Severity Level IV. The inspectors identified a noncited violation of
10 CFR 50.59 because the licensee failed to identify that changes made to the Units 1 and 2 Updated Safety Analysis Reports required a license amendment request. These changes removed containment isolation valve controls for secondary system containment penetrations. The licensee initiated corrective action on March 28, 2003, to prepare a license amendment request to obtain NRC approval of the changes to the Updated Safety Analysis Reports
This is an item for traditional enforcement because it involves an issue not appropriate for evaluation using the
SDP. It involves a violation of
10 CFR 50.59, an issue which impacts NRC oversight ability. The issue is more than minor because it involves a programmatic issue affecting containment controls for all secondary system penetrations. It was considered to be a noncited
Severity Level IV violation. Management review determined it was greater than minor because the change should have received NRC review prior to implementation. Redundant containment barrier (system piping) existed and the licensee entered this issue into its corrective action program.
