05000373/FIN-2015001-06
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Finding | |
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | Title 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) states, in part, a licensee shall report (notify the NRC as soon as practical, and in all cases within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> of the occurrence) any event that results in a major loss of emergency assessment capability. Contrary to this requirement, on March 24, 2015, the licensee identified a failure to submit a report for the loss of emergency assessment capability when the site declared seismic monitoring instrumentation inoperable. Specifically, on January 28, 2015, the Instrument Maintenance Department discovered the seismic monitoring program on the seismic laptop computer in the auxiliary electrical equipment room was not running; thereby, preventing the seismic monitoring instrumentation from providing indications required for emergency assessment of a potential seismic event. The system degradation would have adversely impacted the sites ability to declare an ALERT Emergency Action Level in accordance with EPAA1005, Radiological Emergency Plan Annex for LaSalle Station, in the event of an earthquake of sufficient magnitude. The licensee entered the issue into the CAP as AR 02473472, Need to Assess Seismic Monitor Reportability, and conducted an extent of condition review for the prior 3-year period. The licensee identified a total of six times in which the seismic monitoring system experienced this degradation, and the licensee failed to submit an event report at the time, as required by 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)xiii). Upon completion of the extent of condition review, the licensee initiated AR 02474658, Emergency Notification System Notification Required for Past Seismic Monitor Inoperative, and submitted the required notification to the NRC on March 26, 2015, to restore compliance (Event Number 50926, Seismic Monitor Not Available for Emergency Plan Assessment ). The inspectors determined that this issue had the potential to impact the regulatory process based, in part, on the generic communications input that 10 CFR 50.72 reports serve. Since the issue impacted the regulatory process, it was dispositioned through the Traditional Enforcement Process. The inspectors determined that this issue was a Severity Level IV violation based upon Section 6.9, Inaccurate and Incomplete Information or Failure to Make a Required Report, Example d.9 in the NRC Enforcement Policy. Example d.9 specifically states, The licensee fails to make a report requirement by 10 CFR 50.72, or 10 CFR 50.73. Because the issue was entered into the licensees CAP (as AR 02473472 and AR 02474658), the violation is being treated as an NCV consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | LaSalle  |
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| Report | IR 05000373/2015001 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2015 (2015Q1) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
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| Inspectors (proximate) | A Mcmurtray G Hansen J Cassidy J Robbins M Kunowski N Valos R Ruiz R Zuffa T Bilik D Krause |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness |
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Finding - LaSalle - IR 05000373/2015001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (LaSalle) @ 2015Q1
Self-Identified List (LaSalle)
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