ML061570043

Summary of 05/30/2006 Annual Performance Assessment Meeting with Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station

ML061570043
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Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	06/02/2006
From:	Kennedy K NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
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UNITED STATES NU CLEAR REGULATORY C 0 M M I S S IO N REGION I V 61 1 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 June 2 , 2006 Randall K. Edington, Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321

SUMMARY

OF ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT MEETING WITH NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT REGARDING COOPER NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Edington:

This refers to the meeting conducted at the Brownville Concert Hall in Brownville, Nebraska, on May 30, 2006. The purpose of this meeting was to present the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) assessment of Cooper Nuclear Stations safety performance for the past year. The attendance list and the NRCs and Nebraska Public Power Districts presentation slides are enclosed.

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 NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document management system (ADAI?/IS). ADAMS is accessible frem the I\?!?Cdveb site at http://www.nrc.qov/readinq-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. NRC PresentationSlides

3. NPPD PresentationSlides

Nebraska Public Power District cc w/enclosures:

Gene Mace Director, Missouri State Emergency Nuclear Asset Manager Management Agency Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 116 P.O. Box 98 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Brownville, NE 68321 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos John C. McClure, Vice President Control Section and General Counsel Kansas Department of Health Nebraska Public Power District and Environment P.O. Box 499 Bureau of Air and Radiation Columbus, NE 68602-0499 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 P. V. Fleming, Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District Daniel K. McGhee P.O. Box 98 Bureau of Radiological Health Brownville, NE 68321 Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Michael J. Linder, Director 321 East 12th Street Nebraska Department of Des Moines, IA 50319 Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Ronald D. Asche, President Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District Chairman 1414 15th Street Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Columbus, NE 68601 Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Jerry C. Roberts, Director of Auburn, NE 68305 Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District Julia Schmitt, Manager P.O. Box 98 Radiation Control Program Brownville, NE 68321 Nebraska Health & Human Services Dept. of Regulation & Licensing John F. McCann, Director, Licensing Division of Public Health Assurance Entergy Nuclear Northeast 301 Centennial Mall, South Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 95007 440 Hamilton Avenue Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 White Plains, NY 10601-1813 H. Floyd Gilzow Keith G. Henke, Planner Deputy Director for Policy Division of Community and Public Health Missouri Department of Natural Resources Office of Emergency Coordination P. 0. Box 176 930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Jefferson City, MO 65102

Nebraska Public Power District Marlin Logan AI Berndt, Assistant Director Presiding Commissioner Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Atchison County Courthouse 1300 Military Road P.O. Box 280 Lincoln, NE 68508 Rock Port, MO 64482 Michael J. Linder, Director Dennis Martin, Sheriff Nebraska Department of Atchison County Sheriff's Office Environmental Quality 51 1 West Clay P.O. Box 98922 Rock Port, MO 64482 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Brent Lottman, Sheriff Ronald Reynolds, Director Nemaha County Missouri State Emergency Management 1805 N Street Agency Auburn, NE 68305 P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Randall Rohrs, Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Chief, Radiation and Asbestos 73260 629 Avenue Control Section Johnson, NE 68378 Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bob Hutton, Commissioner, District 1 Bureau of Air and Radiation Nemaha County Board of Commissioners 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 72546 644 Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Nemaha, NE 68414 Daniel K. McGhee Monty Lovelace, Commissioner, District 2 Bureau of Radiological Health Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Iowa Department of Public Health 73360 641 Avenue Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Auburn, NE 68305 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Dick Hainje, Regional Director FEMA Region VI1 Keith G. Henke, Planner Department of Homeland Security Division of Community and Public Health 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Office of Emergency Coordination Kansas City, MO 64114-3372 930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Robert Leopold, Administrator Nebraska Health and Human Services Ron McCabe Division of Public Health Assurance Chief, Radiological Emergency Department of Regulation and Licensure Preparedness Section 301 Centennial Mall, South Kansas City Field Office P.O. Box 95007 Chemical and Nuclear Preparedness Lincoln, NE 68508 and Protection Division Department of Homeland Security 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Nebraska Public Power District Jon Schwarz Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 1300 Military Road Lincoln, NE 68508-1090 Federal Emergency Management Agency 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Nebraska Public Power District Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSMI)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (RJCI)

Senior Resident Inspector (SCS)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (KMK)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLNI)

RlTS Coordinator (KEG)

CL-I SUNS1 Review Completed: ADAMS: W e s No Initials:

% Publicly Available 0 Non-PubliclyAvailable 0 Sensitive W Non-Sensitive R:\-REACTORS\EOC and Midcycle\Meeting Summaries\Held in 2006\CN5-30-06MS-EOC.wpd 1 RIV:SPE:DRP/C I C:DRP/C I I OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

ENCLOSURE 1 ATTENDANCE LIST

ENCLOSURE 1 NRC PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE

/I LICENSEE/FACILITY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station I DATERIME May 30, 2006; 4:OO p.m.(CST)

