05000237/FIN-2016004-02
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.54(q)(2) requires that a holder of a nuclear power reactor operating license follow and maintain the effectiveness of an emergency plan that meets the requirements in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E and the planning standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b). Title 10 CFR Part 50.47(b)(4) states, A standard emergency classification and action level scheme, the bases of which include facility system and effluent parameters, is in use by the nuclear facility licensee, and State and local response plans call for reliance on information provided by facility licensees for determinations of minimum initial offsite response measures. Contrary to the above, between April 2013, and February 2016, the licensee failed to maintain the effectiveness of the emergency plan by failing to maintain the effluent parameters contained in the standard emergency classification and action level scheme. Specifically, the standard emergency classification and action level scheme associated with the radiological effluents at Dresden Nuclear Power Station was not updated to reflect the changes in the X/Q dispersion factor that were made during the April 2013, Offsite Dose Calculation Manual revision. Consequently, the effluent monitor emergency classification and action level thresholds were non-conservative by a factor of 3.8 until this condition was identified and corrected by Dresden Nuclear Power Station in February 2016. The inspectors determined that the finding was of very low significance (Green) in accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix B, Emergency Preparedness Significance Determination Process, Figure 5.41, because the emergency action level classification of an Unusual Event, RU1, would be declared in a degraded manner, not within the required 15 minutes. The emergency action level classification for the Alert, Site Area Emergency, and General Emergency (RA1, RS1, and RG1) would still be capable of being declared in timely manner, within 15 minutes, using alternate conditions within the emergency action level. Because this finding is of very low safety significance, and has been entered into Exelons CAP under IR 02652711, this violation is being treated as a Green NCV consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the NRCs Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | Dresden  |
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| Report | IR 05000237/2016004 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2016 (2016Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Emergency Prep |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | E Torres G Edwards G Roach J Cameron J Maynen M Domke M Garza M Holmberg R Elliott T Go |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix E 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4) 10 CFR 50.54(q) |
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Finding - Dresden - IR 05000237/2016004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Dresden) @ 2016Q4
Self-Identified List (Dresden)
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