Operating Experience - New to Licensee EP Steve Barr Manager - Emergency Preparedness PSEG Nuclear LLC 856.339.1917 (office) 610.761.2526 (cell) Stephen.Barr@pseg.com
Presenter’s Background (proof that he is new to licensee EP) OE – New to Licensee EP Presenter’s Background (proof that he is new to licensee EP) 1982-85: US Navy Nuclear Submarine Service 1985-88: Boeing Helicopters Design Engineer 1988-2017: USNRC, Region I 5 years – Resident Inspector 10 years – Operations Examiner 12 years – Senior EP Inspector 2017–Present: Manager – EP, PSEG Nuclear (Salem-Hope Creek)
What am I new to? To What Am I New? My Company INPO OE – New to Licensee EP What am I new to? To What Am I New? My Company INPO The NRC (as an inspectee, not as an inspector)
My Company My staff (I have a staff?!) My boss OE – New to Licensee EP My Company My staff (I have a staff?!) My boss (yes, I have at least one boss!) What am I? SME ORO Liaison Reg Affairs part timer INPO POC Cheerleader
INPO How important is INPO? Continuous monitoring WANO Evaluations OE – New to Licensee EP INPO How important is INPO? Continuous monitoring Get to know and converse with your DSPOC (continuously!) Be sensitive to your PML You may never see it, but know what’s in your IPSR WANO Evaluations EMPE Understand/use INPO tools WIIFM
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The NRC Three levels: Resident Inspectors Regional EP Inspectors OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC Three levels: Resident Inspectors Regional EP Inspectors Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR)
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC Regulatory Framework:
The NRC Inspection Types: ROP Baseline Supplemental Reactive OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC Inspection Types: ROP Baseline Resident - Quarterly Regional EP Inspection – Biennial Exercise Evaluation EP Program Supplemental Reactive Special Augmented Incident Investigation
The NRC Inspection Procedures OE – New to Licensee EP Resident: 71114.06, Drill Evaluation EP Inspector Exercise: 71114.01, Exercise Evaluation 71114.07, Exercise Evaluation – Hostile Action (HA) Event 71114.08, Exercise Evaluation – Scenario Review Program: 71114.02, Alert and Notification System Testing 71114.03, ERO Staffing and Augmentation System 71114.04, EAL and Emergency Plan Changes 71114.05, Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness Supplemental: 95001, 95002, 95003 Reactive: 93812, 93800, NUREG 1303
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC Issue Screening (IMC 0612)
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC ROP Action Matrix
The NRC OE – New to Licensee EP NRC Assessment IMC0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program IMC0308, Reactor Oversight Process Basis Document IMC0308, Att 3, App B, Technical Basis for EP SDP IMC0309, Reactive Inspection Decision Basis for Reactors IMC0609, Significance Determination Process IMC0609, Att 1, Significance and Enforcement Review Panel (SERP) Process IMC0609, App B, EP SDP IMC0612, Issue Screening IMC 2515, Light-Water Reactor Inspection Program
The NRC OE – New to Licensee EP Where do I find all this stuff? www.nrc.gov
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC
OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC
The NRC How do I work with the NRC? Communication is key: OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC How do I work with the NRC? Communication is key: Get to know your resident inspectors Stay in touch with the regional EP inspectors Stay in touch with industry peer groups
The NRC If an issue develops: Get your story straight OE – New to Licensee EP The NRC If an issue develops: Get your story straight Make sure everyone else’s (Ops, RP, Reg Affairs, etc.) story agrees Benchmark (Operating experience, RUG, NEI, other peers, etc) Communicate as early and thouroghly as possible with the NRC Stay on message!
The NRC OE – New to Licensee EP Examples: Drill critique conversation EAL conservative GE error Toxic containment atmosphere Mode 6 RCS water level operating band
The NRC OE – New to Licensee EP Mode 6 RCS water level operating band example UNPLANNED: A parameter change or an event that is not the result of an intended evolution and requires corrective or mitigative actions.
OE – New to Licensee EP QUESTIONS?