05000271/FIN-2013002-04
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| Title | Failure of the B Emergency Diesel Generator from Jacket Water Leakage Due to Inadequate Corrective Action |
| Description | A self-revealing NCV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, Corrective Action, was identified because Entergy did not promptly correct an adverse condition resulting in the failure of the B EDG. Specifically, Entergy personnel did not promptly replace a degraded jacket water flange gasket prior to its subsequent failure. Entergys corrective actions included replacing the gasket, visually inspecting the other jacket water connections, and initiating a condition report. The finding is more than minor because it is associated with the Equipment Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems cornerstone and affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability and reliability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences (i.e., core damage). Specifically, the B EDG failed in service due to a known degraded condition that affected the overall system redundancy and reliability and resulted in 37 days of unplanned unavailability. The inspectors and a Region I Senior Reactor Analyst (SRA) completed the Detailed Risk Evaluation (DRE) in accordance with IMC 0609, Appendix A, The Significance Determination Process for Findings At- Power, and determined this finding to be of very low safety significance (Green). The DRE estimated the increase in core damage frequency (ACDF) for internal initiating events in the range of 1 core damage accident in 2,000,000 years of reactor operation, in the mid-E-7 range per year. In addition, external initiating events such as fire, seismic and flooding would not have increased the total ACDF above 1 E-6 per year, and the increase in the frequency of a large early release of radioactive material (ALERF) associated with the internal event ACDF core damage sequences would not be above 1E-7 per year. The finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the Human Performance, Decision-Making, because Entergy personnel did not use conservative assumptions in decision making in that the chosen action was to monitor the leak for a prolonged period of time. |
| Site: | Vermont Yankee  |
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| Report | IR 05000271/2013002 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2013 (2013Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | S Rutenkroger J Furia J Laughlin R Nimitz R Bellamy S Rich J Deboer |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion XVI |
| CCA | H.14, Conservative Bias |
| INPO aspect | DM.2 |
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Finding List (Vermont Yankee) @ 2013Q1
Self-Identified List (Vermont Yankee)
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