U.S.NRC

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Protecting People and the Environment

Briefing

Agency Acti

Meeting for t

Oversight

on the

on Review

he Reactor

Process

May 31, 2007

Luis Reyes, EDO
Agenda

* Industry Trends Program -

Elmo Collins, NRR

* ROP Self-Assessment -

Elmo Collins, NRR

* Individual Plants

-Perry: Jim Caldwell, Rill

-Point Beach: Jim Caldwell, Rill

-Palo Verde: Bruce Mallett, RIV

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Reactor Industry Trends

Program

* Identifies Trends In Safety

Performance

• Communicates Performance To

Stakeholders

* Provides Feedback To ROP

• Supports NRC Performance Goals

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FY 2006 Results

* No Statistically Significant

Adverse Trends In Safety

Performance Based On Longterm Trending Through FY 2006

" No Short-term Prediction Limits

Were Exceeded In FY 2006

" No Significant Accident

Sequence Precursors

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Indicator Development

" New Industry-Wide IndicatorBaseline Risk Index For Initiating

Events (BRIIE)

" Risk-Informed Measure of Reactor

Plant Challenges

" Included In FY 2007 Report

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ROP Self-Assessment

* Reviewed Against Program

Goals

• Covered Major ROP Areas

- Performance Indicators

- Inspection

- Significance Determination

- Assessment

- Resources

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Overall Results

" Met Performance Goals and

Achieved Intended Safety

Outcomes

* Focused Resources on

Performance Issues

* Meaningful Stakeholder Input

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Performance Indicator

Program

Significant Activities/Results

* Performance Indicators Add

Value

* NRC Has Responded To A Number

Of Indicators Crossing Thresholds

" Added MSPI In April, 2006

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PI Program (cont)

Challenges/Planned Actions

* Broad Range of Stakeholders Cite

Need To Improve Pis

* Implement Unplanned Scrams

With Complications PI

* Continue. To Address MSPI Issues

" Explore PI Revisions To Improve

Identification of Plants With

Declining Performance

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Inspection Program

*Significant Activities/Results

-Verified Plants Operated Safely

-Formalized Process For

Aligning Inspection Resources

-Conducted Engineering

Inspections

-All Ten Performance Metrics

Met

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Inspection Program

(cont)

*Challenges And Planned

Actions

Implement Realignment Process

And Adjust Resources As

Necessary

- Complete Revised Engineering

Inspections At Remaining Sites

-Monitor Changes To Program To

Incorporate Safety Culture

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Significance Determination

Process

* Significant Activities/Results

- Improvements In Determining

Safety Significance Of Findings

- Completed Remaining Objectives

Of SDP Improvement Plan

- Streamlined Process And Began

Training On Pre-solved Tables

- Seven Of Eight Metrics Met

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Significance Determination

Process (cont)

* Challenges And Planned Actions

- Monitor Process Improvements

To Ensure Continued SDP

Timeliness

- Provide Additional Guidance

And Training On Pre-solved

Tables

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Assessment Program

*Significant Activities/Results

-Focused Resources On

Performance Issues

-Completed Safety Culture

Enhancements And Training

-All Ten Metrics Met

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Assessment Program (cont)

* Challenges/Planned Actions

-Continue To Monitor

Implementation Of Safety

Culture Enhancements

- Continue Monitoring

Consistency

- Implement CommissionDirection to Meet With Licensee

Senior Management

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ROP Deviations

* Waterford Unit 3- June 2006

* Indian Point Unit 2- December

2006

* Davis-Besse - August 2006

* No Additional Programmatic

Changes Required

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Resou rces/Resident

Demographics

" Resource Expenditures Stabilized After

3 Years With Increases

" Demographic Trends In CY 2006

-Experience Level Remains High

-Site Staffing Levels Steady

-Resident Turnover Rate Not

Excessive

• Continuing To Closely Monitor Resident

Demographics And Site Staffing in 2007

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Plant Discussion

Point Beach

* Reason for Discussion

- Column IV Since April 2003

* Current Performance

- Confirmatory Action Letter Closed

- One Yellow and Three Red

Findings Closed

- Column IV Oversight Ended

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Plant Discussion- Perry

* Reason for Discussion

-Column IV Since August 2004

* Current Performance

- CAL Closed

-Two White Findings Closed

- PI&RIHP Cross-Cutting Issues

Closed

-Column IV Oversight Ended19
Plant Discussion - Palo Verde

* Reason for Discussion

- Entered Column IV December 2006

* Current Performance

2004 Yellow Finding Remains Open

-White Finding Recently Issued

Two Cross-Cutting Issues Open

Since 2005

Operational Challenges

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Plant Discussion - Palo Verde

* Next Steps

- Licensee Self-Assessment

-CAL

- NRC Safety Culture Assessment

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2006 ROP Summary

• Column IV Plants

" No Adverse Industry

Performance Trends

" ROP Continues To Improve

and Provide Appropriate

Oversight

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List of Acronyms

* AARM - Agency Action Review Meeting

" ASP - Accident Sequence Precursor

" BRIIE - Baseline Risk Index for Initiating

Events

" CAL - Confirmatory Action Letter

e CDBI - Component Design Bases

Inspection

* CY - Calendar Year

• EDO - Executive Director for

Operations

• FENOC- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating

Company

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List of Acronyms (cont)

* FY

" GAO

*HP

* IMC

-IP

" ITP

" MD

* MSPI

*NRR

Fiscal Year

- Government Accountability

Office

- Human Performance

- Inspection Manual Chapter

- Inspection Procedure

- Industry Trends Program

- Management Directive

- Mitigating Systems Performance

Index

- Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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List of Acronyms (cont)

" OIG

O PI

* PI&R

" PRA

" ROP

*SC

*SDP

*SSU

- Office of the Inspector General

- Performance Indicator

- Problem Identification and

Resolution

- Probabilistic Risk Assessment

- Reactor Oversight Process

- Safety Culture

- Significance Determination

Process

- Safety System Unavailability

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