05000334/FIN-2013005-02
Finding | |
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| Title | Insufficient VHRA Control Under Vessel |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation involving the failure to properl
ensure that a device used to control access to a Very High Radiation Area was adequate to prevent an unauthorized entry into the area. Specifically, the licensee used a pliers-style locking device that did not provide a robust locking mechanism to prevent unauthorized access into a VHRA. In response to the concern, FENOC entered the issue into the corrective action program as CR 2013-18743 and changed the VHRA locking device at the Unit 2 reactor keyway. The finding is more than minor because it is associated with the Program and Process attribute of the Occupational Radiation Safety Cornerstone and affects the cornerstone objective of ensuring the adequate protection of the worker health and safety from exposure to radiation from radioactive material during routine reactor refueling operations. The finding is also similar to the more-than-minor example 6.g in IMC 0612, Appendix E, Examples of Minor Issues issued August 11, 2009. In accordance with IMC 0609.04, Initial Characterization of Findings, issued June 19, 2012 and IMC 0609, Appendix C, Occupational Radiation Safety Significanc Determination Process, issued August 19, 2008, the finding was determined to have very low safety significance (Green), because the finding was identified during a routine test and no unauthorized entry occurred, did not result in an ALARA Planning or work control issue, did not result in an overexposure nor was there a substantial potential for an overexposure, and the ability to assess dose was not compromised. The finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Corrective Action Program, Problem Identification and Resolution, in that FENOC did not identify that the locking device was inadequate for the reactor keyway VHRA, and consequently, did not plan to replace the same type of device in place at Unit 2, even after replacing the failed reactor keyway VHRA locking device at Unit 1 P.1(c). |
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
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| Report | IR 05000334/2013005 Section 2RS1 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2013 (2013Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71124.01 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Spindler E Carfang J Laughlin M Patel P Kaufman T Moslak W Cook A Dugandzic B Bickett D Silk |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 20.1602, Control of access to very high radiation areas |
| CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
| INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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