05000456/FIN-2012003-04
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| Title | Operability Determination Standards Not Followed for HELB Related Structural Issues Identified by the NRC |
| Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance (Green) when licensee personnel failed to follow the Operability Determination process after identifying potential safety-related structural loading issues created by a postulated turbine building High Energy Line Break (HELB). Specifically, the licensee identified and addressed a very specific issue related to safety-related divisional separation wall loading concerns, but failed to adequately evaluate the extent to which a postulated current licensing basis (CLB) HELB condition could affect other Technical Specification (TS) and/or safety-related structures, systems, and components (SSCs) within the areas of concern. The licensee entered these issues into the CAP as IR 1382574 and IR 1389889. Corrective actions included performing a prompt operability determination associated with the issues raised by the inspectors. The licensee also planned to complete a formal revision to Operability Evaluation 2012-004 by July 24, 2012. The performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because it was similar to the not minor if aspect of Example 3.j in IMC 0612, Appendix E, Examples of Minor Issues, since the issues identified by the inspectors resulted in a condition in which there was a reasonable doubt on the operability of the structures protecting TS components and systems that perform a TS function. The issues were dissimilar from the minor because aspect of the example since the impact of the issues were not minimal. In addition, the performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because it was associated with the Design Control 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 that 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 No to all of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone questions in Table 4a of IMC 609 and, as a result, the finding screened as having very low safety significance (Green). This finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the Decision-Making component of the Human Performance cross-cutting area because licensee personnel failed to use the Operability Determination process to evaluate the issues identified by the inspectors and therefore did not obtain interdisciplinary input to make an operability decision |
| Site: | Braidwood  |
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| Report | IR 05000456/2012003 Section 1R15 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2012 (2012Q2) |
| Type: | Finding: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.15 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Garmoe B Bartlett D Szwarc E Duncan J Benjamin J Robbins M Perry R Langstaff R Ng T Go V Meghanim Perryr Ng R Walton T Go A Garmoe A Shaikh B Metrow E Duncan J Benjamin M Holmberg |
| CCA | H.13, Consistent Process |
| INPO aspect | DM.1 |
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Finding List (Braidwood) @ 2012Q2
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