05000382/FIN-2013003-04

Finding

Title

Failure to submit an LER after discovery that manual handwheels on AOVs were not functional

Description

The inspectors identified a non-cited violation of 10 CFR 50.73(a)(1) because the licensee did not submit a Licensee Event Report (LER) in a timely manner after the discovery of a reportable event. Specifically, the licensee failed to submit a required LER within 60 days after the discovery of a condition that affected the manual hand-wheel operation of safety related air operated valves following a loss of their corresponding back-up nitrogen accumulators. The licensee determined that the manual hand-wheel function on the essential chiller and emergency feedwater isolation and backup flow control valves did not work. The licensee was aware of the condition that existed but did not adequately evaluate the condition as a part of their reportability review. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program as CR-WF3-2013-2564. The immediate corrective actions taken to restore compliance included a new reportability review of the condition and the development of an LER. The failure to submit a required LER within 60 days after discovery of a condition that required a report was a violation of NRC requirements. The inspectors determined that this violation was also a performance deficiency. However, the inspectors determined that the performance deficiency was minor. The inspectors considered this issue to be within the traditional enforcement process because it had the potential to impact the NRC\'s ability to perform its regulatory oversight function. The inspectors used the NRC Enforcement Policy to evaluate the significance of this violation. The inspectors determined that the violation was a Severity Level IV because it was similar to an example provided in Section 6.9 of the NRC Enforcement Policy. The inspectors did not assign a cross-cutting aspect to this non-cited violation because there was no finding associated with this traditional enforcement violation.

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Site:	Waterford
Report	IR 05000382/2013003 Section 4OA2
Date counted	Jun 30, 2013 (2013Q2)
Type:	TEV: Severity level IV
cornerstone	Mitigating Systems
Identified by:	NRC identified
Inspection Procedure:	IP 71152
Inspectors (proximate)	M Davis G George D Allen R Azua M Baquera N Okonkwo M Williams D Bradley
Violation of:	10 CFR 50.73(a)(1), Submit an LER, Invalid Actuation 10 CFR 50.73
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Finding - Waterford - IR 05000382/2013003

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IR 05000382/2013003: 1 2 3 4 5

Finding List (Waterford) @ 2013Q2

CCA Matrix: 2013Q2

	Q	CCA	Title
05000382/FIN-2012403-04	2012Q3	H.9	Security
05000382/FIN-2012403-03	2012Q3	H.10	Security
05000382/FIN-2012403-02	2012Q3	H.14	Security
05000382/FIN-2012403-01	2012Q3		Security
05000382/FIN-2012008-05	2012Q3	H.8	Failure to Develop Effective Corrective Actions to Preclude Repetition
05000382/FIN-2012008-04	2012Q3	H.8	Failue to Ensure Operator Knowledge of Equipment Status
05000382/FIN-2012008-03	2012Q3	H.6	Failure to Take Timely Corrective Action to Establish a Basis for Flood Control Measures
05000382/FIN-2012008-02	2012Q3	H.6	Failure to Take Corrective Action Associated with Emergency Feedwater Pump AB
05000382/FIN-2012008-01	2012Q3	P.5	Failure to Promptly Determine the Operability of the Emergency Diesel Generators
05000382/FIN-2012004-01	2012Q3	P.5	Failure to Establish Procedural Controls to Ensure That Licensed Operators Could Perform Immediate and Time Critical Operator Actions Associated with Security and Fire Events
05000382/FIN-2012004-02	2012Q3	P.2	Failure to Identify and Correct Degraded Conditions Associated with the Auxiliary Component Cooling Water Heat Exchanger Outlet Temperature Control Valve
05000382/FIN-2012004-03	2012Q3	P.2	Failure to Identify and Correct a Torn Diaphragm of a SAFETY-RELATED Air Operated Valve Associated with the Emergency Feedwater System
05000382/FIN-2012004-04	2012Q3	H.13	Failure to Adequately Access and Manage Risk Before Performing Maintenance Activities Associated with NON-STANDARD Lifts
05000382/FIN-2012005-03	2012Q4		Reactor Auxiliary Building Roof Flood Protection Issue
05000382/FIN-2012005-02	2012Q4	P.2	Failure to Promptly Identify and Correct the Cause of Repetitive Failures Associated with Train a Component Cooling Water Radiation Monitor
05000382/FIN-2012005-01	2012Q4	H.5	Failure to Implement Control Measures to Ensure That Activated Materials Were Not Raised Above or Brought Near the Surface of the Refueling Pool, Causing a Locked High Radiation Area
05000382/FIN-2013002-03	2013Q1	P.2	Failure to Identify and Perform Testing to Demonstrate Local Manual Operation Action on SAFETY-RELATED AIR-OPERATED Valves
05000382/FIN-2013002-02	2013Q1	H.14	Failure to Perform an Adequate Operability Determination for Nitrogen Leak in MSIV
05000382/FIN-2013002-01	2013Q1	H.7	Failure to Identify and Control Potential Tornado Borne Missle Hazards
05000382/FIN-2012404-02	2013Q1	H.14	Security
05000382/FIN-2012404-01	2013Q1	H.7	Security
05000382/FIN-2013003-05	2013Q2	P.5	Failure to provide adequate post modification testing instructions for vibration monitoring on the feedwater piping system
05000382/FIN-2013003-04	2013Q2		Failure to submit an LER after discovery that manual handwheels on AOVs were not functional
05000382/FIN-2013003-03	2013Q2	H.13	Failure to comply with Action 4 of TS 3.3.1 during shutdown in Modes 4 and 5
05000382/FIN-2013003-02	2013Q2		Failure to Update Fuel Handling Accident Analysis in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
05000382/FIN-2013003-01	2013Q2	P.1	Failure to provide design control measures to withstand the effects of flooding on the reactor auxiliary building roof

Self-Identified List (Waterford)

	Q	Title
05000382/FIN-2012008-06	2012Q3	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000382/FIN-2012005-04	2012Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation
05000382/FIN-2012005-05	2012Q4	Licensee-Identified Violation

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