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While reviewing Maintenance Work Package ' … While reviewing Maintenance Work Package 'Performance of the C-335 Annual CMS Surveillance' from April 28, 2012 an error was identified. Procedure 'C-335 CMS Maintenance And Testing' requires an audibility check if the as-found values for the regulator air pressure drift feeding the Criticality Accident Alarm System (CMS) air horns is >?12 psig. However, an audibility check was not performed as required at six locations all on the cell floor of the process building that were discovered to be out-of-tolerance. All air pressure regulators were adjusted to within acceptable-as-left tolerances prior to the system being made operable on April 28. </br>Without the audibility testing being performed, the audibility of the C-335 CMS was questionable prior to the April testing. On June 13, 2012, a work package was developed to recreate the pressures encountered on April 28 and to test the audibility of the CMS. Subsequent testing has shown that three of the CMS horns fed by out-of-tolerance pressure regulators may not have provided the required sound levels necessary for audibility in those areas. This is failure of safety equipment required by TSR 2.4.4.2.</br>This event is reportable as a 24 hour event in accordance with 10 CFR 76.120(c)(2), 'An event in which equipment is disabled or fails to function as designed when: (i) the equipment is required by a TSR to prevent releases, prevent exposures to radiation and radioactive materials exceeding specified limits, mitigate the consequences of an accident, or restore this facility to a pre-established safe condition after an accident; (ii) the equipment is required by a TSR to be available and operable and either should have been operating or should have operated on demand; and (iii) no redundant equipment is available and operable to perform the required safety function.'</br>The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of this event.</br>PGDP Assessment and Tracking Report No. ATRC-12-1496; PGDP Event Report No. PAD-2012-03; Responsible Division: Operations</br>* * * RETRACTION FROM BILLY WALLACE TO JOHN SHOEMAKER AT 1641 EDT ON 07/16/2012 * * *</br>Subsequently, the C-335 CAAS air horns have been tested in the as-found conditions from April 28, 2012. Using the original design audibility criteria in the most limiting condition, the CAAS horn audibility was found to be acceptable. Therefore, the system would have been able to perform its intended safety function in the April 28, 2012, as-found condition. Based on the testing and an engineering evaluation, the event notification is being retracted.</br>The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br>Notified R2DO (Calle) and NMSS (Silva).ctor.
Notified R2DO (Calle) and NMSS (Silva).
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While reviewing Maintenance Work Package ' … While reviewing Maintenance Work Package 'Performance of the C-335 Annual CMS Surveillance' from April 28, 2012 an error was identified. Procedure 'C-335 CMS Maintenance And Testing' requires an audibility check if the as-found values for the regulator air pressure drift feeding the Criticality Accident Alarm System (CMS) air horns is >?12 psig. However, an audibility check was not performed as required at six locations all on the cell floor of the process building that were discovered to be out-of-tolerance. All air pressure regulators were adjusted to within acceptable-as-left tolerances prior to the system being made operable on April 28. </br>Without the audibility testing being performed, the audibility of the C-335 CMS was questionable prior to the April testing. On June 13, 2012, a work package was developed to recreate the pressures encountered on April 28 and to test the audibility of the CMS. Subsequent testing has shown that three of the CMS horns fed by out-of-tolerance pressure regulators may not have provided the required sound levels necessary for audibility in those areas. This is failure of safety equipment required by TSR 2.4.4.2.</br>This event is reportable as a 24 hour event in accordance with 10 CFR 76.120(c)(2), 'An event in which equipment is disabled or fails to function as designed when: (i) the equipment is required by a TSR to prevent releases, prevent exposures to radiation and radioactive materials exceeding specified limits, mitigate the consequences of an accident, or restore this facility to a pre-established safe condition after an accident; (ii) the equipment is required by a TSR to be available and operable and either should have been operating or should have operated on demand; and (iii) no redundant equipment is available and operable to perform the required safety function.'</br>The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of this event.</br>PGDP Assessment and Tracking Report No. ATRC-12-1496; PGDP Event Report No. PAD-2012-03; Responsible Division: Operations</br>* * * RETRACTION FROM BILLY WALLACE TO JOHN SHOEMAKER AT 1641 EDT ON 07/16/2012 * * *</br>Subsequently, the C-335 CAAS air horns have been tested in the as-found conditions from April 28, 2012. Using the original design audibility criteria in the most limiting condition, the CAAS horn audibility was found to be acceptable. Therefore, the system would have been able to perform its intended safety function in the April 28, 2012, as-found condition. Based on the testing and an engineering evaluation, the event notification is being retracted.</br>The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br>Notified R2DO (Calle) and NMSS (Silva).ctor.
Notified R2DO (Calle) and NMSS (Silva).
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