *At www.nrc.gov, you can:Fidblitidtdtit | ||
- | -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. | ||
17 Contactin g the | 17 Contactin g the NR C gReportanemergenc | ||
*Report an | *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 | ||
-Allegation@nrc | -Allegation@nrc | ||
.gov*Meeting FeedbackGliftiti* | .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 | ||
*ReactorOversightProcess Reactor Oversight Process-http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ | *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 | 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/#!/ | 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 | ||
http://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov | |||
*RSS:http://wwwnrcgov/public | *RSS:http://wwwnrcgov/public | ||
*RSS:http://www | *RSS: http://www | ||
.nrc.gov/public | .nrc.gov/public | ||
-involve/listserver.html#rss 20 Actions in Response to the Japan NuclearAccident Nuclear Accident*ActionsinresponsetoJapanNuclearAccident | -involve/listserver.html#rss 20 Actions in Response to the Japan NuclearAccident Nuclear Accident*ActionsinresponsetoJapanNuclearAccident | ||
*Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident Website: | *Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Accident Website: http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-info.html*Mailbox for comments on staff actions: | ||
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 | ||
JLD_Public.Resource@nrc.gov*Office of Public Affairs Point of Contact: OPAresource@nrcgovor301-415- | .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 | , Office of Public Affairs | ||
, RIII,,-(630) 829-9663*Eric Duncan, Branch Chief, RIII-(630) 829-9620*Alex Garmoe, Senior Resident Inspector(269) | , 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- | -(269)764-8972 24-(269) 764-8972}} |
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NRC's Annual Assessmentof Palisades Assessment of Palisades Performance for 2013Nuclear 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
to ensure adequate protectionofpublichealth protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and securityandprotectthe security , and protect the environment.
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
Action Matrix Conce p t pLicenseeRegulatoryDegradedMultiple/RepUnacceptableLicenseeResponseRegulatoryResponseDegradedCornerstoneMultiple/Rep
.DegradedCornerstoneUnacceptablePerformance (Column I)(Column II)(Column III)(Column IV)(Column V)
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
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 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 Review corrective actions implemented to address performance problems in 2011
and 2012.
- 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)
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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
activities.
- At www.nrc.gov, you can:Fidblitidtdtit
-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.
17 Contactin g the NR C gReportanemergenc
- 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
-Allegation@nrc
.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
- 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://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