The inspectors identified a noncited
Severity Level IV violation of
10 CFR 50.73 for the failure to submit a licensee event report within 60 days to report the completion of a plant shutdown required by the Technical Specifications. A second similar example of a violation of the same regulation was identified by the licensee. Specifically, the licensee was required to submit a licensee event report by May 17, 2005, to report the completion of a plant shutdown required by the Technical Specifications that occurred on March 18, 2005. This licensee event report was submitted on November 7, 2005. Additionally, the licensee was required to submit a licensee event report by April 10, 2005, to report the completion of a plant shutdown that occurred on February 9, 2005. A revised licensee event report was submitted on January 6, 2006. This issue was entered into the licensee's corrective action program as Condition Report/Disposition Requests 2829976 and 2844019.
The finding was determined to be applicable to traditional enforcement because the NRCs ability to perform this regulatory function was potentially impacted by the licensees failure to report the event. The finding was determined to be a
Severity Level IV violation in accordance with Section D.4 of Supplement I of the
NRC Enforcement Policy. The finding is not suitable for evaluation using the
significance determination process, but has been reviewed by NRC management and is determined to be a finding of very low safety significance. The cause of the finding is related to the crosscutting element of problem identification and resolution in that the transportability review, conducted by regulatory affairs personnel, failed to identify an additional example of a missed reportable event that was subsequently identified by the NRC.
