05000298/FIN-2012005-06

Finding

Title

Failure to Perform Radiation Surveys Before Allowing Work to Commence

Description

The inspectors reviewed a self-revealing, non-cited violation of 10 CFR 20.1501(a), Standards for Protection against Radiation, Subpart F, Surveys and Monitoring, associated with the licensees failure to perform an adequate radiation survey to determine and evaluate radiological hazards workers could be exposed to during a planned work activity. The licensee entered this issue into the stations corrective action program as Condition Report CR-CNS-2012-09336. The failure to perform an adequate radiation survey was a performance deficiency. This performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor, and is therefore a finding, because it was associated with the program and process attribute (exposure control) of the Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone, in that workers were allowed to enter an area of unknown radiation dose rates and received an unintended and unexpected radiation exposure, thereby affecting the associated cornerstone objective to ensure the adequate protection of the workers health and safety from exposure to radiation from radioactive material during routine civilian nuclear reactor operation. Using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix C, Occupational Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, the finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green) because: (1) it was not associated with as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) planning; (2) it did not involve an overexposure; (3) there was no substantial potential for an overexposure; and (4) the licensees ability to assess dose was not compromised. The inspectors determined that the apparent cause of this finding was that radiation protection personnel at the control point failed to verify their assumptions associated with current survey data prior to allowing workers into a locked high radiation area. Therefore, this finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the decision-making component because the licensee failed to use conservative assumptions in decision-making and adopt a requirement to demonstrate that the proposed action is safe in order to proceed rather than a requirement to demonstrate it is unsafe in order to disapprove the action.

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Site:	Cooper
Report	IR 05000298/2012005 Section 1R20
Date counted	Dec 31, 2012 (2012Q4)
Type:	NCV: Green
cornerstone	Or Safety
Identified by:	Self-revealing
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71111.2
Inspectors (proximate)	J Melfi J Josey J Laughlin D Proulx T Buchanan N Greene T Farina C Henderson S Garchow
CCA	H.14, Conservative Bias
INPO aspect	DM.2
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Finding - Cooper - IR 05000298/2012005

1(0)2(9)3(16)4(13)5(12)6(0)7(6)8(0)301(1)403(0)404(4)501(0)503(0)801(0)31(0)

