05000498/FIN-2008008-03
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| Title | Protection of Safe Shutdown Capabilities |
| Description | License Condition 2.E for Unit 1 requires that the licensee must implement and maintain in effect the approved fire protection program. The approved fire protection program requires that one train of equipment needed for establishing and maintaining hot shutdown must be free from fire damage. NRC Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-0871) Supplement 2 concluded: The applicants safe shutdown and fire hazards analysis demonstrates that systems needed for hot and cold shutdown are redundant and that at least one of the redundant systems needed for safe hot and cold shutdown would be free of fire damage (except for the control room area) because of separation, fire barriers, and fire detection and suppression, or a combination of these. It also states: The safe shutdown analysis also included the component cabling and support equipment needed to achieve and maintain hot and cold conditions. Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to properly implement and maintain in effect the approved fire protection program. Specifically, cables required for operation of some components in the credited safe shutdown train were not protected from fire damage. The licensee relied on the use of local operator manual actions to operate some components required to achieve and maintain safe hot shutdown conditions in lieu of protecting the train of equipment from fire damage in Fire Areas 03, 27, 31, 32 and 65. The use of local operator manual actions in lieu of protecting one train of equipment required for safe shutdown is being addressed as an industry-wide issue by the NRC. This violation is being addressed in accordance with Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 07-004, Enforcement Discretion For Post-Fire Manual Actions Used As Compensatory Measures For Fire Induced Circuit Failures, dated June 30, 2007. The team determined that the licensees corrective actions addressing non-compliances involving operator manual actions satisfied the criteria contained in EGM-07-004. Therefore, the NRC is exercising enforcement discretion under Section VII.B.6 of the NRC Enforcement Policy for this issue (EA-08-243), in accordance with EGM 07-004. |
| Site: | South Texas  |
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| Report | IR 05000498/2008008 Section 1R05 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2008 (2008Q3) |
| Type: | Violation: Severity level Enforcement Discretion |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.05 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | P Qualls R Mullikin B Correll J Mateychick K Sullivan N O'Keefe |
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Finding List (South Texas) @ 2008Q3
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