05000259/FIN-2010004-04

Finding

Title

Failure to Perform Functional Evaluations for Gas Identified During Venting

Description

An NRC-identified Green non-cited violation (NCV) of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, was identified for the licensees failure to perform functional evaluations in accordance with procedure NEDP-22, Functional Evaluations, when gas was identified in the High Pressure Coolant Injection (HPCI) System during the Technical Specification required surveillance. The licensee has subsequently performed functional evaluations of the occurrences and entered the issue into their corrective action program as problem evaluation report (PER) 223067. This finding was considered more than minor because it adversely affected the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability and reliability of safety systems, and is related to the attribute of Procedure Quality (i.e.- Maintenance and Testing Procedures). Specifically, the failure to perform a functional evaluation or provide adequate justification for not performing one upon identification of gas during venting of the system could affect the operability, availability, and reliability of the HPCI system or could result in missing an opportunity to identify the source of voiding to preclude future inoperability. This deficiency also paralleled Inspection Manual Chapter 0612, Appendix E, Example 4.a, as the licensee routinely did not perform the required functional evaluations. The team assessed this finding using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Significance Determination Process, and determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because subsequent functional evaluations showed that the gas voids did not impact the operability of the HPCI system. The cause of this finding was directly related to the cross cutting aspect of Evaluation of Identified Problems in the Corrective Action Program component of the Problem Identification and Resolution area, in that the licensee failed to thoroughly evaluate gas voids such that the resolution addressed causes and extent of conditions, as necessary, and included the failure to thoroughly evaluate for operability and reportability conditions adverse to quality. P.1(c)

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Site:	Browns Ferry
Report	IR 05000259/2010004 Section 4OA5
Date counted	Sep 30, 2010 (2010Q3)
Type:	NCV: Green
cornerstone	Mitigating Systems
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:
Inspectors (proximate)	T Ross E Guthrie S Walker M Pribish J Hamman C Kontz C Fletcher P Niebaum R Williams J Eargle L Pressley W Deschaine J Wray L Jarriel C Stancil
CCA	P.2, Evaluation
INPO aspect	PI.2
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Finding - Browns Ferry - IR 05000259/2010004

2(8)3(0)4(7)5(3)6(6)8(0)201(0)301(0)402(0)502(0)

IR 05000259/2010004: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Finding List (Browns Ferry) @ 2010Q3

CCA Matrix: 2010Q3

	Q	CCA	Title
05000259/FIN-2009005-01	2009Q4	P.2	Failure to Report an Automatic RPS Actuation While Shutdown Per 10 CFR 50.73
05000259/FIN-2009005-03	2009Q4	H.7	Inadequate Operating Procedures Cause Partial Loss of Reactor Feedwater Which Results In Unit 2 Manual Reactor Scram
05000259/FIN-2009008-02	2009Q4		Violation of 10CFR50, Appendix B, Criterion V for Inadequate Procedure for Emergency Equipment Cooling Water System Flow Balancing
05000259/FIN-2009008-01	2009Q4	P.5	Violation of Technical Specification 5.4.1 for Failure to Develop Adequate Procedures to Ensure Tornado Depressurization Protection of the Emergency Diesel Generators
05000259/FIN-2009005-04	2009Q4	P.1 P.1(a)	Unit 2 RCIC System Inoperable Beyond the Technical Specification Allowed Outage Time
05000259/FIN-2009009-02	2009Q4	H.5	Failure to Establish Adequate Compensatory Measures for an Out-of-Service Hose Station
05000259/FIN-2009009-01	2009Q4	H.5	Deficiencies with Emergency Lighting Units
05000259/FIN-2009008-03	2009Q4		Safety-Related Molded Case Circuit Breakers
05000259/FIN-2009009-04	2009Q4	P.2	Failure to Meet the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.1 for 20 Fire Areas
05000259/FIN-2009009-03	2009Q4	P.3	Failure to Protect Cables of Systems Necessary to Achieve and/or Maintain Post-Fire Safe Shutdown Conditions for Fire Areas Subject to the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2
05000259/FIN-2009005-02	2009Q4	P.3	Failure to Report a Safety System Functional Failure Per 10 CFR 50.73
05000259/FIN-2010002-02	2010Q1	H.8	New Fuel Receipt Inspection and Refueling Operations Supervised By Non-qualified Senior Reactor Operators
05000259/FIN-2010002-03	2010Q1	H.12	Operators Failed to Correctly Monitor and Assess RPV Beltline Temperatures During RPV Hydrostatic/In-service Leak Test
05000259/FIN-2010002-04	2010Q1	H.7	Inadequate Surveillance Procedure To Ensure All Relevant RPV Metal Temperatures Were Monitored During RPV Hydrostatic/In-service Leak Testing
05000259/FIN-2010002-01	2010Q1	P.2	Failure to Effectively Maintain Performance of the A3 EECW Pump as Required by 10 CFR 50.65(a)(2)
05000259/FIN-2010002-05	2010Q1	P.3	Untimely Corrective Actions to Restore Compliance of EECW Pump In-Service Testing with ASME OM Code Requirements
05000259/FIN-2010004-01	2010Q3		Uncontrolled Materials Adversely Impacted the Capability of the EDG Building Emergency Drainage System to Mitigate an Internal Flooding Event
05000259/FIN-2010004-04	2010Q3	P.2	Failure to Perform Functional Evaluations for Gas Identified During Venting
05000259/FIN-2010006-04	2010Q3	P.3	Failure to Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality Associated Cooling Water Flow Degradation in the 1B Core Spray Room Cooler
05000259/FIN-2010006-01	2010Q3	P.2	Failure To Correct The EECW Valves Throttled Below Analyzed Condition
05000259/FIN-2010006-03	2010Q3	P.3	Failure to Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality Associated with the 2D Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Room Cooler
05000259/FIN-2010006-05	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to maintain an Adequate Surveillance Procedure to Prevent an Unplanned HPCI Isolation
05000259/FIN-2010006-06	2010Q3	H.7	Inadequate Maintenance Procedure for Siemens Horizontal Vacuum Circuit Breakers Circuit Breakers
05000259/FIN-2010004-02	2010Q3	H.8	Failure to Adequately Assess Online Risk Associated With Maintenance Activities on Risk Significant SSCs
05000259/FIN-2010006-02	2010Q3	H.8	Failure to Implement the Provisions of Preventative Maintenance (PM) Program Which Contributed to a Manual Reactor Scram
05000259/FIN-2010004-03	2010Q3	P.3	Failure to Adequately Test Molded Case Circuit Breakers

Self-Identified List (Browns Ferry)

	Q	Title
05000259/FIN-2009008-04	2009Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000259/FIN-2010002-07	2010Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000259/FIN-2010002-06	2010Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000259/FIN-2010002-08	2010Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000259/FIN-2010004-05	2010Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000259/FIN-2010004-06	2010Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000259/FIN-2010004-07	2010Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation

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