05000397/FIN-2013008-05
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| Title | Failure to Implement Procedure for Age Management of Electrolytic Capacitors |
| Description | The team identified a green non-cited violation of Technical Specification 5.4.1.a, Procedures, for the licensees failure to implement its procedure for age management of electrolytic capacitors. The licensee had established the procedure in December 2011, to determine the age of electrolytic capacitors installed in critical applications and to identify or establish preventative maintenance tasks to monitor aging capacitors and to provide for their periodic replacement. As of July 2013, system engineers had not determined the age of electrolytic capacitors in their systems, identified existing preventative maintenance tasks that would include replacing the electrolytic capacitors, or established preventative maintenance tasks if none existed. The licensee entered the performance deficiency into its corrective action program as CR 288912. The licensees failure to fully implement the requirements of its age management of electrolytic capacitors procedure was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was more than minor, because if left uncorrected, the failure to establish preventative maintenance schedules for critical electrolytic capacitors per procedure would have the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern. Specifically, the failure to manage age-related degradation of electrolytic capacitors could cause equipment containing electrolytic capacitors to fail, resulting in a plant transients or safety-related equipment being inoperable or unavailable. Using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, Exhibit 2, the team determined the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because there was no loss of operability or functionality as a result of the performance deficiency. The inspectors determined the finding had a crosscutting aspect in the corrective action program component of the problem identification and resolution cross-cutting area because the licensee failed to take appropriate corrective action to ensure that an issue potentially impacting nuclear safety was addressed in a timely manner, commensurate with its safety significance and complexity. |
| Site: | Columbia  |
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| Report | IR 05000397/2013008 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2013 (2013Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | |
| Inspectors (proximate) | R Kellar J Groom L Micewski C Hale |
| Violation of: | Technical Specification - Procedures Technical Specification |
| CCA | P.3, Resolution |
| INPO aspect | PI.3 |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2013Q3
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