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The inspectors identified a Green cited vi … The inspectors identified a Green cited violation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50.54(q)(2) because Entergy did not ensure that the Pilgrim Emergency Plan met the planning standards in 10 CFR 50.47(b). Specifically, in December 2011, Entergy cancelled preventative maintenance of the 160 back-up meteorological tower, and that tower became non-functional. As a result, on eight occasions between March 18, 2012, and August 15, 2015, when the 220 primary meteorological tower was also non-functional for various reasons, Pilgrim did not have instrumentation available on either tower for continuous reading of the wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, and delta air temperature. At the time of this inspection in August 2015, Entergy was in the process of obtaining necessary permits for construction of the new tower. This finding is more than minor because it is associated with the facilities and equipment attribute of the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the licensee is capable of implementing adequate measures to protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency. In accordance with IMC 0609, Appendix B, Emergency Preparedness Significance Determination Process, Table 5.8-1, the inspectors determined the finding to be of very low safety significance (Green) because the planning standard function was degraded. Specifically, a significant amount of equipment necessary to implement the emergency plan was not functional to the extent that an emergency response organization member could not perform assigned functions, in the absence of compensatory measures. However, Pilgrim was able to make adequate dose assessments at all times using the National Weather Service to obtain necessary data. This finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution, Resolution, because Pilgrim did not take effective corrective actions to address issues in a timely manner commensurate with their safety significance. Specifically, numerous delays and extensions of corrective actions resulted in a period of approximately two years in which the adverse condition identified by the inspectors had not been corrected, during which additional outages of the primary meteorological tower have resulted in additional unnecessary degradation of the Pilgrim Emergency Plan.degradation of the Pilgrim Emergency Plan.

Discovered date

23:59:59, 30 September 2015 +

Docket

05000293 +

Event date

23:59:59, 30 September 2015 +

Finding integer

2 +

Finding type

Finding +

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INPO aspect

PI.3 +

Identified by

NRC identified +

Inspection Manual Chapter

NRC Inspection Manual 0609, Appendix B +

Inspection procedure

IP 71152, Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R) +

Inspection report

IR 05000293/2015010 +

Inspector

B Dionne +, Securit +, S Horvitzn +, Arthur Burritt +, Beth Sienel +, Sarah Elkhiamy + and Erin Carfang +

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00:54:22, 21 February 2018 +

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