ML15112A067

Annual Assessment Meeting Open House - Handout EOC 2014 Mtg

ML15112A067
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Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	04/20/2015
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment Meeting Open House 2014 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III April 20, 2015

Our Mission The NRC Regulates To license and regulate the

• Nuclear reactors commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs nations civilian use of byproduct, source, and

• Nuclear materials nuclear reactor fuel, radioactive materials special nuclear materials to for medical, industrial, and academic use ensure adequate protection of public health and safety,

• Nuclear waste - transportation, storage and disposal of promote the common nuclear material and waste, decommissioning of nuclear defense and security, and facilities protect the environment.

• Nuclear security - physical security of nuclear facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks 2 3 What We Dont Do Some Nuclear Facts

• Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors,

• 99 nuclear power plants supply or space vehicle reactors about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.

• Nuclear materials are used in

• Own or operate nuclear power plants medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.

• Nuclear materials are widely used in

• Regulate some radioactive materials, such as industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, Xrays and naturally occurring radon radiography devices, and irradiators.

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NRC Performance Goals How We Regulate 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 6 7 6

Regulatory Framework Reactor Oversight Process Strategic NRCs Safety Performance Areas Mission Safety Cornerstones Strategic Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Results Results Performance Areas Significance Significance Threshold Threshold Cornerstones Action Matrix Cross-Cutting Areas Regulatory Response Human Performance--Safety Conscious Work Environment 8 Problem Identification & Resolution 9

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Significance Threshold Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Performance Indicators Green Baseline Inspection White Requires additional NRC oversight Green White Yellow Red Yellow Requires more NRC oversight Red Requires most NRC oversight Increasing Safety Significance Inspection Findings Inspection Findings Green Very low safety issue Green White Yellow Red White Low to moderate safety issue Yellow Substantial safety issue Increasing Safety Significance Red High safety issue 10 11 11 Action Matrix Columns Industry-Wide Performance 5 01 As of 12/31/2014 Licensee Regulatory Degraded Multiple/Repetitive Unacceptable Response Response Degraded Performance 14 Licensee Response Regulatory Response Increasing Degraded Cornerstone

• Safety Significance Multiple/Repetitive

• Inspection Degraded Cornerstone

• Management Involvement Unacceptable

• Regulatory Action IMC 0350 Process 80 12 13 3

Industry-Wide Inspection Findings Industry-Wide Performance Indicators Finding data current as of 1/31/2015 Calendar Year Calendar Year 2014 data 2014 data Green 703 Green 6740 White 16 White 16 Yellow 0 Yellow 3 Red 0 Red 0 14 15 NRC Annual Assessment Summary NRC Inspection Activities Point Beach Nuclear Plant Point Beach 2014 2014 6031 total hours expended by NRC on Reactor NextEra Energy operated the plant safely and in a Oversight Process activities manner that preserved the public health and safety and 2391 inspector hours of direct inspection activity protected the environment.

Point Beach Unit 1 was in the Degraded Cornerstone 489 inspector hours reviewing and observing plant Column of the NRCs Action Matrix for the all four operating status quarters of 2014. 2207 inspector hours of preparation for and Point Beach Unit 2 was in the Regulatory Response documentation of inspection activities Column of the NRCs Action Matrix for all four quarters 943 hours0.0109 days <br />0.262 hours <br />0.00156 weeks <br />3.588115e-4 months <br /> for other Reactor Oversight Process of 2014. elements (e.g., assessments and communications)

No Substantive CrossCutting Issues were identified 16 17 16 17 4

NRC Inspection Activities Point Beach PIs and Findings Point Beach Nuclear Plant January 1 through December 31, 2014 2014 2 resident inspectors on site - residents produced four quarterly inspection reports and performed daily plant All Green Performance Indicators walkthroughs 15 Green/Severity Level IV 21 region based inspectors participated in various Inspection Findings inspections 1 White Inspection Finding Carryover from 2013 1 major team inspection - Supplemental Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone 18 19 18 19 Safety Significant/White Findings NRC Inspection Findings Point Beach Nuclear Plant Some Examples of 2014 Green Findings Point Beach Nuclear Plant None Identified in 2014 Failure to fully evaluate viability of newly created Lake Wave RunUp External Flooding Protection Features drainage paths for a design precipitation event NRC Identified in First Quarter of 2013 Failure to identify degraded water sprinkler Remain opened due to significant weaknesses with systems Licensees corrective actions during inspection in First Failure to measure the interpass temperature Quarter of 2014 during welding on auxiliary feedwater piping Corrective actions found sufficient during followup inspection in First Quarter of 2015 Failure to maintain control of loose material in Both Units transitioned to Licensee Response Column the containment of the Reactor Oversight Process on March 17, 2015 20 21 21 5

NRC Inspection Plans for 2015 Actions in Response to the Japan Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Accident NRC Plans Baseline Inspections and One

• Actions in response to Japan Nuclear Supplemental Inspection for 2015 This includes the Accident: http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan following major team and supplemental inspection: info.html Review of corrective actions for White issue involving flooding from lake wave runup - completed first quarter of 2015

• Mailbox for comments on staff actions:

Triennial Component Design Basis Inspection - first JLD_Public.Resource@nrc.gov quarter Biennial Problem Identification and Resolution Inspection

• Office of Public Affairs Point of

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Biennial Licensed Operator Requalification Program OPA.resource@nrc.gov or 3014158200 22 23 22 23 NRC Social Media Additional Questions?

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