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Briefing Briefing on on the the Resul Results ts of the of the Agency Action Agency Action Review Review Meeting Meeting Michael Johnson Deputy Deputy Executive Director Executive Director for R for Reactor eactor and Preparedness

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Briefing Briefing on

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the Resul Results ts

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Agency Action Review Review Meeting Meeting

Michael Johnson Deputy Deputy Executive Director Executive Director for R for Reactor eactor and Preparedness and Preparedness Progr Programs ams June 3, 2014

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Objectives

  • Review agency actions for material

and reactor licensees

  • Coordinate agency actions
  • Review Reactor Oversight Process

self-assessment

  • Review industry trends

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Licensed Activities Safe and Secure

  • Agency actions were appropriate for

licensees with significant performance issues

  • No significant adverse trends and no

significant adjustments recommended for the Materials and Waste Programs

  • No significant adverse trends and no

significant adjustments recommended for the Reactor Oversight Process

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Agenda

  • Materials and Waste Performance

Trends – Laura Dudes, FSME

  • Industry Trends Program and

Reactor Oversight Process Self- Assessment – Allen Howe, NRR

  • Reactor Licensee Discussions

–Browns Ferry – Victor McCree, RII –Fort Calhoun – Marc Dapas, RIV

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Ma Materials P terials Perf erfor

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mance Trends ends

Laura Dudes, Director Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements FSME

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Performance Evaluation Process

  • Systematic review to identify

significant:

– Operational performance trends – Licensee performance issues – NRC program issues/gaps

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Performance Criteria

  • Strategic outcomes
  • Performance measures
  • Trending review of Nuclear Material

Events Database (NMED) data

  • Abnormal occurrences
  • Significant enforcement actions
  • Agency Action Review Meeting

Criteria

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No Significant Performance Trends Identified

  • 415 NMED

events

  • 10 Abnormal

Occurrences

  • Event numbers

small compared to the millions

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Figure 1. All NMED Events (5,634 total) from SECY 14-0035, “Annual Report to the Commission on Licensee Performance in the Materials and Waste Programs Fiscal Year 2013”

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Radiography Events Special Study

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Met Strategic Goals

  • Two nuclear materials licensees

met the Agency Action Review Meeting discussion criteria

  • Materials program met safety

and security performance metrics

  • No significant trending issues
  • No significant NRC program

issues

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Reactor Assessme eactor Assessments nts Allen Howe, Deputy Director Division of Inspection and Regional Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Industry-Wide Safety Performance Maintained

  • No long-term industry trends

identified with existing data

– Ongoing review

  • No short-term industry performance

limits exceeded

  • No events exceeded limits within

Baseline Risk Index for Initiating Events

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Industry Trends Program Improves

  • Considering all oversight

cornerstones

  • Using additional Performance

Indicator information

  • Evaluating incorporation of new

reactors performance data

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Oversight Process Is Effective

  • Met performance goals and

achieved intended outcomes

  • Appropriately focused resources

based on performance

  • Impact of furlough

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Ov Over ersight sight Pr Process

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Devia viation tion

  • Action Matrix Deviation

– Perry (Jan. 2013)

  • Plan to add flexibility to guidance
  • Revised guidance based on lessons

learned from 2012 deviations

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Oversight Activities

  • Internal and External Activities

– Oversight Enhancement Project – Independent Review – Other evaluations

  • Incorporated safety culture common

language into oversight process

  • Provided recommendations for risk-

informing new reactors

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Future Oversight Improvements

  • Evaluate feedback and implement

appropriate oversight improvements

  • Explore improvements to the
  • versight self-assessment process
  • Continue emphasis on stakeholder

involvement

  • Transition from construction
  • versight to operating oversight

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Review of Browns Ferry Performance Victor McCree Regional Administrator, RII

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Background

  • Unit 1 Multiple/Repetitive Degraded

Cornerstone Column (Column 4), since fourth quarter 2010 – Red Finding (LPCI valve) closed – Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) closed – Unit 1 remains in Column 4 due to additional Action Matrix inputs

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Background (cont.)

  • Unit 2 Degraded Cornerstone

Column (Column 3), since fourth quarter 2012

– Inspection Procedure (IP) 95002 Supplemental Inspection completed – Unit 2 remains in Column 3 due to additional Action Matrix inputs

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Background (cont.)

