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04/02/2009 Meeting Slides, Three Mile Island Annual Assessment Meeting 2008 Reactor Oversight Process

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Three Mile Island Annual Assessment Meeting 2008 Reactor Oversight ProcessNuclear Regulatory Commission -Region I 2 Purpose of Today's Meeting

• Discuss TMI performance for 2008

• Provide Exelon the opportunity to respond to the NRC's annual performance assessment and to identify

new or existing programs to maintain or

improve performance

• Provide stakeholders the opportunity to

engage the NRC staff on plant

performance issues and our role in

ensuring safe plant operations 3 Agenda*Introduction

• NRC Organization and Performance Goals

• Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

• National Summary of Plant Performance

• TMI Plant Performance Assessment

• Exelon Response and Remarks

• NRC Closing Remarks

• Break*NRC available to address public questions 4 Region I OrganizationSamuel J. CollinsRegional AdministratorMarc L. DapasDeputy Regional AdministratorDivision of Reactor ProjectsDavid C. Lew, DirectorJames W. Clifford, Deputy DirectorDivision of Reactor SafetyDarrell J. Roberts, DirectorEugene W. Cobey, Acting Deputy DirectorRonald BellamyBranch 6 ChiefRegional SpecialistsTMI Resident Inspection StaffDavid Kern, Senior Resident InspectorJavier Brand, Resident InspectorProject EngineersScott Barber, Senior Project EngineerChristopher Newport, Project EngineerDivision of Nuclear Materials SafetyJohn D. Kinneman, DirectorDaniel S. Collins, Deputy DirectorRegional Specialists 5 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 6 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 7 Reactor Oversight Process 3 Strategic Areas & 7 Cornerstones Reactor Safety Radiation SafetySafeguards Initiating Events MitigatingSystems Barrier IntegrityEmergencyPreparedness OccupationalRadiation SafetyPublicRadiation SafetyPhysical Protection 8 Reactor Oversight ProcessSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance AreasSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance Areas 9 Baseline Inspection Areas

• Maintenance Effectiveness

• Operability Evaluations

• Post-Maintenance Testing

• Refueling & Outage Activities

• Surveillance Testing

• Emergency Preparedness Assessment 10*Occupational Radiation Safety

• Public Radiation Safety

• Performance Indicator Verification

• Fire Protection

• Identification & Resolution of Problems

• Follow-up of Events Baseline Inspection Areas 11 NRC Performance Indicators

• Initiating Events PIs

• Mitigating Systems PIs

• Barrier Integrity PIs

• Emergency Planning PIs

• Radiation Protection PIs

• Security PIs are not Publicly Available 12 Significance Threshold Performance IndicatorsGreen Baseline InspectionWhiteRequires additional NRC oversightYellow Requires more NRC oversightRed Requires most NRC oversight Inspection FindingsGreen Very low safety issueWhiteLow to moderate safety issueYellow Substantial safety issueRed High safety issue 13 Action Matrix ConceptLicenseeResponseRegulatoryResponseDegradedCornerstoneMultiple/Rep.

DegradedCornerstoneUnacceptablePerformance

• Increasing Safety Significance

• Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts

• Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement

• Increasing Regulatory Actions 14 National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)Licensee Response 86Regulatory Response 14 Degraded Cornerstone 3 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone1 Unacceptable 0Total104 15 National Summary of Plant Performance (at end of 2008)

Performance Indicator ResultsGreen1762White 6Yellow 0Red 0 Total Inspection FindingsGreen 776White17Yellow 0Red 0 16 NRC Inspection Activities at TMI (for 2008)

• 5669 hours of inspection and related activities

• 2 resident inspectors on-site

• 10 regional inspections

• 3 major team inspections:Problem Identification & Resolution: 03/31 -04/04Triennial Fire Protection: 08/25 -09/12 License Renewal: 11/17 -12/12 17 TMI PIs / Findings(January 1 -December 31, 2008)

• All Green Performance Indicators

• 7 Green / Severity Level -IV inspection findings 18 NRC Inspection Findings TMI*Incomplete or Untimely Corrective Actions

-design calculations for EDG fuel capacity

-staged equipment for loss of SW event

-emergency lighting & use of elevators when combating a fire*Degraded Fire Barrier Seals Not Properly Inspected and Repaired

• InserviceTest Reference Conditions and Instrumentation Not Established 19 NRC Annual Assessment Summary TMI*Exelon operated the plant safely and in a manner that preserved public health and safety and protected the environment

• TMI was in the Licensee Response column

of the NRC's Action Matrix for the last quarter of 2008 20 NRC Annual Assessment Summary TMI*NRC plans baseline inspections at TMI for the remainder of 2009 21 Licensee Response and Remarks Mr. William NollSite Vice President -Three Mile Island Exelon Generation Company, LLC 22 Contacting the NRC

• Report a safety concern:(800) 695-7403Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions:www.nrc.govPublic Affairs Officers:Diane Screnci610-337-5330Neil Sheehan610-337-5331 23 NRC Representatives

• David C. Lew, Division Director, DRP610-337-5229

• James W. Clifford, Deputy Division Director, DRP610-337-5080

• Ronald Bellamy, Branch Chief610-337-5200

• David Kern, Senior Resident Inspector717-948-1165

• Javier Brand, Resident Inspector717-948-1165

• Scott Barber, Senior Project Engineer610-337-5232 24 Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

• http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASS ESS/index.html

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

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

End of the Presentation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I King of Prussia, Pennsylvania April 2, 2009