05000286/FIN-2011008-01

Finding

Title

lnappropriate Interim Compensatory Measure for Service Water Strainer Backwash Function

Description

The team identified a Green, Non-Cited Violation (NCV) of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 3 Operating License Condition 2.H, in that Entergy did not establish an appropriate interim compensatory measure for several fire areas where 10 CFR 50 Appendix R paragraph lll.G.2 fire protection deficiencies associated with the fire protection of service water (SW) strainer motors and backwash valves existed. Specifically, Entergy in response to Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2006-10, Regulatory Expectations with Appendix R Paragraph lll.G.2 Operator Manual Actions, dated June 30, 2006, identified on September 5, 2006, that operator manual actions (OMAs) were being utilized in several fire areas instead of the fire protection options specified in paragraph lll.G.2 and without an exemption from the NRC staff. For fire areas that potentially impacted the electrical circuits to the SW strainers, Entergy continued to maintain the OMA to manually backwash SW strainers as an interim compensatory measure while seeking NRC staff approval through the exemption process. The team identified that the interim compensatory measure was inappropriate because it was too complex and beyond the limited scope of an OMA to achieve and maintain postfire hot shutdown. Entergy entered the Unit 3 SW strainer OMA issue into its corrective action program for long term resolution as condition report CR-IP3-2011- 02951 and promptly established an hourly fire watch in fire areas where SW strainer circuits may be affected. This finding is more than minor because it is associated with the External Factors attribute (fire) of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected its objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Specifically, the reliability of SW was not ensured for fire scenarios that damage circuits to the SW strainer motor or backwash valve. The team evaluated this issue using Phase 1 of IMC 0609, Appendix F, Fire Protection Significance Determination Process (SDP), and determined that the issue screened to Green because a low degradation factor was assigned. The team assigned a low degradation factor because although the manual actions were beyond the scope of an OMA and Entergy did not appropriately evaluate feasibility, the team determined several hours would likely exist to complete the action before strainer differential pressure (d/p) challenged SW flow to the emergency diesel generators and the OMA would be successful to maintain adequate SW flow. The team determined that this finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution associated with the attribute of the corrective action program because Entergy personnel did not thoroughly evaluate necessary considerations associated with the Unit 3 SW strainer OMA. Specifically, Entergy walked down all OMAs on May 20, 2011, to evaluate feasibility but did not identify issues related to incomplete pre-staged tools, an OMA procedure with steps associated with normal maintenance conditions that would delay implementation, and control room annunciator circuits that may be affected by the fire.

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Site:	Indian Point
Report	IR 05000286/2011008 Section 4OA2
Date counted	Jun 30, 2011 (2011Q2)
Type:	NCV: Green
cornerstone	Mitigating Systems
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71152
Inspectors (proximate)	B Metzger D Orr J Lilliendahl J Rady J Rogge R Fuhrmeister
CCA	P.2, Evaluation
INPO aspect	PI.2
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Finding - Indian Point - IR 05000286/2011008

