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The inspectors identified a Green NCV of T … The inspectors identified a Green NCV of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion IX, Control of Special Processes, for the licensees failure, as of February 13, 2015, to properly qualify a non-destructive testing procedure in accordance with applicable codes. Specifically, a liquid penetrant test (PT) procedure was not qualified for its full applicability temperature range in accordance with American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code, Section V, Non-Destructive Examination. The licensee entered this issue into its corrective action program (CAP) as Action Request (AR) 02451872. The failure to qualify a liquid PT procedure in accordance with ASME Section V was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was determined to be more than minor because, if left uncorrected, it had the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern. Specifically, since the liquid PT procedure was not qualified for its full applicability temperature range, liquid penetrant examinations would not be assured to detect flaws in the unqualified temperature range. As a consequence, the potential would exist for a rejectable flaw to go undetected affecting the operability of the affected system. This finding affected the Initiating Events, Mitigating Systems, and Barrier Integrity cornerstones. The finding screened as of very low safety significance (Green) because it did not result in the loss of operability or functionality; thus, the inspectors answered No to all of the screening questions. Specifically, the licensee review completed liquid penetrant examination records and did not find an example where the procedure was implemented at the unqualified temperature ranges. The inspectors determined that the primary cause of the failure to properly qualify the PT procedure was related to the Problem Identification and Resolution cross-cutting area, Operating Experience aspect (P.5). Specifically, the organization failed to effectively implement external operating experience in a timely manner.l operating experience in a timely manner.

Discovered date

23:59:59, 31 March 2015 +

Docket

05000373 + and 05000374 +

Event date

23:59:59, 31 March 2015 +

Finding integer

1 +

Finding type

Non-cited violation +

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CL.1 +

IR 05000373/2015001 +

Inspector

Michael Kunowski +, R Zuffa +, J Cassidy +, T Bilik +, N Valos +, Garrett Hansen +, Robert Ruiz +, John Robbins +, Don Krause + and Anthony Mcmurtray +

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12:59:26, 25 September 2017 +

Person