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The NRC inspectors identified a finding of … The NRC inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance (Green) when licensee personnel failed to ensure accuracy of calculations used to support an operability evaluation of the Unit 1 reactor vessel head flange for the impression caused by an allen wrench trapped between the stud tensioner and the head flange during stud de-tensioning. The licensee entered this issue in its CAP as Issue Report 02559542. Corrective actions included a significant revision to the Operability Evaluation to address each of the inspectors concerns. The finding was determined to be more than minor because it was associated with the Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Equipment and Barrier Performance attribute of the Barrier Integrity Cornerstone, and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of providing reasonable assurance that physical barriers RCS protect the public from radionuclide releases caused by accidents or events. Additionally, More than Minor Example 3.a of IMC 0612, Appendix E, Examples of Minor Issues, was used to answer this more than minor screening question. Specifically, the licensee used incorrect area in the bearing stress calculation that, at the time of discovery, resulted in reasonable doubt of the operability as the bearing stress exceeded the allowable stress value used in the evaluation to preclude plastic deformation. In accordance with IMC 0609, Significance Determination Process, Attachment 4, Initial Characterization of Findings, dated June 19, 2012, Table 2, the RCS boundary issues need to be considered under the Initiating Event Cornerstone. Using Table 3, the inspectors determined the finding pertained to an event or degraded condition while the plant was in shutdown and, therefore, used IMC 0609, Appendix G Shutdown Operations Significance Determination Process, dated May 9, 2014, for significance determination. The finding did not represent a loss of level control per the Criteria in Appendix G, Attachment 1. The inspectors reviewed Appendix G, Attachment 1, Exhibit 2, Initiating Events Screening Questions. The inspectors answered No to Question A.1, and found all other questions to be not applicable and, therefore, concluded that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green). This finding had a cross-cutting aspect in Human Performance Avoid Complacency because the licensee reviewer, expecting acceptable results, did not use appropriate rigor in evaluating possible errors. Specifically, the licensee did not expect a numerical error in the evaluation performed by the vendor and did not take expected actions to verify accuracy. (H.12)xpected actions to verify accuracy. (H.12)

Discovered date

23:59:59, 31 December 2015 +

Docket

05000454 +

Event date

23:59:59, 31 December 2015 +

Finding integer

1 +

Finding type

Finding +

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INPO aspect

QA.4 +

Identified by

NRC identified +

Inspection Manual Chapter

NRC Inspection Manual 0609 +, NRC Inspection Manual 0609, Appendix G + and NRC Inspection Manual 0612 Appendix E, Examples of Minor Issues +

Inspection procedure

IP 71111.08 +

Inspection report

IR 05000454/2015004 +

Inspector

Laura Smith +, J Jandovitz +, J Mcghee +, B Palagi +, J Cassidy +, Garrett Hansen +, Mel Holmberg +, Vijay Meghani +, Atif Shaikh +, Jason Draper + and Catherine Thompson +

Issue report

AR 02559542 +

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12:57:25, 25 September 2017 +

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