05000275/FIN-2015003-03
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Finding | |
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | PG&E Part 72 license SNM-2511, Condition #11 requires, in part, that The licensee shall operate the installation in accordance with the Technical Specifications in the Appendix. Appendix Technical Specification 2.1.2 requires in part that Preferential fuel loading shall be used during uniform loading. Contrary to the above, from July 18, 2009 through June 6, 2015, PG&E failed to load 19 casks in accordance with Appendix Technical Specification 2.1.2 for preferential fuel loading. Specifically, the licensee failed to load fuel assemblies with longest cooling times in the periphery of the basket. This violation was identified by PG&E and placed in their corrective action program. The licensee submitted Event Notification 51134 to the NRC on June 6, 2015 and later updated the Event Notification on June 9, 2015. Following the event notification, PG&E submitted a 30-day report to the NRC on July 6, 2015 (ML15187A239). This violation did not have any safety impact, in that all fuel assemblies met the requirements for burn-up, decay heat, and cooling time. All fuel and casks remain in a safe and analyzed condition. However, in order to re-establish compliance with PG&Es Part 72 license, the licensee must submit a license amendment request to the NRC. In accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy Section 2.2 and IMC 0612 Section 03.23, Part 72, ISFSI inspection findings follow the traditional enforcement process and are not dispositioned through the Reactor Oversight Process or the Significance Determination Process. The violation screened as having very low safety significance, Severity Level IV, and is being treated as an NCV, consistent with Section 2.3.2 a. of the Enforcement Policy. The violation was determined to be more than minor since the violation requires DCPP to request a License Amendment from the NRC for their Part 72 license in order to restore compliance for the 19 affected casks. The violation was entered into the licensees corrective action program as Notifications 50706314 and 50706501. Following identification of the issue, the licensee performed an assessment that showed the casks would continue to perform their design function. Corrective actions for this issue included issuing the revised procedure, performing an extent of condition review, providing just-in-time training to Reactor Engineering staff involved, and added an independent third party review requirement for fuel contents loaded into the canister. |
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
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| Report | IR 05000275/2015003 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2015 (2015Q3) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | A O'Donnell C Smith E Schrader E Simpson G Guerra J Reynoso L Brookhart L Carson R Smith T Hipschman |
| Violation of: | Technical Specification - Procedures Technical Specification |
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Finding - Diablo Canyon - IR 05000275/2015003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Diablo Canyon) @ 2015Q3
Self-Identified List (Diablo Canyon)
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