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Page 1: 04/20/2015 Point Beach Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment ... · Point Beach Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment Meeting Open House 2014 Reactor Oversight Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Poin

t Bea

ch N

ucle

ar P

lant

Ann

ual A

sses

smen

t Mee

ting

Ope

n H

ouse

2014

Rea

ctor

Ove

rsig

ht P

roce

ssN

ucle

ar R

egul

ator

y C

omm

issi

on –

Reg

ion

III

Apr

il 20

, 201

5

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1

Our M

ission

To license an

d regulate th

e na

tion’s c

ivilian

 use of 

byprod

uct, source, and

 special nuclear m

aterials to

 en

sure ade

quate protectio

n of pub

lic health

 and

 safety, 

prom

ote the common

 de

fense an

d security, and

 protect the

 enviro

nmen

t.

2

The NRC

 Regulates

•Nuclear re

actors‐com

mercial pow

er re

actors, research and 

test re

actors, new

 reactor d

esigns

•Nuclear materials‐n

uclear re

actor fue

l, radioactive materials 

for m

edical, ind

ustrial, and academ

ic use

•Nuclear waste

–transportatio

n, storage and disposal of 

nuclear m

aterial and

 waste, decom

missioning

 of n

uclear 

facilities

•Nuclear se

curity–ph

ysical se

curity of nuclear facilities a

nd 

materials from

 sabo

tage or a

ttacks

3

What W

e Do

n’tD

o

•Re

gulate nuclear weapo

ns, m

ilitary re

actors, 

or sp

ace vehicle reactors 

•Own or ope

rate nuclear pow

er plants

•Re

gulate so

me radioactive materials, su

ch as 

X‐rays and

 naturally occurrin

g rado

4

Some Nuclear Facts                                    

•99

 nuclear pow

er plants supp

ly 

abou

t 20 pe

rcen

t of the

 electricity

 in 

the U.S.

•Nuclear m

aterials are used

 in 

med

icine for d

iagnosis and cancer 

treatm

ent.

•Nuclear m

aterials are widely used

 in 

indu

stry, such as in

 den

sity gauges, 

flow m

easurement d

evices, 

radiograph

y de

vices, and

 irradiators.

