05000482/FIN-2011002-07

Finding

Title

Failure to Verify Ultimate Heat Sink Sedimentation Levels within Design Bases

Description

The inspectors identified a noncited violation of 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B, Criterion III, involving a failure to perform periodic testing to verify that ultimate heat sink sedimentation remained within design basis limits. The licensee subsequently verified the ultimate heat sink depth remained acceptable using SONAR. The licensee entered this issue in the corrective action program as Condition Report 27144. Wolf Creeks failure to perform periodic testing to verify that ultimate heat sink sedimentation remained within design basis limits is a performance deficiency. The issue is more than minor, and therefore a finding, because if left uncorrected the issue has the potential to become a more significant safety concern. The inspectors concluded that the issue screened to Green under the significance determination process using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609.04, Phase 1-Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, because the finding was a design deficiency that was later confirmed not to result in the loss of operability or functionality of the ultimate heat sink. The inspectors concluded that this findings cause has a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work control component because Wolf Creek did not appropriately coordinate work activities by incorporating actions to address the impact of changes to the work scope or activity on the plant and human performance. Specifically, when Wolf Creek performed and planned dredging preventive maintenance on the ultimate heat sink, they did not consider the need to confirm as-found and as-left sediment depth to verify that their design basis was met H.3(b) (Section 1R19).

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Site:	Wolf Creek
Report	IR 05000482/2011002 Section 1R19
Date counted	Mar 31, 2011 (2011Q1)
Type:	NCV: Green
cornerstone	Mitigating Systems
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71111.19
Inspectors (proximate)	G Guerra C Smith L Carson G Miller B Tindell C Long C Peabody A Fairbanks D Reinert C Alldredge
CCA	H.5, Work Management
INPO aspect	WP.1
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Finding - Wolf Creek - IR 05000482/2011002

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Finding List (Wolf Creek) @ 2011Q1

