05000528/FIN-2012005-01
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| Title | Failure to Identify and Correct a Condition Adverse to Fire Protection |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation of License Conditions 2.C.7, 2.C.6, and 2.F for Palo Verde Units 1, 2, and 3 for the licensees failure to identify and correct a condition adverse to fire protection. Specifically, on November 19, 2012, inspectors questioned operations personnel and identified that operators did not know the locations of sound powered telephone equipment, were unfamiliar with their use, and unfamiliar with procedural guidance for their use. This is a communications device used for post-fire safe shutdown credited in the fire protection program and emergency plan. The lack of familiarity with location and use of these communication devices would have adversely affected operations personnel response to an emergency. The licensee completed a self-assessment of emergency preparedness communication on October 31, 2012, and did not identify these weaknesses. The licensee immediately issued a night order and informed operations personnel of the location of the sound powered phones and procedural guidance. The licensee entered this issue into the licensees corrective action program as Palo Verde Action Request 4294407. The failure to identify and correct a condition adverse to fire protection was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was more than minor, and therefore a finding, because it adversely affected the human performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and its objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. The inspectors evaluated the significance of the issue under the Significance Determination Process, as defined in Inspection Manual Chapter 0609.04, Initial Characterization of Findings, and Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix F, Fire Protection Significance Determination Process. The finding was determined to be a low degradation of the post-fire safe shutdown program element and screens to Green using Step 1.3.1. The inspectors determined this finding has a crosscutting aspect in the area of problem identification and resolution associated with the self and independent assessments component because the licensee failed to conduct a self-assessment of sufficient depth, that was comprehensive and self-critical, which failed to recognize that operator knowledge was lacking for the use of some communication device. |
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
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| Report | IR 05000528/2012005 Section 1R05 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2012 (2012Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.05 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | M Brown L Carson S Garchow D Allen J Reynoso M Young B Larson J Groom I Anchondo N Hernandez D You |
| CCA | P.6, Self-Assessment |
| INPO aspect | CL.2 |
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Finding List (Palo Verde) @ 2012Q4
Self-Identified List (Palo Verde)
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