05000528/FIN-2013003-01
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Title | Failure to Follow Operability Determination Procedure for Maintaining Administrative Limits |
Description | The inspectors identified a Green non-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, for the failure of operations and engineering personnel to follow station procedures to perform operability determinations and functional assessments. Specifically, plant personnel did not maintain appropriate controls to ensure that the temperature limit established in the operability determination for the spent fuel pool criticality analysis was maintained. The licensee entered the issue into their corrective action program as PVAR 4380424, began taking more frequent readings of spent fuel pool temperature indicators, and lowered the spent fuel pool temperature alarm setpoint. The failure to follow Procedure 40DP-9OP26 for performing operability determinations is a performance deficiency. This performance deficiency is more than minor, and therefore a finding, because it is associated with the Barrier Integrity Cornerstone attribute of procedure quality and it adversely affected the cornerstone objective to provide reasonable assurance that physical design barriers protect the public from radionuclide releases caused by accident or events. The inspectors evaluated the significance of the finding using Inspection Manual Chapter 0609.04, Initial Characterization of Findings, and IMC 0609, Appendix A, The Significance Determination Process (SDP) for Findings At-Power. The inspectors reviewed all Barrier Integrity screening questions in IMC 0609, Appendix A, Exhibit 3 Section D, and all questions were answered No. Therefore, the finding was determined to be of very low safety significance. The inspectors determined that the finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with decision making. Specifically, the licensee did not communicate the administrative limits established in the spent fuel pool criticality operability determination to appropriate operations personnel |
Site: | Palo Verde ![]() |
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Report | IR 05000528/2013003 Section 1R15 |
Date counted | Jun 30, 2013 (2013Q2) |
Type: | NCV: Green |
cornerstone | Barrier Integrity |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.15 |
Inspectors (proximate) | M Brown B Tharakan S Graves D Allen M Baquera D Reinert P Jayroe |
Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion V |
CCA | H.10, Bases for Decisions |
INPO aspect | CO.2 |
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