05000348/FIN-2013005-02
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B), Immediate notification requirements for operating nuclear power reactors (3) Eight-hour reports, required the licensee to notify the NRC as soon as practical and in all cases within eight hours of the occurrence of the nuclear power plant being in an unanalyzed condition that significantly degrades plant safety. Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to make the required notification within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> of an issue associated with certain unfused direct current (DC) ammeters in the main control room. CR 476438 was written on June 27, 2012, which describes the potential fire vulnerability to alternate shutdown capability. Technical evaluation (TE) 451064, completed on July 12, 2012, confirmed the vulnerability in that the ammeter circuits do not contain fuses which would provide overcurrent protection. TE 449432 was completed on August 21, 2012 and incorrectly concluded that this issue was not reportable. CR 723304 was written on October 24, 2013, to reevaluate the reportability requirements of this issue. The licensee notified the NRC of this issue on December 16, 2013, via event notification (EN) 49638. Since this finding impacted the ability of the NRC to perform its regulatory oversight function, it was evaluated using the traditional enforcement process. The inspectors concluded that failure to make the required notification within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> was a Severity Level IV violation in accordance with Section 6.9(d) of the NRCs Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | Farley  |
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| Report | IR 05000348/2013005 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2013 (2013Q4) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | B Caballero C Dykes F Ehrhardt J Laughlin J Sowa L Lake M Speck P Niebaum |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B), Unanalyzed Condition 10 CFR 50.72 |
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Finding List (Farley) @ 2013Q4
Self-Identified List (Farley)
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