CCA Matrix: 2011Q1

	Q	CCA	Title
05000482/FIN-2010004-02	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to Correct Degraded Vital Switchgear Cooler Wiring
05000482/FIN-2010006-09	2010Q3	P.3	Failure to Translate Design Information into a Procedure
05000482/FIN-2010006-08	2010Q3	P.2	Notice of Unusual Event Due to Loss of Both Emergency Diesel Generators
05000482/FIN-2010006-07	2010Q3	P.1 P.1(a)	Failure to Determine if a Deficiency Existed in the Ultimate Heat Sink
05000482/FIN-2010006-05	2010Q3	P.2	Failure to Perform Adequate Evaluation for Significant Conditions
05000482/FIN-2010006-04	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to Update an Operability Evaluation
05000482/FIN-2010006-03	2010Q3	P.1 P.1(a)	Failure to Adequately Monitor Control Room Deficiencies
05000482/FIN-2010006-02	2010Q3	P.3	Unqualified Scaffolding Erected Near Safety-Related Equipment
05000482/FIN-2010006-01	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to Resolve Degraded Conditions in a Timely Manner
05000482/FIN-2010004-01	2010Q3		Failure to Establish Conditions to Open a Main Steam Isolation Value that Resulted in a Feedwater Isolation
05000482/FIN-2010005-07	2010Q4	P.1	Failure to Have Adequate Procedures for Meteorological Monitoring
05000482/FIN-2010005-05	2010Q4	P.1	Failure to Identify Boric Acid Leak on Instrument Lines to Reactor Coolant System
05000482/FIN-2010005-06	2010Q4	H.12	Failure to Have Procedures to Prevent Draining Radioactive Systems into Nonradioactive Systems
05000482/FIN-2010005-11	2010Q4	H.1	Inadequate Simulation Facility Fidelity
05000482/FIN-2010005-08	2010Q4	P.5	Inadequate Procedures for Establishing Feedwater Preheat
05000482/FIN-2010005-09	2010Q4	P.5	Inadequate Procedures to Ensure Proper Main Feed Pump Speed During Startup
05000482/FIN-2010007-01	2010Q4		Inadequate Design of Component Cooling Water Safety/Nonsafety Isolation
05000482/FIN-2010007-02	2010Q4	H.7	Failure to Perform Tornado Damper Testing
05000482/FIN-2010007-03	2010Q4		Inadequate Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Suction Line Break Analysis and Design
05000482/FIN-2010007-04	2010Q4		Emergency Diesel Generator Specified Rating did not Address Engine Operation at Design Basis Extreme Meteorological Temperature Conditions
05000482/FIN-2010007-05	2010Q4	H.9	Failure to Translate Design Requirements to Operating Procedures for the Transfer of Residual Heat Removal and Containment Spray Suction to the Containment Recirculation Sumps
05000482/FIN-2010005-01	2010Q4	H.14	Failure to Properly Identify and Evaluate Degraded Piping in the Train A Essential Service Water System
05000482/FIN-2010005-02	2010Q4	H.14	Failure to Account for Water Hammer Stresses in Essential Service Water System Calculations
05000482/FIN-2010005-03	2010Q4	H.7	Failure to Maintain Operator Licensing Examination Integrity
05000482/FIN-2010005-04	2010Q4	P.2	Failure to Evaluate Corrosion Mechanism in Accordance with Code Case N513
05000482/FIN-2010005-10	2010Q4	H.7	Inadequate Procedure for Steam Generator Hi-Hi Turbine Trip
05000482/FIN-2010008-04	2010Q4	P.2	Failure to Identify and Correct Inadequate RHR Fill and Vent Procedures
05000482/FIN-2010008-03	2010Q4	P.2	Failure to Perform an Adequate Operability Evaluation
05000482/FIN-2010008-02	2010Q4		Inadequate Procedure for Fill and Vent of the Component Cooling Water System
05000482/FIN-2010008-01	2010Q4	H.14	Failure to Promptly Identify and Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality
05000482/FIN-2011002-11	2011Q1	H.4 H.5	Failure to Follow Radiation Work Permit Instructions
05000482/FIN-2011002-10	2011Q1	H.13	Repetitive Failure to Enter Technical Specifications for Auxiliary Feedwater Suction Valve Testing
05000482/FIN-2011002-09	2011Q1	H.5	Inadequate Clearance Order Disables Power Operated Relief Valve Low temperature Overpressure Function
05000482/FIN-2011002-08	2011Q1	P.3	Inadequate Fill and Vent of Component Cooling Water
05000482/FIN-2011002-07	2011Q1	H.4 H.5	Failure to Verify Ultimate Heat Sink Sedimentation Levels within Design Bases
05000482/FIN-2011002-06	2011Q1	P.2	Failure to Perform an Operability Determination for Degradation of the Fuel Oil Storage Tank
05000482/FIN-2011002-05	2011Q1		Inadequate Calculation for Vital Switchgear Cooling
05000482/FIN-2011002-04	2011Q1	P.2	Failure to Follow 10 CFR 50.65 a(2) for Main Control Board Annunciator Power Supply Failures
05000482/FIN-2011002-03	2011Q1	P.2	Failure to Monitor the Performance of Nonsafety-Related Systems and Components Used in the Plant Emergency Operating Procedures under 10 CFR 50.65 Programs
05000482/FIN-2011002-02	2011Q1	H.5	Inadequate Clearance Order Isolated Cooling to Inservice Safety-Related Equipment
05000482/FIN-2011002-01	2011Q1	H.14	Inadequate Design Control of the Fuel Oil Storage Tank Fill System
05000482/FIN-2011006-01	2011Q1	H.9 H.2(b)	Failure to Trend Emergency Diesel Generator Chemistry Parameters Results in an Unplanned Technical Specification Entry

Self-Identified List (Wolf Creek)

	Q	Title
05000482/FIN-2010004-03	2010Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000482/FIN-2011006-02	2011Q1	N/A
05000482/FIN-2011002-12	2011Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000482/FIN-2011002-13	2011Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000482/FIN-2011002-14	2011Q1	Licensee-Identified Violation

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05000482/FIN-2011002-07

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