05000266/FIN-2012005-04
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| Title | Failure to Implement and Maintain Procedures Regarding Breathing Air Quality |
| Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance and associated NCV of 10 CFR 20.1703 for the failure to implement and maintain written procedures regarding breathing air quality, which resulted in the failure to perform breathing air quality tests since December 2011. This issue was entered into the licensees corrective action program as AR01821842. An air quality test was subsequently performed resulting in Grade D or better air and a review of past air compressor maintenance was performed to provide adequate assurance that breathing air met the Grade D requirements since the last test in December 2011. The licensee has also made necessary procedural changes to ensure air quality tests are performed on a quarterly basis. The performance deficiency was determined to be of more than minor safety significance in accordance with IMC 0612, Appendix B, Issue Screening, dated September 7, 2012, because if left uncorrected, it would have the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern. Specifically, continued failure to test for breathing air quality could have resulted in unbreathable air being introduced into the licensees self-contained breathing apparatus and control room emergency breathing air system. The inspectors also reviewed the guidance in IMC 0612, Appendix E, Examples of Minor Issues, dated August 11, 2009, and did not find any similar examples. The inspectors evaluated the finding using IMC 0609, Appendix C, Occupational Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, dated August 19, 2008. The inspectors determined the finding to be of very low safety significance because the finding did not involve: (1) as-low-as-is-reasonably-achievable (ALARA) planning and controls, (2) a radiological overexposure, (3) a substantial potential for an overexposure, or (4) a compromised ability to assess dose. The primary cause of this finding was related to the cross-cutting aspect of human performance, decision making, in that the licensee communicates decisions and the basis for decisions to personnel who have a need to know the information in order to perform the work safely, in a timely manner |
| Site: | Point Beach  |
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| Report | IR 05000266/2012005 Section 2RS3 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2012 (2012Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71124.03 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Dahbur A Shaikh D Mcneil J Laughlin K Carrington K Walton M Kunowski M Munir M Phalen M Thorpe Kavanaugh R Langstaff S Burton S Sheldon V Myers |
| CCA | H.10, Bases for Decisions |
| INPO aspect | CO.2 |
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Finding List (Point Beach) @ 2012Q4
Self-Identified List (Point Beach)
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