05000482/FIN-2011003-07

Finding

Title

Failure to Correct Procedure for Opening Main Steam Isolation Valves

Description

The inspectors identified a cited violation of Technical Specification 5.4.1.a, Administrative Procedures, involving Wolf Creeks failure to correct Procedure SYS AB-120 for main steam isolation valve operation. Specifically, between March 3, 2010, and March 19, 2011, Wolf Creek experienced repeat cases of safety-system actuations due to Procedure SYS AB-120 containing inadequate steps to establish conditions necessary to open a main steam isolation valve. Corrective actions were previously limited to steam header pressures below 300 psi. Wolf Creek commenced a root cause evaluation of the March 19, 2011, safety injection under Condition Report 34964. Due to Wolf Creeks failure to restore compliance from previous NCV 05000482/2010004-01 within a reasonable time after the violation was identified, this violation is being cited as a Notice of Violation consistent with the Enforcement Policy. Failure to correct deficiencies in Procedure SYS AB-120 for steam pressures above 300 psi was a performance deficiency. The inspectors determined that this finding was more than minor because it impacted the equipment performance attribute for the Initiating Events Cornerstone, and it affected the cornerstone objective to limit the likelihood of those events that upset plant stability and challenge critical safety functions during shutdown as well as power operations. Specifically, this issue relates to the configuration control attribute for shut down equipment alignment. The inspectors evaluated the significance of this finding using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609.04. Assuming worst case degradation, the finding resulted in exceeding the technical specification limit for reactor coolant system leakage due to the pressurizer power-operated relief valve cycling. Therefore, the inspectors screened the finding to a Phase 2 review by the senior reactor analyst. The senior reactor analyst used the Wolf Creek SPAR model and concluded that the incremental core damage probability was 3.7E-7 (Green). The inspectors found that the cause of the finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of problem identification and resolution associated with the corrective action program. Specifically, several evaluations failed to have an adequate extent of condition review and did not find that procedures were inadequate for opening a main steam isolation valve above 300 psi

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Site:	Wolf Creek
Report	IR 05000482/2011003 Section 4OA3
Date counted	Jun 30, 2011 (2011Q2)
Type:	Violation: Green
cornerstone	Initiating Events
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71153
Inspectors (proximate)	C Peabody G Miller J Bashore L Carson L Willoughby N Makris S Alferink C Longa Fairbanksc Long C Peabody D Reinert D Strickland G Guerra G Miller G Pick J Drake
CCA	P.2, Evaluation
INPO aspect	PI.2
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Finding - Wolf Creek - IR 05000482/2011003

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Finding List (Wolf Creek) @ 2011Q2

CCA Matrix: 2011Q2

	Q	CCA	Title
05000482/FIN-2010006-01	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to Resolve Degraded Conditions in a Timely Manner
05000482/FIN-2010006-02	2010Q3	P.3	Unqualified Scaffolding Erected Near Safety-Related Equipment
05000482/FIN-2010006-03	2010Q3	P.1 P.1(a)	Failure to Adequately Monitor Control Room Deficiencies
05000482/FIN-2010004-01	2010Q3		Failure to Establish Conditions to Open a Main Steam Isolation Value that Resulted in a Feedwater Isolation
05000482/FIN-2010006-04	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to Update an Operability Evaluation
05000482/FIN-2010006-05	2010Q3	P.2	Failure to Perform Adequate Evaluation for Significant Conditions
05000482/FIN-2010006-07	2010Q3	P.1 P.1(a)	Failure to Determine if a Deficiency Existed in the Ultimate Heat Sink
05000482/FIN-2010006-08	2010Q3	P.2	Notice of Unusual Event Due to Loss of Both Emergency Diesel Generators
05000482/FIN-2010006-09	2010Q3	P.3	Failure to Translate Design Information into a Procedure
05000482/FIN-2010004-02	2010Q3	H.7	Failure to Correct Degraded Vital Switchgear Cooler Wiring
05000482/FIN-2010005-08	2010Q4	P.5	Inadequate Procedures for Establishing Feedwater Preheat
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-2010005-07	2010Q4	P.1	Failure to Have Adequate Procedures for Meteorological Monitoring
05000482/FIN-2010008-01	2010Q4	H.14	Failure to Promptly Identify and Correct a Condition Adverse to Quality
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-2010005-11	2010Q4	H.1	Inadequate Simulation Facility Fidelity
05000482/FIN-2010008-02	2010Q4		Inadequate Procedure for Fill and Vent of the Component Cooling Water System
05000482/FIN-2010008-03	2010Q4	P.2	Failure to Perform an Adequate Operability Evaluation
05000482/FIN-2010008-04	2010Q4	P.2	Failure to Identify and Correct Inadequate RHR Fill and Vent Procedures
05000482/FIN-2011002-09	2011Q1	H.5	Inadequate Clearance Order Disables Power Operated Relief Valve Low temperature Overpressure Function
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
05000482/FIN-2011002-01	2011Q1	H.14	Inadequate Design Control of the Fuel Oil Storage Tank Fill System
05000482/FIN-2011002-02	2011Q1	H.5	Inadequate Clearance Order Isolated Cooling to Inservice Safety-Related Equipment
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-2011002-04	2011Q1	P.2	Failure to Follow 10 CFR 50.65 a(2) for Main Control Board Annunciator Power Supply Failures
05000482/FIN-2011002-05	2011Q1		Inadequate Calculation for Vital Switchgear Cooling
05000482/FIN-2011002-06	2011Q1	P.2	Failure to Perform an Operability Determination for Degradation of the Fuel Oil Storage Tank
05000482/FIN-2011002-07	2011Q1	H.4 H.5	Failure to Verify Ultimate Heat Sink Sedimentation Levels within Design Bases
05000482/FIN-2011002-08	2011Q1	P.3	Inadequate Fill and Vent of Component Cooling Water
05000482/FIN-2011002-10	2011Q1	H.13	Repetitive Failure to Enter Technical Specifications for Auxiliary Feedwater Suction Valve Testing
05000482/FIN-2011002-11	2011Q1	H.4 H.5	Failure to Follow Radiation Work Permit Instructions
05000482/FIN-2011003-10	2011Q2	P.2	Failure to Analyze for Vortexing in Containment Spray Additive Tank
05000482/FIN-2011003-01	2011Q2	P.3	No Procedure for Debris in Transformed and Tank Yards Prior to Severe Weather
05000482/FIN-2011003-02	2011Q2	H.12	Failure to Properly Establish Clearance Order Boundary Isolation Resulting in Loss of Component Cooling Water Inventory
05000482/FIN-2011003-03	2011Q2	H.9	Failure to Assure Fillet Weld Met Size Requirements on Train B Charging Header Vent Line
05000482/FIN-2011003-04	2011Q2	H.7	Failure to Assure Separation of Stainless Steel and Carbon Steel Grinding and Cutting Equipment
05000482/FIN-2011003-05	2011Q2	H.9	Failure to Assure Configuration Control of Safety-Related Systems
05000482/FIN-2011003-06	2011Q2	P.3	Inadequate Acceptance Criteria for Postmaintenance Testing of the Startup Feedwater Pump
05000482/FIN-2011003-07	2011Q2	P.2	Failure to Correct Procedure for Opening Main Steam Isolation Valves
... further results

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
05000482/FIN-2011003-11	2011Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000482/FIN-2011003-12	2011Q2	Licensee-Identified Violation

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