IR 05000298/2012005: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2

Finding List (Cooper) @ 2012Q4

CCA Matrix: 2012Q4

	Q	CCA	Title
05000298/FIN-2012002-01	2012Q1	P.2	Failure to Maintain Design Control for Internal Flooding
05000298/FIN-2012002-02	2012Q1	P.2	Failure to Scope Required Components in the Stations Maintenance Rule Monitoring Program
05000298/FIN-2012002-03	2012Q1	H.12	Failure to Appropriately Manage Risk for Maintenance in the Stations Switchyard
05000298/FIN-2012002-04	2012Q1		Failure to Maintain Design Control of Standby Liquid Control System
05000298/FIN-2012002-05	2012Q1	H.7	Unevaluated Pre-conditioning for Core Spray Motor-operated Valves prior to Conducting As Found In-service Surveillance Testing
05000298/FIN-2012002-06	2012Q1	H.14	Failure to Follow Radiation Work Permit Requirements
05000298/FIN-2012002-07	2012Q1		Failure to Furnish Evidence of an Activity Affecting Quality
05000298/FIN-2012002-08	2012Q1	H.2	Failure to Follow Station Procedure Results in Inadequate Work Instructions
05000298/FIN-2012007-02	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Provide Adequate Resistance Values for the Preventative Maintenance of the Non-Segregated Phase Bus Duct
05000298/FIN-2012003-11	2012Q2	H.5	ALARA Program Failed to Prevent Unintended Doses for Refueling Floor Activities, Outage RE26
05000298/FIN-2012003-12	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Maintain Design Control of the Essential Ventilation System
05000298/FIN-2012003-13	2012Q2	H.14	Fail to Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality for Determining the Number of Multiply Starts for a Single Diesel Generator Starting Air Accumulator
05000298/FIN-2012003-14	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Use Design-Basis Parameter Values in Design-Related Calculations
05000298/FIN-2012404-01	2012Q2	H.14	Security
05000298/FIN-2012007-06	2012Q2	P.2	Failure to Incorporate all Design and Technical Data Available into the Operability Determinations for the Standby Liquid Control Tank and Test Tank
05000298/FIN-2012007-05	2012Q2	P.3	Failure to Have an Adequate Procedure for Erecting Flood Barriers
05000298/FIN-2012007-04	2012Q2		Failure to Establish a Preventative MaintenanceProgram for Molded Case Circuit Breakers
05000298/FIN-2012007-03	2012Q2		Failure to Address the Design Bases of the Battery Chargers Following Identification of an Undersized Fused Disconnect Switch Connecting the Swing Battery Chargers to the Direct Current (DC) Buses
05000298/FIN-2012404-02	2012Q2	H.7	Security
05000298/FIN-2012007-01	2012Q2	H.2	Failure to Adequately Analyze Seismic Requirements for Service Water instrument Rack
05000298/FIN-2012003-10	2012Q2	H.13	Failure to Perform a Radiation and Contamination Survey
05000298/FIN-2012003-09	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Follow Radiation Work Permit Requirements
05000298/FIN-2012003-08	2012Q2	P.2	Non-conservative Service Water Booster Pump A and D Differential Pressure Operability Limits During In-Service Surveillance Testing
05000298/FIN-2012003-07	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Evaluate Changes for Adverse Impacts
05000298/FIN-2012003-06	2012Q2	H.8	Design Changes Not Appropriately Approved by the Licensee
05000298/FIN-2012003-05	2012Q2		Failure to Furnish Evidence of an Activity Affecting Quality
05000298/FIN-2012003-04	2012Q2	P.2	Failure to Maintain Design Control of the Standby Liquid Control System and Sumps Credited in the Internal Flooding Analysis
05000298/FIN-2012003-03	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Recognize the Need for An Evaluation and to Properly Document the Bases for Operability
05000298/FIN-2012003-02	2012Q2	H.14	Failure to Ensure Compliance with the Requirements of Station Troubleshooting Procedure
05000298/FIN-2012003-01	2012Q2	H.7	Failure to Perform Adequate Postmaintenance Testing
05000298/FIN-2012004-01	2012Q3		Failure To Maintain Design Control of the Emergency Diesel Generators Voltage Regulator Cabinets
05000298/FIN-2012004-10	2012Q3	H.14	Failure to Follow Surveillance Procedures for Reactor Equipment Cooling
05000298/FIN-2012004-06	2012Q3		Failure to Obtain Prior NRC Approval for a Change Regarding the Supplemental Diesel Generator
05000298/FIN-2012004-02	2012Q3	H.14	Failure to Demonstrate that Emergency Diesel Generators can Perform Multiple Air Starts from a Single Air Receiver
05000298/FIN-2012004-03	2012Q3	H.7	Failure to Maintain Design Control of the Reactor Equipment Cooling System
05000298/FIN-2012004-04	2012Q3	H.14	Failure to Control Vendor Changes to a Service Water Booster Pump
05000298/FIN-2012004-05	2012Q3	H.14	Failure to Adequately Assess and Manage Risk for Maintenance Activities That Affected the A Zurn Strainer
05000298/FIN-2012004-07	2012Q3	P.3	Failure to Provide Procedure Appropriate to the Circumstance of Assembling the Zurn Strainer
05000298/FIN-2012004-09	2012Q3	P.1	Failure to Correct Exercise Performance Deficiencies
05000298/FIN-2012004-08	2012Q3	H.14	Failure to Consider All Relevant Information and Appropriately Assess Operability When A Degraded Nonconforming Condition Was Identified
05000298/FIN-2012005-09	2012Q4	H.13	Failure to Follow Procedure and Initiate Condition Reports When Degraded Nonconforming Conditions Were Identified
05000298/FIN-2012005-02	2012Q4	P.2	Failure to Adequately Monitor the Performance of Roof Drains
05000298/FIN-2012005-08	2012Q4	H.5	Failure to Perform an Adequate Radiological Survey
05000298/FIN-2012005-07	2012Q4	H.2	Failure to Follow Radiation Protection Procedures
05000298/FIN-2012005-06	2012Q4	H.14	Failure to Perform Radiation Surveys Before Allowing Work to Commence
05000298/FIN-2012005-05	2012Q4	P.2	Failure to Maintain Design Control of the Service Water Booster Pumps
05000298/FIN-2012005-04	2012Q4	H.14	Failure to Consider All Relevant Information and Appropriately Assess Operability when a Degraded Nonconforming Condition was Identified
05000298/FIN-2012005-03	2012Q4	H.14	Failure to Follow Procedural Requirements During Roof Inspection
05000298/FIN-2012005-01	2012Q4	P.2	Inadequate Maintenance Procedure for the Service Water Pump Room

Self-Identified List (Cooper)

	Q	Title
05000298/FIN-2012003-15	2012Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000298/FIN-2012003-16	2012Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000298/FIN-2012404-03	2012Q2	Security
05000298/FIN-2012404-04	2012Q2	Security
05000298/FIN-2012004-11	2012Q3	Inadequate Risk Assessment for RHR B LCO Maintenance Window
05000298/FIN-2012004-12	2012Q3	Service Water Pump Temperature Switch HT-TS-100
05000298/FIN-2012004-13	2012Q3	Recirculation Pump Motor Generator A
05000298/FIN-2012005-10	2012Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000298/FIN-2012005-11	2012Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation

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