05000373/FIN-2012003-02
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | 10 CFR 55.49, Integrity of Examinations and Tests, requires, in part, that the licensee shall not engage in activities that compromise the integrity of any application, test, or examination required by 10 CFR Part 55. Contrary to the above, on March 30, 2012, at the Clinton Power Station, the licensee identified that the control room simulators plant process computer model was saving sequence of events files on a routine basis. A licensee investigation determined that the same condition existed at other Midwest Exelon sites, including the LaSalle County Station. The licensee determined that some of the files contained examination materials related to examinations required by 10 CFR Part 55. The integrity of a test or examination is considered compromised if any activity, regardless of intent, affected, or, but for detection, would have affected the equitable and consistent administration of the test or examination. Although the examination materials were available for scrutiny by unauthorized personnel (compromised), the licensee was able to demonstrate that the files were not readily viewable, required interpretation and additional administrative controls were in place that would likely inhibit access to, and reconstruction of simulator events. The inspectors determined that no individuals had an unfair advantage in taking any NRC-related examinations. This issue was documented in the facilitys CAP as AR1350492. Corrective actions for this issue included revising Simulator Security Checklist, TQ-LA-201-0113, to manually delete data from the sequence of events files during reset of the simulator. The inspectors determined that the failure to control sequence of event files generated by the facilitys simulator was a performance deficiency affecting examination integrity that required a SDP evaluation. The inspectors determined that this finding impacted the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and consulted IMC 0609, Appendix I, to assess the impact of this issue on examination security. The inspectors concluded that an examination compromise had occurred; however, no actual effect on the equitable administration of an examination was identified. Also, the facility had taken immediate compensatory actions to prevent recurrence of this condition. Based on circumstances described above and the licensees corrective actions, the inspectors concluded that this finding was of very low safety significance and dispositioned it as a Green NCV. |
| Site: | LaSalle  |
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| Report | IR 05000373/2012003 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2012 (2012Q2) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | K Carrington M Ziolkowski R Ruiz F Ramirez J Jandovitz R Schulz M Kunowski R Walton T Go |
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Finding - LaSalle - IR 05000373/2012003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (LaSalle) @ 2012Q2
Self-Identified List (LaSalle)
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