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A finding of very low safety significance … A finding of very low safety significance (Green) and associated non-citied violation of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings, was self-revealed on October 12, 2012, for the licensees failure to meet corrective action program procedural requirements associated with the correction of a contributing cause and the evaluation of the extent of condition of potentially submerged, degraded, and non-conforming safety-related electrical cables. The licensee entered the issue into the CAP as CR 01824467. Planned corrective actions included creating a cable monitoring program, establishing periodic inspections and dewatering of embedded conduits, and establishing periodic insulation resistance testing of safety-related electrical cables located within embedded conduits. The inspectors determined that failing to meet corrective action program procedural requirements represented a performance deficiency because it was the result of the licensees failure to meet a regulatory requirement, and the cause was reasonably within the licensees ability to foresee and correct and should have been prevented. The performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor and a finding because, if left uncorrected, failing to correct the contributing causes and evaluate the extent of condition of conditions adverse to quality would have the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern. The inspectors applied IMC 0609.04, Initial Characterization of Findings, to this finding. Because the finding pertained to an event while the plant was shut down, Table 3 instructed reference of IMC 0609, Appendix G, Shutdown Operations Significance Determination Process. Because the finding did not require a quantitative assessment, the finding screened as very low safety significance (Green). The inspectors determined that the performance characteristic of the finding that was the most significant causal factor of the performance deficiency was associated with the cross-cutting aspect of Problem Identification and Resolution, having Corrective Action Program components, and involving the licensee thoroughly evaluating problems such that the resolutions address causes and extents of conditions, as necessary, including, for significant actions, conducting effectiveness reviews of corrective actions to ensure that the problems are resolved. Specifically, the licensee inappropriately postponed, cancelled, or closed significant corrective actions that likely would have identified and promptly resolved additional instances of submerged degraded and non-conforming safety-related electrical cables.nforming safety-related electrical cables.

Discovered date

23:59:59, 31 March 2013 +

Docket

05000331 +

Event date

23:59:59, 31 March 2013 +

Finding integer

4 +

Finding type

Non-cited violation +

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INPO aspect

PI.2 +

Identified by

Self-revealing +

Inspection Manual Chapter

NRC Inspection Manual 0609.04 + and NRC Inspection Manual 0609, Appendix G +

Inspection procedure

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

Inspection report

IR 05000331/2013002 +

Inspector

J Corujo Sandin +, B Orlikowski +, Robert Murray +, Luke Haeg + and Stephen Bell +

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00:48:25, 21 February 2018 +

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