LOCATION Brownville Concert Hall Brownville, Nebraska 1 NAME (PLEASE PRINT) 0R GAN lZATl0N n, PQD ic II /7

I NRC WBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE

/I LICENSEWFACILITY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station I) DATE/TlME May 30, 2006; 4:OO p.m.(CST)

LOCATION Brownville Concert Hall Brownville, Nebraska I NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION

WBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE 1I LICENSEE/FACILlTY Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station l DATEKIME May 30, 2006; 4:OO p.m.(CST)

Brownville Concert Hall I LOCATION BrownviHe. Nebraska 1 NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION J,Qih+

ENCLOSURE 2 NRC PRESENTATION SLIDES

E N C L O S U R E 2'

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Cooper Nuclear Station Annual NRC Meeting Purpose and Assessment Meeting Guidelines Reactor OversightProgram - CY 2005 Meeting with the licensee m Inform public of plant performance m Registration table m Questions and answers m Feedback forms m Handouts Nuclear Regulatory Commission -Region IV Brownville, NE May 30,2006 Agenda NRC Representatives D Introduction Art Howell, Director, Division of Reactor Projects D Review of Reactor Oversight Process D National Summary of Plant Performance

• Scott Schwind, Senior Resident Inspector D Discussion of Plant Performance Results 0 Licensee Response and Remarks e NRC Closing Remarks

- Nick Taylor, Resident Inspector e NRC available to address public questions m Wayne Walker, Senior Project Engineer NRC Performance Goals End-of-Cycle Assessment Conclusion 0 Safety: Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment 0 Security: Ensure the secure use and management of m NPPD operated Cooper Nuclear Station in a manner radioactive materials that preserved public health and safety 0 Openness: Ensure openness in our regulatory process 0 Effectiveness: Ensure that NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timely 0 Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRC strategic objective I

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Reactor Oversight Process 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 sigmEicant issue White: Low to moderate safety sigdicant issue Yellow: Substantialsafety si@icant issue Red: High safety significant issue National Summary of Plant Performance Status at Fad of CY 2005 Licensee mdntoT Degraded MulUplelRep. UnaccepLlhle Response RSPQme Cornerstone Degrndtd Peiformancc Licensee Response 84 Cornerstone ReguIatoIy Response 12 Degraded Cornerstone 4 Increasing Safety SigniEcance MultiplelRepetitiveDegraded Cornerstone 3 Unacceptable 0 Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Total 103 Increasing NRChicensee ManagementInvolvement National Summary I NRC Inspection Activities at Cooper I

' Performance Indicator Results (at end of CY 2005) 0 Resident Inspectors -2384 hrsly~

t Green 1850 - Equipment Alignment t White 4

- Operator Response tYeUow 0

- Emergency Preparedness t Red 0

- CorrectiveAction Case Reviews I Total Inspection Findings (CY 2005) b Green 849 = Regional Inspectors -2414 hrs/yr t White 10 - CorrectiveAction Program tYellow 1 - Triennial Fire Protection t Rea 0 - Radiation Safety Team Inspection 2

Cooper Nuclear Station Assessment Results Cooper Nuclear Station Assessment Results (Contd)

(Jan 1 - Dec 31,2005) Substantive cross cutting issue in the area of Human D Most Recent Quarter was Within d e Licensee Response Performance was closed, with improvement noted in Column of the NRCs Action Mamix the level of procedural adherence at Cooper D One Finding of Low to Moderate Significance (White) in = There Were a Number of Challenges remaining in the the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone-SignificantNumber of area of Problem Identification and Resolution -

Licensed Operator Requalification Written Examination Substantive Crosscutting Issue Will Remain Open Failures

-Supplemental Inspection Completed D Green Performance Indicator Results Cooper Nuclear Station Cooper Nuclear Station Assessment Annual Assessment Summarv Results (Contd)

Jan 1 - Dec 31,2005 There has been a substantive cross cuttingissue in this area for several assessment periods WPD operated Cooper Nuclear Station in a manner that preservedhblic health and safety Improving problem identification and resolution was the subject of a NRC confirmatory action letter Cooper Nuclear Station performance was in the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Mahix Despite extensive focus in this area plant issues continue to occur Substantive cross cutting issue in Problem Identification and Resolution CNS has developed an additional perEormance improvement plan to address problems in this area Baseline inspection for 2006 Contacting the NRC 0 Report an emergency t (301) 816-5100 (call collect)

Licensee Response and Remarks 0 Report a safety concern:

(800) 695-7403 t Allegation@nrc.gov Randy Edington 0 General information or questions Vice President-Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer

& WWW.nrC.~OV Nebraska Public Power Dismct t Select What We Do for Public Affairs 3.

Reference Sources 0 Reactor Oversight Process t http-llwww.nrc.gov~O~SIG~/ASSESS/

0 Public Electronic Readinn Room http-l/wwwJlrc.gov/reading-rm.hhal 0 Public Document Room r 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 4

ENCLOSURE 3 NPPD PRESENTATION SLIDES

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