05000305/FIN-2011003-05
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| Title | Failure to Review and Update Severe Accident Management Guidelines in Accordance with an Established Program |
| Description | A finding of very low safety significance was identified by the inspectors for the licensees failure to perform reviews and update the Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) in accordance with the licensees nuclear administrative directives (NADs). Specifically, Procedure NAD-14.06 required that the engineering group review industry correspondence related to SAMGs and implement appropriate changes, and that the emergency preparedness group conduct biennial reviews of the SAMGs. The inspectors identified that neither group had performed the reviews. As a result, the SAMGs were not adequately updated. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as condition reports (CRs) 424681, 424855, 424865, 424866, 425092, 426999, and 427092, and was still evaluating the cause for this condition at the end of this inspection period. The licensee scheduled the revision of the SAMGs for completion by December 2011. The finding was determined to be more than minor because, if left uncorrected, the finding had the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern. Specifically, the failure to review and update the SAMGs would have hampered the licensees response in the unlikely event of a severe accident, because the SAMGs were not current. The inspectors, in consultation with the Region III senior reactor analyst, determined that the finding could be evaluated using the Significance Determination Process in accordance with IMC 0609, Significance Determination Process, Attachment 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, Table 4a, for the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone. The inspectors answered No to the Mitigating Systems questions and screened the finding as having very low safety significance (Green). The finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of problem identification and resolution, corrective action program, because the licensee failed to take appropriate corrective actions to address safety issues and adverse trends in a timely manner, commensurate with their safety significance and complexity. Specifically, the licensee identified in an apparent cause evaluation initiated in April 2010 that the emergency preparedness organization had not performed the required reviews and updates of emergency preparedness procedures, and the SAMGs were identified in the licensees extent-of-condition. However, the inspectors identified that the corrective actions issued for this extent-of-condition did not address the SAMGs and, therefore, no corrective actions were taken (P.1(d)). |
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
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| Report | IR 05000305/2011003 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2011 (2011Q2) |
| Type: | Finding: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | R Winter J Cassidy M Kunowski R Krsek K Barclay K Carrington |
| CCA | P.3, Resolution |
| INPO aspect | PI.3 |
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Finding List (Kewaunee) @ 2011Q2
Self-Identified List (Kewaunee)
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