ML12074A069

NRC EOC Slide Presentation for Public Meeting

ML12074A069
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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	03/14/2012
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Annual Assessment Meeting for the Palisades Nuclear 1Nuclear Regulatory Commission -Region IIISouth Haven Michigan March 21, 2012 Plan tReactor Oversight Process -2011 Purpose of Today's Meeting*A public forum for discussion of the licensee's performance in 2011*NRC will address the performance 2issues identified in the annual assessment letter*Licensee will be given the opportunity to respond and inform the NRC of new

or existing programs to maintain or

improve performance Agenda*Introduction *Review of Reactor Oversight Process

• National Summary of Plant PerformanceDiifPlPfRl 3*Di scuss i on o f Pl ant P er f ormance R esu l ts*Licensee Response and Remarks

• NRC Closing Remarks

• Break

• NRC available to address public questions Region III OrganizationCynthia D. PedersonActing Regional AdministratorJennifer L. UhleActing Deputy Regional AdministratorDivision of Reactor ProjectsDivision of Reactor SafetyDivision of Nuclear Materials Safety 4K. Steven West, DirectorGary Shear, Deputy DirectorSteven A. Reynolds, DirectorKenneth O'Brien, Deputy DirectorJack GiessnerBranch 4 ChiefRegional SpecialistsPalisades Resident Inspection StaffTom Taylor, Senior Resident InspectorApril Scarbeary, Resident InspectorBranch StaffRobert Lerch, Project EngineerDiana Betancourt, Reactor EngineerSwetha Shah, Reactor EngineerAnne T. Boland, DirectorPatrick Louden, Deputy DirectorRegional Specialists Our Mission License and regulate nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment.

5-Establishing rules and regulations-Issuing licenses

-Providing oversight through inspection, enforcement, and evaluation of operational experience-Conducting research to provide support for regulatory decisions-Responding to events and emergencies Some Nuclear Facts*104 nuclear power plants supply about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.*Nuclear materials are used inmedicinefordiagnosis 6 in medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.*Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, radiography devices, and

irradiators.

The NRC Regulates*Nuclear reactors-commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs*Nuclear materials-nuclear reactor fuel, radioactive materials for medical, industrial, and academic use 7*Nuclear waste-transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear material and waste, decommissioning of nuclear facilities*Nuclear security-physical security of nuclear facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks What We Don't Do*Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors, or space vehicle reactors 8*Own or operate nuclear power plants*Regulate some radioactive materials, such as X-rays and naturally

occurring radon Reactor Oversight ProcessSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsPerformance IndicatorResultsStrategicPerformance AreasSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsPerformance IndicatorResultsStrategicPerformance Areas 9Significance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdRegulatory ResponseSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdRegulatory Response Reactor Oversight Process Cornerstones Mission Strategic Pf 10 P er f ormance AreasCornerstones Cross-Cutting AreasHuman Performance--Safety Conscious Work Environment--Problem Identification &

Resolution Significance Threshold of Inspection Findings and IndicatorsSafety significance NRC ResponseGreen (very low)Routine NRC InspectionsWhite(lowtomoderate)IncreasesNRCoversight 11 White (low to moderate)Increases NRC oversightYellow(substantial)Increases NRC oversight Red (high)Increases NRC oversight Action Matrix ConceptLicensee Response IRegulatory Response IIDegraded Cornerstone III Multiple/RepDegraded Cornerstone IVUnacceptable Performance V 12Increasing Safety SignificanceIncreasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions National Summary of Plant Performance Status as of 2/15/2012I Licensee Response 88 II Regulatory Response 11IIIDegradedCornerstonePalisadesnow 3 13 III Degraded Cornerstone Palisades now 3IV Multiple/Repetitive Deg. Cornerstone1 V Unacceptable 0Total*103*Fort Calhoun not included -shutdown and requires NRC permission to restart National Summary*Performance Indicator Results for 2011-Green 6585-White9

-Yellow 0 Red 0 14-Red 0*Total Inspection Findings in 2011-Green 846-White13

-Yellow 2-Red 0 Palisades Assessment ResultsJanuary 1 -December 31, 2011*In the fourth q uarter of 2011 NRC 15 qplaced Palisades in Column III -Degraded Cornerstone Column Summary of Safety Significant FindingsPlant continues to operate safely, but performance has degraded*Operator leaves his post -Confirmatory Order

• AnAuxiliaryFeedWaterpumpfailedtofunction

-16 An Auxiliary Feed Water pump failed to function (low to moderate safety significance)*Service Water pump coupling failure -(low to moderate safety significance)*Complicated shutdown caused by fault during work on an electric panel -(substantial safety significance)

Cornerstones Mission Strategic Pf P er f ormance AreasCornerstones SW pump failure DC bus failure AF pump failure NRC's Response to Issues 2011 *Routine inspections ~ 2500 hours0.0289 days <br />0.694 hours <br />0.00413 weeks <br />9.5125e-4 months <br /> 18*Additional inspections to address plant issues -over 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> Palisades Inspection ActivitiesJanuary 1 -December 31, 2011*Routine Inspections

• S pecial Ins pection Team -Service 19 pp water coupling failure*Special Inspection Team -Complicated shutdown caused by electrical fault Assessment Summary*Palisades continues to operate safely*NRC placed Palisades in Column III of the Action Matrix (Degraded Cornerstone) in 4 th quarter 2011

• SubstantiveCross

-cuttingIssues(SCCIs)

-20*Substantive Cross-cutting Issues (SCCIs) -three in human performance area-Conservative Assumptions-Adequate Procedures

-Effective Oversight*If the NRC determines the plant is not operating safely, we will shut down the plant NRC's Response to Issues 2012*NRC will do routine/baseline activity*NRC will do follow-up inspections on all three greater than green findings and confirmatory order

• NRCwillindependentlyevaluatetheissues 21*NRC will independently evaluate the issues -Adequate actions to prevent the issue from occurring again-Determine if the condition that existed could exist in other equipment-Determine the root/underlying causes and evaluate if those causes could lead to other events-Determine if problems with safety culture caused or significantly contributed to the events Licensee Response and RemarksEntergyNuclearOperations 22 Entergy Nuclear Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Remarks Closing Remarks C y nthia Pederson yActing Regional Administrator, RIII 23 Questions/Comments 24 Open to the Public*The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and stakeholders informed of its

activities.

25*At www.nrc.gov, you can:-Find public meeting dates and transcripts;-Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and -Access the agency's Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.

Contacting the NRC*Report an emergency-(301) 816-5100 (call collect)*Report a safety concern 26-(800) 695-7403 -Allegation@nrc.gov*General information or questions-www.nrc.gov

-Select "What We Do" for Public Affairs NRC Representatives*Viktoria Mitlyng, Office of Public Affairs, RIII-(630) 829-9662*John "Jack" Giessner, Branch Chief, Division of Reactor Pro j ects 27 j-(630) 829-9619*Tom Taylor, Senior Resident Inspector-(269) 764-8971*April Scarbeary, Resident Inspector-(269) 764-8972 Reference Sources*Reactor Oversight Process-http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/

ASSESS/index.html

• PublicElectronicReadingRoom 28 Public Electronic Reading Room-http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html*NRC Information Digest-http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/*Public Document Room-1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free)

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