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| issue date = 01/08/2010
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| title = EA-09-200, Callaway, Final Significance Determination NRC Inspection Report 05000483-09-010
| title = EA-09-200, Callaway, Final Significance Determination NRC Inspection Report 05000483-09-010
| author name = Chamberlain D D
| author name = Chamberlain D
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
| addressee name = Heflin A C
| addressee name = Heflin A
| addressee affiliation = AmerenUE
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{{#Wiki_filter:UNITED STATES NU C LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N R E GI ON I V 612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU ITE 400 AR LIN GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125 January 8, 2010 EA-09-200 Mr. Adam C. Heflin, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Subject: CALLAWAY - FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000483/2009010
[[Issue date::January 8, 2010]]
 
EA-09-200  
 
Mr. Adam C. Heflin, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251  
 
Subject: CALLAWAY - FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000483/2009010


==Dear Mr. Heflin:==
==Dear Mr. Heflin:==
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 (ADAMS ML0927306560), dated September 30, 2009, described the results of a special inspection conducted to examine the circumstances surrounding the failure of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump to start on May 25, 2009. In this report, the NRC concluded that a failure to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 resulted in the pump failure. The safety significance of this finding was assessed on the basis of the best available information, including influential assumptions, using the applicable Significance Determination Process and was preliminarily determined to be a White (i.e., low to moderate safety significance) finding. The report discussed an apparent violation of the plant's technical specifications that was being evaluated for further NRC action under the NRC's Significance Determination Process and the NRC Enforcement Policy. This letter provides the final significance determination of the preliminary White finding.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 (ADAMS ML0927306560), dated September 30, 2009, described the results of a special inspection conducted to examine the circumstances surrounding the failure of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump to start on May 25, 2009. In this report, the NRC concluded that a failure to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 resulted in the pump failure. The safety significance of this finding was assessed on the basis of the best available information, including influential assumptions, using the applicable Significance Determination Process and was preliminarily determined to be a White (i.e., low to moderate safety significance) finding. The report discussed an apparent violation of the plants technical specifications that was being evaluated for further NRC action under the NRCs Significance Determination Process and the NRC Enforcement Policy. This letter provides the final significance determination of the preliminary White finding.
 
In the cover letter of NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009, the NRC informed AmerenUE of the NRC's preliminary conclusions. At t he request of AmerenUE, a Regulatory Conference was held on November 9, 2009, at the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas (ADAMS ML093210487). During the meeting, your staff described your assessment of the significance of the finding and the corrective actions taken to resolve it, including the root cause evaluation of the finding. You agreed with the violation and the NRC's description of the event; however, your staff presented a revised risk analysis. This analysis concluded that the finding was less safety significant than the NRC's preliminary significance determination. As supporting evidence, your staff presented information regarding the quantification of manual operator recovery of the turbine-driven auxiliary trip throttle valve during postulated design basis accidents. Specifically, your staff provided information relevant in the selection of the performance shaping factors for


ergonomics and available time used for quantification of operator recovery.
In the cover letter of NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009, the NRC informed AmerenUE of the NRCs preliminary conclusions. At the request of AmerenUE, a Regulatory Conference was held on November 9, 2009, at the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas (ADAMS ML093210487). During the meeting, your staff described your assessment of the significance of the finding and the corrective actions taken to resolve it, including the root cause evaluation of the finding. You agreed with the violation and the NRCs description of the event; however, your staff presented a revised risk analysis. This analysis concluded that the finding was less safety significant than the NRCs preliminary significance determination. As supporting evidence, your staff presented information regarding the quantification of manual operator recovery of the turbine-driven auxiliary trip throttle valve during postulated design basis accidents. Specifically, your staff provided information relevant in the selection of the performance shaping factors for ergonomics and available time used for quantification of operator recovery. For ergonomics, your staff provided a detailed description of the event that occurred on May 25, 2009, including an account from an operations technician that indicated the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater


For ergonomics, your staff provided a detailed description of the event that occurred on May 25, 2009, including an account from an operations technician that indicated the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater
Union Electric Company  2 EA-09-200 pump trip throttle valve could be operated with near normal force. For available time, your staff provided an analysis of time to steam generator dryout that revealed an additional twenty minutes that could be available for operator recovery based on the reactor core conditions at the time of the pump failure and additional inventories available within the steam generators.


Union Electric Company 2 EA-09-200 pump trip throttle valve could be operated with near normal force. For available time, your staff  
Additionally, your staff provided an assessment of the timing required to perform certain recovery actions that suggested the timing data used in the NRCs original significance determination process may have been overly conservative.


provided an analysis of time to steam generator dryout that revealed an additional twenty minutes that could be available for operator recovery based on the reactor core conditions at the time of the pump failure and additional inventories available within the steam generators. Additionally, your staff provided an assessment of the timing required to perform certain recovery actions that suggested the timing data used in the NRC's original significance determination process may have been overly conservative.
After considering the information developed during the inspection and the information provided by AmerenUE at the Regulatory Conference, the NRC determined that the available time performance shaping factor was appropriately characterized in the original analysis, but that small changes were justified in the postulated timeline for recovery. The NRC reached this conclusion after careful consideration of the differences in the postulated timelines and consideration of actual timing data from NRC inspections. The NRC staff also concluded that the extra twenty minutes available until steam generator dryout was not valid for use in the Significance Determination Process since it was not based on average plant conditions. For the ergonomics performance shaping factor, the NRC staff concluded that this aspect of recovery is more appropriately characterized as poor as opposed to the original determination that the ergonomics were misleading. This determination was made after consideration of statements made by the operations technician who operated the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve on May 25, 2009. The NRC determined that the ability to operate the valve with near normal force meant the subject performance deficiency would not be an impediment to recovery of the valve. Additionally, the NRC found that since the valve could be operated, the complexity performance shaping factor is more appropriately characterized as nominal.


