05000324/FIN-2011004-02
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Finding | |
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| Title | Inadequate Corrective Actions for Control Building Air Conditioning Failures |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criteria XVI, Corrective Action, for the licensees failure to promptly identify and correct a condition adverse to quality related to the Control Room Air Conditioning (AC) system. Specifically, the licensee failed to identify and correct repetitive failures of nonconforming low ambient temperature damper actuators for the 2D control building air cooled condenser unit. This resulted in multiple control building AC refrigerant circuit failures. Upon discovery of the issue, the licensee placed the control building AC system in a safe condition for summer operation and initiated actions to procure acceptable damper actuators prior to the onset of low seasonal temperatures. The condition was entered into the licensees CAP as AR #462873. The inspectors determined that the licensees failure to promptly identify and correct the failures of the 2D control room AC system low ambient temperature damper actuators was a performance deficiency. This finding is more than minor because it is associated with the Equipment Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone, and affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences (i.e. core damage). Specifically, the finding reduced the reliability of the control building AC system and its ability to maintain control building equipment within specified temperature limits. The significance of the finding was evaluated using Phase 1 of the significance determination process in accordance with the Inspection Manual Chapter 0609 Attachment 4. The finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding was a design or qualification deficiency that was confirmed not to affect equipment operability. The cause of this finding was directly related to the cross cutting aspect of thorough evaluation of problems in the Corrective Action Program component of the Problem Identification and Resolution area, because the licensee failed to promptly evaluate the failures of the low ambient temperature damper actuators and eliminate the adverse condition. |
| Site: | Brunswick  |
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| Report | IR 05000324/2011004 Section 1R12 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2011 (2011Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.12 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | M Riley T Ross A Nielsen S Walker T Morrissey R Musser A Rogers G Kolcum P Lessard J Eargle L Pressley M Schwieg |
| CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
| INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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Finding List (Brunswick) @ 2011Q3
Self-Identified List (Brunswick)
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