ML091060315

Annual Assessment Meeting: NRC and Exelon Slides and Sign-in Sheets, 4/14/09

ML091060315
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Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	04/14/2009
From:	NRC Region 1
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KROHN P, RI/DRP/PB4/610-337-5120
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Peach Bottom Annual Assessment Meeting 2008 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region I

Purpose of Todays Meeting

• Discuss Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station performance for 2008

• Provide Exelon the opportunity to respond to the NRCs annual performance assessment and discuss their actions to maintain or improve performance

• Provide stakeholders the opportunity to address questions to the NRC staff regarding Peach Bottom plant performance and our role in ensuring safe plant operations 2

Agenda

• Introduction

• NRC Organization and Performance Goals

• Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

• National Summary of Plant Performance

• Peach Bottom Plant Performance Assessment

• Exelon Response and Remarks

• NRC Closing Remarks

• Break

• NRC available to address public questions 3

Region I Organization Samuel J. Collins Regional Administrator Marc L. Dapas Deputy Regional Administrator Division of Reactor Safety Division of Reactor Projects Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Darrell J. Roberts, Director David C. Lew, Director John D. Kinneman, Director Peter Wilson, Deputy Director James W. Clifford, Deputy Director Daniel S. Collins, Deputy Director Paul G. Krohn Regional Specialists Regional Specialists Branch 4 Chief Branch 4 Regional Staff Peach Bottom Resident Inspection Staff Roy Fuhrmeister, Senior Project Engineer Fred Bower, Senior Resident Inspector Andrew Rosebrook, Senior Project Engineer Michael Brown, Resident Inspector Jeffrey Bream, Project Engineer Edgardo Torres, Project Engineer 4

NRC Strategic Plan 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 5

NRC Regulatory Functions What We Regulate

• Nuclear Reactors

• Commercial power, research, test, and new reactor designs

• Nuclear Material

• Reactor fuel, radioactive material for medical, industrial, and academic uses

• Nuclear Waste

• Transportation, storage, disposal, and facility decommissioning

• Nuclear Security

• Facility physical security 6

Reactor Oversight Process 3 Strategic Areas & 7 Cornerstones Reactor Radiation Safeguards Safety Safety Public Occupational Initiating Mitigating Barrier Emergency Physical Radiation Radiation Events Systems Integrity Preparedness Protection Safety Safety 7

Reactor Oversight Process Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Action Matrix Regulatory Response 8

Examples of Baseline Inspection Areas

• Maintenance

• Operator Training

• Emergency Preparedness

• Engineering

• Corrective Action Program

• Security Program

• Radiation Protection 9

NRC Performance Indicators

• Initiating Events PIs

• Mitigating Systems PIs

• Barrier Integrity PIs

• Emergency Planning PIs

• Radiation Protection PIs

• Security PIs (not Publicly Available) 10

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green Baseline Inspection White Requires additional NRC oversight Yellow Requires more NRC oversight Red Requires most NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green Very low safety issue White Low to moderate safety issue Yellow Substantial safety issue Red High safety issue 11

Action Matrix Concept Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Rep. Unacceptable Response Response Cornerstone Degraded Performance Cornerstone

• Increasing Safety Significance

• Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts

• Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement

• Increasing Regulatory Actions 12

National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Licensee Response 86 Regulatory Response 14 Degraded Cornerstone 3 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 1 Unacceptable 0 Total 104 13

National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Performance Indicator Results Green 1762 White 6 Yellow 0 Red 0 Total Inspection Findings Green 776 White 17 Yellow 0 Red 0 14

NRC Inspection Activities at Peach Bottom (for 2008)

• 6651 hours0.077 days <br />1.848 hours <br />0.011 weeks <br />0.00253 months <br /> of inspection and related activities

• 2 resident inspectors on-site

• 17 regional inspections

• 9 major team inspections:

Component Design Bases Inspection Deviation Memorandum Inspections Emergency Planning Exercise Evaluation Security Program Review 15

Peach Bottom PIs / Findings (January 1 - December 31, 2008)

• All Green Performance Indicators

• 12 Green inspection findings

• 1 Severity Level - IV Traditional enforcement inspection finding

• 1 White Inspection Finding.