After considering the information developed during the inspection and the information provided by AmerenUE at the Regulatory Conference, the NRC determined that the available time performance shaping factor was appropriately characterized in the original analysis, but that small changes were justified in the postulated timeline for recovery. The NRC reached this conclusion after careful consideration of the differences in the postulated timelines and consideration of actual timing data from NRC inspections. The NRC staff also concluded that the extra twenty minutes available until steam generator dryout was not valid for use in the Significance Determination Process since it was not based on average plant conditions. For the
Given the above changes, the NRC concluded that the failure to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 resulted in a change in core damage frequency of 7.5E-7 per year. The NRC therefore concluded that the finding is most appropriately characterized as having very low safety significance (Green).


ergonomics performance shaping factor, the NRC staff concluded that this aspect of recovery is more appropriately characterized as "poor" as opposed to the original determination that the  
Given that the preliminary White finding described in the September 30, 2009, report is more appropriately characterized as a finding of very low safety significance, the following enclosure closes the associated apparent violation documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 as a self-revealing Green violation. Because of the very low safety significance and because the finding has been entered into your corrective action program, the NRC is treating this finding as a noncited violation, consistent with Section VI.A.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. If you contest the significance of this noncited violation, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV, 612 E. Lamar Blvd, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011-4125; the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Callaway Plant facility. In addition, if you disagree with the characterization this finding, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your disagreement, to the Regional


ergonomics were "misleading." This determination was made after consideration of statements made by the operations technician who operated the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve on May 25, 2009. The NRC determined that the ability to operate the valve with near normal force meant the subject performance deficiency would not be an impediment to recovery of the valve. Additionally, the NRC found that since the valve could be operated, the complexity performance shaping factor is more appropriately characterized as "nominal."
Union Electric Company  3 EA-09-200 Administrator, Region IV, and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Callaway Plant. The information you provide will be considered in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter 0305.


Given the above changes, the NRC concluded that the failure to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 resulted in a change in core damage frequency of 7.5E-7 per year. The NRC therefore concluded that the
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, and its enclosure, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).


finding is most appropriately characterized as having very low safety significance (Green).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
 
Given that the preliminary White finding described in the September 30, 2009, report is more appropriately characterized as a finding of very low safety significance, the following enclosure closes the associated apparent violation documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 as a self-revealing Green violation. Because of the very low safety significance and because the finding has been entered into your corrective action program, the
 
NRC is treating this finding as a noncited violatio n, consistent with Section VI.A.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. If you contest the significance of this noncited violation, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV, 612 E. Lamar Blvd, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011-4125; the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Callaway Plant facility.
 
In addition, if you disagree with the characterization this finding, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your disagreement, to the Regional
 
Union Electric Company 3 EA-09-200 Administrator, Region IV, and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Callaway Plant. The information you provide will be considered in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter 0305.
 
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, and its enclosure, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).


Please note that the NRC administratively opened Inspection Report 05000483/2009010 to track time spent reviewing the issues described in this letter. This letter will serve as the basis to close this report number.
Please note that the NRC administratively opened Inspection Report 05000483/2009010 to track time spent reviewing the issues described in this letter. This letter will serve as the basis to close this report number.


Sincerely,/RA/ Dwight D. Chamberlain, Director Division of Reactor Projects  
Sincerely,
 
/RA/
Docket: 50-483 License: NPF-30  
Dwight D. Chamberlain, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-483 License: NPF-30 Enclosure: Summary of Risk Assessment and Final Significance Determination w/Attachment: Supplemental Information
 
===Enclosure:===
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Union Electric Company 4 EA-09-200 Mr. Luke H. Graessle Director, Operations Support
 
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=SUMMARY=
=SUMMARY=
OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION  
OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION


NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009, dated September 30, 2009, documented the results of a special inspection conducted to understand the facts and circumstances related to the failure to start of the Callaway turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump on May 25, 2009. The inspection found that AmerenUE failed to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 which resulted in the pump's failure to start on May 25, 2009. The safety significance of this finding was assessed on the basis of the best available information, including influential assumptions, using the applicable Significance Determination Process and was preliminarily determined to be a White (i.e., low to moderate safety significance) finding.
NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009, dated September 30, 2009, documented the results of a special inspection conducted to understand the facts and circumstances related to the failure to start of the Callaway turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump on May 25, 2009. The inspection found that AmerenUE failed to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 which resulted in the pumps failure to start on May 25, 2009. The safety significance of this finding was assessed on the basis of the best available information, including influential assumptions, using the applicable Significance Determination Process and was preliminarily determined to be a White (i.e., low to moderate safety significance) finding.


Following the Regulatory Conference that was held on November 9, 2009, (ADAMS ML093210487) the NRC completed a Phase 3 significance determination evaluation and concluded that the finding was of very low safe ty significance. The NRC's final significance determination requantified the probability of operator recovery of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump taking into account information provided by the licensee at the Regulatory Conference. That information revealed that the likelihood of recovery was greater than originally evaluated due to the as found condition of the valve on May 25, 2009. This enclosure documents the NRC's final characterization of the apparent violation documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009.
Following the Regulatory Conference that was held on November 9, 2009, (ADAMS ML093210487) the NRC completed a Phase 3 significance determination evaluation and concluded that the finding was of very low safety significance. The NRCs final significance determination requantified the probability of operator recovery of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump taking into account information provided by the licensee at the Regulatory Conference. That information revealed that the likelihood of recovery was greater than originally evaluated due to the as found condition of the valve on May 25, 2009. This enclosure documents the NRCs final characterization of the apparent violation documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009.


===A. NRC-Identified and Self-Revealing Findings===
===NRC-Identified and Self-Revealing Findings===


===Cornerstone: Mitigating Systems===
===Cornerstone: Mitigating Systems===
: '''Green.'''
: '''Green.'''
The team identified a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 3.7.5, "Auxiliary Feedwater System," involving the failure to adequately lubricate turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312. During surveillance testing on May 25, 2009, the turbine-
The team identified a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater System, involving the failure to adequately lubricate turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312. During surveillance testing on May 25, 2009, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump did not start as expected due to hardened grease on the valve spindle of valve FCHV0312. The previous lubrication preventative maintenance activity had been missed, and lack of lubrication increased friction between the sliding nut and spindle preventing the valve from opening. Following lubrication, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump tested satisfactorily. The licensee entered this deficiency in their corrective action program as Callaway Action Request 200904216.


driven auxiliary feedwater pump did not start as expected due to hardened grease on the valve spindle of valve FCHV0312. The previous lubrication preventative maintenance activity had been missed, and lack of lubrication increased friction between the sliding nut and spindle preventing the valve from opening. Following lubrication, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump tested satisfactorily. The licensee entered this deficiency in their corrective action program as Callaway Action Request 200904216.
This finding is greater than minor because it was associated with the equipment performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, the issue screened as potentially risk significant since the finding represented a loss of system safety function of a single train for greater than the technical specification allowed outage time. The finding required a Phase 2 analysis. When evaluated per Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A,
 
Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations, and the Callaway Plant Phase 2 pre-solved table item Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Fails to Start, the inspectors determined this finding to be potentially risk significant. The finding was forwarded to a senior reactor analyst for review. The final outcome of the Phase 3 Significance Determination Evaluation determined the finding was of very low safety significance (Green).
This finding is greater than minor because it was associated with the equipment performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609.04, "Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings," the issue screened as potentially risk significant since the finding represented a loss of system safety function of a single train for greater than the technical specification allowed outage time. The finding required a Phase 2 analysis. When evaluated per Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A,  
"Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations," and the Callaway Plant P hase 2 pre-solved table item "Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Fails to Start," the inspectors determined this finding to be potentially risk significan t. The finding was forwarded to a senior reactor analyst for review. The final outcome of the Phase 3 Significance Determination Evaluation determined the finding was of very low safety significance (Green).


