05000382/FIN-2016008-01
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| Title | Failure to Control Nonconforming Parts |
| Description | The team identified a Green non-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 50,Appendix B, Criterion XV, Nonconforming Materials, Parts, or Components, which occurred when the licensee failed to dedicate commercial-grade relays for use insafety-related applications. After receiving information from a vendor that more than124 relays potentially installed in safety-related applications did not conform to quality assurance standards, the licensee failed to take appropriate steps to accept these Commercial-grade relays as basic components. After discussion with the team, the licensee documented this condition in Condition Report CR-WF3-2016-07710 and initiated actions to ensure compliance with quality assurance requirements. The failure to dedicate commercial-grade relays used asor intended for use asbasic components (in safety-related applications) as required by plant procedures and by10 CFR Part 21 was a performance deficiency. This performance deficiency wasmore-than-minor because it was associated with the design control attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the objective of ensuring the availability,reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events. Using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, dated June 19, 2012, the team determined that this finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because it was a deficiency affecting the design or qualification of a structure, system, or component, and operability was maintained.The finding has a conservative bias cross-cutting aspect in the human performance cross cutting area because licensee personnel improperly rationalized the adequacy of the nonconforming components to perform their safety-related functions (H.14). Because this performance deficiency was also a violation that impacted the regulatory process, in that the licensee accepted a change to plant design without appropriate evaluation and notification, it was also evaluated for traditional enforcement. The team determined that the violation was Severity Level IV because it was similar to several examples in Section 6.5.d of the NRC Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | Waterford  |
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| Report | IR 05000382/2016008 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2016 (2016Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Merzke E Ruesch F Ramirez G George M Hayes T Hipschman |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion XV |
| CCA | H.14, Conservative Bias |
| INPO aspect | DM.2 |
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