05000251/FIN-2017004-03
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| Title | Inadequate Installation of Outdoor Use Electrical Enclosures Results in Manual Reactor Trip |
| Description | A self-revealing finding (FIN) was identified for failure to ensure the 4B and 4C main feedwater regulating valve (MFRV) control circuits remained free from the effects of water intrusion or condensation in electrical enclosures. Specifically, a hand selector switch (HSS) enclosure for the 4C MFRV redundant positioners was flooded during wind-driven rain and resulted in the 4C MFRV failing closed, lowering 4C steam generator water level, and a subsequent Unit 4 manual reactor trip initiated by control room operators.Engineering Change (EC) 246879 appropriately selected NEMA-4X rated enclosures for the HSSs but associated SPEC-C-065 did not provide critical configuration details for the enclosure installations. Water collected in the 4B and 4C MFRV positioner HSS enclosures because the penetrations were on top of the enclosures and not properly sealed and the bottom of the enclosure did not have a weep hole.This performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because it was associated with the design control attribute of the Initiating Events Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstones objective to limit the likelihood of events that upset plant stability and challenge critical safety functions during shutdown, as well as power operations, because the failure resulted in lowering steam generator water levels and caused control room operators to complete a fast load reduction and manually trip the reactor. In accordance with NRC IMC 0609, Appendix A, The Significance Determination Process for Findings at Power, the inspectors determined that the issue had very low safety significance because it only caused a reactor trip and did not cause the loss of mitigating equipment relied upon to transition the plant from the onset of the trip to a stable shutdown condition. Since EC 246879 and associated work orders were completed in 2013, the inspectors determined the finding was not indicative of current licensee performance and was not assigned a cross-cutting aspect. |
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
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| Report | IR 05000251/2017004 Section 4OA3 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2017 (2017Q4) |
| Type: | Finding: Green |
| cornerstone | Initiating Events |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | J Orr J Reyes A Butcavage P Capehart M Donithan W Loo J Panfel J Rivera T Stephen L Suggs |
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Finding List (Turkey Point) @ 2017Q4
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