The inspectors determined that this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because the licensee failed to follow the procedural guidance provided when changing the scope of a preventive maintenance task [H.4(b)](Section 1R2).
The inspectors determined that this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because the licensee failed to follow the procedural guidance provided when changing the scope of a preventive maintenance task [H.4(b)](Section 1R2).


===B. Licensee-Identified Violations===
===Licensee-Identified Violations===


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===Cornerstone:===
===Cornerstone: Mitigating Systems===
Mitigating Systems


====a. Inspection Scope====
====a. Inspection Scope====
The special inspection team evaluated the events leading to and the licensee response to the failure to start of the Callaway turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump. The results of the team's inspection are documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 (ADAMS ML0927306560). On November 9, 2009, a Regulatory Conference was held between the NRC and AmerenUE staff. At the Regulatory Conference, the NRC was provided additional information that the licensee believed would impact the selection of performance shaping factors used to assess the probability of operator recovery of the failed valve.
The special inspection team evaluated the events leading to and the licensee response to the failure to start of the Callaway turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump. The results of the teams inspection are documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 (ADAMS ML0927306560). On November 9, 2009, a Regulatory Conference was held between the NRC and AmerenUE staff. At the Regulatory Conference, the NRC was provided additional information that the licensee believed would impact the selection of performance shaping factors used to assess the probability of operator recovery of the failed valve.


Following receipt of this information, the NRC independently verified the licensee's assumptions were technically accurate and represented actual plant conditions. As part of their review, the inspectors reviewed procedures, corrective action documents, and design and maintenance records for the equipment of concern. The team interviewed key station personnel regarding the events that transpired on May 25, 2009, and compared those accounts to station logs and computer records. The team walked down and inspected the equipment in the field including a timing verification and a walkdown of the room during simulated blackout conditions. A list of specific documents reviewed is provided as an attachment to this enclosure.
Following receipt of this information, the NRC independently verified the licensees assumptions were technically accurate and represented actual plant conditions. As part of their review, the inspectors reviewed procedures, corrective action documents, and design and maintenance records for the equipment of concern. The team interviewed key station personnel regarding the events that transpired on May 25, 2009, and compared those accounts to station logs and computer records. The team walked down and inspected the equipment in the field including a timing verification and a walkdown of the room during simulated blackout conditions. A list of specific documents reviewed is provided as an attachment to this enclosure.


====b. Findings====
====b. Findings====


=====Introduction.=====
=====Introduction.=====
The team identified a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 3.7.5, "Auxiliary Feedwater System," involving the failure to adequately lubricate turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312.
The team identified a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater System, involving the failure to adequately lubricate turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312.


=====Description.=====
=====Description.=====
On May 25, 2009, Callaway Plant operators performed surveillance testing Procedure OSP-SA-0007A, "Train A AFAS Slave Relay Test," to test the slave relays used to start the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump. During the performance of Step 6.2.8 of Procedure OSP-SA-0007A, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump did not start as expected. During troubleshooting, the licensee discovered that the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312 had traveled in the closed direction in an attempt to latch the valve operator but had stopped prior to completing its stroke. Electrical continuity checks revealed that the motor-operated valve closed torque switch had opened. Callaway operators declutched and manually operated the trip throttle valve actuator. An audible squeak was observed during manual operation indicating mechanical binding within the sliding nut and valve spindle. Following troubleshooting, the licensee performed Job 09003598 to lubricate the trip throttle valve.
On May 25, 2009, Callaway Plant operators performed surveillance testing Procedure OSP-SA-0007A, Train A AFAS Slave Relay Test, to test the slave relays used to start the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump. During the performance of Step 6.2.8 of Procedure OSP-SA-0007A, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump did not start as expected. During troubleshooting, the licensee discovered that the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312 had traveled in the closed direction in an attempt to latch the valve operator but had stopped prior to completing its stroke. Electrical continuity checks revealed that the motor-operated valve closed torque switch had opened. Callaway operators declutched and manually operated the trip throttle valve actuator. An audible squeak was observed during manual operation indicating mechanical binding within the sliding nut and valve spindle. Following troubleshooting, the licensee performed Job 09003598 to lubricate the trip throttle valve.


Once the valve was adequately lubricated, the licensee successfully performed postmaintenance testing.
Once the valve was adequately lubricated, the licensee successfully performed postmaintenance testing.


Callaway replaces the trip throttle valve every third refueling outage with a refurbished valve that was previously removed from the system. The turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve that failed to open on May 25, 2009, was replaced during Refueling Outage 16 in October 2008. The valve was replaced with a similar valve that was removed from service during Refueling Outage 13 in April 2004 and refurbished in September 2007. The replacement procedure did not have specific lubrication instructions. Lubrication of the valve was scheduled to be performed a few days after replacement as Job 07506359. The maintenance supervisor assigned to coordinate the lubrication incorrectly assumed that the valve was adequately lubricated since it had been recently replaced. Callaway Procedure APA-ZZ-00320, "Work Execution," Section 4.12, allows for a job to be canceled if it is determined that the work is not necessary or has been completed by another job. The maintenance supervisor initiated a job routing request to engineering inquiring if additional inspection was required on valve FCHV0312 since the valve had recently been replaced. Although not specifically referenced, the portion of the job requested to be closed was Section 6.3, "Trip Throttle Valve Lubrication and Inspection."
Callaway replaces the trip throttle valve every third refueling outage with a refurbished valve that was previously removed from the system. The turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve that failed to open on May 25, 2009, was replaced during Refueling Outage 16 in October 2008. The valve was replaced with a similar valve that was removed from service during Refueling Outage 13 in April 2004 and refurbished in September 2007. The replacement procedure did not have specific lubrication instructions. Lubrication of the valve was scheduled to be performed a few days after replacement as Job 07506359. The maintenance supervisor assigned to coordinate the lubrication incorrectly assumed that the valve was adequately lubricated since it had been recently replaced. Callaway Procedure APA-ZZ-00320, Work Execution, Section 4.12, allows for a job to be canceled if it is determined that the work is not necessary or has been completed by another job. The maintenance supervisor initiated a job routing request to engineering inquiring if additional inspection was required on valve FCHV0312 since the valve had recently been replaced. Although not specifically referenced, the portion of the job requested to be closed was Section 6.3, Trip Throttle Valve Lubrication and Inspection.


