No Color. Numerous examples of inadequate corrective actions and improper implementation of the corrective action program demonstrated continued inadequate problem identification and resolution. This was primarily due to a general lack of understanding and ownership of site-wide programs and procedures associated with the identification and resolution of problems. Each of the program areas discussed below include violations of NRC requirements that were determined to be more than minor but of very low safety significance (Green) using the
significance determination process. The licensee documented this issue in their corrective action process as Notification 10112315, which is being addressed in Significant Condition Report 2001-0938, "Continued Difficulty in Implementing the Corrective Action Program." For example:
The team identified that during the implementation of the corrective action program issues were improperly characterized and classified resulting in those issues being inappropriately removed from the corrective action program. This resulted in ineffective and untimely corrective actions since the items were either closed or awaiting resolution. This issue is described in this report and involves both the mitigating systems and barrier integrity cornerstones of reactor safety.
Numerous concerns with scaffolds constructed near operable safety-related equipment were identified. The licensee had not constructed scaffolding in accordance with plant procedures and the required scaffolding engineering evaluations for nonconforming items had not been performed. Previous similar findings associated with improper scaffolding had been identified in NRC Inspection Report 50-298/00-04. Despite corrective actions involving new procedures and training, similar problems continued.
The licensee had not effectively corrected problems with personnel recognizing when and how to perform adequate
operability determinations and evaluations. A noncited violation was identified, which involved examples from both the mitigating system and
barrier integrity cornerstones. This cross-cutting issue was documented in the previous NRC problem identification and resolution inspection and other similar findings associated with this cross-cutting issue are noted in NRC Inspection Reports 50-298/00-10, 50-298/00-13, 50-298/00-14, and 50-298/01-02.
