ML14086A059

3/18/14 Summary of Public Meeting to Discuss the 2013 Perry End-of-Cycle Performance Assessment

ML14086A059
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Site:	Perry
Issue date:	03/26/2014
From:	Michael Kunowski NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B5
To:	FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 March 26, 2014 LICENSEE: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FACILITY: Perry Nuclear Power Plant

SUMMARY

OF THE MARCH 18, 2014, PERRY PUBLIC MEETING On March 18, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a public meeting at the Quail Hollow Resort in Painesville, Ohio, to discuss the 2013 annual assessment results for Perry. is a list of attendees for the meeting. A copy of the slides used by the NRCs staff during the meeting is located in ADAMS at Accession Number ML14079A091.

At the meeting, the NRC provided an overview of the reactor oversight program, the results of the 2013 annual assessment for Perry, and the NRCs inspection plans for 2014. The NRCs presentation was followed by statements from the Perry Site Vice-President and the Director of Site Operations which included information on the performance and accomplishments for 2013, the plant priorities for 2014, a 40-million dollar financial commitment to post-Fukushima efforts, the continued focus on improving occupational radiation safety, and on the planning for the 2015 refueling outage. Cynthia Pederson, the Regional Administrator for the NRCs Region III Office, acknowledged the information provided by the Perry officials and emphasized the importance of Perry continuing in 2014 the improvement in performance seen in 2013 that resulted in the NRC moving Perry from the Degraded Cornerstone Column (Column 3) of the NRCs Action Matrix to the Licensee Response Column (Column 1).

After the business part of the meeting ended, NRC and Perry representatives listened to comments and attempted to address several questions from the public. The questions were related to tritium releases at Perry, the number and manufacturer of the spent fuel dry cask storage units used at Perry, an overview of post-Fukushima efforts taken by Perry, and the use by Perry of a local vendor for transfer of radioactively contaminated material. NRC representatives provided additional information to a member of the public after the meeting.

/RA/______________________

Michael A. Kunowski, Chief Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Meeting Attendance List cc w/encl: Distribution via List ServTM

PERRY 2013 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT MEETING March 18, 2014 MEETING ATTENDANCE LIST NRC Attendees Cynthia Pederson, Regional Administrator Anne Boland, Director, Division of Reactor Projects Billy Dickson, Chief, Health Physics and Incident Response Branch Mark Marshfield, Perry Senior Resident Inspector Jim Nance, Perry Resident Inspector Diane Flowers, Perry Office Administrative Assistant Prema Chandrathil, Public Affairs Officer Michael Kunowski, Chief, Branch 5, Division of Reactor Projects FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Attendees Ernest Harkness, Perry Site Vice-President David Hamilton, Perry Director of Site Operations Other Perry Plant/FirstEnergy Employees Members of the Public Ed Klco, Mayor, North Perry Village Connie Kline, Ohio CARE - Citizens Against a Radioactive Environment Janet Jodlowski, Ohio CARE John Laituri Milly Laituri Enclosure

March 26, 2014 LICENSEE: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FACILITY: Perry Nuclear Power Plant

SUMMARY

OF THE MARCH 18, 2014, PERRY PUBLIC MEETING On March 18, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a public meeting at the Quail Hollow Resort in Painesville, Ohio, to discuss the 2013 annual assessment results for Perry. is a list of attendees for the meeting. A copy of the slides used by the NRCs staff during the meeting is located in ADAMS at Accession Number ML14079A091.

At the meeting, the NRC provided an overview of the reactor oversight program, the results of the 2013 annual assessment for Perry, and the NRCs inspection plans for 2014. The NRCs presentation was followed by statements from the Perry Site Vice-President and the Director of Site Operations which included information on the performance and accomplishments for 2013, the plant priorities for 2014, a 40-million dollar financial commitment to post-Fukushima efforts, the continued focus on improving occupational radiation safety, and on the planning for the 2015 refueling outage. Cynthia Pederson, the Regional Administrator for the NRCs Region III Office, acknowledged the information provided by the Perry officials and emphasized the importance of Perry continuing in 2014 the improvement in performance seen in 2013 that resulted in the NRC moving Perry from the Degraded Cornerstone Column (Column 3) of the NRCs Action Matrix to the Licensee Response Column (Column 1).

After the business part of the meeting ended, NRC and Perry representatives listened to comments and attempted to address several questions from the public. The questions were related to tritium releases at Perry, the number and manufacturer of the spent fuel dry cask storage units used at Perry, an overview of post-Fukushima efforts taken by Perry, and the use by Perry of a local vendor for transfer of radioactively contaminated material. NRC representatives provided additional information to a member of the public after the meeting.

/RA/______________________

Michael A. Kunowski, Chief Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58

Enclosure:

Meeting Attendance List cc w/encl: Distribution via List ServTM DISTRIBUTION:

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Letter to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company for Michael Kunowski dated March 26, 2014

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OF THE MARCH 18, 2014, PERRY PUBLIC MEETING DISTRIBTUION:

Ernesto Quinones RidsNrrPMPerry Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl3-2 Resource RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Darrell Roberts Steven Orth Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov