05000298/FIN-2013009-02
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| Title | Failure to Notify the NRC within Eight Hours of a Nonemergency Event |
| Description | The team identified a Severity Level IV non-cited violation of 10 CFR 50.72, Immediate Notification Requirements for Operating Nuclear Power Reactors, for the licensees failure to make a required report to the NRC. After the licensee determined that the standby liquid control test tank could not meet Seismic Class I requirements unless empty, the team discovered that the tank was full. The licensee immediately drained the tank and implemented a compensatory action to maintain it empty. However, the licensee failed to recognize that because the compensatory measure was required to provide a reasonable assurance of operability, the as-found condition of the SLC systemwith the test tank fullrendered both trains of the system inoperable. Because this could have prevented the fulfillment of the SLC systems safety function, the licensee was required to report the condition to the NRC within eight hours of discovery. After identification, the licensee entered this issue into its corrective action program and made a late report to the NRC, restoring compliance with the regulation. The failure to make a required report to the NRC within the required time was a performance deficiency. The team determined that traditional enforcement applied to this violation because the violation impeded the regulatory process. Specifically, the NRC relies on the licensee to identify and report conditions or events meeting the criteria specified in regulations in order to perform its regulatory oversight function. Assessing the violation in accordance with Enforcement Policy, the team determined it to be of Severity Level IV because it involved the licensees failure to make a report required by 10 CFR 50.72 (Enforcement Policy example 6.9.d.9). Because this was a traditional enforcement violation with no associated finding, no cross-cutting aspect is assigned to this violation. |
| Site: | Cooper  |
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| Report | IR 05000298/2013009 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2013 (2013Q1) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Miscellaneous |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | R Kellar J Braisted C Henderson C Speer |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.72 |
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