05000528/FIN-2005012-05
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| Title | Summary Finding. 95002 Inspectors Assessment of IR2004-14 Severity Level Iii Violation for 50.59 Issue |
| Description | The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) performed this supplemental inspection, in part, to assess the licensee's evaluation and corrective actions associated with an inappropriate change to an emergency core cooling system procedure without prior NRC approval. This procedure change rendered portions of the system inoperable because of voiding. This performance issue was previously characterized as a Severity Level III violation of 10 CFR 50.59 and was originally identified in NRC Inspection Report 05000528; 529; 530/2004014. During this supplemental inspection, performed in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95002, the inspectors determined that the licensee's evaluation identified the primary root causes of the performance issue to be: (1) The site procedure revision process (01AC-0AP02) was inadequate, in that, the procedure allowed pre-screening' of changes that could potentially bypass performing a 10 CFR 50.59 screening for changes to the facility as described in the licensing basis; and (2) The corrective action program implementation was ineffective. The licensee also identified overlap and interface problems between the corrective action program, the engineering evaluation request program, and the instruction change request program. These issues, in conjunction with inadequate training to recognize a corrective action condition, contributed to the failure of station personnel to initiate a corrective action program input document in 1992 for the potential pipe voiding concern. The inspectors concluded that the licensee's evaluation and implemented corrective actions were appropriate to reasonably prevent repetition of the 10 CFR 50.59 violation.
Given the licensee's acceptable performance in addressing the inappropriate procedure change and 10 CFR 50.59 program deficiencies, the Severity Level III violation is closed. |
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
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| Report | IR 05000528/2005012 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2005 (2005Q4) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level III |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | B Mallett C Baron D Proulx J Clark J Groom M Hay M Sitek S Sheldon |
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Finding List (Palo Verde) @ 2005Q4
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