Title
10 CFR 50.54(q)(2) requires that a holder of a nuclear power reactor operating license follow and maintain the effectiveness of an
emergency plan that meets the requirements in
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E and the planning standards of
10 CFR 50.47(b). Title
10 CFR Part 50.47(b)(8) states, Adequate emergency facilities and equipment to support the emergency response are provided and maintained. Section 8.2.2 of the Prairie Island
Emergency Plan, Revision 52, states All supplies are inventoried quarterly and dated equipment and material are periodically replaced according to surveillance and testing program. Contrary to the above, from the fourth quarter of 2015 to fourth quarter of 2016, the licensee failed to maintain the effectiveness of the
Emergency Plan by failing to complete the quarterly inventory of supplies and equipment in the alternative emergency response facility at their Red Wing Service Center. Specifically, for approximately five quarters, the licensee had not been conducting required quarterly inventory and equipment checks at the Alternative Emergency Response Facility due to several site procedures and supporting forms that verify continued facility readiness that were not updated or created following the 2014 Hostile Action Based Exercise.The inspectors determined that the finding was of very-low significance (Green) in accordance with NRC
Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0609, Appendix B,
Emergency Preparedness Significance Determination Process, Attachment 2, because this is a failure to comply with the
Emergency Plan that does not result in a loss of a planning standard function. The licensee determined that the alternative emergency response facility remained functional during the time period when the inventories were missed. Because this finding is of very low safety significance, and has been entered into the licenseesCorrective Action Program under
CAP 1513061, this violation is being treated as a Green
NCV consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the NRCs
Enforcement Policy.
