05000259/FIN-2009009-04
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Title | Failure to Meet the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.1 for 20 Fire Areas |
Description | The team identified an apparent violation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Appendix R,Section III.G.1, for the licensees failure to ensure that one train of cables and equipment necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions was free of fire damage in 20 fire areas. In addition, these cables had not been protected by one of the methods specified in Appendix R,Section III.G.2 (i.e., use of spatial separation, passive barriers, and fire detection and an automatic suppression system). This apparent violation applies to Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, and 3, and resulted from review and closure of two unresolved items which were opened in previous inspections. The licensee entered this finding into their corrective action program and posted additional compensatory measures while long term corrective actions are being completed. Failure to meet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.1 is a performance deficiency. It is more than minor because it is associated with the reactor safety mitigating system cornerstone attribute of protection against external events (i.e., fire). Failure to ensure that one train of safe shutdown cables and equipment was free of fire damage affects the reactor safety mitigating systems cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events. This finding was evaluated in accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix F, Fire Protection Significance Determination Process. The team performed a significance determination process Phase 1 screening. Given the likely impact of the risk contribution arising from the assessment of multiple fire areas, Region II senior reactor analysts performed a Phase 3 significance determination, which resulted in a preliminary risk of Greater Than Green. The team determined that this apparent violation did not present an immediate safety concern because the licensee implemented compensatory measures while long-term corrective actions are being implemented. The compensatory measures included operator manual actions to mitigate or prevent damage to equipment necessary for safe shutdown in the event of a fire. The licensee also implemented fire watches as additional compensatory measures to mitigate the safety hazard. Subsequent to the onsite inspection, the licensee evaluated the most critical operator manual actions, and revised selected safe shutdown instructions to include steps for independent confirmation of operator manual actions in order to improve the likelihood of success of these steps, and thus reduce the risk associated with this apparent violation. The cause of this finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the Corrective Action Program component of the Problem Identification and Resolution area, in that the licensee did not identify and thoroughly evaluate the problem, and the resolution did not address causes and extent of conditio |
Site: | Browns Ferry |
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Report | IR 05000259/2009009 Section 4OA5 |
Date counted | Dec 31, 2009 (2009Q4) |
Type: | AV: |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | |
Inspectors (proximate) | G Pick K Miller L Suggs M Thomas P Fillion P Qualls R Nease |
CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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Finding List (Browns Ferry) @ 2009Q4
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