05000313/FIN-2009005-06
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| Title | Failure to Notify the NRC with 8 Hours of a Nonemergency |
| Description | The inspectors identified a noncited violation of 10 CFR 50.72, Immediate Notification Requirements for Operating Nuclear Power Reactors, for the licensees failure to notify the NRC Operations Center within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> following discovery of an event meeting the reportability criteria as specified. Specifically, on September 22, 2009, the licensee initiated a 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(xiii) 8-hour nonemergency report at 12:46 p.m. CST to the NRC Operations Center based on an event time of 5:11 a.m. Operations staff notified the resident inspectors of the 8-hour event notification to the NRC Operations Center later that afternoon. The inspectors questioned whether the timing of the NRC notification met the requirements of the applicable regulation. The inspectors determined that the initial loss of power to the emergency offsite facility occurred at approximately 10:40 p.m. on September 21, 2009, the emergency offsite facility diesel generator K8 started but failed to supply power to the facility, and this was reported to the control room at 11:45 p.m. on September 21, 2009. Normal power was restored at 4:20 a.m. Due to the time that the emergency offsite facility was degraded, this was considered a major loss of assessment, communications, and response capability, and the licensee initiated a 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(xiii) 8-hour nonemergency report, but not within the 8-hour reporting period of the discovery. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as Condition Report CR-ANO-C-2008-2024. The failure to report an applicable nonemergency 8-hour event notification report within the required time frame was determined to be a performance deficiency. The finding was determined to be applicable to traditional enforcement because the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function was potentially impacted by the licensees failure to make a required notification within the specified time frame. The finding was not suitable for evaluation using the significance determination process and was therefore evaluated in accordance with the NRCs Enforcement Policy. The finding was reviewed by NRC management and was determined to be of very low safety significance (Severity Level IV) consistent with the NRC Enforcement Policy. The cause of this finding was determined to have a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with resources H.2(c) in that the licensee failed to have complete and accurate procedures to properly evaluate problems when faced with unexpected condition |
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
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| Report | IR 05000313/2009005 Section 4OA3 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2009 (2009Q4) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Miscellaneous |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Sanchez G Werner J Clark J Josey M Haire M Shannon N O'Keefe R Azua S Rotton T Farnholtz |
| CCA | H.7, Documentation |
| INPO aspect | WP.3 |
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