ML091180225

NRC - Quad Cities Annual Assessment Meeting Slides

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Quad Cities Annual Assessment Meeting Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - 2008 Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station Cordova, IL April 7, 2009

Purpose of Todays Meeting

• A public forum for discussion of the licensees performance in 2008 2

• NRC will address the performance issues identified in the annual assessment letter

• Licensee will be given the opportunity to respond and inform the NRC of new or existing programs to maintain or improve performance

Agenda

• Introduction

• Review of Reactor Oversight Process N ti l S f Pl t P f 3

• National Summary of Plant Performance

• Discussion of Plant Performance Results

• Licensee Response and Remarks

• NRC Closing Remarks

• Break

• NRC available to address public questions

Region III Organization Mark Satorius Regional Administrator Vacant Deputy Regional Administrator Cynthia Pederson Di t

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Director Division of Reactor Projects Gary Shear Deputy Director Director Division of Reactor Safety Anne Boland Deputy Director Mark Ring Branch Chief Regional Specialists Quad Cities Station Resident Inspectors James McGhee Brian Cushman Project Engineers Jamie Benjamin

Our Mission

• To license and regulate the nations civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate 5

materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment.

Some Nuclear Facts

• More than 100 nuclear power plants supply about 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S.

• Nuclear materials are used in 6

medicine for diagnosis and cancer treatment.

• Nuclear materials are widely used in industry, such as in density gauges, flow measurement devices, radiography devices, and irradiators.

The NRC Regulates

• Nuclear reactors - commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs

• Nuclear materials - nuclear reactor fuel radioactive materials 7

• Nuclear materials - nuclear reactor fuel, radioactive materials for medical, industrial, and academic use

• Nuclear waste - transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear material and waste, decommissioning of nuclear facilities

• Nuclear security - physical security of nuclear facilities and materials from sabotage or attacks

What We Dont Do

• Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors, or space vehicle reactors 8

• Own or operate nuclear power plants

• Regulate some radioactive materials, such as X-rays and naturally occurring radon

How We Regulate

• Establish rules and regulations

• Issue licenses P

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• Provide oversight through inspection, enforcement, and evaluation of operational experience

• Conduct research to provide support for regulatory decisions

• Respond to events and emergencies

Assurance of Plant Safety

• Require defense-in-depth

• Require long-term maintenance of equipment 10

• Require continual training of operators

• Verify compliance with regulations

What We Do - Nuclear Waste

• The NRC regulates:

- Storage of spent reactor fuel in fuel pools or dry 11 fuel in fuel pools or dry storage casks, and

- A national spent fuel storage site--Yucca Mountain.

What We Do - Nuclear Security

• NRC Requires:

- Well-armed and well-trained security forces, 12

- Surveillance and perimeter

patrols,

- State-of-the-art site access equipment and controls,

- Physical barriers and detection zones, and

- Intrusion detection systems and alarm stations.

NRC Performance Goals

• Safety: Ensure adequate protection of public health and safety and the environment.

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• Security: Ensure adequate protection in the secure use and management of radioactive materials.

Reactor Oversight Process Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Strategic Performance Areas Safety Cornerstones Baseline Inspection Performance Indicator Strategic Performance Areas 14 Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Results Regulatory Response Baseline Inspection Results Significance Threshold Action Matrix Significance Threshold Results Regulatory Response

Examples of Baseline Inspections

• Equipment Alignment

~80 hrs/yr

• Triennial Fire Protection

~250 hrs every 3 yrs O

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125 h /

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• Operator Response

~125 hrs/yr

• Emergency Preparedness

~80 hrs/yr

• Rad Release Controls

~110 hrs every 2 yrs

• Worker Radiation Protection ~95 hrs/yr

• Corrective Action Program ~250 hrs every 2 yrs

• Corrective Action Case Reviews ~60 hrs/yr

Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green:

Only Baseline Inspection White:

May increase NRC oversight Y ll R

i NRC i ht 16 Yellow:

Requires more NRC oversight Red:

Requires more NRC oversight Inspection Findings Green:

Very low safety issue White:

Low to moderate safety issue Yellow:

Substantial safety issue Red:

High safety issue

Action Matrix Concept Licensee

Response

Regulatory

Response

Degraded Cornerstone Multiple/Rep.

Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance 17 Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory Actions

National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of 2008 Licensee Response 86 Regulatory Response 14 18 Regulatory Response 14 Degraded Cornerstone 3

Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 1

Unacceptable 0

Total 104

National Summary

• Performance Indicator Results (end of CY 2008)

- Green 1762

- White 6

Y ll 0

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- Yellow 0

- Red 0

• Total Inspection Findings (for 2008)

- Green 776

- White 17

- Yellow 0

- Red 0

Quad Cities Assessment Results (January 1 - December 31, 2008) 20

• Licensee Response column of Action Matrix

• Human Performance substantive cross-cutting issue identified in the 2007 mid-cycle assessment letter is now closed.

