05000397/FIN-2015502-01
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| Title | Failure to follow an emergency plan requirement to provide for a shelter as a protective action for the public |
| Description | The NRC identified three examples in which Columbia Generating Station failed to follow an emergency plan meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b) as required by 10 CFR 50.54(q)(2). Specifically, the licensee failed to follow Sections 2.1 and 5.5 of Emergency Plan, Revisions 59 through 61, which required that the appropriate protective actions for an airborne release of radioactivity were evacuation and sheltering, that decisions to evacuate or shelter are made based on the dose avoided, that protective action recommendations are based on plant or radiological conditions, and that the authority to make protective action recommendations to offsite authorities is not delegable. The failure to follow the site emergency plan is a performance deficiency within the licensees ability to foresee and correct. This finding is associated with an apparent violation of NRC requirements. The issue is not an immediate safety concern because the licensee remains capable of recommending evacuation as a protective measure for the public. The licensee has entered this issue into its corrective action program as Action Request 323588, dated March 9, 2015, implemented immediate guidance to staff, and initiated procedure changes to correct the issues. The findings were evaluated using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix B, EP Significance Determination Process, dated September 23, 2014, and preliminarily determined to be of low to moderate safety significance (White), because the performance deficiency degraded the licensees ability to implement the risk-significant planning standard functions of 10 CFR 50.47(b)(10). The finding is more than minor because it adversely affects the cornerstone objective and is associated with the procedure quality and emergency response organization performance (program elements meet 10 CFR 50.47(b) planning standards) cornerstone attributes. The licensees ability to implement adequate measures to protect the health and safety of the public is affected by the licensees failure to follow emergency plan requirements to recommend a range of protective actions for the public as appropriate. The finding was assigned a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with change management because the licensee based changes in their process to recommend protective actions for the public on an inaccurate understanding of NRC guidance and licensee staff were unaware of generic communications on the issue [H.3]. |
| Site: | Columbia  |
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| Report | IR 05000397/2015502 Section 1EP4 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2015 (2015Q2) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Emergency Prep |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71114.04 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | G Guerra M Haire P Elkmann |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.47(b)(10) 10 CFR 50.47 10 CFR 50.54(q) 10 CFR 50.54 |
| CCA | H.3, Change Management |
| INPO aspect | LA.5 |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2015Q2
Self-Identified List (Columbia)
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