5

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2

NRC

 Perform

ance Goa

ls

Safety

–En

sure ade

quate protectio

n of pub

lic 

health and

 safety and

 the en

vironm

ent

Security–En

sure ade

quate protectio

n in th

e secure use and

 man

agem

ent o

f rad

ioactiv

e materials

66

How

We

Reg

ulat

e

7

Reg

ulat

ory

Fram

ewor

kN

RC

’s S

afet

y M

issi

on

Stra

tegi

c Pe

rform

ance

Ar

eas

Cor

ners

tone

s

Cro

ss-C

uttin

g A

reas

Hum

an P

erfo

rman

ce--

Saf

ety

Con

scio

us W

ork

Env

ironm

ent

Pro

blem

Iden

tific

atio

n &

Res

olut

ion

8

Reactor O

versight Process

9

Safe

tyC

orne

rsto

nes

Bas

elin

e In

spec

tion

Res

ults

Sign

ifica

nce

Thre

shol

d

Actio

n M

atrix

Sign

ifica

nce

Thre

shol

d

Perf

orm

ance

Indi

cato

rR

esul

ts

Reg

ulat

ory

Res

pons

e

Stra

tegi

cPe

rfor

man

ce A

reas

Safe

tyC

orne

rsto

nes

Bas

elin

e In

spec

tion

Res

ults

Sign

ifica

nce

Thre

shol

d

Actio

n M

atrix

Sign

ifica

nce

Thre

shol

d

Perf

orm

ance

Indi

cato

rR

esul

ts

Reg

ulat

ory

Res

pons

e

Stra

tegi

cPe

rfor

man

ce A

reas

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3

Sig

nific

ance

Thr

esho

ld

Incr

easi

ng S

afet

y S

igni

fican

ce

Gre

enW

hite

Yello

wR

ed

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

Insp

ectio

n Fi

ndin

gs

Gre

enW

hite

Yello

wR

ed

Incr

easi

ng S

afet

y S

igni

fican

ce

10

Significance Th

reshold

Green

Baselin

e Inspectio

nWhite

Requ

ires a

ddition

al NRC

 oversight

Yello

wRe

quire

s more NRC

 oversight

Red

Requ

ires m

ost N

RC oversight

Performan

ce In

dicators

Inspectio

n Find

ings

Green

Very low sa

fety issue

White

Low to

 mod

erate safety issue

Yello

wSubstantial safety issue

Red

High safety issue

1111

Act

ion

Mat

rix C

olum

ns

Incr

easi

ng•

Safe

ty S

igni

fican

ce•

Insp

ectio

n •

Man

agem

ent I

nvol

vem

ent

•R

egul

ator

y A

ctio

n

Lice

nsee

R

espo

nse

Reg

ulat

ory

Res

pons

eD

egra

ded

Mul

tiple

/Rep

etiti

veD

egra

ded

Una

ccep

tabl

ePe

rform

ance

12

Indu

stry

-Wid

e P

erfo

rman

ce

80

14

501

As of 1

2/31

/201

4

Licensee

 Respo

nse

Regulatory Respo

nse

Degraded

 Corne

rstone

Multip

le/Rep

etitive

Degraded

 Corne

rstone

Unaccep

table

IMC 03

50 Process

13

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4

Indu

stry

-Wid

e In

spec

tion

Find

ings

Find

ing

data

cur

rent

as

of 1

/31/

2015

703

16 3 0

Calend

ar Year 

2014

 data

Green

White

Yellow

Red

14

Indu

stry

-Wid

e P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

6740

16 00

Calend

ar Year 

2014

data

Green

White

Yellow

Red

15

NRC

 Ann

ual A

ssessm

ent S

ummary

NextEra

Energy ope

rated theplan

t safely an

d in a 

man

ner tha

t preserved

 the pu

blic health

 and

 safety and

 protected the en

vironm

ent.

Point B

each Unit 1

 was in

 the Degrade

d Co

rnerston

e Co

lumn of th

e NRC

’s Ac

tion Matrix

 for the

 all four 

quarters of 2

014.

Point B

each Unit 2

 was in

 the Re

gulatory Respo

nse 

Column of th

e NRC

’s Ac

tion Matrix

 for a

ll four qua

rters 

of 2014.

No Substantive Cross‐Cu

tting Issues were iden

tified

Point B

each Nuclear Plant

2014

1616

NRC

 Inspectio

n Ac

tivities

6031

 total hou

rs expen

ded by

 NRC

 on Re

actor 

Oversight Process activities

2391

 inspector h

ours of d

irect inspectio

n activ

ity48

9 inspector h

ours re

view

ing an

d ob

serving plan

t op

erating status

2207

 inspector h

ours of p

repa

ratio

n for a

nd 

documen

tatio

n of in

spectio

n activ

ities 

943 ho

urs for other Reactor Oversight Process 

elem

ents (e

.g., assessmen

ts and

 com

mun

ications)

17

Point B

each 2014

17

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NRC

 Inspectio

n Ac

tivities

2 reside

nt inspectors on site –reside

nts p

rodu

ced four 

quarterly

 inspectio

n repo

rts a

nd perform

ed daily plant 

walk‐throug

hs

21 re

gion

 based

 inspectors partic

ipated

 in various 

inspectio

ns

1 major te

am inspectio

n –Supp

lemen

tal Inspe

ction for 

One

 Degrade

d Co

rnerston

e

Point B

each Nuclear Plant 

2014

1818

Point B

each PIs and

 Findings

All G

reen

 Perform

ance Indicators

15 Green

/Severity

 Level IV

 Inspectio

n Find

ings

1 White In

spectio

n Find

ing 

Carryover from 201

3

Janu

ary 1 through Decem

ber 3

1, 2014

1919

Safety Significan

t/White Findings

Non

e Iden

tified in 2014

Lake W

ave Ru

n‐Up External Flood

ing  Protection Features

NRC

 Iden

tified in First Q

uarter of 2

013 

Remain op

ened

 due

 to significant weakn

esses w

ith 

Licensee’s correctiv

e actio

ns during inspectio

n in First 

Qua

rter of 2

014

Correctiv

e actio

ns fo

und sufficient during follo

wup

inspectio

n in First Q

uarter of 2

015 

Both Units tran

sitio

ned to Licen

see Re

spon

se Colum

n of th

e Re

actor O

versight Process on March 17, 2015  

Point B

each Nuclear Plant

20

NRC

 Inspectio

n Find

ings

Failu

re to

 fully evaluate viab

ility of n

ewly created

 draina

ge paths fo

r a design precipita

tion even

tFailu

re to

 iden

tify de

grad

ed water sp

rinkler 

system

sFailu

re to

 measure th

e interpasstem

perature 

durin

g welding

 on au

xiliary fe

edwater

piping

Failu

re to

 maintain control of loo

se m

aterial in 

the containm

ent

Point B

each Nuclear Plant

Some Exam

ples of 2

014 Green

 Finding

s

2121

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NRC

 Inspectio

n Plan

s for 201

5

NRC

 Plans Baseline Inspectio

ns and

 One

 Supp

lemen

tal Inspe

ction for 2

015   This include

s the

 follo

wing major te

am and

 supp

lemen

tal inspe

ction:

Review

 of corrective actio

ns fo

r White issue involving 

flood

ing from

 lake wave run‐up

 –completed

 first 

quarter o

f 201

5Trienn

ial Com

pone

nt Design Ba

sis Inspe

ction –first 

quarter

Bien

nial Problem

 Iden

tification an

d Re

solutio

n Inspectio

nBien

nial Licen

sed Ope

rator R

equa

lification Program

22

Point B

each Nuclear Plant

22

Actio

ns in

 Respo

nse to th

e Japa

n Nuclear Acciden

t

•Ac

tions in

 respon

se to

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n Nuclear 

Accide

nt: http://w

ww.nrc.gov/jap

an/jap

an‐

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