05000352/FIN-2011007-01
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| Title | Failure to Evaluate Station Blackout Timeline for EDG Availability |
| Description | The team identified a non-cited violation of 10 CFR 50.63, Loss of All Alternating Current (AC) Power, because Exelon did not demonstrate that the alternate AC (AAC) source could provide acceptable capability to withstand a station blackout (SBO) within the analyzed coping timeline. Specifically, Exelon\'s evaluation of the Limerick Generating Station\'s excess emergency diesel generator (EDG) capacity did not analyze the effects of the loss of an operating emergency service water (ESW) pump following a single failure on the non-blacked out unit. The loss of the ESW pump would result in loss of cooling to one of the three credited EDGs and a subsequent high temperature trip of the EDG. The team determined the time delay to reset this trip had not been evaluated and that Exelon had not performed the timed test required by 10 CFR 50.63 to show that actions required to provide power to the blacked-out unit from the AAC could be performed within the analysis requirements. As a result, the team concluded that Exelon did not demonstrate that the MC source would have the required availability and capability within the analyzed timeline. Exelon entered the issue into their corrective action program for evaluation and resolution. This issue was more than minor because it is associated with the design control attribute of the Mitigating Systems cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. The team determined the finding was of very low safety significance because it was a design or qualification deficiency confirmed not to result in a loss of functionality. The finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the area in the area of Problem ldentification and Resolution, Corrective Action Program Component, because Exelon did not thoroughly evaluate problems such that resolutions address causes and extent of conditions and did not conduct effectiveness reviews to ensure problems are resolved. Specifically, Exelon\'s recent safety evaluation did not evaluate problems associated with a loss of an EDG due to a high temperature condition and the impact on the SBO AAC power source availability. |
| Site: | Limerick  |
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| Report | IR 05000352/2011007 Section 1R17 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2011 (2011Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.17 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | J Rady C Williams K Mangan L Doerflein |
| CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
| INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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Finding List (Limerick) @ 2011Q4
Self-Identified List (Limerick)
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