05000331/FIN-2017004-01
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| Title | Failure to Maintain Reactor Water Level within Procedurally Required Level Band Results in Reactor Recirculation Pump Runback |
| Description | The inspectors documented a self-revealed finding of very low safety significance and an associated NCV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, due to operations personnel failing to control reactor vessel water level in accordance with Integrated Plant Operating Procedure 2, Startup, Revision 160. Specifically, during a reactor startup, while at 55 percent reactor power with only one reactor feed pump running, the operating crew failed to maintain reactor water level within the procedurally required level band which resulted in a recirculation pump runback to 45 percent speed and an unplanned reactor power decrease from 55 to 43 percent. The licensee responded to the transient and verified that reactor power stabilized at 43 percent without complications, conducted a human performance review, and entered this issue into their corrective action program (CAP) as condition report (CR) 02233094.The performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because it was associated with the human performance attribute of the Initiating Events cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to limit the likelihood of events that upset plant stability and challenge critical safety functions during power operations. Specifically, the failure to control reactor water level within the procedurally specified water level band resulted in an unplanned recirculation pump runback and a decrease in reactor power from 55 to 43 percent. The finding was determined to be of very low safety significance because the finding did not cause a reactor trip. The inspectors determined this finding affected the cross-cutting area of human performance in the aspect of teamwork, where individuals and work groups communicate and coordinate their activities within and across organizational boundaries to ensure nuclear safety is maintained. Specifically, a reactor operator dialed down the reactor water level control set point without notifying the control room supervisor, briefing the evolution, or obtaining a peer check. [H.4] |
| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
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| Report | IR 05000331/2017004 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2017 (2017Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Initiating Events |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | C Norton J Steffes N Fields G Hansen J Cassidy V Myers R Baker D Reeser K Stoedter |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion V |
| CCA | H.4, Teamwork |
| INPO aspect | PA.3 |
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Finding List (Duane Arnold) @ 2017Q4
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