05000454/FIN-2015007-01
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| Title | Failure to Evaluate the Impact of a FLEX-Related Configuration Change on Available DG Fuel Oil Margin |
| Description | A finding of very low safety significance and an associated NCV of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, was self-revealed when the licensee failed to adequately consider the potential impact that a modification would have on the safety-related emergency diesel generator (DG) fuel oil supply credited for design basis events. Specifically, the DG fuel oil system was modified in a manner that reduced the DG fuel oil system train separation from two isolation valves to one isolation valve. The adverse impact of a leaking single isolation valve following the implementation of a diverse and flexible coping capability (FLEX) modification resulted in the 1B DG fuel oil transfer pump(s) pumping fuel oil not only into its associated 1B DG fuel oil day tank but also into the 1A DG diesel oil storage tank (DOST). The safety-related 1B DG fuel oil system was categorized as a low margin system, and the inspectors identified that the licensee did not adequately follow the considerations provided in the design change process for a low margin system. In addition to entering this issue into their CAP, immediate corrective actions included restoring the fuel oil configuration to the previous dual isolation configuration until long-term corrective actions could be developed. The inspectors determined that the performance deficiency was more than minor because it was associated with the Mitigating Systems cornerstone attribute of Design Control and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences (i.e., core damage). The finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because the issue did not prevent the 1B DG from being able to operate for its mission time. The finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the Avoid Complacency component of the Human Performance cross-cutting area because the licensee failed to recognize that the configuration change resulted in the licensee operating the DG fuel oil system in a configuration that it had not routinely operated in, exposing previously unidentified deficiencies (H.12). |
| Site: | Byron  |
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| Report | IR 05000454/2015007 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2015 (2015Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | B Palagi C Thompson E Duncan J Benjamin J Draper V Meghani |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion V |
| CCA | H.12, Avoid Complacency |
| INPO aspect | QA.4 |
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