05000382/FIN-2011003-02
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| Title | Failure to Update the FSAR following Modifications to the Reactor Coolant Pump Vapor Seals |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Severity Level IV noncited violation of 10 CFR 50.71(e) because the licensee did not revise the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), as updated, with information consistent with plant conditions. Specifically, the licensee did not update Section 5.4.1.3 of the FSAR for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, following modifications to the reactor coolant pump vapor seals in 2007 and 2009, respectively. As a result, the licensee did not promptly identify and correct FSAR noncompliance. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program for resolution as CR-WF3-2010-7421. The planned corrective actions include revising the FSAR, as updated, and replacing the degraded reactor coolant pump seals during the next two refueling outages. The inspectors considered this issue to be within the traditional enforcement process because it has the potential to impede or impact the NRC\'s ability to perform its regulatory function. The inspectors used the NRC Enforcement Policy to evaluate the significance of this violation. The inspectors concluded that the violation was more than minor because the longstanding and incorrect information in the FSAR, as updated, had a material impact on safety and licensed activities. The material impact was that the modifications to the reactor coolant pump vapor seals, created the conditions for a reactor coolant pump seal loss of coolant accident inside containment, which could have potentially impacted licensed activities. The inspectors determined the violation was a Severity Level IV (very low safety significance) since the information that was not updated in the FSAR, was not used to make an unacceptable change to the facility nor did it impact a licensing or safety decision by the NRC. The inspectors determined there was a cross-cutting aspect in the corrective action component of the problem identification and resolution area. Specifically, the licensee did not thoroughly evaluate and take adequate actions in a timely manner to update the FSAR to be consistent with plant conditions. |
| Site: | Waterford  |
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| Report | IR 05000382/2011003 Section 1R18 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2011 (2011Q2) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Initiating Events |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.18 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Overland S Makor N Greene C Smith P Elkmann M Davis L Carson R Azua |
| CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
| INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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Finding List (Waterford) @ 2011Q2
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