05000255/FIN-2014008-01
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Title | Failure to Ensure Engineered Safeguards Systems Arent Adversely Affected By Air Entrainment |
Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance and associated Non-Cited Violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control for the failure to ensure the safety-related Engineered Safeguard Systems trains would not be adversely affected by air entrainment when aligned to the Safety Injection and Refueling Water (SIRW) Tank. Specifically, calculation EA-C-PAL-0877D, assumed incorrectly only one train of the Engineered Safeguards System (ESS) was in operation when evaluating if the SIRW Tank reaches the limit for critical submergence during a tank drawdown. As part of their corrective actions, the licensee re-evaluated the scenarios of concern, performed an operability evaluation, and implemented compensatory actions. The performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because it impacted the Equipment Performance attribute of the Reactor Safety, Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Specifically, air entrainment into the ESS systems could potentially impact the operability of the system by air binding the pumps, reduce discharge flow, discharge pressure and/or delay injection. The inspectors determined the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding was a deficiency affecting the design or qualification of a mitigating structure system or component (SSC) but the SSC maintained its operability. The inspectors did not identify a cross-cutting aspect associated with this finding because the finding was not representative of the licensees present performance. |
Site: | Palisades |
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Report | IR 05000255/2014008 Section 1R21 |
Date counted | Dec 31, 2014 (2014Q4) |
Type: | NCV: Green |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.21 |
Inspectors (proximate) | A Stone C Baron C Brown C Zoia H Leake J Corujo-Sandin L Rodriguez S Sheldon |
Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion III, Design Control |
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Finding List (Palisades) @ 2014Q4
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