05000285/FIN-2009004-02
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Title | Failure to Adopt Appropriate Procedures to Evaluate Deviations and Failures to Comply with 10 CFR Part 21 |
Description | The NRC identified a Severity Level IV noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 21.21(a), Notification of failure to comply or existence of a defect and its evaluation for the licensees failure to adopt appropriate procedures to evaluate deviations and failures to comply associated with substantial safety hazards. Specifically, the procedure fails to adequately assess the extent of deviations, which are discovered, and the potential impact on other components either installed in the plant or stored in the warehouse. Additionally, the procedure failed to adequately evaluate defects in components, which have never been installed or used in the nuclear plant. The inspectors determined that the failure to adopt appropriate procedures to evaluate deviations and failures to comply associated with substantial safety hazards was a performance deficiency. This finding was more than minor because if the procedure were left uncorrected it could become a more serious safety concern. Specifically, failure to notify the vendor upon discovery of a deviation does not allow for adequate evaluation of other components that could be subject to the deviation. Additionally, components with deviations could be located in the licensees warehouse and subsequently installed in the plant without the licensees knowledge, potentially creating a substantial safety hazard. Because this issue affected a potential reporting requirement and NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function, it was evaluated with the traditional enforcement process. Consistent with the guidance in Section IV.A.3 and Supplement VII paragraph D.4 of the NRC Enforcement Policy, this violation was categorized at Severity Level IV noncited violation. There is no crosscutting aspect associated with this finding because it is not indicative of current performance in that the procedure is many years old |
Site: | Fort Calhoun |
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Report | IR 05000285/2009004 Section 4OA3 |
Date counted | Sep 30, 2009 (2009Q3) |
Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
Inspectors (proximate) | P Elkman G Guerra J Kirkland L Willoughby J Clark C Osterholtz W Schaup L Brookhart |
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Finding - Fort Calhoun - IR 05000285/2009004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Fort Calhoun) @ 2009Q3
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