05000397/FIN-2011006-02
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| Title | Three Examples of a Failure to Follow Procedures Results in Unsecured Transient Equipment and Ineffective Corrective Actions |
| Description | The team identified three examples of a Green noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, for the failure to follow station procedures. The licensee entered these examples into the corrective action program as Action Request/Condition Report 249287. The first example was a failure to properly implement the instructions of the station\'s seismic procedure, PPM 10.2.53, to evaluate and control transient equipment and materials. Specifically, during this inspection, on August 29 through September 1, 2011, the team identified unsecured bookcases, rolling metal ladders, and loose maintenance carts in the main control room, and barrels stored near a high pressure core spray pump that were not evaluated in accordance with seismic procedures. The second example was the failure to perform a root cause analysis for long standing problems that have had ineffective corrective actions, as required by Procedure SWP-CAP-06, Condition Review Group (CRG), Revision 16, Specifically, between October 2007, and September 15, 2011, multiple examples of the failure to follow seismic procedures have been identified by past NRC inspection teams and licensee internal follow-up actions. Therefore, the team concluded Energy Northwest failed to recognize that a root cause analysis was required to address this long standing issue. The third example was a failure to promptly implement interim corrective actions as required by Procedure SWP-CAP-01 ,Corrective Actions Program. Specifically, after the team identified the improperly stored items on September 1, 2011, the licensee secured the material, but failed to implement any interim corrective actions to reduce the likelihood that the condition would not be repeated until longer term corrective actions could be implemented. On September 13, 2011, when the team asked the licensee about interim corrective actions, the licensee conducted a site stand-down to inform station personnel about the condition and procedural requirements. The finding was more than minor because it was a programmatic deficiency, which affected the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone objective, and if left uncorrected, could lead to a more significant safety concern because a seismic event could result in the unavailability of systems used to mitigate the consequences of initiating events. Using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, the finding was determined to have very low safety significance (Green) because it did not result in an actual loss of a system safety function, did not result in a loss of a single train of safety equipment for greater than its technical specification allowed outage time, did not involve the loss or degradation of equipment specifically designed to mitigate a seismic, flooding, or severe weather initiating event, and did not involve the total loss of any safety function that contributes to an external event initiated core damage accident sequence. In addition, this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance, associated with the work control component, because the licensee failed to appropriately plan work on multiple occasions, resulting in job site conditions which may have impacted plant components H.3(a). |
| Site: | Columbia  |
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| Report | IR 05000397/2011006 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2011 (2011Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | B Tharakan R Cohen N Okonkwo H Freeman D Powers |
| CCA | H.5, Work Management |
| INPO aspect | WP.1 |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2011Q3
Self-Identified List (Columbia)
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