05000220/FIN-2009003-02
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| Title | Operator Failure to Obtain Senior Reactor Operator Permission Prior to Changing Reactor Power |
| Description | A cited violation (VIO) of Unit 1 Technical Specification (TS) 6.4, Procedures, was identified when a Reactor Operator (RO) and a Chief Reactor Operator (CRO) failed to notify the Control Room Supervisor (CRS) of an over power event and manipulated reactor power without CRS approval or direction. Specifically, the RO deliberately manipulated the controls to increase power without the approval or direction of a senior reactor operator (SRO); the CRO and RO manipulated the controls to decrease power without the approval or direction of an SRO when power exceeded the megawatt-thermal license limit; and, the CRO deliberately failed to immediately report the over power and down power events to Operations management. The violation, absent willfulness, would be considered a minor violation because it did not impact the safe operation of the reactor, in that, the over power condition was minimal (100.03 percent for approximately one hour). However, the NRC considered the violation to have been more significant than minor because it involved willfulness, and therefore, the NRC has classified the violation at Severity Level (SL) IV, in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
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| Report | IR 05000220/2009003 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2009 (2009Q2) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Miscellaneous |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | D Dempsey G Dentel E Knutson P Kaufman |
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Finding - Nine Mile Point - IR 05000220/2009003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Nine Mile Point) @ 2009Q2
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