05000387/FIN-2014009-04
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| Title | Failure to Take Action to Restore Degraded Emergency Action Level Scheme |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green cited violation of 10 CFR 50.54(q)(2) for PPLs failure to follow and maintain an emergency plan that meets the requirements of the planning standards in 10 CFR 50.47(b), in that, since October 2003, PPL did not follow and maintain a standard emergency classification and action level scheme. Specifically, PPL did not take timely corrective actions to provide an adequate means to measure temperature in nine out of 21 areas, where reactor building temperatures are considered for the fission product barrier degradation emergency action levels (EALs). As a result, this deficiency adversely affected PPLs ability to classify an emergency such that a Site Area Emergency would be declared in a degraded manner. The violation is being cited because PPL has failed to restore compliance or demonstrate objective evidence of plans to restore compliance at the first opportunity in a reasonable period of time following discussion in a formal exit meeting on January 24, 2014 and documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000387;388/2013005 on February 14, 2014. The finding is more than minor because it is associated with the Facilities and Equipment attribute of the emergency preparedness cornerstone, and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring that a licensee is capable of implementing adequate measures to protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency. Specifically, the continuing lack of installed temperature instrumentation or any other compensatory measures and the reliance on personnel dispatched to take temperature readings were insufficient to ensure a timely and accurate EAL classification could be made. Using IMC 0609, Appendix B, Emergency Preparedness Significance Determination Process, section 5.4, the finding is of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding was determined to be an example of an ineffective EAL initiating condition, such that a Site Area Emergency would be declared in a degraded manner. The inspectors determined that this finding had a problem identification and resolution cross-cutting aspect related to Resolution because PPL did not take corrective actions in a timely manner nor did they take appropriate interim corrective actions to mitigate the issues while more fundamental causes are being assessed. Specifically, PPL had no corrective actions planned or taken to address the degraded EALs until NRC approval of their new EAL scheme, currently scheduled to be implemented no earlier than December 2015. [P.3] |
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
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| Report | IR 05000387/2014009 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2014 (2014Q2) |
| Type: | Violation: Green |
| cornerstone | Emergency Prep |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Defrancisco B Bickett F Bower T Daund Lawyerf Arner F Bower H Gray J Brand J Furia J Grieves J Heinly J Nicholson M Patel O Masnyk-Bailey S Pindale T Daun C Graves |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.54 10 CFR 50.47 10 CFR 50.54(q) |
| CCA | P.3, Resolution |
| INPO aspect | PI.3 |
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