Callaway engineering replied to the job routing request that the valve had been diagnostically tested satisfactorily and that no additional inspection was needed. The engineer's response only answered the specific question asked by the job routing request and did not examine the procedural requirements that were the subject of the request. The engineer did not consult with the technician requesting closure and did not verify that the lubrication job task being closed was completed by the installation procedure. Based on the input received from engineering, the mechanical maintenance supervisor closed the lubrication portion of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001, "Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection."  The mechanical maintenance supervisor failed to verify that the entire work scope of the superseded work document was included in the superseding work document which did not meet the requirements of licensee Procedure APA-ZZ-00320. Since the valve was not lubricated when installed during Refueling Outage 16, the last lubrication of the valve occurred during the refurbishment of the valve in September 2007. The lack of lubrication on valve FCHV0312 resulted in increasing friction between the sliding nut and spindle which caused the valve to fail on demand on May 25, 2009.
Callaway engineering replied to the job routing request that the valve had been diagnostically tested satisfactorily and that no additional inspection was needed. The engineers response only answered the specific question asked by the job routing request and did not examine the procedural requirements that were the subject of the request. The engineer did not consult with the technician requesting closure and did not verify that the lubrication job task being closed was completed by the installation procedure. Based on the input received from engineering, the mechanical maintenance supervisor closed the lubrication portion of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001, Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection. The mechanical maintenance supervisor failed to verify that the entire work scope of the superseded work document was included in the superseding work document which did not meet the requirements of licensee Procedure APA-ZZ-00320. Since the valve was not lubricated when installed during Refueling Outage 16, the last lubrication of the valve occurred during the refurbishment of the valve in September 2007. The lack of lubrication on valve FCHV0312 resulted in increasing friction between the sliding nut and spindle which caused the valve to fail on demand on May 25, 2009.


The licensee initiated Significant Condition Adverse to Quality Callaway Action Request 200904216 to investigate the failure of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump to start due to an inadequately lubricated trip throttle valve. The licensee's root cause analysis determined that the failure to lubricate valve FCHV0312 was due to the failure to fully review the closure of the lubrication portion of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001 during Refueling Outage 16. The licensee also concluded that though the actual timing of when the valve would have failed after the last successful surveillance test was unknown, it was reasonable to conclude that the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump was inoperable for a time frame greater than the 72-hour technical specification allowed completion time.
The licensee initiated Significant Condition Adverse to Quality Callaway Action Request 200904216 to investigate the failure of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump to start due to an inadequately lubricated trip throttle valve. The licensees root cause analysis determined that the failure to lubricate valve FCHV0312 was due to the failure to fully review the closure of the lubrication portion of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001 during Refueling Outage 16. The licensee also concluded that though the actual timing of when the valve would have failed after the last successful surveillance test was unknown, it was reasonable to conclude that the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump was inoperable for a time frame greater than the 72-hour technical specification allowed completion time.


Long term corrective actions were implemented to revise the replacement preventive maintenance procedure to include a lubrication section and a change to the lubricants used for the trip throttle valve. The licensee also identified several corrective actions to address contributing causes including changes to lubrication procedures and corrective actions to address programmatic issues in work control.
Long term corrective actions were implemented to revise the replacement preventive maintenance procedure to include a lubrication section and a change to the lubricants used for the trip throttle valve. The licensee also identified several corrective actions to address contributing causes including changes to lubrication procedures and corrective actions to address programmatic issues in work control.


=====Analysis.=====
=====Analysis.=====
The performance deficiency associated with this finding involved the licensee's failure to ensure valve FCHV0312 was adequately lubricated such that it remained operable. Specifically, Section 6.3 "Trip Throttle Valve Lubrication and Inspection," of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001, "Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection," was closed without adequate review. The lack of lubrication resulted in increased friction within the valve which caused the valve not to open on May 25, 2009.
The performance deficiency associated with this finding involved the licensees failure to ensure valve FCHV0312 was adequately lubricated such that it remained operable. Specifically, Section 6.3 Trip Throttle Valve Lubrication and Inspection, of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001, Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection, was closed without adequate review. The lack of lubrication resulted in increased friction within the valve which caused the valve not to open on May 25, 2009.


This finding is greater than minor because it was associated with the equipment performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609.04, "Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings," the issue screened as potentially risk significant since the finding represented a loss of system safety function of a single train for greater than the technical specification allowed outage time. The finding required a Phase 2 analysis. When evaluated per Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, "Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations," and the Callaway Plant Phase 2 pre-solved table item "Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Fails to Start," the inspectors determined this finding to be potentially risk significant. The finding was forwarded to a senior reactor analyst for review.
This finding is greater than minor because it was associated with the equipment performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, the issue screened as potentially risk significant since the finding represented a loss of system safety function of a single train for greater than the technical specification allowed outage time. The finding required a Phase 2 analysis. When evaluated per Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations, and the Callaway Plant Phase 2 pre-solved table item Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Fails to Start, the inspectors determined this finding to be potentially risk significant. The finding was forwarded to a senior reactor analyst for review.


The senior reactor analyst's preliminary analysis as documented in Attachment 4 of NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 determined that this finding appeared to have low to moderate safety significance. The following documents the changes to that preliminary determination and should not be considered a stand alone evaluation.
The senior reactor analysts preliminary analysis as documented in Attachment 4 of NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 determined that this finding appeared to have low to moderate safety significance. The following documents the changes to that preliminary determination and should not be considered a stand alone evaluation.


