SU.S.NRC

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Protecting People and the Environment

Briefing Ion the Results

.of the Agency Action.

Review. Meeting

June 4, 2008

Bill Borchardt, EDO
Agenda

Individual Plants

-Perry: Jim Caldwell, Rill

-Palo Verde: Elmo Collins, RIV

*ROP Self-Assessment - Eric

Leeds, NRR

*Industry Trends Program -

Eric Leeds, NRR

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Agenda (cont.)

* Materials and Waste Programs

Performance: Charles Miller,

FSME

* Facility Discussion

-Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. :

Victor McCree, RII

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Plant Discussion- Perry

* Reason for Discussion

- Column IV - Ist quarter 2007

* Performance Since Exiting Column IV

- Column II - Two White Pis in

Mitigating Systems

- Substantive Cross-Cutting issue in

Human Performance

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Plant Discussion - Palo

Verde

* Entered Column IV December

2006

• Summary of Recent Activities

-95003 Inspection

- Revised CAL

-Palo Verde Improvement Plan

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Plant Discussion- Palo

Verde

* Current Performance Assessment

- Some Improvements noted

- Continuing Challenges

* Actions Going- Forward

-Conduct CAL Inspections

-Conduct Periodic Public

Meetings

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ROP Self-Assessment

* Reviewed Against Program Goals

* Met Performance Goals and

Achieved Intended Safety

Outcomes

* Focused Resources on

Performance Issues

* Meaningful Stakeholder Input

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Commission Guidance

* ROP Action Matrix Changes

e Resident Inspector

Demographics

* Continue to Improve the

Performance Indicator Program

e Annual Assessment Press

Release

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Discussion Topics

* 2007 Deviations Granted

* ROP Enhancements

* ROP Resources

* Security Openness

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Reactor Industry

Trends Program

* Identifies Trends in Safety

Performance

* Communicates Performance To

Stakeholders

* Complements the ROP

* Supports NRC Performance

Goals

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FY 2007 Results

" No Statistically Significant

Adverse Trends in Safety

Performance

" No Short-term Prediction Limits

Were Exceeded

" No Significant Accident

Sequence Precursors

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Indicator Development

" New industry-Wide IndicatorBaseline Risk Index For

Initiating Events (BRIIE)

* Commission SRM actions

completed

* Will be included in FY 2008

Report

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Materials and Waste

Programs Performance

Objective

* Provide a summary of the

materials and waste program's

performance

* Discuss changes made to the

Nuclear Material Events

Database Report

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Performance Evaluation

Program

* Systematic review of available

data to identify significant:

- Operational performance

trends

- Licensee performance -issues

- NRC program issues/gaps

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Performance Criteria

• Strategic Outcomes

" Performance Measures

* Abnormal Occurrences

* Significant Enforcement Actions

* SECY-02-0216 Criteria

* Trending review of Event Data

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Strategic Outcomes &

Performance Measures

All goals were met in FY 2007

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Abnormal Occurrences

* Eleven abnormal occurrences

(AOs) in FY 2007

• All AOs in FY 2007 were

medical related events

* No discernable trends on total

number of AOs or when

comparing NRC and Agreement

State AO Data

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Escalated NRC

Enforcement Actions

* 84 escalated enforcement

actions from October 1, 2006

thru December 31, 2007

* One enforcement action

resulted in a severity level I1

violation

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Licensee Performance I

NRC Program Gaps

* No nuclear materials licensee

met the significant performance

issues criteria

* No significant trending issues

identified

* No NRC program gaps or

failures identified

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New NMED Report

* Focuses on high risk-significant

events

* Shows comparison between

NRC and Agreement States

* Changes focus from a quarterly

to an annual basis

* Adds IAEA Categorization to lost

& stolen source events

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Trending Review of

Event Data

* Reviewed 10 years - 5,053

events during this period

o No significant performance

trends identified

* No significant change from

previous 10 year period (5,260

events)

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Review of Portable

Gauge Losses & Thefts

Data Reviewed to determine:

-Any trends in the area of

portable gauge losses and

thefts in general.

-Any measurable results from

the 30.34(i) rulemaking that

became effective in 2005.

