05000275/FIN-2015002-07
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Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
Description | Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.9, Completeness and accuracy of information, Section (a) states, in part, that information required by statute or by the Commission's regulations, orders, or license conditions to be maintained by the applicant or the licensee shall be complete and accurate in all material respects. License Condition 2.C.(5) for Unit 1 and 2.C.(4) for Unit 2, Fire Protection, require, in part, that the licensee shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as discussed in its Final Safety Analysis Report Update. Final Safety Analysis Report Update Appendix 9.5H, Inspection and Testing Requirements and Program Administration, addresses control of combustible materials in Special Consideration E, Combustible Materials in Safety-Related Areas. Special Consideration E states, in part, Use of combustibles in safety-related areas is to be strictly controlled and is the responsibility of the area or work supervisor. Specific controls are delineated in plant procedures. Procedure OM8.ID4, Control of Flammable and Combustible Materials, provides the specific administrative controls required to keep bulk transient combustible materials within the plant Fire Hazards Analysis design basis. Step 5.6.4(i) of Procedure OM8.ID4 requires transient combustible permits to be walked down by the job supervisor or designee once the permit is in place and every week thereafter until the transient control permit is removed. Walk downs are documented and any deficiencies noted on DCPP Form 69-13206, Procedure OM8.ID4, Attachment 3, Transient Combustible Inspection. Contrary to the above, on April 8, 2014, June 18, 2014, and July 16, 2014, the licensee failed to complete the walkdowns for the transient combustible permits required by procedure though they were documented as completed. Specifically, an employee of the licensee deliberately documented the completion of the transient combustible permit inspections (walkdowns) within the radiological control area per Procedure OM8.ID4, when, in fact, he had not completed the inspections. This caused the licensee to be in violation of License Conditions 2.C.(5) and 2.C.(4) of licenses DPR-80 and DPR-82, respectively. This is material to the NRC because the review of transient combustible permit inspections, and associated records, are reviewed as part of the NRCs inspection of the licensees fire protection program. The licensee identified the violation, entered the issue into the corrective action program as Notification 50710885, and took appropriate corrective actions. These included completing confirmatory walkdowns on July 16, 2014, of the transient combustible permits in question, and performing an internal corporate investigation as to the cause. Using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix F, Fire Protection Significance Determination Process, the violation was determined to be of very low safety significance because the reactors were able to reach and maintain a safe shutdown condition. Traditional enforcement applied to this finding because it involved a violation that impacted the regulatory process. Assessing the violation in accordance with Enforcement Policy, the violation was determined it to be of Severity Level IV (SL-IV) because it resulted in a condition evaluated by the Significance Determination Process as having very low safety significance (Enforcement Policy example 6.1.d.2). In accordance with Section 2.3.2.a of the Enforcement Policy, and with the approval of the Director, Office of Enforcement, this issue has been characterized as a non-cited violation, because (1) the licensee entered the issue into its corrective action program; (2) the licensee promptly restored compliance after identification of the issue; and (3) the violation was not repetitive as a result of inadequate corrective action. Additionally, though the violation was willful, (1) the violation was identified by the licensee; (2) the violation involved the act of an individual, who would not have been considered a licensee official with oversight of regulated activities as defined in the Enforcement Policy; (3) the violation did not involve a lack of management oversight and was the isolated action of the former employee; and (4) significant remedial action commensurate with the circumstances was taken by the licensee. (EA-15-040) |
Site: | Diablo Canyon ![]() |
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Report | IR 05000275/2015002 Section 4OA7 |
Date counted | Jun 30, 2015 (2015Q2) |
Type: | NCV: Green |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
Inspection Procedure: | |
Inspectors (proximate) | J Reynoso M Hayes M Kennard R Alexander T Buchanan T Hipschman |
Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.9 License Condition - Fire Protection |
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Finding List (Diablo Canyon) @ 2015Q2
Self-Identified List (Diablo Canyon)
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