  • Unit 3 Regulatory Response Column

(Column 2), since second quarter 2012

– Previous IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection completed – Unit 3 remains in Column 2 due to White Emergency Preparedness Finding

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Current Plant Status

  • Unit 1 – At power since March 2013

after degraded vacuum related scram

  • Unit 2 – At power since May 2013

following refueling outage

  • Unit 3 – At power since May 2014

after a scram from a testing issue

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Browns Ferry Operated Safely

  • NRC conducted Baseline,

Supplemental and CAL Closure inspections in 2013

  • NRC inspections identified

improvements in station performance

  • NRC inspections identified improved

understanding of the importance of a strong safety culture

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Completed Inspection Procedure 95003

  • NRC identified no findings of

greater-than-Green significance

  • CAL issued to establish basis for

closure of Red Finding –Short term (Tier 1) actions –Longer term (Tier 2) actions for continued performance improvement

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Completed CAL Closure Inspection

  • Confirmed adequacy of Tennessee

Valley Authority (TVA) actions to address all Tier 1 items

  • No findings were identified
  • Closed Red Finding and CAL

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Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues Closed

  • Closed two long standing

Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues (SCCI) based on results of IP 95003 Supplemental Inspection

  • Closed one SCCI based on results of

CAL closure inspection

  • No new SCCIs opened

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Open Confirmatory Orders

  • 2009 Confirmatory Order for

Discrimination

– TVA continues to implement actions associated with the Confirmatory Order

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Open Confirmatory Orders (cont.)

  • 2014 Confirmatory Order for

10CFR50 Appendix R Operations Minimum Staffing Level

– Associated with White Emergency Preparedness Finding – SLIII 50.9 (Inaccurate Information) – SLIII 50.90 (Improper License Change)

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Going Forward

  • Perform IP 95001 Supplemental

Inspection for Emergency Preparedness White Finding

  • Perform inspections to verify

adequate implementation of Confirmatory Order actions

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Going Forward (cont.)

  • Perform baseline inspections to

verify adequate implementation of Tier 2 actions

  • Assess licensee performance for

expected Performance Indicator changes

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Review of Fort Calhoun Station Performance Marc Dapas Regional Administrator, RIV

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For

  • rt Calhoun

t Calhoun Sta Station tion

  • Regulatory Oversight
  • Restart Readiness Decision
  • Going Forward

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Regulatory Oversight

  • Yellow Finding – inadequate flood

protection (Oct. 2010)

– Transition to Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix Column 3

  • Shutdown for refueling outage

(Apr. 2011)

  • Missouri River flood (May 2011)
  • Electrical switchgear fire (June 2011)

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Regulatory Oversight (cont.)

  • White Finding – reactor protection

system failed contactor (July 2011)

  • Transition to ROP Action Matrix

Column 4 (Sept. 2011)

  • CAL issued (Sept. 2011)

– post flooding recovery actions

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Regulatory Oversight (cont.)

  • Transition to Inspection Manual

Chapter 0350 Process (Dec. 2011)

  • Omaha Public Power District/Exelon

Services Agreement (Jan. 2012)

  • Commission briefing (Feb. 2012)
  • Red Finding for switchgear fire

(Apr. 2012)

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Regulatory Oversight (cont.)

  • Revised CAL Issued (June 2012)

– added restart checklist – contained IP 95003 key attributes

  • Commission briefing (June 2012)
  • Restart Checklist Basis Document

issued (Nov. 2012)

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Regulatory Oversight (cont.)

  • Commission briefing (Jan. 2013)
  • Revised CAL issued (Feb. 2013)

– Added 3 Restart Checklist items

  • Commission briefing (May 2013)

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Restart Readiness Decision

  • Restart Checklist inspection

activities completed (Dec. 2013)

– 23,000 hours of NRC inspection, assessment, and licensing activities

  • Comprehensive corrective actions

independently verified

  • CAL closed (Dec. 2013)
  • Post-Restart CAL issued (Dec. 2013)

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Going Forward

  • Conduct baseline and area-specific

inspections –Safety Culture –Corrective Action Program –Evaluation of degraded/non- conforming conditions

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Going Forward (cont.)

  • Continue routine public meetings

to provide for open and transparent oversight process

  • Performance assessment for

transition to normal level of regulatory oversight

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References

  • SECY-14-0035, “Annual Report to the Commission on

Licensee Performance in the Materials and Waste Programs Fiscal Year 2013”

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2014/2014-0035scy.pdf

  • SECY-14-0042, “Fiscal Year 2013 Results of the

Industry Trends Program for Operating Power Reactors”

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2014/2014-0042scy.pdf

  • SECY-14-0047, “Reactor Oversight Process Self-

Assessment for Calendar Year 2013”

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List of Acronyms

  • CAL – Confirmatory Action Letter
  • FSME – Office of Federal and State

Materials and Environmental Management Programs

  • IP – Inspection Procedure
  • LPCI – Low Pressure Core Injection
  • NMED – Nuclear Material Events

Database

  • NRC – U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

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List of Acronyms (cont.)

  • RII – Regional Office II
  • RIV – Regional Office IV
  • ROP – Reactor Oversight Process
  • SCCI – Substantive Cross-Cutting

Issue

  • SECY – Office of the Secretary
  • SL – Severity Level

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OPTIONAL BACKGROUND SLIDE

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Watts Bar 2 Milestones

  • Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards Meeting (Aug./Sept. 2014)

  • Commission Meeting (Oct. 2014
  • Commission Vote Paper – Issuance of

Operating License (Nov. 2015)

  • Final Readiness Letter and decision on

Full Power License (Feb. 2015)

  • Commercial Operation (Dec. 2015)

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