05000298/FIN-2008003-01
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| Title | Failure to Notify the NRC of the Inability to Meet ASME Code Requirements |
| Description | The inspectors identified a noncited violation of 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii) for the licensees failure to notify the NRC of the inability to meet the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Class 1 and 2 welds performed during Refueling Outage 22 in February 2005. Specifically, on April 21, 2008, the inspectors identified that welds associated with design changes to the reactor feedwater and high pressure core injection systems performed during Refueling Outage 22 did not meet the 90 percent total area coverage, required by ASME Section XI, during the performance of the preservice inspection ultrasonic testing. The licensee failed to notify the NRC of the inability to meet the ASME Code requirements within 12 months from the end of the third 10-year inservice inspection interval as required by 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iv). The failure to notify the NRC constituted a performance deficiency of 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii). In accordance with Manual Chapter 0612, Appendix B, Section 2, this finding has the potential to impact the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function since the licensee did not notify the NRC within the designated time, and as a result, impeded the NRCs ability to evaluate and decide on the potential ASME code relief in a timely manner. This finding is greater than minor because it is associated with the Mitigating System Cornerstone, in that the licensee failed to ensure the reliability of safety-related equipment due to the failure to meet ASME Code requirements for the Class 1 and 2 system pressure boundary welds since February 2005. In accordance with Supplement 1 of the Enforcement Policy, the violation was characterized as Severity Level IV because it involved a failure to meet regulatory requirements that have more than minor safety significance. This finding is being treated as a noncited violation consistent with Section VI.A.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy, due to the NRCs review and acceptance of the licensees fourth cycle Risk Informed - Inservice Inspection program which no longer requires these welds to be periodically inspected in accordance with ASME Code,Section X |
| Site: | Cooper  |
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| Report | IR 05000298/2008003 Section 1R08 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2008 (2008Q2) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.08 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | N Taylor B Baca G Miller W Sifre M Chambers M Bloodgood E Holcomb |
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