ML14155A374

May 22, 2014, Summary of Annual Assessment Meeting with Pacific Gas and Electric Regarding Diablo Canyon Power Plant 2013 Performance

ML14155A374
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	06/04/2014
From:	Webb Patricia Walker NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-A
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Walker W
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 1600 E LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511 June 4, 2014 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56, Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUMMARY

OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT MEETING WITH PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC REGARDING DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT 2013 PERFORMANCE

Dear Mr. Halpin:

This refers to the public Annual Assessment meeting conducted at the Embassy Suites, San Luis Obispo, California on May 22, 2014, between the NRC and your staff. Approximately 130 members of the public attended and participated in this meeting.

During the meeting, the participants discussed the NRCs assessment of Pacific Gas and Electrics (PG&E) performance during 2013 at Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Specifically, the NRC staff provided an overview of our inspection activities, findings, and overall performance assessment for the station. Additionally, we provided a status as to the significant actions taken by the NRC to enhance the safety of reactors in the United States based on lessons learned from the 2011 Fukashima accident.

During the meeting, you and your staff discussed station performance during 2013, and performance during the Unit 1 outage in the spring 2014. Additionally, your staff discussed training initiatives underway to improve human performance at Diablo Canyon, as well as management of spent fuel and expansion of the onsite dry cask storage facility.

Finally during the public comment/question and answer portion of the meeting, over 40 individuals provided their perspectives and asked questions of the NRC and PG&E staffs.

While there were a wide range of specific comments and questions posed, several individuals focused on the following topics:

Diablo Canyon effluent releases and potential health risks; The use, storage, and dispositioning of high burnup fuel; Spent fuel storage and a national spent fuel repository; Diablo Canyons seismic design basis and compliance with NRC requirements; and Personal accounts regarding the safety culture at Diablo Canyon, and the contributions to the community provided by PG&E employees.

E. Halpin The NRC video recorded the meeting, and following processing/close-captioning the recording will be available for public viewing on the NRC web site (http://video.nrc.gov). Copies of the NRC and PG&E presentations from the meeting are included as Enclosures 1 and 2, respectively.

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 the NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Wayne C. Walker, Branch Chief Project Branch A Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 05000275, 05000323 License Nos.: DPR-80, DPR-82

Enclosures:

As stated

E. Halpin The NRC video recorded the meeting, and following processing/close-captioning the recording will be available for public viewing on the NRC web site (http://video.nrc.gov). Copies of the NRC and PG&E presentations from the meeting are included as Enclosures 1 and 2, respectively.

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 the NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Wayne C. Walker, Branch Chief Project Branch A Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 05000275, 05000323 License Nos.: DPR-80, DPR-82

Enclosures:

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DATE 6/4/14 6/4/14 6/4/14 Official Record Copy

E. Halpin DISTRIBUTION:

Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (John.Reynoso@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Madeleine.Arel-Davis@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/A (Brian.Cummings@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Peter.Bamford@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Joseph.Nick@nrc.gov)

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Enclosure 1 Diablo Canyon Power Plant Annual Assessment Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV San Luis Obispo, CA May 22, 2014 1

Purpose of Todays Meeting

• A public forum for discussion of PG&Es performance in 2013

• NRCs Plant Performance Assessment

• PG&E Response and Remarks 2

1

Enclosure 1 Agenda

• Introduction

• Discussion of Plant Performance Results

• Licensee Response and Remarks

• NRC Closing Remarks 3

Ground Rules

• Speak into a microphone

• One person talks at a time

• Please state your name

• Minimize background noise

- Limit side conversations

- Please silence phones 4

2

Enclosure 1 NRC Representatives

• Kriss Kennedy

- Director, Division Reactor Projects

• Tom Hipschman

- Senior Resident Inspector

• John Reynoso

- Resident Inspector

• Christie Hale

- Reactor Inspector, Division of Reactor Safety 5

PG&E Introductions Ed Halpin Senior Vice President &

Chief Nuclear Officer PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plant 6

3

Enclosure 1 NRC Performance Goals

• Safety: Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the environment.

• Security: Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials.

7 Diablo Canyon Inspection Activities January 1 - December 31, 2013

• Completed approximately 7,800 hours0.00926 days <br />0.222 hours <br />0.00132 weeks <br />3.044e-4 months <br /> of inspection, oversight, and assessment activities

• Resident Inspectors onsite daily

• Regional Team Inspections

- In-depth engineering review

- Comprehensive security exercise 8

4

Enclosure 1 Diablo Canyon Fukushima Recommendations Status

• Mitigating Strategies Order

- Requires strategies to cope with a long term loss of safety systems

• Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Order

- Requires plants to be able to tell if water is at or above certain levels 11 Diablo Canyon Fukushima Recommendations Status

• Flooding and Seismic Walkdowns

- Verify that the site can meet its current requirements for hazard protection

• Flooding and Seismic Hazard Reevaluations

- Reevaluate Hazards using present-Day information 12 6

Enclosure 1 Licensee Response and Remarks Ed Halpin Senior Vice President &

Chief Nuclear Officer PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plant 13 NRC Closing Remarks Kriss Kennedy Director, Division of Reactor Projects NRC Region IV, Arlington, TX 14 7

Enclosure 2 Diablo Canyon Power Plant Ed Halpin Senior Vice President Chief Nuclear Officer May 22, 2014 Purpose - Desired Outcome

• Share plant performance information that demonstrates the safe operation of DCPP

• Communicate important initiatives occurring at Diablo Canyon Power Plant

• Ensure continued transparency and clarity about plant operations 1

Enclosure 2 DCPP Station Performance

• 2013 NRC Inspection Overview

• Over 7,500 Hours of Inspection

• Component design basis inspection

• Force-on-Force

• Dry cask storage

• No greater than green findings

• Excellent Performance In:

• Safety - No lost time injuries

• Human performance Unit 1 Outage Performance 2014

• Actions and Accomplishments:

• 12,000 outage-related activities

• More than 135,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of work

• No lost time injuries

• End result - safely and reliably executed the refueling of Unit 1 3

Enclosure 2 Nuclear Safety Culture Lynn Walter Director Station Support Using Training to Improve Human Performance Training workers on skills and knowledge alone doesnt always result in error free performance We changed our training philosophy to:

• Be student centered

• Place an emphasis on proficiency

• Dynamic Learning Activities for practice, practice, practice Significantly improved results for human performance 4

Enclosure 2 Training Enhancements Examples:

• Created new course for outage workers

• Learn by doing - hands on laboratories with instructors

• Incorporate practice of human performance error prevention tools

• Reinforce workplace expectations and cultural values Better Focus on Employees = Better Employee Results Accredited Training Program Required by NRC to have an accredited training program by Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Accreditation Process:

• Rigorous review by independent experts (Operations in 2013)

• Similar to hospital and university accreditation programs

• Includes onsite reviews of training material, programs, procedures

• Formal independent accreditation review board DCPP received renewed accreditation for operations training programs early this year 5