1	STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF DAVIS-BESSE LESSONS LEARNED TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)
2	Agenda Overview Stress Corrosion Cracking Operating Experience Inspection Program - Management Barrier Integrity Regional Activities Summary J. Dyer W. Bateman T. Reis S. Richards A. Lee E. Merschoff J. Dyer
3	Overview Initial Plan Project Controls Action Plans developed for 21 High Priority items Remaining items integrated into individual Office operational activities via Planning, Budgeting and Performance Management (PBPM) process
4	Overview Enhanced Project Controls Office Executive Level approval of schedule changes and completion Timely Completion Effectiveness Reviews
5	Overview Status of Implementation
6	Overview Status of Implementation Remaining Items: 7 to be completed by May 05 1 may require regulatory actions to implement working group recommendations 1 depends on ASME actions
7	Stress Corrosion Cracking
8	Stress Corrosion Cracking Closed Actions Assessment of foreign and domestic Alloy 600 Stress Corrosion Cracking and Boric Acid Corrosion Temporary Instructions Revised NRC In-service Inspection Activities Procedure
9	Stress Corrosion Cracking Remaining Actions SRM Direction on SECY 04-0115, Rulemaking Plan For Upper Head Inspections Boric Acid Corrosion Inspection Program Review Update Project Manager’s Handbook
10	Stress Corrosion Cracking Increased Sensitivity to Materials Degradation Increased Generic Correspondence on Issues Enhanced Inspection Guidance Enhanced Communications Stakeholders Intra-agency
11	Stress Corrosion Cracking Challenges American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code Activities Effectiveness Reviews Continue to Review Future Inspection Results For Improvements
12	Operating Experience Feb 26 Briefing Status– NRR and RES had endorsed recommendations of interoffice task force Committed to develop plan by 4/04 Framework to be established by 12/04 Program will be dynamic and continuous improvements will occur
13	Operating Experience Continuing Improvements Improved screening structure Improved, prompt feedback Improvements in web access Foreign operating experience
14	Operating Experience Plan issued April 29, 2004 Modular Approach to Developing Framework Clearinghouse Module Procedures Module Information Technology Module Effectiveness Module
15	Operating Experience Operating Experience Program is designed to meet accepted Objectives and Attributes of NRC Operating Experience Program
16	Operating Experience Overarching principle Program will support core agency programs and provide for informed decision making and facilitate continuous improvement of core programs
17	Program at a Glance
18	Operating Experience Implementation Challenges Resource intensive Effectiveness of Interoffice Coordination.
19	Operating Experience Generic Communication Effectiveness Sampling Effort Program Changes Continual Efforts in this area
20	Inspection Program Management LLTF recommendations: Longstanding issues Inspector training Plant assessment process Generic communications and licensee commitments Project Manager responsibilities
21	Inspection Program Management Recent program revisions: Containment walkdowns Walkdowns in other restricted areas Deferred modifications Multiple, repetitive, unplanned Technical Specification actions
22	Inspection Program Management Other LLTF recommendations: Interim Plant Performance Review process annual ROP refresher training review of previous lessons learned reports Project Manager expectations
23	Inspection Program Management LLTF action items under review: metric for resident inspection staffing review of previously deleted inspections
24	Inspection Program Management Challenges: Increased inspection of licensee employee concerns programs and safety conscious work environment SRM issued August 30, 2004 cross-cutting issues inspector training
25	Barrier Integrity
26	Barrier Integrity
27	Barrier Integrity Improving coolant leakage requirements
28	Barrier Integrity Improving coolant leakage inspection procedures Action levels to trigger increasing levels of interaction with NRC in response to increasing levels of unidentified RCS leakage. (High) Licensees required to trend leak rates Inspectors review licensee procedures for action steps
29	Barrier Integrity Improving Coolant Leakage Inspection Procedures
30	Barrier Integrity Risk Assessment of Passive Component Degradation
31	Barrier Integrity Challenges RCS leakage rate limit Barrier Integrity PIs Risk assessment of passive components Effectiveness review and implementation
32	Barrier Integrity Summary
33	Regional Activities Davis-Besse Lessons Learned reviewed from regional operations perspective Review Discussed Regional Administrators Director NRR Deputy EDO for Reactor Programs
34	Regional Activities Resulted in a Regional Best Practices Benchmarking Process Morning Meetings (complete) Incident Response (complete) Management Roles and Responsibilities (March 2005) Inspector Field Observations (June 2005) Operating Experience (Oct 2005)
35	Summary