05000282/FIN-2016003-01
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | Title 10 CFR 50.48(b)(2) requires, in part, that all nuclear power plants licensed to operate before January 1, 1979, must satisfy the applicable requirements of Appendix R to this part, including specifically the requirements of Sections III.G, III.J, and III.O. Appendix R, Section III.G.1 of 10 CFR Part 50, requires, in part, that systems necessary to achieve and maintain cold shutdown from either the control room or emergency control station(s) can be repaired within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />. Contrary to the above, on January 7, 2016, the licensee failed to ensure that the Units 1 and 2 B RCS vent valves (necessary to achieve and maintain cold shutdown) could be repaired within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> following a postulated fire. Specifically, the B RCS vent valves were credited within the licensees SSA following a postulated fire in the Units 1 and 2 auxiliary building mezzanine areas and could have been rendered unavailable for operation from the control room or emergency control station(s). Section 9.1 of the NRC Enforcement Policy allows the NRC to exercise enforcement discretion for certain fire protection related non compliances identified as a result of a licensees transition to the new risk informed, performance based fire protection approach included in 10 CFR 50.48(c), and for certain existing non compliances that reasonably may be resolved by compliance with 10 CFR 50.48(c) as long as certain criteria are met. This risk informed, performance based approach is referred to as NFPA 805, Performance Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants. The licensee is in transition to NFPA 805 and therefore the licensee-identified violation was evaluated in accordance with the criteria established by Section 9.1(a) of the NRCs Interim Enforcement Policy Regarding Enforcement Discretion for Certain Fire Protection Issues (10 CFR 50.48) for a licensee in NFPA 805 transition. The inspectors determined that for this violation: (1) the licensee would have identified the violation during the scheduled transition to 10 CFR 50.48(c); (2) the licensee had established adequate compensatory measures (see Section 4OA3.3) within a reasonable time frame following identification and would correct the violation as a result of completing the NFPA 805 transition; (3) the violation was not likely to have been previously identified by routine licensee efforts; and (4) the violation was not willful. The finding also met additional criteria established in section 12.01.b of IMC 0305, Operating Assessment Program. In addition, in order for the NRC to consider granting enforcement discretion the violation must not be associated with a finding of high safety significance (i.e., Red). The issue was of very low safety significance (Green) because it did not impact the licensees ability to reach hot shutdown. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as CAP 01507901. As a result, the inspectors concluded that the violation met all four criteria established by Section 9.1 of the NRCs Enforcement Policy and the NRC was exercising enforcement discretion to not cite this violation in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy Regarding Enforcement Discretion for Certain Fire Protection Issues. |
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
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| Report | IR 05000282/2016003 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2016 (2016Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | K Riemer L Haeg M Jones P Laflamme S Bell |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.48 |
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Finding List (Prairie Island) @ 2016Q3
Self-Identified List (Prairie Island)
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