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Review of Portable

Gauge Losses & Thefts

* No clear trend

-Short term data shows

possible drop in losses and

thefts after 2005

* Need to continue to watch over

the next 2-3 years.

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Materials Licensee

Briefing on Nuclear

Fuel Services, Inc.

" Reasons for Discussion

" NRC Actions

* Current Performance

* Independent Safety Culture

Assessment

" Next Steps

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Conclusions

* All strategic and performance

goals were met in FY 2007

* No changes made to NRC

oversight plans

* No adverse performance trends

identified

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List of Acronyms

• AARM - Agency Action Review

Meeting

* AO - Abnormal Occurrence

" ASP - Accident Sequence Precursor

" BRIIE - Baseline Risk Index for

Initiating Events

* CAL - Confirmatory Action Letter

" EDO - Executive Director of

Operations

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List of Acronyms (cont)

" FMSE

" IMC

S IP

*ITP

*MD

* NMED

- Office of Federal and State

Materials and Environmental

Management Programs

- Inspection Manual Chapter

- Inspection Procedure

- Industry Trends -Program

- Management Directive

- Nuclear Material Events

Database

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List of Acronyms (cont)

" NMSS

* NRC

e P'

* PI&R

" PRA

- Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards

- Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

- Performance Indicator

- Problem Identification and

Resolution

- Probabilistic Risk Assessment

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List of Acronyms (cont)

" RiII

" Rill

* RIV

•ROP

*SDP

*SRM

- Region II

- Region III

- Region IV

- Reactor Oversight Process

- Significance Determination

Process

- Staff Requirements

Memorandum

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Backup Slides

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New NMED Report

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New NMED Report

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indicates a statistically significant increasing trend.

indicates a statistically significant decreasing trend.

indicates no statically significant trend.

indicates that the data does not support trending analysis.

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Nuclear Regulatory

Commission Briefing

June 4, 2008

Palo Verde Nuclear

Generating Station

Revised set 6/3/08
Opening Remarks

Bill Post

Chairman of the Board

APS

Don Brandt

Chief Executive Officer and President

APS

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Oversight and Monitoring

* Nuclear Oversight Committee

* Off-site Safety Review

Committee

* Nuclear Assurance Department

* Management Review Meetings

* Assessments/Benchmarking

3
Oversight and Monitoring

• Closure Review Boards

* Effectiveness Review Challenge

Boards

* Site Integrated Business and.

Improvement Plans Progress

Meetings

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Core Protection Calculator

Low Pressure Turbine Rotors

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SI-651 Relocation

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Containment Sump Screen Installation

K-1 Relay Elimination

SI-651 Relocation

Motor Operated Aux Feedwater Valves

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Where. we are going from here

* Safety Emphasis - Continue - Nuclear, Industrial, Radiological, Safety Culture

* Improvement Plan - Execute

- Manage Volume/Priorities of other work

* Field Execution - Focus

- Behaviors and Standards

* Equipment Upgrades - Continue

° Knowledge / Training - Emphasize

* Programs / Processes - Upgrade

* Evaluations/Inspections -. Progress .

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NUCLEAR FUEL, SERVrCES, f.

NFS' COMPREHENSIVE

SAFETY CULTURE

IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE

June 4, 2008

Timothy E. Lindstrom

Executive Vice President & General

Manager
Safety Performance

* Objective

-LPR

-Safety metrics

Management metrics

* Subjective

-Employee feedback

- Employee participation

-Change management results

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Safety Culture Strategic

Plan

* Initiated Sep. 20007

* Now incorporates and prioritizes

major findings and

recommendations (items) from the

assessment

" Includes metric driven objectives

* Accountability integrated into

monthly progress meetings

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Crosswalk of Items

Maintained

• Prioritized I Assigned / Scheduled

* Over 200 individual items

* Very-high high priority items are

the current focus (2008 / early

2009)

• Lower priority items over the next

few years

* Submitted to NRC I NRC will be

routinely updated
Major Initiative Areas

Near Term Focus on Very-High and

High Priority Key Areas:

- Configuration Management

-Human Performance

- Management practices

-Communications

- Infrastructure and equipment

improvements

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