05000440/FIN-2017008-01
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| Title | Failure to Address the Susceptibility of the Condensate Storage TankLow Level Instrument Lines to Freeze |
| Description | The team identified a finding of very-low safety significance (Green) and an associated NCV of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations(CFR),Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, and 10 CFR 50.63, Loss of All Alternating Current Power, for the licensees failure to evaluate the capability to transfer the high pressure core spray (HPCS)and the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) pumps suction source from the condensate storage tank (CST)to the suppression pool during cold weather conditions. Specifically, (1) monitoring of the CST level instrument lines heat tracing was inadequate to detect a credible common mode failure before the instrument lines would freeze and be rendered inoperable during normal operation, (2)the licensee did not address the condensate (CST) level instrument lines susceptibility to freeze during a cold weather loss of off-site power (LOOP) event with or without a design basis transient or accident, and (3)the licensee incorrectly evaluated the capability to transfer the HPCS pump suction source from the CST to the suppression pool during a cold weather station blackout (SBO) event. The licensee captured the issues within their Corrective Action Program (CAP) as Condition Report(CR) CR-2017-08685, CR-2017-08930, and CR-2017-09006. Corrective actions implemented included: increased the CST level instrument line heat tracing circuit monitoring frequency, revised the affected procedures ensured HPCS and RCIC are adequately aligned to the suppression pool during LOOP design basis events, and ensured a timely transfer of the HPCS and RCIC pump suctions to the suppression pool during a SBO. The performance deficiency was determined to be more-than-minor because it was associated with the Mitigating Systems cornerstone attribute of design control and affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability,reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences.Specifically, the failure of the HPCS and or RCIC pumps to automatically transfer their suction source from the CST to the suppression pool upon reaching a low CST water level condition could damage the pump(s) thus preventing them to be used to mitigate a transient or accident. A detailed risk evaluation was performed and determined that the finding was of very-low safety-significance (Green). The team did not identify a cross-cutting aspect associated with this finding because it was not confirmed to reflect current performance due to the age of the performance deficiency. Specifically, the CST instrument lines were designed and the SBO coping strategy during cold weather was established more than 3 years ago. |
| Site: | Perry  |
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| Report | IR 05000440/2017008 Section 1R21 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2017 (2017Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.21M |
| Inspectors (proximate) | N Adorno B Jose J Benjamin V Meghani W Hopf C Baron M Jeffers |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion III, Design Control 10 CFR 50.63 |
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