05000285/FIN-2011003-01
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| Title | Failure to Adequately Design a Reactant Coolant Pump Lube Oil Collection System |
| Description | The inspectors identified a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.O for the failure to ensure an adequate seismic design of the reactor coolant pumps oil collection system. The licensee used 2-inch copper pipe with brazed joints in the lube oil collection system. The seismic analysis of the system assumed the use of ASME Section IX during the installation of the system, but no codes or standards were used by the licensee for the brazed joints. The inspectors determined that the failure to design and install an adequate oil collection system which included provisions for the drain lines to the oil collection tank was a performance deficiency. This finding had a credible impact on safety because the inadequate installation and design of the oil collection systems presented a degradation of a fire confinement component, which had a fire prevention function of not allowing an oil leak. The inspectors determined the finding was more than minor because it impacted the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences, and the related attribute of protection against external factors, such as a fire. The inspectors reviewed Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix F, and determined the finding was of very low safety significance, because of the low degradation rating of the fire confinement category related to the as found condition of the oil collection piping, the extremely low frequency of reactor coolant pump oil leaks, minor actual reactor coolant pump oil leaks during the past operating cycle, and other area fire protection defense-in-depth features such as automatic fire detection, manual suppression capability, and safe shutdown capability from the main control room. This finding involved a legacy issue associated with a modification for original installation; therefore, there were no assigned cross-cutting aspects. |
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
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| Report | IR 05000285/2011003 Section 1R05 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2011 (2011Q2) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.05 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | L Ricketson P Elkman J Kirkland J Melfi M Young A Fairbanks I Anchondo C Alldredge J Wingebach |
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Finding List (Fort Calhoun) @ 2011Q2
Self-Identified List (Fort Calhoun)
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