05000293/FIN-2017002-06

Finding

Title

Secondary Containment Testing not performed per Technical Specifications

Description

An NRC-identified Green NCV of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XI, Test Control, and TS 4.7.C, Containment Systems Secondary Containment, was identified when Entergy performed a surveillance test requiring a refueling outage while online. Specifically, Entergy performed Procedure 8.7.3, Secondary Containment Leak Rate Test, TS Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.7.C from February 27, 1997, to April 5, 2017. As corrective actions, Entergy re-performed the test during the April 2017 refueling outage prior to refueling. This issue was entered into the CAP as CR 2017-2900. The performance deficiency is more than minor because it is associated with the configuration control attribute of the Barrier Integrity cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to provide reasonable assurance that physical design barriers (fuel cladding, reactor coolant system, and containment) protects the public from radionuclide releases caused by accidents or events. Specifically, Entergy intentionally removed the safety function of standby gas and secondary containment for operational convenience and did not comply with the requirements of TS SR 4.7.C which requires the test to be performed during a refueling outage before refueling. In accordance with IMC 0609.04, Initial Characterization of Findings, issued October 7, 2016, and Exhibit 3 of IMC 0609, Appendix A, The Significance Determination Process for Findings At-Power, issued June 19, 2012, the inspectors determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green), because the finding only represented a degradation of the radiological barrier function provided for the SBGTS. The inspectors determined that this finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance - Conservative Bias, in that Entergy personnel did not use decision making-practices that emphasize prudent choices over those that are simply allowable. Specifically, operators did not refer to the TSs to understand the required conditions for a secondary containment surveillance test. Operators followed an inadequate site procedure for the plant conditions at the time and did not question why removal of a safety function for operational convenience was acceptable. [H.14]

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Site:	Pilgrim
Report	IR 05000293/2017002 Section 4OA3
Date counted	Jun 30, 2017 (2017Q2)
Type:	NCV: Green
cornerstone	Barrier Integrity
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71153
Inspectors (proximate)	E Carfang B Pinson J Vazquez J Pfingstein C Highley S Mccarver B Dionne J Schoppy J Kulp J Furia T Dunn P Boguszewski A Burritt
Violation of:	10 CFR 50 Appendix B 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion XI Technical Specification
CCA	H.14, Conservative Bias
INPO aspect	DM.2
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Finding - Pilgrim - IR 05000293/2017002

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Finding List (Pilgrim) @ 2017Q2

CCA Matrix: 2017Q2

	Q	CCA	Title
05000293/FIN-2016003-04	2016Q3	H.8	Failure to Adequately Evaluate the Effect of Degraded Normally Energized Agastat relays on PCIVs Operability
05000293/FIN-2016003-03	2016Q3		Failure to Properly Implement Agastat Control Relays Preventive Maintenance Procedure in Accordance with TS 5.4.1
05000293/FIN-2016003-02	2016Q3	P.5	Inadequate Operability Assessment on EDG B
05000293/FIN-2016003-01	2016Q3	P.2	Process Radiation Monitor Subsystems 10 CFR 50.65(a)(2) Not Met
05000293/FIN-2016403-02	2016Q4	H.1	Security
05000293/FIN-2016403-10	2016Q4		Security
05000293/FIN-2016004-05	2016Q4	H.5	Feedwater Regulating Valve Failure Results in Reactor Scram
05000293/FIN-2016004-04	2016Q4	H.14	Failure to Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality Associated with Main Steam Isolation Valve
05000293/FIN-2016004-02	2016Q4	H.6	Ineffective Corrective Actions to Correct High Pressure Coolant Injection System Vibrations
05000293/FIN-2016403-01	2016Q4	H.12	Security
05000293/FIN-2016403-03	2016Q4	H.11	Security
05000293/FIN-2016403-04	2016Q4	H.14	Security
05000293/FIN-2016403-06	2016Q4		Security
05000293/FIN-2016004-03	2016Q4	H.12	Failure to Properly Assess and Manage Risk Associated with Shutdown Transformer Protective Relay Testing
05000293/FIN-2016403-05	2016Q4	H.7	Security
05000293/FIN-2016004-01	2016Q4	H.14	Failure to Promptly Perform an Operability Evaluation for a Recirculation Flow Converter
05000293/FIN-2017001-03	2017Q1	P.2	Untimely Corrective Actions associated with Boraflex degradation in the Spent Fuel Pool
05000293/FIN-2017001-01	2017Q1		Concern Regarding Ability to Declare EALs during Loss of Control Room Air Conditioning
05000293/FIN-2017406-01	2017Q1		Security
05000293/FIN-2017001-04	2017Q1		Failure to Submit a Required 50.72 Notification
05000293/FIN-2016011-07	2017Q1		Failure to Report Condition Prohibited by Technical Specifications and a Safety System Functional Failure
05000293/FIN-2017001-02	2017Q1	H.8	Failure to Follow Procedures for Controlled Shutdown
05000293/FIN-2016011-11	2017Q1	H.3	Failure to Adequately Develop and Implement Targeted Performance Improvement Plans
05000293/FIN-2016011-10	2017Q1	H.14	Failure to Promptly Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality for the Residual Heat Removal System
05000293/FIN-2016011-09	2017Q1	P.2	Ineffective Corrective Actions to Address Conditions Adverse to Quality Regarding Components in Contact with or Close Proximity to the Drywell Liner
05000293/FIN-2016011-08	2017Q1	P.2	Failure to Adequately Monitor the Performance of Maintenance Rule Scoped Components
05000293/FIN-2016011-05	2017Q1	H.1	Failure to Establish Corrective Actions to Address Scope of Procedure Quality Issues
05000293/FIN-2016011-04	2017Q1	H.4	Programmatic Issue with Implementation of the Operability Determination Process
05000293/FIN-2016011-03	2017Q1	H.8	Failure to Issue Appropriate Corrective Actions to Preclude Repetition for the Causes of the September 2016 Scram
05000293/FIN-2016011-02	2017Q1	H.8	Failure to Establish Corrective Actions to Preclude Repetition of a Significant Condition Adverse to Quality
05000293/FIN-2016011-01	2017Q1	H.12	Failure to Identify All Root Causes of a Significant Condition Adverse to Quality
05000293/FIN-2016011-06	2017Q1		Design Change Not Appropriately Reviewed by Entergy
05000293/FIN-2017002-07	2017Q2		Untimely 10 CFR 50.72 Notification of a Secondary Containment System Functional Failure
05000293/FIN-2017002-01	2017Q2	H.8	Failure to Follow Procedure Requirements for the Control of a Flood Protection Barrier
05000293/FIN-2017002-03	2017Q2	P.1	Inaccurate Suppression Pool Water Level Instrument not Identified during Post-event Prompt Investigation
05000293/FIN-2017002-04	2017Q2	H.8	Improper System Restoration Results in Suppression Pool Inoperability
05000293/FIN-2017002-05	2017Q2	P.3	Damper Failure Causes Loss of Secondary Containment
05000293/FIN-2017002-06	2017Q2	H.14	Secondary Containment Testing not performed per Technical Specifications
05000293/FIN-2017002-02	2017Q2		Reporting of Unplanned Scrams with Complications Performance Indicator for Feedwater Regulating Valve Scram

Self-Identified List (Pilgrim)

	Q	Title
05000293/FIN-2016403-07	2016Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000293/FIN-2016403-08	2016Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000293/FIN-2016403-09	2016Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000293/FIN-2016004-06	2016Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000293/FIN-2016011-12	2017Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000293/FIN-2016011-13	2017Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000293/FIN-2017002-08	2017Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation

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