During the regulatory conference, conducted on November 9, 2009, the licensee provided arguments indicating that the manual operation of valve FCHV0312 on May 25, 2009, was "near normal," and that valve conditions would not have greatly impacted the manual operation of the valve. Therefore, the analyst determined that the SPAR-H human reliability analysis method was the best approach to quantifying the probability that operators would fail to manually realign the valve.
During the regulatory conference, conducted on November 9, 2009, the licensee provided arguments indicating that the manual operation of valve FCHV0312 on May 25, 2009, was near normal, and that valve conditions would not have greatly impacted the manual operation of the valve. Therefore, the analyst determined that the SPAR-H human reliability analysis method was the best approach to quantifying the probability that operators would fail to manually realign the valve.


Given the "near normal" operation of valve FCHV0312, the analyst determined that the best characterization of the ergonomics performance shaping factor for diagnosis was "poor," and that the best characterization for the complexity of the action was "nominal."  These changes in the performance shaping factors led to a final nonrecovery value of 5.8 percent.
Given the near normal operation of valve FCHV0312, the analyst determined that the best characterization of the ergonomics performance shaping factor for diagnosis was poor, and that the best characterization for the complexity of the action was nominal.


Applying a 5.8 percent nonrecovery probability to the Method 1 analysis provided in Attachment 4, the analyst calculated an incremental conditional core damage probability of 7.50E-7. Therefore, the subject performance deficiency represented a finding of very low safety significance (Green).
These changes in the performance shaping factors led to a final nonrecovery value of 5.8 percent.


The inspectors determined that this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because the licensee failed to follow the procedural guidance provided when changing the scope of a preventive maintenance task [H.4(b)].  
Applying a 5.8 percent nonrecovery probability to the Method 1 analysis provided in 4, the analyst calculated an incremental conditional core damage probability of 7.50E-7. Therefore, the subject performance deficiency represented a finding of very low safety significance (Green).
 
The inspectors determined that this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because the licensee failed to follow the procedural guidance provided when changing the scope of a preventive maintenance task [H.4(b)].


=====Enforcement.=====
=====Enforcement.=====
Technical Specification 3.7.5, "Auxiliary Feedwater System," requires, in part, that three trains of auxiliary feedwater shall be operable in Modes 1, 2 or 3. The technical specifications required that if one train of auxiliary feedwater is inoperable for greater than 72 hours, actions be taken to be in Mode 3 within 6 hours and Mode 4 within 12 hours. Contrary to the required action statements, on May 25, 2009, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump train was found to be inoperable due to a lack of lubrication of trip throttle valve FCHV0312. Subsequent review determined that the lack of lubrication resulted in the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump being inoperable for greater than 72 hours and action was not taken to be in Mode 3 within 6 hours and Mode 4 within 12 hours. Because of the very low safety significance of this finding and because the licensee has entered this issue into their corrective action program as Callaway Action Request 200904216, this violation is being treated as a noncited violation in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the Enforcement Policy:
Technical Specification 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater System, requires, in part, that three trains of auxiliary feedwater shall be operable in Modes 1, 2 or 3. The technical specifications required that if one train of auxiliary feedwater is inoperable for greater than 72 hours, actions be taken to be in Mode 3 within 6 hours and Mode 4 within 12 hours. Contrary to the required action statements, on May 25, 2009, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump train was found to be inoperable due to a lack of lubrication of trip throttle valve FCHV0312. Subsequent review determined that the lack of lubrication resulted in the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump being inoperable for greater than 72 hours and action was not taken to be in Mode 3 within 6 hours and Mode 4 within 12 hours. Because of the very low safety significance of this finding and because the licensee has entered this issue into their corrective action program as Callaway Action Request 200904216, this violation is being treated as a noncited violation in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the Enforcement Policy:
NCV 05000483/2009009-01, "Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve."
NCV 05000483/2009009-01, Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve.


This noncited violation closes Apparent Violation 05000483/2009009-01.
This noncited violation closes Apparent Violation 05000483/2009009-01.
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===Licensee Personnel===
===Licensee Personnel===
: [[contact::F. Bagby Jr.]], Supervisor, Nuclear Maintenance, Mechanical  
: [[contact::F. Bagby Jr.]], Supervisor, Nuclear Maintenance, Mechanical
: [[contact::L. Beaty]], System Engineer  
: [[contact::L. Beaty]], System Engineer
: [[contact::F. Bianco]], Assistant Operations Manager  
: [[contact::F. Bianco]], Assistant Operations Manager
: [[contact::G. Bradley]], Manager, Nuclear Operations  
: [[contact::G. Bradley]], Manager, Nuclear Operations
: [[contact::D. Davidson]], Operations Technician, Operations  
: [[contact::D. Davidson]], Operations Technician, Operations
: [[contact::F. Diya]], Vice President, Nuclear Operations  
: [[contact::F. Diya]], Vice President, Nuclear Operations
: [[contact::K. Duncan]], Shift Manager, Operations  
: [[contact::K. Duncan]], Shift Manager, Operations
: [[contact::T. Elwood]], Supervising Engineer, Regulatory Affairs/Licensing  
: [[contact::T. Elwood]], Supervising Engineer, Regulatory Affairs/Licensing
: [[contact::L. Graessle]], Director, Operations Support  
: [[contact::L. Graessle]], Director, Operations Support
: [[contact::M. Hall]], Assistant Manager, Nuclear Engineering  
: [[contact::M. Hall]], Assistant Manager, Nuclear Engineering
: [[contact::J. Hiller]], Consulting Engineer, Risk Assessment  
: [[contact::J. Hiller]], Consulting Engineer, Risk Assessment
: [[contact::G. Holtmeyer]], Reactor Operator  
: [[contact::G. Holtmeyer]], Reactor Operator
: [[contact::J. Imhoff]], System Engineer  
: [[contact::J. Imhoff]], System Engineer
: [[contact::L. Kanuckel]], Manager, Plant Engineering  
: [[contact::L. Kanuckel]], Manager, Plant Engineering
: [[contact::S. Maglio]], Assistant Manager, Regulatory Affairs  
: [[contact::S. Maglio]], Assistant Manager, Regulatory Affairs
: [[contact::D. Martin]], Supervising Engineer, Risk Assessment  
: [[contact::D. Martin]], Supervising Engineer, Risk Assessment
: [[contact::S. Petzel]], Engineer, Regulatory Affairs  
: [[contact::S. Petzel]], Engineer, Regulatory Affairs
: [[contact::S. Sandbothe]], Manager, Plant Support  
: [[contact::S. Sandbothe]], Manager, Plant Support
: [[contact::D. Shafer]], Assistant Manager, Regulatory Affairs  
: [[contact::D. Shafer]], Assistant Manager, Regulatory Affairs


==LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED==
==LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED==


===Opened and Closed===
===Opened and Closed===
: 050000483/2009009-01
: 050000483/2009009-01       NCV     Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve
NCV Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve  


===Closed===
===Closed===
: 050000483/2009009-01  
: 050000483/2009009-01       AV       Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve
: AV Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve


==DOCUMENTS REVIEWED==
==DOCUMENTS REVIEWED==
CALLAWAY ACTION REQUESTS
 
: 200904216
: 200906825
: CALCULATIONS
: NUMBER TITLE REVISION
: EC-33 Fuel Cycle 17 Decay Heat Load Calculation 
: A1-1 Attachment
: FC-20 Manual Operation of FCHV0312
: ZZ-539 Time Until Steam Generator Dry Out After Reactor Trip Assuming a Complete Loss of Feedwater
: DRAWINGS
: NUMBER TITLE REVISION M-22AL01(Q) Piping and Instrumentation Diagram Auxiliary Feedwater System 33
: PROCEDURES
: NUMBER TITLE REVISION
: APA-ZZ-00100 Written Instructions Use and Adherence
: APA-ZZ-00395 Significant Operator Response Timing
: EC Supp Guide Emergency Coordinator Supplemental Guideline
: ECA-0.0 Loss of All AC Power
: ETP-FC-00001 Calibration of Terry Turbine Governor Valve Actuator
: MPM-FC-QK001 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection
: MPM-FC-QK002 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Five-Year Internal Inspection 19
: ODP-ZZ-00025 EOP/OTO User's Guide
: ODP-ZZ-0016E Operations Technicians Watchstation Practices and Rounds 21
: OOA-SA-C066Z Engineered Safety Feature Status Panel SA066Z Alarm Information
: OSP-SA-0007A Train A AFAS Slave Relay Test
: OSP-AL-P0002 Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inservice Test - 
: Group B 60
: OSP-FC-V0001 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Valve Inservice Test
: OTN-AL-00001 Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Trip/Throttle Appendix A Valve Trip Check and Reset
: JOBS W219154
: 05515178
: 06523136
: 07506359
: 08510069
: 09003598
: 09006057
: 09502426
: MISCELLANEOUS
: Callaway Nuclear Plant Operations Qualifications Card and Standard for Equipment Operator and Secondary Watchstation Cycle 06-2 Training, Terry Turbine Trip/Throttle and Governor Valves Attachment
: Attachment
: Non-licensed Operator Continuing Training 07-3, Auxiliary Feedwater PRAER 09-333, ROP Significance Determination of TDAFP Fail to Start, Revision 0 T61.01110.6/T61.016.6, Auxiliary Feedwater System
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EA-09-200, Callaway, Final Significance Determination NRC Inspection Report 05000483-09-010
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UNITED STATES NU C LE AR RE G ULATO RY C O M M I S S I O N R E GI ON I V 612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU ITE 400 AR LIN GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125 January 8, 2010 EA-09-200 Mr. Adam C. Heflin, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Subject: CALLAWAY - FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000483/2009010

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 (ADAMS ML0927306560), dated September 30, 2009, described the results of a special inspection conducted to examine the circumstances surrounding the failure of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump to start on May 25, 2009. In this report, the NRC concluded that a failure to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 resulted in the pump failure. The safety significance of this finding was assessed on the basis of the best available information, including influential assumptions, using the applicable Significance Determination Process and was preliminarily determined to be a White (i.e., low to moderate safety significance) finding. The report discussed an apparent violation of the plants technical specifications that was being evaluated for further NRC action under the NRCs Significance Determination Process and the NRC Enforcement Policy. This letter provides the final significance determination of the preliminary White finding.

In the cover letter of NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009, the NRC informed AmerenUE of the NRCs preliminary conclusions. At the request of AmerenUE, a Regulatory Conference was held on November 9, 2009, at the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas (ADAMS ML093210487). During the meeting, your staff described your assessment of the significance of the finding and the corrective actions taken to resolve it, including the root cause evaluation of the finding. You agreed with the violation and the NRCs description of the event; however, your staff presented a revised risk analysis. This analysis concluded that the finding was less safety significant than the NRCs preliminary significance determination. As supporting evidence, your staff presented information regarding the quantification of manual operator recovery of the turbine-driven auxiliary trip throttle valve during postulated design basis accidents. Specifically, your staff provided information relevant in the selection of the performance shaping factors for ergonomics and available time used for quantification of operator recovery. For ergonomics, your staff provided a detailed description of the event that occurred on May 25, 2009, including an account from an operations technician that indicated the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater

Union Electric Company 2 EA-09-200 pump trip throttle valve could be operated with near normal force. For available time, your staff provided an analysis of time to steam generator dryout that revealed an additional twenty minutes that could be available for operator recovery based on the reactor core conditions at the time of the pump failure and additional inventories available within the steam generators.

Additionally, your staff provided an assessment of the timing required to perform certain recovery actions that suggested the timing data used in the NRCs original significance determination process may have been overly conservative.

After considering the information developed during the inspection and the information provided by AmerenUE at the Regulatory Conference, the NRC determined that the available time performance shaping factor was appropriately characterized in the original analysis, but that small changes were justified in the postulated timeline for recovery. The NRC reached this conclusion after careful consideration of the differences in the postulated timelines and consideration of actual timing data from NRC inspections. The NRC staff also concluded that the extra twenty minutes available until steam generator dryout was not valid for use in the Significance Determination Process since it was not based on average plant conditions. For the ergonomics performance shaping factor, the NRC staff concluded that this aspect of recovery is more appropriately characterized as poor as opposed to the original determination that the ergonomics were misleading. This determination was made after consideration of statements made by the operations technician who operated the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve on May 25, 2009. The NRC determined that the ability to operate the valve with near normal force meant the subject performance deficiency would not be an impediment to recovery of the valve. Additionally, the NRC found that since the valve could be operated, the complexity performance shaping factor is more appropriately characterized as nominal.

Given the above changes, the NRC concluded that the failure to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 resulted in a change in core damage frequency of 7.5E-7 per year. The NRC therefore concluded that the finding is most appropriately characterized as having very low safety significance (Green).

