05000334/FIN-2012007-02
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| Title | Fire Barrier Penetration Seals Not Conforming To a Tested Configuration |
| Description | Beaver Valley Unit 1 License Condition 2.C.5 requires that FENOC shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) for the facility, and that FENOC may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire. Beaver Valley Unit 1 UFSAR Section 9.10, "Fire Protection System," states, in part, that fire protection features to satisfy the provisions of Appendix A to NRC Branch Technical Position (BTP) APCSB 9.5-1, "Guidelines for Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants Docketed Prior to July 1 , 1976," are reflected in the Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Report for Beaver Valley Unit 1 issued by the NRC, and documented as Amendment No. 18 to the Technical Specifications, dated June 6, 1979. The Fire Protection Safety Evaluation Report for Beaver Valley Unit 1, Section 4.9.3 states that The licensee has conducted a survey of penetrations in safety-related areas and will upgrade them where necessary to the fire rating of the wall. Ceiling or floor they pass through. Contrary to the above, on November 2,2011, while preparing for its transition to NFPA 805, Beaver Valley identified that electrical conduit installed through certain Unit 1 fire barrier penetrations were covered with an outer coating that had not a part of the tests conducted to determine the acceptability of the electrical penetration seal material. Consequently, the ability of the affected seals to provide protection at least equivalent to the fire barriers could not be verified. Beaver Valley is in transition to NFPA 805 and, therefore, the licensee-identified violation was evaluated in accordance with the criteria established in Section 9.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy, "Enforcement Discretion for Certain Fire Protection issues (10 CFR 50.48)." Because allthe criteria were met, the NRC is exercising enforcement discretion for this issue. This LER was reviewed by the inspectors and no additional findings were identified. |
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
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| Report | IR 05000334/2012007 Section 1R05 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2012 (2012Q3) |
| Type: | Violation: Severity level Enforcement Discretion |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.05 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | C Cahill D Spindler J Rogge E Bonney |
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Finding - Beaver Valley - IR 05000334/2012007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Beaver Valley) @ 2012Q3
Self-Identified List (Beaver Valley)
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