ENS 53051
ENS Event | |
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14:45 Nov 3, 2017 | |
| Title | Station Vent Radiation Monitor Efficiency Factor Non-Conservative |
| Event Description | On 11/3/17, with the unit operating in Mode 1 at approximately 100 percent power, an issue was identified with the Station Vent Radiation Monitors. The noble gas channels utilize an efficiency factor for isotope Kr-85 instead of the required Xe-133. For the normal range radiation monitors, the efficiency factor is non-conservative, resulting in both monitors being declared inoperable at 1045 hours0.0121 days <br />0.29 hours <br />0.00173 weeks <br />3.976225e-4 months <br /> EDT. As a result, the Normal Control Room Ventilation System was shut down and isolated, and the Control Room Emergency Ventilation System started in accordance with Technical Specification Required Actions at 1122 hours0.013 days <br />0.312 hours <br />0.00186 weeks <br />4.26921e-4 months <br />.
The inoperability of both Station Vent Normal Range Radiation Monitors represents a condition that at the time of discovery could have prevented the fulfillment of the safety function of a system needed to mitigate the consequences of an accident. The Station Vent Accident Range Monitors also utilize an efficiency factor for Kr-85 instead of Xe-133, but for the Accident Range Monitors the efficiency factor is conservative. Because alternate means exist to determine release rate, which include use of grab samples and field surveys, this degraded capability does not represent a major loss of emergency assessment capability. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
On 11/3/2017, the efficiency factors for the Station Vent Normal and Accident Range Radiation Monitors were revised to the proper setting for the required isotope, the normal range monitors were declared Operable, and the Control Room Normal Ventilation System was returned to service. An evaluation of the issue with the Station Vent Normal Range Radiation Monitors was performed, which determined the Control Room Ventilation isolation setpoint is well below the point at which the dose to the Control Room Operators would exceed General Design Criteria (GDC) limits following a Design Bases Accident. The error introduced from using an incorrect efficiency value did not challenge the margin to the GDC limits; therefore, the Station Vent Normal Range Monitors remained operable, and this issue did not prevent the monitors from fulfilling their safety function to mitigate the consequences of an accident. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. Notified R3DO (Stone). |
| Where | |
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Davis Besse  Ohio (NRC Region 3) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D), Loss of Safety Function - Mitigate the Consequences of an Accident | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.42 h-0.0175 days <br />-0.0025 weeks <br />-5.75316e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Tom Cobbledick 14:20 Nov 3, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Dec 14, 2017 |
| 53051 - NRC Website | |
Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (100 %) |