Given that the preliminary White finding described in the September 30, 2009, report is more appropriately characterized as a finding of very low safety significance, the following enclosure closes the associated apparent violation documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 as a self-revealing Green violation. Because of the very low safety significance and because the finding has been entered into your corrective action program, the NRC is treating this finding as a noncited violation, consistent with Section VI.A.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. If you contest the significance of this noncited violation, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV, 612 E. Lamar Blvd, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011-4125; the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Callaway Plant facility. In addition, if you disagree with the characterization this finding, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this letter, with the basis for your disagreement, to the Regional

Union Electric Company 3 EA-09-200 Administrator, Region IV, and the NRC Resident Inspector at the Callaway Plant. The information you provide will be considered in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter 0305.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, and its enclosure, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please note that the NRC administratively opened Inspection Report 05000483/2009010 to track time spent reviewing the issues described in this letter. This letter will serve as the basis to close this report number.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Dwight D. Chamberlain, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-483 License: NPF-30 Enclosure: Summary of Risk Assessment and Final Significance Determination w/Attachment: Supplemental Information

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SUMMARY

OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION

NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009, dated September 30, 2009, documented the results of a special inspection conducted to understand the facts and circumstances related to the failure to start of the Callaway turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump on May 25, 2009. The inspection found that AmerenUE failed to adequately lubricate the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve during Refueling Outage 16 which resulted in the pumps failure to start on May 25, 2009. The safety significance of this finding was assessed on the basis of the best available information, including influential assumptions, using the applicable Significance Determination Process and was preliminarily determined to be a White (i.e., low to moderate safety significance) finding.

Following the Regulatory Conference that was held on November 9, 2009, (ADAMS ML093210487) the NRC completed a Phase 3 significance determination evaluation and concluded that the finding was of very low safety significance. The NRCs final significance determination requantified the probability of operator recovery of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump taking into account information provided by the licensee at the Regulatory Conference. That information revealed that the likelihood of recovery was greater than originally evaluated due to the as found condition of the valve on May 25, 2009. This enclosure documents the NRCs final characterization of the apparent violation documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009.

NRC-Identified and Self-Revealing Findings

Cornerstone: Mitigating Systems

Green.

The team identified a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater System, involving the failure to adequately lubricate turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312. During surveillance testing on May 25, 2009, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump did not start as expected due to hardened grease on the valve spindle of valve FCHV0312. The previous lubrication preventative maintenance activity had been missed, and lack of lubrication increased friction between the sliding nut and spindle preventing the valve from opening. Following lubrication, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump tested satisfactorily. The licensee entered this deficiency in their corrective action program as Callaway Action Request 200904216.

This finding is greater than minor because it was associated with the equipment performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, the issue screened as potentially risk significant since the finding represented a loss of system safety function of a single train for greater than the technical specification allowed outage time. The finding required a Phase 2 analysis. When evaluated per Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A,

Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations, and the Callaway Plant Phase 2 pre-solved table item Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Fails to Start, the inspectors determined this finding to be potentially risk significant. The finding was forwarded to a senior reactor analyst for review. The final outcome of the Phase 3 Significance Determination Evaluation determined the finding was of very low safety significance (Green).

The inspectors determined that this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because the licensee failed to follow the procedural guidance provided when changing the scope of a preventive maintenance task H.4(b)(Section 1R2).

Licensee-Identified Violations

None

REPORT DETAILS

REACTOR SAFETY

Cornerstone: Mitigating Systems

a. Inspection Scope

The special inspection team evaluated the events leading to and the licensee response to the failure to start of the Callaway turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump. The results of the teams inspection are documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 (ADAMS ML0927306560). On November 9, 2009, a Regulatory Conference was held between the NRC and AmerenUE staff. At the Regulatory Conference, the NRC was provided additional information that the licensee believed would impact the selection of performance shaping factors used to assess the probability of operator recovery of the failed valve.

Following receipt of this information, the NRC independently verified the licensees assumptions were technically accurate and represented actual plant conditions. As part of their review, the inspectors reviewed procedures, corrective action documents, and design and maintenance records for the equipment of concern. The team interviewed key station personnel regarding the events that transpired on May 25, 2009, and compared those accounts to station logs and computer records. The team walked down and inspected the equipment in the field including a timing verification and a walkdown of the room during simulated blackout conditions. A list of specific documents reviewed is provided as an attachment to this enclosure.

b. Findings

Introduction.

The team identified a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater System, involving the failure to adequately lubricate turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312.

Description.

On May 25, 2009, Callaway Plant operators performed surveillance testing Procedure OSP-SA-0007A, Train A AFAS Slave Relay Test, to test the slave relays used to start the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump. During the performance of Step 6.2.8 of Procedure OSP-SA-0007A, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump did not start as expected. During troubleshooting, the licensee discovered that the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve FCHV0312 had traveled in the closed direction in an attempt to latch the valve operator but had stopped prior to completing its stroke. Electrical continuity checks revealed that the motor-operated valve closed torque switch had opened. Callaway operators declutched and manually operated the trip throttle valve actuator. An audible squeak was observed during manual operation indicating mechanical binding within the sliding nut and valve spindle. Following troubleshooting, the licensee performed Job 09003598 to lubricate the trip throttle valve.

Once the valve was adequately lubricated, the licensee successfully performed postmaintenance testing.

Callaway replaces the trip throttle valve every third refueling outage with a refurbished valve that was previously removed from the system. The turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump trip throttle valve that failed to open on May 25, 2009, was replaced during Refueling Outage 16 in October 2008. The valve was replaced with a similar valve that was removed from service during Refueling Outage 13 in April 2004 and refurbished in September 2007. The replacement procedure did not have specific lubrication instructions. Lubrication of the valve was scheduled to be performed a few days after replacement as Job 07506359. The maintenance supervisor assigned to coordinate the lubrication incorrectly assumed that the valve was adequately lubricated since it had been recently replaced. Callaway Procedure APA-ZZ-00320, Work Execution, Section 4.12, allows for a job to be canceled if it is determined that the work is not necessary or has been completed by another job. The maintenance supervisor initiated a job routing request to engineering inquiring if additional inspection was required on valve FCHV0312 since the valve had recently been replaced. Although not specifically referenced, the portion of the job requested to be closed was Section 6.3, Trip Throttle Valve Lubrication and Inspection.

