05000331/FIN-2011009-03
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Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance (Green) in that, the licensee did not adequately ensure the operation of the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) system was within the capability of the 125 VDC station batteries under station blackout (SBO) conditions. Specifically, the inspectors determined that the station battery design calculation was based on a different number of pump starts and stops and different pump operating times than the extended power uprate project report and the expected operating practices during a postulated SBO event. As a result the battery analysis was non-conservative with regard to the capability of the batteries to cope with an SBO. The licensee entered this finding into their corrective action program and verified that the batteries would still have sufficient capacity to supply the required loads during an SBO event. The finding was determined to be more than minor because it was associated with the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone attribute of Design Control, and affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Specifically, the battery design calculation did not ensure that the capability of the 125 VDC station batteries to support operation of the RCIC system under SBO conditions. The finding was screened as very low safety significance (Green) because the finding was not a design or qualification deficiency, did not represent a loss of system safety function, and did not screen as potentially risk significant due to a seismic, flooding, or severe weather initiating event. The finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance because the licensee did not have accurate and up-to-date design documentation. Specifically, the licensee included information regarding RCIC system operation from the previous battery design calculation without ensuring it represented the bounding analysis. |
Site: | Duane Arnold ![]() |
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Report | IR 05000331/2011009 Section 1R21 |
Date counted | Jun 30, 2011 (2011Q2) |
Type: | Finding: Green |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.21 |
Inspectors (proximate) | B Palagi C Baron O Mazzoni M Jones A Stone A Dunlop B Jose |
CCA | H.7, Documentation |
INPO aspect | WP.3 |
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Finding - Duane Arnold - IR 05000331/2011009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Duane Arnold) @ 2011Q2
Self-Identified List (Duane Arnold)
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