The inspectors identified a
Severity Level IV NCV of
10 CFR Part 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B) because
PSEG did not provide a written Licensee Event Report (LER) to the NRC within 60 days of identifying a condition prohibited by the plants technical specifications (TS). Specifically,
PSEG personnel did not submit a 50.73 report for the inoperability of the B Filtration, Recirculation and Ventilation System (
FRVS) recirculation fan that exceeded its TS allowed outage time.
PSEG entered this issue into the corrective action program as notification 20678572. Planned actions include submitting an LER and performing a causal evaluation. Because the failure to submit a required LER impacts the regulatory process, this violation was evaluated using Section 2.2.4 of the NRCs
Enforcement Policy, dated July 9, 2013. The issue was determined to be a
Severity Level IV violation in accordance with the example listed in Section 6.9.d.9, a licensee fails to make a report required by
10 CFR 50.72 or
10 CFR 50.73. The inspectors reviewed the issue for reactor oversight process significance and concluded there was no associated finding. Because this violation involves the traditional enforcement process and does not have an underlying technical violation that would be considered more-than-minor, a cross-cutting aspect is not assigned to this violation in accordance with
IMC 0612.
