Title 10 of the CFR, Paragraph 50.72(a)(1)(ii) requires, in part, that the licensee shall notify the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System of those non-emergency events specified in Paragraph (b) that occurred within three years of the date of discovery and
10 CFR 50.72(b)(3) requires, in part, that the licensee shall notify the NRC as soon as practical and in all cases within eight hours of the occurrence of any of the applicable conditions. Moreover,
10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) requires, in part, that the licensee report any event or condition that results in valid actuation of any of the systems listed in Paragraph (b)(3)(iv)(B) and
10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(B)(2) lists general containment isolation signals affecting containment isolation valves in more than one system or multiple
MSIVs. In addition,
10 CFR 50.73(a)(1) requires, in part, that the licensee submit an LER for any event of the type described in this paragraph within 60 days after the discovery of the event and
10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A) requires, in part, that the licensee report any event or condition that resulted in manual or automatic actuation of any of the systems listed in Paragraph (a)(2)(iv)(B). Paragraph (a)(2)(iv)(B)(2) in
10 CFR 50.73 lists general containment isolation signals affecting containment isolation valves in more than one system or multiple
MSIVs. Contrary to the above: 1. The licensee failed to notify the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System of a non-emergency event specified in Paragraph (b) within eight hours of an event on September 14, 2015. The event involved the valid manual and automatic actuation of the
primary containment isolation logic for multiple
MSIVs. 2. The licensee failed to submit a required LER within 60 days after discovery of an event on September 14, 2015. The event involved the valid manual and automatic actuation of the
primary containment isolation logic for multiple
MSIVs. Violations of
10 CFR 50.72 and
10 CFR 50.73 are dispositioned using the traditional enforcement process because they are considered to be violations that potentially impede or impact the regulatory process. In accordance with Section 6.9.d.9 of the
NRC Enforcement Policy, this violation was categorized as
Severity Level IV because the licensee failed to make a report to the NRC as required by
10 CFR 50.72(a)(1)(ii) and
10 CFR 50.73(a)(1). The licensee entered this violation into its
CAP as CARD 16-20564.
