05000327/FIN-2016003-01
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| Title | Hydrogen Mitigation System Inoperable Longer than Allowed by Technical Specifications |
| Description | A self-revealing NCV of Technical Specification 3.6.8, Hydrogen Mitigation System (HMS), was identified for the licensees failure to restore an inoperable train of HMS within the 7 day completion time or place the unit in Mode 3 within the action time of 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />. Each train of HMS has 34 hydrogen igniters and SR 3.6.8.1 defines an operable train as one that has at least 33 igniters operable. A review of the operating history revealed the A train HMS had only 31 operable igniters for a period of 91 days due to a mispositioned circuit breaker. Upon discovery of the unexpected condition, the circuit breaker was closed to restore operability to the HMS train. The licensee entered the issue into their CAP as CR 1179126. The licensees failure to preclude an inoperable HMS train for more than 7 days without a subsequent plant shutdown was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was more than minor because it was associated with the Configuration Control attribute of Barrier Integrity cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstones objective to ensure the structural integrity of the containment boundary. Specifically, the finding challenged containment integrity as hydrogen igniters have a high risk significance in ice condenser style containments. The finding was screened to Green based on the fact that the loss of igniters did not affect multiple igniters in adjacent compartments. The inspectors determined that the finding had a cross cutting aspect of Avoid Complacency within the Human Performance area because the licensee failed to implement appropriate error reduction tools while working near the HMS circuit breakers (H.12). |
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
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| Report | IR 05000327/2016003 Section 4OA3 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2016 (2016Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Barrier Integrity |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Blamey G Smith N Staples W Deschaine |
| Violation of: | Technical Specification |
| CCA | H.12, Avoid Complacency |
| INPO aspect | QA.4 |
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Finding - Sequoyah - IR 05000327/2016003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Sequoyah) @ 2016Q3
Self-Identified List (Sequoyah)
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