05000416/FIN-2012002-03
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| Title | Failure to Perform an Online Risk Assessment Per Severe Weather Off Normal Procedure Due to a Declared Tornado Warning Affecting Grand Gulf Nuclear Station |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation of Technical Specifications 5.4.1.a for the failure to perform an online risk assessment per severe weather off normal procedure due to a declared tornado warning affecting Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. At 7:41 p.m., on February 15, 2012, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Claiborne County, the county in which Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is located. In response to a tornado warning, licensee procedures required them to enter Off-Normal Operating Procedure 05-1-02-VI-2, Severe Weather, and evaluate online risk. This severe weather condition would have resulted in the licensee entering into an orange risk condition. On February 16, 2012, the inspectors identified that the licensee had not made a log entry for entry into their off normal severe weather procedure during the preceding evening and therefore had not evaluated online risk status for the severe weather condition. In response to the inspectors observations, the licensee initiated a condition report detailing the failures to enter the off normal procedure and enter the correct risk condition. The licensee has implemented short-term corrective actions to ensure the site adequately evaluates the risk associated with adverse weather. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as condition report CR-GGN-2012-01707. The finding is more-than-minor because it is associated with the Initiating Events Cornerstone attribute of protection against external events, and it affected the associated cornerstone objective to limit the likelihood of those events that upset plant stability and that challenge critical safety functions during power operations. The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation of Technical Specifications 5.4.1.a for the failure to perform an online risk assessment per severe weather off normal procedure due to a declared tornado warning affecting Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. At 7:41 p.m., on February 15, 2012, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Claiborne County, the county in which Grand Gulf Nuclear Station is located. In response to a tornado warning, licensee procedures required them to enter Off-Normal Operating Procedure 05-1-02-VI-2, Severe Weather, and evaluate online risk. This severe weather condition would have resulted in the licensee entering into an orange risk condition. On February 16, 2012, the inspectors identified that the licensee had not made a log entry for entry into their off normal severe weather procedure during the preceding evening and therefore had not evaluated online risk status for the severe weather condition. In response to the inspectors observations, the licensee initiated a condition report detailing the failures to enter the off normal procedure and enter the correct risk condition. The licensee has implemented short-term corrective actions to ensure the site adequately evaluates the risk associated with adverse weather. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as condition report CR-GGN-2012-01707. The finding is more-than-minor because it is associated with the Initiating Events Cornerstone attribute of protection against external events, and it affected the associated cornerstone objective to limit the likelihood of those events that upset plant stability and that challenge critical safety functions during power operations. |
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
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| Report | IR 05000416/2012002 Section 1R13 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2012 (2012Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Initiating Events |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.13 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | L Ricketson R Smith V Gaddy B Rice D Reinert J Braisted N Greene |
| CCA | H.1, Resources |
| INPO aspect | LA.1 |
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Finding - Grand Gulf - IR 05000416/2012002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Grand Gulf) @ 2012Q1
Self-Identified List (Grand Gulf)
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