ML070940496
| ML070940496 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2007 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-III/DRMA, Division Reactor Projects III |
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| Download: ML070940496 (21) | |
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Palisades Annual Assessment MeetingCY2006Reactor Oversight Program South Haven, MI April 11, 2007 Purpose of Today's MeetingA public forum for discussion of the licensee's performanceNRC will discuss the licensee performance
issues identified in the annual assessment letterLicensee will be given the opportunity to
respond to the information in the letter and
inform the NRC of new or existing programs to
maintain or improve their performance AgendaIntroduction Review of the Reactor Oversight ProcessNational Summary of Plant PerformanceDiscussion of Palisades Plant PerformanceLicensee Response and RemarksNRC Closing RemarksBreakNRC available to address public questions James L. Caldw e ll Regio n al Administrator Geoffr ey E. Grant Deput y Regi onal Administrator Ma rk A Sa torius DRP Divisio n Director K. Steven West DRP Depu ty Divisi o n Director Cy nt hia D. Pederson Director, D i vision of Reactor S a fety Anne T. Boland Deput y Director Christine A. Li pa Branch Ch ief Regional Specialist s Palisades Nuclear Plant J o hn E llegood, S e nior R e s i de nt Ins p e c t or Joh n Giessner, Resident I n spector Robert Le rch, Project Engi neer Alex ander Garmoe, R e a c tor Engi neer Gregory Kolcum, Re actor Engi neer Adam Wilso n , Reactor En gi neer Frank Tran, Reactor Eng i neer Region III Organization NRC RepresentativesChristine A. Lipa, Branch Chief(630) 829-9619John A. Ellegood, Senior Resident Inspector(269) 764-8971John (Jack) B. Giessner, Resident Inspector(269) 764-8971Mahesh L. Chawla, Project Manager, NRR (Headquarters)(301) 415-8371 NRC Performance GoalsSafety: Ensure protection of public health and safety and the environmentSecurity: Ensure the secure use and management of radioactive materialsOpenness: Ensure openness in our regulatory processEffectiveness
- Ensure that NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timelyManagement
- Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRC'sstrategic
objective Reactor Oversight Process3 Strategic Performance Areas are divided into 7 Cornerstones of SafetyFindings and Performance Indicators are assigned a
CornerstoneFindings can be assigned a cross-cutting aspect, which is a causal factor for the performance deficiency"Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues"can be determined if there are numerous findings with a common cross-
cutting aspect or themeHuman Performance, Problem Identification and Resolution, and Safety Conscious Work Environment SafetyCornerstonesSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance AreasSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsStrategicPerformance AreasAction Matrix Reactor Oversight Process Baseline Inspection ExamplesPost Maintenance Testing~80 hrs annual Equipment Alignment
~80 hrs annual Triennial Fire Protection
~200 hrs triennialOperator Response
~125 hrs annualEmergency Preparedness ~80 hrs annualRadiation Release Controls~110 hrs biennialOccupational Radiation Protection ~90 hrs annualCorrective Action Program Review~250 hrs biennialCorrective Action Case Reviews~60 hrs annualDesign Basis Inspections
~400 hrs biennial Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green: Implement Baseline Inspection program White: Increase NRC oversight with 95001 inspection Yellow Yellow: Increase NRC oversight with 95002 inspection Red: Increase NRC oversight with 95003 inspection Inspection Findings Green: Very Low safety significance White: Low to Moderate safety significance (95001)
Yellow Yellow: Substantial safety significance (95002)
Red: High safety significance (95003)
Action MatrixIncreased safety significance of findings and performance indicators results in movement to the rightMovement to the right results in:Additional NRC inspectionsIncreased Management InvolvementIncreased Regulatory ActionsLicenseeResponseRegulatory ResponseDegraded CornerstoneMultiple/Rep.
Degraded CornerstoneUnacceptable Performance National Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2006 Licensee Response 70 Regulatory Response 24 Degraded Cornerstone 6Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone3 Unacceptable 0 Total 103 National Plant Performance Performance Indicator Results (end of CY 2006)
Green: 1843 White: 11 Yellow Yellow: 0 Red: 0 Total Inspection Findings (CY 2006)
Green: 676 White: 13 Yellow Yellow: 0 Red: 0 Palisades Assessment ActivitiesJanuary 1 -December 31, 2006*Refueling Outage March 31 -May 10-Began one day early due to Tech Spec required shutdown for valve failure in HPSI system that led to White MSPI-In-core cask momentarily surfaced in refueling cavity that led to NRC Special Inspection*Component Design Basis Team Inspection conducted November 13 -December 15, 2006 (IR 2006-009)*Problem Identification and Resolution Biennial Inspection conducted January 30 -February 17 (IR 2006-003)
Regulatory Response Column in 2 nd Quarter due to a White High Pressure Safety Injection (HPSI) mitigating systems performance indicator (MSPI)The performance indicator re turned to Green during the 3 rd QuarterNo Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues identifiedRegulatory Actions27 Green Findings and Non-Ci ted Violations (NCV)1 Severity Level IV NCV1 White performance indicator 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Licensee Response Regulatory Response Licensee Response Licensee Response Palisades Assessment Results Safety Significant Issues2 Special Inspections ConductedApril 2006 when an in-core cask momentarily rose to the surface of the refueling cavityNovember 2006 when the NRC discovered all three
AFW pumps in manual control when required to be in
automatic95001 inspection regarding White HPSI MSPI conducted in February 2007 (not part of CY2006 assessment)
Annual Assessment SummaryJanuary 1 -December 31, 2006NMC operated Palisades in a manner that preserved public health and safetyAll cornerstone objectives were met with one White performance indicator identifiedNRC has planned baseline inspections at
Palisades for the CY2007 assessment periodTriennial Fire Protection inspection scheduled for May 7 -May 25, 2007 Contacting the NRCFor general information or questions:www.nrc.govSelect "What We Do"for Public AffairsTo report a safety concern: (800) 695-7403 Allegation@nrc.govTo report an emergency:(301) 816-5100 (call collect)
Reference SourcesReactor Oversight Processhttp://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.htmlPublic Electronic Reading Roomhttp://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.htmlPublic Document Room1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free)
Licensee Remarks Palisades Representatives Palisades Annual Assessment MeetingCY2006Reactor Oversight Program Questions and Comments from members of the publicInformation on the NRC and our as sessment processes is available at this meeting. We encourage you to take copies of this information home with you.