05000282/FIN-2015003-03
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Finding | |
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | Title 10, CFR Part 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) states, in part, a licensee shall report (notify the NRC as soon as practical and in all cases within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> of the occurrence) any event that results in a major loss of emergency assessment capability. Contrary to this requirement, over the past 3 years, the licensee identified six instances (on August 14, 2012; November 16, 2012; November 18, 2012; November 21, 2012; December 5, 2012; and January 16, 2013) of a failure to report the major loss of emergency assessment capability when the Seismic Monitoring Panel was non-functional for unplanned events. The licensee also identified three instances (on December 14, 2012; September 3, 2014; and September 30, 2014) of a failure to report the major loss of emergency assessment capability when the Seismic Monitoring Panel was non-functional for planned events for greater than 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />. The system degradation adversely impacted the sites ability to make an ALERT and a Notice of Unusual Event Emergency Action Level assessment in accordance with PINGP-1575, Emergency Action Level Matrix, and F3-2.1, Emergency Action Level Technical Bases. The licensee entered the issue into the corrective action program as CAP 01472229, OE Review of NRC Event Reports Related to Seismic Monitors, CAP 01472731, Missed Reportability for Seismic Monitor Out of Service, and CAP 01486147, Potential Licensee ID Violation from EP Inspection. The licensee completed the required report to the NRC on April 2, 2015 (Event Number 50948, Seismic Monitor Not Available for Emergency Plan Assessment). The inspectors determined that this issue had the potential to impact the regulatory process based, in part, on the generic communications input that 10 CFR 50.72 reports serve. Since the issue impacted the regulatory process, it was dispositioned through the Traditional Enforcement process. The inspectors determined that this issue was a Severity Level IV violation based upon Section 6.9, Inaccurate and Incomplete Information or Failure to Make a Required Report, example d.9 in the NRC Enforcement Policy. Example d.9 specifically states, A licensee fails to make a report requirement by 10 CFR 50.72 or 10 CFR 50.73. Because the issues were entered into the licensees corrective action program as CAPs 01472229, 01472731, and 01486147, the violation is being treated as an NCV consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
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| Report | IR 05000282/2015003 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2015 (2015Q3) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Emergency Prep |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | B Palagi D Reeser K Riemer L Haeg N Valos P Laflamme R Edwards S Bell |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness |
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Finding - Prairie Island - IR 05000282/2015003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Prairie Island) @ 2015Q3
Self-Identified List (Prairie Island)
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