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NRC Inspection Findings Peach Bottom

• Inadequate Extent of Condition Review for Emergency Service Water Pipe Leaks

- The licensee failed to look at redundant equipment when a leak was discovered on an elbow on the upstream side of the B Emergency Service Water supply header to the E-1 Emergency Diesel Generator. As a result, identification of additional leaks associated with the E-3 and E-4 Emergency Diesel Generators was delayed.

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Closure of the 2007 Inattentive Security Officers Event In September 2007, NRC made aware of videos, which showed multiple occurrences of security officers inattentive to duty in the ready room, through a WCBS-TV (New York City) reporter NRC responded with enhanced oversight of security NRC conducted an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) and an AIT Follow-up Inspection NRC issued a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) in October 2007 18

NRC Closure Actions Completed

• NRC issued a White Finding for the inattentive security guards in accordance with the ROP in 2008.

• NRC conducted five security and SCWE focused Deviation Memo inspections in 2008. Actions complete.

• NRC closed the Confirmatory Action Letter August 28, 2008. Actions complete.

• NRC Issued a SL III NOV and $65,000 Civil Penalty on January 9, 2009 based on deliberate misconduct.

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2008 NRC Assessment Letter to Peach Bottom

• The staff identified four inspection findings with a human performance cross-cutting aspect in the area procedure design documentation accuracy.

• The staff determined that Exelon had recognized the cross-cutting theme and had taken or scheduled to take appropriate corrective actions.

• The NRC will monitor Exelons progress in the area of procedure and document accuracy through baseline inspections.

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NRC Annual Assessment Summary Peach Bottom

• All cornerstone objectives were fully met

• The White Security Finding was closed out at the end of the 3rd Quarter 2008

• The ROP Deviation Memo for security was allowed to expire at the end of 2008.

• NRC plans baseline inspections at Peach Bottom for the remainder of 2009 21

NRC Annual Assessment Summary Peach Bottom

• Exelon operated the plant in a manner that preserved public health and safety and protected the environment

• Peach Bottom was in the Licensee Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix for the last quarter of 2008 22

Licensee Response and Remarks William McGuire Peach Bottom Site Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC 23

Contacting the NRC

• Report a safety concern:

(800) 695-7403 Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions:

www.nrc.gov Public Affairs Officers:

Diane Screnci 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan 610-337-5331 24

NRC Representatives

• David C. Lew, Division Director, DRP 610-337-5229

• James W. Clifford, Deputy Division Director, DRP 610-337-5080

• Paul G. Krohn, Branch Chief 610-337-5120

• Fred Bower, Senior Resident Inspector 717-456-7614

• Michael Brown, Resident Inspector 717-456-7614

• Roy Fuhrmeister, Senior Project Engineer 610-337-5059

• Andrew Rosebrook, Senior Project Engineer 610-337-5199 25

Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

• http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/ind ex.html

• Public Electronic Reading Room http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html

• Public Document Room 1-800-397-4209 (Toll Free) 26

End of the Presentation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I King of Prussia, Pennsylvania April 14, 2009

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station NRC Safety Performance Assessment Meeting April 14, 2009

2008 Continued Safe and Reliable Operations Continued Emphasis on Fundamentals Excellence in Security Performance 2

Performance Indicator Index 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 Mar-05 Sep-05 Mar-06 Sep-06 Mar-07 Sep-07 Mar-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 Year - Last Month of Quarter Station Top Quartile Industry Median 4th Quartile 3

2009 Key Initiatives Industrial Safety Human Performance Safe and Reliable Operations Long Term Equipment Reliability Environmental Excellence 4