ENS 50532
ENS Event | |
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23:35 Oct 13, 2014 | |
| Title | High Pressure Core Injection Degraded Accident Mitigation Capability |
| Event Description | During the plant response to the trip of the B Recirculating water pump, reactor water level rose to the HPCI [High Pressure Core Injection] high water level trip setpoint as indicated on the associated instrumentation. With this high water level trip actuated, the HPCI high drywell pressure initiation signal would not have allowed the HPCI system to perform its intended safety function if required. If the HPCI system received the low water level initiation signal, the system would have been able to perform Its intended safety function. This high water level signal was actuated from 1935 [EDT] until reset at 1940 [EDT]. This is reportable under 50.72(b)(3)(v).
The licensee notified NRC Resident Inspector.
Further review has determined that the condition was not a result of procedural errors/inadequacies, equipment failures, or design / analysis inadequacies. Plant systems responded as per design when the HPCI system high water level trip actuated when reactor vessel water level rose to the HPCI high water level trip setpoint. HPCI initiation has two logics: one for low-low vessel water level and the other for a high drywell pressure. A vessel low-low water level is an indication that reactor coolant is being lost with a need for HPCI injection for core cooling. High drywell pressure could indicate a line break in the Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary inside the drywell. The HPCI level instrumentation is designed to shut down the HPCI system upon high water level to prevent HPCI turbine damage due to gross moisture carryover and will re-initiate HPCI if vessel water level drops to the initiation water level setpoint. A HPCI high drywell pressure initiation signal, above setpoint, would have made up the logic for HPCI initiation and as per design, HPCI would have injected at the vessel low low level setpoint without operator action to reset the trip. In this instance, the trip was reset as prescribed by station procedures. HPCI was capable of performing its safety function after the high water level trip reset either by operator action or instrumentation (low low level initiation). The licensee will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified R1DO (Rogge). |
| Where | |
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Fitzpatrick  New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D), Loss of Safety Function - Mitigate the Consequences of an Accident | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.92 h0.08 days <br />0.0114 weeks <br />0.00263 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Thomas Yurkon 01:30 Oct 14, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Dec 8, 2014 |
| 50532 - NRC Website
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Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (60 %) |
FitzPatrick with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D), Loss of Safety Function - Mitigate the Consequences of an Accident | |
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