Safety Significant Findings or PIs

• No greater than Green findings or Performance Indicators 21

• No Supplemental Inspections required

Quad Cities Inspection Activities (January 1 - December 31, 2008)

• 100% Baseline Inspection Completion 22

- Resident Inspector - Brian Cushman 9/08

- 14 Green Findings (baseline inspections)

• Next refueling outage - Unit 1 Spring 2009

• Unusual Event - FDST Gas Explosion 10/08

Quad Cities Annual Assessment Summary (January 1 - December 31, 2008)

• Exelon operated the Quad Cities station in a manner that preserved public health and 23 manner that preserved public health and safety

• All cornerstone objectives were met with no greater than Green findings or PIs

• NRC plans baseline inspections at Quad Cities for 2009 NRC

Licensee Response and Remarks 24 Tim Tulon Site Vice President Exelon Nuclear Generating Company

Quad Cities Station NRC End-Of-Cycle Meeting y

g April 7, 2009 Tim Tulon Site Vice President

Discussion Topics

• 2008 Highlights

• ASD Modification

• New Plant Process Computer 26

• Generator Rewind

• Switchyard Upgrade

• Power Uprate

• Environmental

2008 Highlights

• INPO Index - highest ever 98.85 Top quartile

• Capacity Factor - 93.2%

• Radiation Exposure - 138.0 Rem median for BWRs 27 BWRs

• Plant Upgrades

- Digital main turbine controls

- New main power transformer

- U2 main generator rewind

Q1R20 ASD Modification Function - Provides variable frequency AC to change recirculation pump speed 28 Benefit:

- Redundancy

- Expect to save 2.52 MWe of house load for each unit

- More stable pump control

- Removal of ~ 2,775 gal. of oil

Q1R20 New Plant Process Computer When both complete (March 2010):

• Parts obsolescence issue

• 24 cabinets to 11

• More capability & better operation interface

• Increased reliability 29

Q1R20 New Plant Process Computer 30

Q1R20 Generator Rewind 31 Benefit:

• Good for 30 more years

• Output rating increased

Switch Yard Upgrades Switchyard Breaker Upgrades:

- 3 out of 5 have been replaced

- All will be replaced by May 32 p

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2009 Benefit:

- Improve Grid Reliability

- Faster fault clearing

- Allows station output uprate

- Newer technology

Power Uprate

• After the power uprate

- U1 ~20 MWe increase

- U2 ~30 MWe increase 33

• Provide power to additional 40,000 homes

Environmental

• Fish Hatchery 2008

- Walleye - 225,508 released

- Hybrid Striped Bass - 10,235 released

• Endangered Mussel Grow Higgins Eye 34 and Release Summary Plan

- April inoculate and release walleye into Illinois River

- This summer raise Black Sandshell mussels in outdoor tanks

- Release them into river this fall gg y

Black Sandshell

Vision 35

Open to the Public

• The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and stakeholders informed of its activities 36 activities.

• At www.nrc.gov, you can:

- Find public meeting dates and transcripts;

- Read NRC testimony, speeches, press releases, and policy decisions; and

- Access the agencys Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.

Contacting the NRC

• Report an emergency

- (301) 816-5100 (call collect) 37

• Report a safety concern

- (800) 695-7403

- Allegation@nrc.gov

• General information or questions

- www.nrc.gov

- Select What We Do for Public Affairs

NRC Representatives

• Cynthia Pederson, Director, Division Reactor Projects

- (630) 829-9634 Gary Shear, Deputy Division Director, DRP

- (630) 829-9634 Mark Ring Branch Chief 38 Mark Ring, Branch Chief

- (630) 829-9703 Christopher Gratton, Project Manager, NRR

- (301) 415-1055 James McGhee, Senior Resident Inspector

- (309) 654-2227 Brian Cushman, Resident Inspector

- (309) 654-2227 Jamie Benjamin, Project Engineer

- (630) 829-9753

NRC Representatives

• Viktoria Mitlyng, Public Affairs Officer

- (630) 829-9662 39

• Prema Chandrathil, Public Affairs Officer

- (630) 829-9663

• NRC Region III Office Switchboard

- (630) 829-9500

- Toll Free: (800) 522-3025

Reference Sources

• Reactor Oversight Process

- http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.h tml 40 Public Electronic Reading Room

- http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html Public Document Room 800-397-4209 (Toll Free)