Callaway engineering replied to the job routing request that the valve had been diagnostically tested satisfactorily and that no additional inspection was needed. The engineers response only answered the specific question asked by the job routing request and did not examine the procedural requirements that were the subject of the request. The engineer did not consult with the technician requesting closure and did not verify that the lubrication job task being closed was completed by the installation procedure. Based on the input received from engineering, the mechanical maintenance supervisor closed the lubrication portion of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001, Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection. The mechanical maintenance supervisor failed to verify that the entire work scope of the superseded work document was included in the superseding work document which did not meet the requirements of licensee Procedure APA-ZZ-00320. Since the valve was not lubricated when installed during Refueling Outage 16, the last lubrication of the valve occurred during the refurbishment of the valve in September 2007. The lack of lubrication on valve FCHV0312 resulted in increasing friction between the sliding nut and spindle which caused the valve to fail on demand on May 25, 2009.

The licensee initiated Significant Condition Adverse to Quality Callaway Action Request 200904216 to investigate the failure of the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump to start due to an inadequately lubricated trip throttle valve. The licensees root cause analysis determined that the failure to lubricate valve FCHV0312 was due to the failure to fully review the closure of the lubrication portion of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001 during Refueling Outage 16. The licensee also concluded that though the actual timing of when the valve would have failed after the last successful surveillance test was unknown, it was reasonable to conclude that the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump was inoperable for a time frame greater than the 72-hour technical specification allowed completion time.

Long term corrective actions were implemented to revise the replacement preventive maintenance procedure to include a lubrication section and a change to the lubricants used for the trip throttle valve. The licensee also identified several corrective actions to address contributing causes including changes to lubrication procedures and corrective actions to address programmatic issues in work control.

Analysis.

The performance deficiency associated with this finding involved the licensees failure to ensure valve FCHV0312 was adequately lubricated such that it remained operable. Specifically, Section 6.3 Trip Throttle Valve Lubrication and Inspection, of Procedure MPM-FC-QK001, Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Turbine Annual Inspection, was closed without adequate review. The lack of lubrication resulted in increased friction within the valve which caused the valve not to open on May 25, 2009.

This finding is greater than minor because it was associated with the equipment performance attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Using Manual Chapter 0609.04, Phase 1 - Initial Screening and Characterization of Findings, the issue screened as potentially risk significant since the finding represented a loss of system safety function of a single train for greater than the technical specification allowed outage time. The finding required a Phase 2 analysis. When evaluated per Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, Determining the Significance of Reactor Inspection Findings for At-Power Situations, and the Callaway Plant Phase 2 pre-solved table item Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Fails to Start, the inspectors determined this finding to be potentially risk significant. The finding was forwarded to a senior reactor analyst for review.

The senior reactor analysts preliminary analysis as documented in Attachment 4 of NRC Inspection Report 05000483/2009009 determined that this finding appeared to have low to moderate safety significance. The following documents the changes to that preliminary determination and should not be considered a stand alone evaluation.

During the regulatory conference, conducted on November 9, 2009, the licensee provided arguments indicating that the manual operation of valve FCHV0312 on May 25, 2009, was near normal, and that valve conditions would not have greatly impacted the manual operation of the valve. Therefore, the analyst determined that the SPAR-H human reliability analysis method was the best approach to quantifying the probability that operators would fail to manually realign the valve.

Given the near normal operation of valve FCHV0312, the analyst determined that the best characterization of the ergonomics performance shaping factor for diagnosis was poor, and that the best characterization for the complexity of the action was nominal.

These changes in the performance shaping factors led to a final nonrecovery value of 5.8 percent.

Applying a 5.8 percent nonrecovery probability to the Method 1 analysis provided in 4, the analyst calculated an incremental conditional core damage probability of 7.50E-7. Therefore, the subject performance deficiency represented a finding of very low safety significance (Green).

The inspectors determined that this finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the work practices component because the licensee failed to follow the procedural guidance provided when changing the scope of a preventive maintenance task H.4(b).

Enforcement.

Technical Specification 3.7.5, Auxiliary Feedwater System, requires, in part, that three trains of auxiliary feedwater shall be operable in Modes 1, 2 or 3. The technical specifications required that if one train of auxiliary feedwater is inoperable for greater than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />, actions be taken to be in Mode 3 within 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> and Mode 4 within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />. Contrary to the required action statements, on May 25, 2009, the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump train was found to be inoperable due to a lack of lubrication of trip throttle valve FCHV0312. Subsequent review determined that the lack of lubrication resulted in the turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump being inoperable for greater than 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> and action was not taken to be in Mode 3 within 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> and Mode 4 within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />. Because of the very low safety significance of this finding and because the licensee has entered this issue into their corrective action program as Callaway Action Request 200904216, this violation is being treated as a noncited violation in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the Enforcement Policy:

NCV 05000483/2009009-01, Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve.

This noncited violation closes Apparent Violation 05000483/2009009-01.

4OA6 Meetings, Including Exit

On December 10, 2009, Mr. G. Miller, Chief, Reactor Project Branch B, presented the final significance determination results to Mr. F. Diya, Vice President, Nuclear Operations, who acknowledged the finding. The NRC verified that no proprietary information was retained.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee Personnel

F. Bagby Jr., Supervisor, Nuclear Maintenance, Mechanical
L. Beaty, System Engineer
F. Bianco, Assistant Operations Manager
G. Bradley, Manager, Nuclear Operations
D. Davidson, Operations Technician, Operations
F. Diya, Vice President, Nuclear Operations
K. Duncan, Shift Manager, Operations
T. Elwood, Supervising Engineer, Regulatory Affairs/Licensing
L. Graessle, Director, Operations Support
M. Hall, Assistant Manager, Nuclear Engineering
J. Hiller, Consulting Engineer, Risk Assessment
G. Holtmeyer, Reactor Operator
J. Imhoff, System Engineer
L. Kanuckel, Manager, Plant Engineering
S. Maglio, Assistant Manager, Regulatory Affairs
D. Martin, Supervising Engineer, Risk Assessment
S. Petzel, Engineer, Regulatory Affairs
S. Sandbothe, Manager, Plant Support
D. Shafer, Assistant Manager, Regulatory Affairs

LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

Opened and Closed

050000483/2009009-01 NCV Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve

Closed

050000483/2009009-01 AV Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Inoperable Due to Inadequately Lubricated Trip Throttle Valve

DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

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