05000387/FIN-2014003-03
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| Title | Implementation of Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 11-003, Revision 2 |
| Description | From April 16 through May 23, PPL performed OPDRVs without establishing secondary containment integrity. An OPDRV is an activity that could result in the draining or siphoning of the RPV water level below the top of fuel, without crediting the use of mitigating measures to terminate the uncovering of fuel. TS 3.6.4.1, Secondary Containment, requires that secondary containment be operable and is applicable during OPDRVs. The required action for this specification if secondary containment is inoperable in this condition of applicability is to initiate actions to suspend OPDRVs immediately. Therefore, failing to maintain secondary containment operability during 31 Enclosure OPDRVs without initiating actions to suspend the operation was considered a condition prohibited by TSs as defined by 10 CFR Part 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B). TS 3.6.4.1 is applicable during OPDRVs and requires that secondary containment be operable. TS 3.6.4.1, action C.3, requires operators to initiate actions to suspend OPDRVs immediately upon discovery that secondary containment is inoperable. Contrary to the above, from April 16, 2014 through May 23, 2014, PPL did not maintain secondary containment operable while performing OPDRVs. Because the violation was identified during the discretion period described in EGM 11-003, the NRC is exercising enforcement discretion in accordance with Section 3.5, Violations Involving Special Circumstances, of the NRC Enforcement Policy and, therefore, will not issue enforcement action for this violation. In accordance with EGM 11-003, each licensee that receives discretion must submit a license amendment request within 12 months of the NRC staffs publication in the Federal Register of the notice of availability for a generic change to the Standard TSs to provide more clarity to the term OPDRV. The inspectors observed that PPL is tracking the need to submit a license amendment request in its CAP as CR 1707662. This LER is closed. |
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
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| Report | IR 05000387/2014003 Section 4OA3 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2014 (2014Q2) |
| Type: | Violation: Severity level Enforcement Discretion |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | C Graves F Arner F Bower J Grieves N Floyd T Burns T Daun |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications 10 CFR 50.73 Technical Specification |
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Finding List (Susquehanna) @ 2014Q2
Self-Identified List (Susquehanna)
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