05000296/FIN-2016013-01
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| Title | Roving Fire Watch Patrols Failed to Conduct Hourly Fire Watch Program |
| Description | 10 CFR 50.48, Fire Protection, requires that a licensee must have a fire protection plan that, in part, outlines the plans for fire protection, fire detection, suppression capability, and limitation of fire damage. The Browns Ferry Fire Protection Report lists compensatory actions that must be implemented when there are impaired fire protection systems, including under some circumstances, hourly fire watches. Technical Specification 5.4.1.d requires, in part, that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities involved with the fire protection program. TVA Corporate Procedure NPG-SPP-18.4.6, Control of Fire Protection Impairments, Rev. 0006, Section 3.2.6.A, states that fire watches are utilized for the surveillance of areas where fire protection systems are impaired. Fire Protection Impairment Permit 12-3612, dated July 23, 2012, established an hourly fire watch for several plant areas, including the Unit 3 Diesel Building and Unit 3 4kV Shutdown Board Room, due to impairment of elevation 593 Control Bay Ventilation Air Handling Unit 1A Local Start Function. BFN procedure FP-0-000-INS012, Fire Watch Expectations, requires fire watch employees to enter and traverse into a room or area to its farthest point to observe conditions that would indicate a fire. Contrary to the above, on multiple occasions in May 2015, five contract employees assigned to conduct roving fire watch patrols in the Unit 3 Diesel Building and Unit 3 4kV Shutdown Board Room due to Fire Protection Impairment Permit 12-3612, failed to conduct hourly fire watch patrols as required by NPG-SPP-18.4.6. Specifically, contract employees either failed to enter the Unit 3 4kV Shutdown Board Room, or failed to traverse the room to its farthest point, as required by procedure FP-0-000-INS012, Fire Watch Expectations. Therefore, there was an apparent violation of 10 CFR 50.48 because the fire watch employees failed to implement the procedures required by 10 CFR 50.48. |
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
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| Report | IR 05000296/2016013 Section 1R05 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2016 (2016Q1) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level III |
| cornerstone | Initiating Events |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.05 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Blamey D Gamberoni J Seat M Franke S Pricec Scotth Cambell L Casey V Mccree W Dean W Fowler |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.48 |
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