05000483/FIN-2009004-02
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| Title | Failure to Correctly Identify Safety System Functional Failures in a Licensee Event Report |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Severity Level IV noncited violation of 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Licensee Event Report System, for a failure to report two examples of safety system functional failures in licensee event reports within 60 days after discovery of events requiring a report. The two examples were: March 26, 2008, discovery that operation of containment air coolers in fast speed, during a period of higher than normal containment pressure, could open the air coolers fast speed thermal overload device rendering all the coolers incapable of automatically restarting in slow speed May 21, 2008, discovery of a 6.6 cubic foot void of air in the common suction piping capable of affecting the function of both of the safety injection system pumps For each example, the inspectors reviewed the licensees reportability evaluation and associated past operability reviews and determined each event was reportable per 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v) since each example resulted in a condition which affected both trains of a system described in the Final Safety Analysis Report that was needed to mitigate the consequences of an accident. Alternate safety systems accident mitigation is not permitted as a reason to not report the discovery of the conditions. The licensee also failed to report these failures to the NRC performance indicator database because of the failure to include the safety system functional failure in each respective licensee event report. This finding affects the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and is greater than minor because the NRC relies on licensees to identify and report conditions or events meeting the criteria specified in the regulations in order to perform its regulatory function. Consistent with the guidance in Section IV.A.3 and Supplement VII, Paragraph D.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy, this finding was determined to be a Severity Level IV noncited violation. The licensee planned to update the associated license event reports as described in Callaway Action Request 200904980. This finding has a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the resources component because the licensee failed to ensure, through adequate training, that its staff understood the guidance documents pertaining to the 10 CFR 50.73 rule [H.2.(b) |
| Site: | Callaway  |
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| Report | IR 05000483/2009004 Section 4OA3 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2009 (2009Q3) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Dumbacher C Osterholtz V Gaddy J Groom M Vasquez C Steely |
| CCA | H.9, Training |
| INPO aspect | CL.4 |
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Finding List (Callaway) @ 2009Q3
Self-Identified List (Callaway)
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