ML13107B196

Slide Presentation for Susquehanna 2012 EOC Annual Assessment Meeting, on April 10, 2013

ML13107B196
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	04/10/2013
From:	Mel Gray Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4
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GRAY, MEL
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1 Susquehanna Annual Assessment Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- Region I Berwick, PA April 10, 2013

2 Agenda Introduction Reactor Oversight Process Discussion of Plant Performance Results PPL Response and Remarks NRC Closing Remarks Break NRC available to address public questions

3 Region I Organization William M. Dean Regional Administrator David C. Lew Deputy Regional Administrator Darrell J. Roberts Director Division of Reactor Projects Michael C. Layton Deputy Director Chris Miller Director Division of Reactor Safety James W. Clifford Deputy Director Mel Gray Branch Chief Regional Specialists Susquehanna Resident Inspectors Patrick Finney Jonathan Greives Project Engineers Scott Barber Juan Ayala Andrey Turilin

4 NRC Performance 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 5 Regulatory Framework PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AS A RESULT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATION NRC'S Overall Safety Mission REACTOR SAFETY RADIATION SAFETY SAFEGAURDS INITIATING EVENTS Strategic Performance Area MITIGATING SYSTEMS BARRIER INTEGRITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC RADIATION SAFETY OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION SAFETY SECURITY Cornerstones HUMAN PERFOMANCE SAFETY CONSCIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Cross-Cutting Areas

6 Reactor Oversight Process SafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance AreasSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance Areas NRC Action Matrix Concept 7 Licensee Response Regulatory Response Degraded Cornerstone Multiple Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance All Inputs are Green; Cornerstone Objectives Fully Met 1 or 2 White Inputs (in different cornerstones); Cornerstone Objectives Fully Met 2 White or 1 Yellow Input; Cornerstone Objectives Met w/ Moderate Degradation in Safety Performance Multiple Yellow Inputs or 1 Red Input; Cornerstone Objectives Met w/ Significant Degradation in Safety Performance Overall Unacceptable Performance; Plants not permitted to Operate w/in this Column; Unacceptable Margin to Safety Increasing safety significance Increasing NRC inspection efforts Increasing NRC/Licensee management involvement Increasing regulatory actions

Substantive Cross

-Cutting Issues (SCCI) Process 8 Cross-Cutting Theme Does the NRC have a concern with the scope of the licensee's efforts or progress in addressing the theme?

NRC Finding Cross-Cutting Aspect (CCA)

CCA CCA CCA CCA Open SCCI No SCCI Yes No 9 Susquehanna 2012 Inspection Activities Approximately 8500 hours0.0984 days <br />2.361 hours <br />0.0141 weeks <br />0.00323 months <br /> of inspection & related activities 2 resident inspectors on site Team inspections

-2 Supplemental (95002 Initial and Follow Up)

-Problem Identification & Resolution

-Permanent Plant Modifications

-Others (Security, EP, Operator Licensing)

10 Susquehanna Unit 1 2012 Assessment Results Licensee Response column effective January 25, 2013

-Closed White PI (2 nd quarter 2012)

Unplanned Scrams per 7000 hours0.081 days <br />1.944 hours <br />0.0116 weeks <br />0.00266 months <br />

-Closed White finding (4th quarter of 2012) 2010 flooding issue

Unit 1 Action Matrix LICENSEE RESPONSE 11 Licensee Response Regulatory Response Degraded Cornerstone Multiple Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance All Inputs are Green; Cornerstone Objectives Fully Met 1 or 2 White Inputs (in different cornerstones); Cornerstone Objectives Fully Met 2 White or 1 Yellow Input; Cornerstone Objectives Met w/ Moderate Degradation in Safety Performance Multiple Yellow Inputs or 1 Red Input; Cornerstone Objectives Met w/ Significant Degradation in Safety Performance Overall Unacceptable Performance; Plants not permitted to Operate w/in this Column; Unacceptable Margin to Safety -White PI - Unplanned Scrams

/ 7000 hours0.081 days <br />1.944 hours <br />0.0116 weeks <br />0.00266 months <br />

-White Finding issued in 3 rd quarter 2010

-All Green Findings

-All Green PI s -Licensee Response column effective 1/25/2012 12 Susquehanna Unit 2 Assessment Results Regulatory Response column

-All Green Findings

-After additional NRC inspector questions PPL revised 'Unplanned Scrams with Complications' PI on 3/20/13 to classify the 12/16/12 scram as "complicated"

-NRC will follow

-up with supplemental inspection (IP 95001)

Unit 2 Action Matrix REGULATORY RESPONSE 13 Licensee Response Regulatory Response Degraded Cornerstone Multiple Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Unacceptable Performance All Inputs are Green; Cornerstone Objectives Fully Met 1 or 2 White Inputs (in different cornerstones); Cornerstone Objectives Fully Met 2 White or 1 Yellow Input; Cornerstone Objectives Met w/ Moderate Degradation in Safety Performance Multiple Yellow Inputs or 1 Red Input; Cornerstone Objectives Met w/ Significant Degradation in Safety Performance Overall Unacceptable Performance; Plants not permitted to Operate w/in this Column; Unacceptable Margin to Safety White PI Unplanned Scrams with Complications All Green Findings All Green PIs 2012 Susquehanna Unit 1 & 2 Substantive Cross

-Cutting Issues Human Performance

- Documentation & Procedures)

-Closed at the end of 2012 Problem Identification & Resolution

- Evaluation Quality

-Maintained Substantive Cross Cutting Issue in evaluation quality open 14 Human Performance SCCI H.2(c) - Documentation & Procedures

-Opened at the end of 2011

-NRC closed this SCCI at the end of 2012 because PPL demonstrated sustainable performance improvement regarding procedures 15 Problem Identification & Resolution SCCI P.1 (c) - Evaluation Quality

-SCCI opened since mid 2011.

-At the end of 2012 there were 4 findings with this aspect

-SCCI in P.1(c) remains open at the end of 2012 because exit criteria not met

-2012 NRC Assessment Letter requests PPL address plans, trends & results at this meeting 16 17 Licensee Response and Remarks Timothy S. Rausch Sr. Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC

18 Unit 1 - Licensee Response column of the Action Matrix

-Baseline Inspection Program Unit 2 - Regulatory Response column of the Action Matrix

-Baseline inspections and one Supplemental Inspection (IP 95001)

SCCI in H.2(c) closed at the end of 2012 SCCI in P.1(c) remains open for a fourth consecutive assessment Susquehanna 2012 Annual Assessment Summary

19 Contacting the NRC Report an emergency

-(301) 816-5100 (call collect)

Report a safety concern

-(800) 695-7403 -Allegation@nrc.gov General information or questions

-www.nrc.gov

-Select "What We Do" for Public Affairs

20 Reference Sources Reactor Oversight Process

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

-http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm.html Public Document Room 800-397-4209 (Toll Free)

21 Susquehanna Annual Assessment Meeting Short break NRC to address public questions