PWR RE's, please see the below email I sent to the BWROG RCRC
distribution list. It recently came to my attention that many plants in
the industry are not reporting information on the RM Performance
Indicator properly. According to the data request (see below), you are
required to report the values in accordance PWROG document PA-PSC-0578
dated September 2009. If you are not reporting in accordance with that
document, you are hurting us all as the changes were made in an attempt
to be able to identify the superior RM programs out there, programs that
we could use to benchmark to. In the new PI, I would have to say that
it would be very difficult for a plant to have above 99 much less
perfect score of 100, yet there are more than 30 PWR's above 99 and 10
at 99.9 or above.
There is a joint meeting in late July between BWROG/PWROG and probably
INPO to look closely at the new PI and its implementation.
If you have any questions about this, please feel free to give me a call
at 630-657-2185. I would appreciate any feedback on what may be causing
your plant to not implement the PI as requested by INPO or what
confusion you might have on its implementation.
Thanks.
Ed McVey
<<Industry RM Performance.pdf>>
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From: McVey, Edward A.:(GenCo-Nuc)
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 2:16 PM
To: 'rcrc(a)retaqs.com'
Subject: RE: Industry RM Comparison
Folks, I am including the data entry requirements specified by INPO for
the RM PI below. There is obviously much confusion about this (not sure
why). This is taken off the INPO website. If you go to the button on
the left of the INPO homepage called "Consolidated data entry" and then
on the right hand side under "Documents and Publications" look for "CDE
Data Element Manual" you will find the below information in that huge
document. INPO asks you for the information below. Most importantly is
7.2.18 which is the value of the RM PI calculated for the given month.
That DOES NOT mean you take your numbers of events and their multipliers
and subtract them from 100 for that month. That represents absolutely
nothing with respect to the RM PI. It means you give them the actual
number for that month. Therefore, you should not be coming up with
numbers like 99.7, etc. Also, it does require you and your utility to
report it in accordance with the RCRC guideline dated July 13, 2009 (Rev
13) or for the PWR to report in accordance with the PWROG document
PA-PSC-0578. If you are not doing that, then you need to start because
you're not providing the info that INPO has requested. There is no such
thing as a monthly RM PI. Likewise, there is no such thing as an annual
number. The number is, what it is, at any given time based on RCRC or
PWROG Guidelines where you take all the current hits to your PI that are
currently being counted and subtract them from 100. If you have any
questions about this, please call me. 630-657-2185 or 815-370-9855
Ed McVey
Reactivity Management Events - Unit Level
Guidance for reporting these data elements is provided in the following:
* BWROG-TP-09-025, Reactivity Controls Review Committee (RCRC),
Guidelines for Excellence, Section 5.0, Monitoring of Reactivity
Management Issues, July 13, 2009
* PWR Reactivity Management Performance Indicator, PA-PSC-0578
Reactivity Management Performance Indicator 7.2.18 The value of the
Reactivity Management Performance Indicator calculated for the given
month.
Reactivity Management Events Significance Level 1 7.2.5 Severe
Reactivity Events: A Reactivity Management Event that results in a
severe adverse effect on plant safety or indicates a high potential for
future significant events. In either case, the event was caused by or
aggravated by a fundamental organizational breakdown. In addition to the
failure of multiple barriers, the event indicates a broader problem over
multiple work groups and/or processes. These issues normally require a
Root Cause to identify Corrective Actions and to resolve the
organizational issues.
Reactivity Management Events Significance Level 2 7.2.6 Major
Reactivity Management Events: A Reactivity Management Event that places
the plant outside of the Design or Licensing Basis or significant events
that compromise fuel-related limits, or directly result in fuel failure.
Reactivity Management Events Significance Level 3 7.2.7 Minor
Reactivity Management Events: A Reactivity Management Event that
represents a violation of process or procedures.
Reactivity Management Events Significance Level 4 7.2.8
Reactivity Management Precursors: A Reactivity Management Issue that
indicates degradation of a barrier to proper Reactivity Management or
creates an elevated potential for the occurrence of a Reactivity
Management Event.
Reactivity Management Events Significance Level 5 7.2.9
Reactivity Management Concerns: A Reactivity Management Issue that
indicates less than optimal Reactivity Management but does not classify
as a SL 1 through SL 4 issue.
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