05000334/FIN-2012002-03

Finding

Title

Expansion Joint Degradation Resulted in River Water Inoperability

Description

The inspectors identified a Green NCV of TS 5.4.1 Procedures for FENOCs failure to adequately implement and maintain a replacement program for expansion joints installed in safety related systems. Specifically, rubber expansion joint REJ-1RW-24B was in service beyond the service life and degraded unacceptably while in service in the Unit 1 river water system. Corrective actions included replacing the expansion joint and addressing expansion joint preventive maintenance issues. FENOC entered the issue into the licensees corrective action program under CR 2012-03347. The finding is more than minor because it is similar to IMC 0612, Power Reactor Inspection Reports, Appendix E, Examples of Minor Issues, example 4.f in that a condition adverse to quality degraded after initial identification and affected the operability of the river water system. This finding is associated with the procedure quality attribute of the Initiating Events cornerstone and affected the cornerstone objective to limit the likelihood of those events that upset plant stability and challenge critical safety functions during shutdown as well as power operations. The inspectors determined the finding did not contribute to both the likelihood of a reactor trip and the likelihood that mitigation equipment or functions would not be available. Therefore, the finding is considered to be of very low safety significance. This finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance, Resources, because FENOC failed to ensure procedures supported maintaining long term plant safety by minimizing preventive maintenance deferrals

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Site:	Beaver Valley
Report	IR 05000334/2012002 Section 4OA2
Date counted	Mar 31, 2012 (2012Q1)
Type:	NCV: Green
cornerstone	Initiating Events
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71152
Inspectors (proximate)	T Moslak D Silk P Kaufman G Hunegs J Laughlin D Spindler N Lafferty E Bonney T Ziev
CCA	H.6, Design Margins
INPO aspect	WP.2
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Finding - Beaver Valley - IR 05000334/2012002

1(0)2(4)3(2)4(2)5(3)6(0)7(2)201(0)301(0)403(1)404(0)405(0)501(0)503(0)27(0)

IR 05000334/2012002: 1 2 3 4

Finding List (Beaver Valley) @ 2012Q1

CCA Matrix: 2012Q1

	Q	CCA	Title
05000334/FIN-2011009-01	2011Q3	P.2	Failure to Implement Effective Corrective Actions to Prevent Recurrence of Socket Weld Failures
05000334/FIN-2011009-02	2011Q3		Failure to Implement Corrective Actions for 2A Service Water Pump Motor Epoxy Voiding
05000334/FIN-2011403-01	2011Q3		Security
05000334/FIN-2011403-02	2011Q3		Security
05000334/FIN-2011005-01	2011Q4	H.8	Unannounced Emergency Response Organization Activation Drill Failure
05000334/FIN-2012002-01	2012Q1	P.5	Failure to Adequately Control Loose Debris Near Off-site Power Transformer
05000334/FIN-2012002-02	2012Q1	H.5	Failure to Maintain Auxiliary Feedwater Operable During Maintenance
05000334/FIN-2012002-03	2012Q1	H.6	Expansion Joint Degradation Resulted in River Water Inoperability

Self-Identified List (Beaver Valley)

	Q	Title
05000334/FIN-2012002-04	2012Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation

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05000334/FIN-2012002-03

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