05000390/FIN-2016001-02
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| Title | Inadequate Immediate Determination of Operability for the Auxiliary Control Air System Train A |
| Description | The NRC identified an NCV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Procedures, for the licensees failure to follow TVA procedure OPDP-8, Operability Determination Process and Limiting Conditions for Operation Tracking, Revision 21. Specifically, the licensee failed to base an immediate determination of operability (IDO) for the auxiliary control air system on information sufficient to conclude that a reasonable expectation of operability/functionality existed. The licensee subsequently implemented compensatory measures and entered this issue into their corrective action program as CR 1129322. The performance deficiency was more than minor because it affected the equipment performance attribute of the mitigating system cornerstone to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences (i.e., core damage). Specifically, reasonable assurance of operability/functionality did not exist for the A train of auxiliary control air from January 13, 2016, until January 14, 2016, and it therefore should have been declared inoperable/nonfunctional. The inspectors determined that this finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding did not represent an actual loss of function of a single train for greater than its TS allowed outage time. This finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance, conservative bias, because the licensee failed to make the conservative decisions. Specifically, the licensee reinstalled a degraded valve in the auxiliary control air system without fully understanding the failure mechanism or its impact on system operability/functionality. |
| Site: | Watts Bar  |
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| Report | IR 05000390/2016001 Section 1R15 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2016 (2016Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.15 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | B Bishop C Kontz D Jones D Kern D Lanyi J Austin J Eargle J Hamman J Montgomery J Nadel R Reyes S Shah |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion V Technical Specification Technical Specification - Procedures |
| CCA | H.14, Conservative Bias |
| INPO aspect | DM.2 |
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Finding List (Watts Bar) @ 2016Q1
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