05000352/FIN-2015007-01
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| Title | Failure to Verify Adequacy of EDG Voltage to Start Safety-Related Motors |
| Description | The team identified a finding of very low safety significance involving a non-cited violation (NCV) of the 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion III, Design Control, in that Exelon did not verify and assure in design basis calculations, that adequate voltage would be available for starting Class 1E accident mitigating motors when the safeguards buses are powered by the emergency diesel generators (EDG). Specifically, in the calculation performed to evaluate voltage available to individual motors when they are powered by the EDGs, Exelon assumed that the generator output voltage would be 4285 Volts, alternating current (Vac), rather than the minimum voltage allowed by station technical specifications (4160 Vac). Additionally, the electrical ratings of loads powered by the EDG were not adjusted for the maximum frequency allowed by station technical specifications (61.2 hertz (Hz)). As a result, the starting voltage for some of the safetyrelated motors would not have been acceptable under EDG generator voltage and frequency limiting conditions. In response, Exelon entered the issue into their corrective action program and performed evaluation that determined that EDG actual test results demonstrated the EDGs to be operable. The team review of the evaluation determined it to be reasonable. This finding was more than minor because it was similar to Example 3.j of NRC IMC 0612, Appendix E, and was associated with the Design Control attribute of the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. The team determined the finding was of very low safety significance because it was a design deficiency confirmed not to result in a loss of safety-related motor operability or functionality. The team determined this finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution (Identification, Aspect P.1), because during a calculation revision in 2014, Exelon did not recognize that the limits of voltage and frequency allowed by the station technical specifications affected the calculation results and, therefore, did not completely and accurately identify the issue and revise the calculation in accordance with the stations corrective action program requirements. |
| Site: | Limerick  |
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| Report | IR 05000352/2015007 Section 1R21 |
| Date counted | Sep 30, 2015 (2015Q3) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71111.21 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | S Pindale J Lilliendahl K Mangan M Yeminy N Della Grecan Floyd P Krohn |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion III, Design Control Technical Specification |
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Finding List (Limerick) @ 2015Q3
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