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IR 05000286/2011008: 1

Finding List (Indian Point) @ 2011Q2

CCA Matrix: 2011Q2

	Q	CCA	Title
05000247/FIN-2010403-02	2010Q3		Security
05000247/FIN-2010403-01	2010Q3		Security
05000247/FIN-2010004-02	2010Q3		Plant Operation Outside Technical Specifications Due to a Leak in the Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary
05000247/FIN-2010004-01	2010Q3	P.1	Reactor Trip Breaker Preventative Maintenance Procedure was not Adequately Implemented
05000286/FIN-2010004-01	2010Q3	P.3	Inadequate Identification and Correction of a Condition Adverse to Quality to Ensure the Continued Availability of the Safety-Related No. 31 Static Inverter
05000286/FIN-2010005-02	2010Q4		Failure to lmplement the Experience and Qualification Requirements of the Quality Assurance Program
05000286/FIN-2010005-03	2010Q4		Failure of the Offsite Notification Procedure to Meet the Requirements of the Site Emergency Plan
05000247/FIN-2010005-01	2010Q4	P.3	Inadequate Compensatory Measures for Out of Service Plant Vent Process Radiation Monitor
05000247/FIN-2010005-08	2010Q4		Failure of Offsite Notification Procedure to Meet the Requirements of the Site Emergency Plan
05000247/FIN-2010005-07	2010Q4	H.8	Failure to Staff the Site TSC and OSC Within 60 Minutes of an Alert Emergency Declaration
05000247/FIN-2010005-09	2010Q4	H.12	Failure to Meet TS Oversight Requirement
05000247/FIN-2010005-06	2010Q4		Inadequate Main Boiler Feed Pump Speed Controller Setting
05000247/FIN-2010005-05	2010Q4		Failure to lmplement the Experience and Qualification Requirements of the Quality Assurance Program
05000247/FIN-2010005-04	2010Q4	H.13	Failure to Perform Required Quality Control lnspections
05000247/FIN-2010005-03	2010Q4	H.5	Inadequate Work Coordination Relative to Reactor Cavity Liner Repair That Resulted in Additional Unplanned Collective Exposure
05000247/FIN-2010005-02	2010Q4	H.5	Inadequate Work Planning Control Relative to Regenerative Heat Exchanger Permanent Shielding Modification That Resulted in Additional Unplanned Collective Exposure
05000286/FIN-2010005-01	2010Q4	P.2	Repeated Control Room Air Conditioner Gasket Failures
05000286/FIN-2010009-01	2010Q4		Inadequate Design Control of Service Water Strainer Room Flood Barrier
05000286/FIN-2011002-02	2011Q1		Failure to Submit an LER for a Condition Prohibited By TS Associated With 31 Battery Charger Inoperability
05000247/FIN-2011002-02	2011Q1		Notification Process for State/Local Authorities During a Simulator Scenario
05000286/FIN-2011002-04	2011Q1	P.1	Inadequate Application of Sealant Resulted in Drain Blockage for the Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump
05000286/FIN-2011002-03	2011Q1	H.5	Lifting of 32 ABFP Steam Supply Relief Valve
05000286/FIN-2011002-01	2011Q1	H.8	Entergy Personnel Did Not Evaluate and Monitor a Thermal Barrier Boric Acid Leak
05000247/FIN-2011002-03	2011Q1	P.1	Entergy Personnel Did Not Identify a Leak on the 25 Service Water Pump Piping
05000247/FIN-2011002-01	2011Q1		Main Steam System Configuration Control Procedure Not Adequate to Ensure Closure of MS-55D
05000286/FIN-2011008-01	2011Q2	P.2	lnappropriate Interim Compensatory Measure for Service Water Strainer Backwash Function
05000286/FIN-2011003-01	2011Q2	H.2	Inadequate Procedure and Procedural Compliance for 33 Inverter Overhaul
05000247/FIN-2011003-04	2011Q2	H.14	Inaccurate 21 Static Inverter AC Output Voltmeter
05000247/FIN-2011003-03	2011Q2	P.2	Inadequate Operability Evaluation for Degraded Pressurizer Modulating Heater Group Controller
05000247/FIN-2011003-02	2011Q2	H.8	Inadequate Monitoring of Maintenance Rule In-Scope Service Water Pump and Circulating Water Pump Bay Structures
05000247/FIN-2011003-01	2011Q2	H.10	Entergy Did Not Identify and Correct a Performance Deficiency During an Emergency Preparedness Drill

Self-Identified List (Indian Point)

	Q	Title
05000247/FIN-2010403-03	2010Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000247/FIN-2010403-04	2010Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000247/FIN-2010005-10	2010Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000247/FIN-2010005-11	2010Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000286/FIN-2010005-04	2010Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000247/FIN-2010402-01	2010Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000286/FIN-2011003-02	2011Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000286/FIN-2011003-03	2011Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation

[Indian Point Findings full list]

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