05000456/FIN-2011004-05
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| Title | Asiatic Clams Identified in the Essential Service Water System Supply to the Auxiliary Feedwater System |
| Description | A finding of very low safety significance and an associated NCV of TS 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater (AF) System, was self-revealed when, on various occasions between March and July 2011, asiatic clam shells were identified in the 2A AF essential service water (SX) suction piping. Specifically, the asiatic clam shells in the 2A AF pump SX suction piping were of sufficient size to interfere with flow through the downstream steam generator flow control valves, which rendered the 2A AF pump inoperable for greater than the 72-hour Allowed Outage Time (AOT) prescribed in TS 3.7.5. This condition was determined to likely have existed since the late 1990s. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as IR 1213669. Corrective actions included the removal of the clam shells from the 2A AF pump SX suction piping and completion of both an apparent cause and root cause evaluation. The performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because it was associated with the Equipment Performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone 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 inspectors determined the finding could be evaluated using the SDP in accordance with IMC 0609, Significance Determination Process, Attachment 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, Table 4a, for the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone. The inspectors answered Yes to the screening question, Does the finding represent [an] actual loss of safety function of a single Train for > [greater than] its TS Allowed Outage Time? since the inoperability of the 2A AF pump due to clam shells in the SX suction piping could have been present for at least one year. Therefore, a Phase 2 SDP evaluation was required using IMC 0609, Appendix A, Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations. Since the dominant risk was associated with external events, a Phase 3 analysis was required in order to estimate the risk significance of the issue. Therefore, a Region III Senior Reactor Analyst (SRA) performed a Phase 3 SDP evaluation of the finding. Based on the Phase 3 analysis, the finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green). This finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the Corrective Action Program component of the Problem Identification and Resolution cross-cutting area P.1(c) since the licensee failed to thoroughly evaluate the identification of asiatic clam shells in the 2A AF SX suction piping in March 2011 and May 2011 and, as a result, implemented corrective actions that were inadequate. |
| Site: | Braidwood  |
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| Report | IR 05000456/2011004 Section 1R15 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2011 (2011Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.15 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Garmoe B Palagi D Reeser E Duncan G O'Dwyer J Benjamin M Perry R Ng |
| CCA | P.2, Evaluation |
| INPO aspect | PI.2 |
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Finding List (Braidwood) @ 2011Q3
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