ML090930349
| ML090930349 | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/2009 |
| From: | NRC/RGN-III |
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Byron Station Annual Assessment MeetingReactor Oversight Program - 2008 Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region III Lisle, Illinois April 2, 2009 2 Purpose of Today
's Meeting* A public forum for discussion of the licensee's performance in 2008
- 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 3 Agenda* Introduction
- Review of Reactor Oversight Process
- National Summary of Plant Performance
- Discussion of Plant Performance Results
- Licensee Response and Remarks
- NRC Closing Remarks
- Break* NRC available to address public questions 4 Our Mission
- To license and regulate the nation's civilian use of byproduct, source, and
ensure adequate protection
of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and
protect the environment.
5 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 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.
6 The NRC Regulates
- Nuclear reactors - commercial power reactors, research and test reactors, new reactor designs
- 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 7 What We Don
't Do* Regulate nuclear weapons, military reactors, or space vehicle reactors
- Own or operate nuclear power plants
- Regulate some radioactive materials, such as
X-rays and naturally occurring radon 8 How We Regulate
- Establish rules and regulations
- Issue licenses
- Provide oversight through inspection, enforcement, and evaluation of operational
experience
- Conduct research to provide support for
regulatory decisions
- Respond to events and emergencies 9 Assurance of Plant Safety
- Require "defense-in-depth
"* Require long-term maintenance of equipment
- Require continual training of operators
- Verify compliance with regulations 10 What We Do
- Nuclear Waste
- The NRC regulates:
- Storage of spent reactor fuel in fuel pools or dry
storage casks, and
- A national spent fuel
storage site--Yucca
Mountain.
11 What We Do
- Nuclear Security
- NRC Requires:
- Well-armed and well-trained security forces,- 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.
12 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.
13 Region III Organization Mark A. SatoriusRegional AdministratorPat L. HilandDeputy Regional Administrator -ActingCynthia D. PedersonDirector Division of Reactor Projects Anne T. BolandDeputy Director -ActingK. Steven West Director Division of Reactor SafetyJimi T. YerokunDeputy Director -ActingRichard A. SkokowskiBranch ChiefRegional SpecialistsByron Station Resident Inspectors Bruce A. BartlettJohn S. RobbinsBranch StaffRaymond M. NgRobert P. JonesThomas C. HartmanMeghan M. Thorpe-KavanaughJennifer L. Dalzell 14 Reactor Oversight ProcessSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance AreasSafetyCornerstonesBaseline Inspection ResultsSignificance ThresholdAction MatrixSignificance ThresholdPerformance IndicatorResultsRegulatory ResponseStrategicPerformance Areas 15 Regulatory FrameworkINITIATINGEVENTSMITIGATINGSYSTEMSBARRIERINTEGRITYEMERGENCYPREPAREDNESSCornerstonesPUBLICRADIATIONSAFETYOCCUPATIONALRADIATIONSAFETYSECURITYStrategicPerformanceAreasREACTORSAFETYRADIATIONSAFETYSAFEGUARDSHUMANPERFORMANCESAFETY CONSCIOUS WORKENVIRONMENTPROBLEMIDENTIFICATION ANDRESOLUTIONPUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETYAS A RESULT OF CIVILIANNUCLEAR REACTOROPERATIONNRC's OverallSafety MissionCross-Cutting Areas 16 Examples of Baseline Inspections
- Equipment Alignment ~80 hrs/yr
- Triennial Fire Protection ~250 hrs every 3 yrs
- 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 17 Significance Threshold Performance Indicators Green: Only Baseline Inspection White: May increase NRC oversight 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 18 Action Matrix Concept Increasing Safety Significance Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts
Increasing NRC/Licensee Management Involvement Increasing Regulatory ActionsLicenseeResponseRegulatoryResponseDegradedCornerstoneMultiple/Rep.
DegradedCornerstoneUnacceptablePerformance 19 National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of 2008 Licensee Response 86 Regulatory Response 14 Degraded Cornerstone 3Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone 1 Unacceptable 0 Total 104 20 National Summary
- Performance Indicator Results (end of CY 2008)
- Green 1762- White 6- Yellow 0- Red 0* Total Inspection Findings (for 2008)
- Green 776- White 17- Yellow 0- Red 0 21 Byron Station Assessment Results (January 1 - December 31, 2008)
- Byron Units 1 and 2 were within the Regulatory Response column for 2008 due to a White finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone identified in the 1st quarter of 2008.
22 Safety Significant Findings or PIs
- On February 14, 2008, the NRC completed a Special Inspection to evaluate th e facts and circumstances surrounding the degradation of the essential service
water (SX) system riser piping at the cooling tower basin, and the subsequent dual Unit shutdown on October 19, 2007.
- One White finding associated with two violations was identified.
- Three Green Non-Cited Violations were identified.
23 Byron Inspection Activities(January 1 - December 31, 2008)
- Jan 14 - Jan 31: Modification/50.59 Inspection
- March 23 - April 22: Scheduled Unit 1 Refueling Outage
- May 19 - May 30: Initial License Examination
- October 5
- October 23: Scheduled Unit 2 Refueling Outage
- May 21 - Dec 11: ISFSI Inspection 24 Byron Inspection Results(January 1 - December 31, 2008)
- Over 2,000 man-hours of direct inspection
- 1 White Finding & Associated Violations
- 19 Green Findings and/or Violations
- 1 Substantive Cross-Cutting IssueDecision Making in Human Performance Area 25 Byron Station Annual Assessment Summary (January 1 - December 31, 2008)
- Exelon operated Byron Station Units 1 & 2 in a manner that preserved public health and safety.
- All cornerstone objectives were met.
- One White finding was identified. (Essential Service
Water System Piping Degradation) 26(January 1 - December 31, 2008)
- Supplement inspection for the White finding related to the Essential Service Water piping degradation was completed in
January 2009 with no finding.
- NRC plans baseline inspections at Byron Station for the
remainder of 2009.
- Substantive cross-cutting issue
- Decision Making Component in Human Performance
- Identified since 2008 Mid-Cycle Assessment Byron Station Annual Assessment Summary 27 Licensee Response and Remarks Daniel Enright Site Vice President Byron Station 28 Open to the Public
- The NRC places a high priority on keeping the public and stakeholders informed of its 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 agency
's Electronic Reading Room to find NRC publications and documents.
29 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 30 NRC Representatives
- Cynthia Pederson, Director, Division Reactor Projects
- (630) 829-9600
- Anne Boland, Deputy Division Director, DRP
- (630) 829-9601
- Marshall David, Project Manager, NRR
- (301) 415-1547
- Bruce Bartlett, Senior Resident Inspector
- (815) 234-5451
- John Robbins, Resident Inspector
- (815) 234-5451
- Raymond Ng, Senior Project Engineer
- (630) 829-9574
- Richard Skokowski, Branch Chief
- (630) 829-9620 31 NRC Representatives
- Christine Lipa, Chief, Decommissioning Branch (ISFSI)
- (630) 829-9834
- Viktoria Mitlyng, Public Affairs Officer
- (630) 829-9662
- Prema Chandrathil, Public Affairs Officer
- (630) 829-9663
- NRC Region III Office Switchboard
- (630) 829-9500 (800) 522-3025 32 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)