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| ENS 56350 | 12 February 2023 13:00:00 | Control Room Emergency Ventilation System Inoperable | The following information was provided by the licensee via phone call and email: At 0800 on February 12, 2023, it was discovered that both trains of control room emergency ventilation system were simultaneously inoperable due to a safety injection relief valve discharging to a Unit 1 sump. This leakage in conjunction with design basis loss of coolant accident may result in radiological dose exceeding limits to the exclusion area boundary and to the control room, which is common to both Unit 1 and Unit 2. Therefore, this condition is being reported as an eight-hour, nonemergency notification per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B) and 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) as an 'Unanalyzed Condition and a Condition that Could Have Prevented Fulfillment of a Safety Function.' There was no impact on the health and safety of the public or plant personnel. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
Retraction of EN56350, Control Room Emergency Ventilation System Inoperable: Based on subsequent evaluation, it was determined that the control room emergency ventilation system remained operable due to the maximum measured leak rate being within the bounds of the analysis. The maximum measured leak rate of 32,594 cc/hr from the safety injection system did not challenge the calculated maximum engineered safety features leak rate of 45,600 cc/hr and remained within the current dose analysis limits. As such, this was not an unanalyzed condition and did not prevent the fulfillment of a safety function to mitigate the consequences of an accident. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. Notified R1DO (Bickett). | Unanalyzed Condition |
| ENS 54337 | 17 October 2019 23:51:00 | Reactor Coolant System Pressure Boundary Degraded | At 1951 (EDT) on October 17, 2019, fretting indications on the reactor coolant system pressure boundary piping (pressurizer spray line) were identified. This condition does not appear to meet original construction code, ANSI B31.1, 1967 Edition thru summer 1971 Addenda. The condition will be resolved prior to plant startup. This event is being reported as an eight-hour non-emergency notification per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A). There was no impact on the health and safety of the public or plant personnel. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. This condition will be corrected prior to the plant entering Mode 4.
An engineering evaluation has determined that the subject fretting is not considered a flaw, but instead is considered wear. Appendix F of Section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code was applied and it was determined that the pressurizer spray line piping maintained its required design safety functions in the as-found condition. The wear has been repaired during the current refueling outage in accordance with the original construction code (ANSI B3l.l, 1967 Edition through summer 1971 Addenda) as well as Owner's Requirements. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. Notified R1DO (Young). | |
| ENS 53419 | 22 May 2018 04:00:00 | En Revision Imported Date 6/22/2018 | EN Revision Text: GAS VOIDS DISCOVERED IN BOTH TRAINS OF LOW HEAD SAFETY INJECTION On 5/22/2018, while operating at approximately 100 percent power, Ultrasonic Testing of the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS) Unit 1 Low Head Safety Injection (LHSI) pump suction piping identified gas voids in excess of the acceptable limit for void volume. Both trains of LHSI were declared inoperable. Technical Specification (TS) 3.5.2 for both trains of the LHSI system was entered along with TS 3.0.3 which requires the initiation of a plant shutdown. Time of TS entry was 12:56 (EDT). Plant shutdown was commenced at 15:56 (EDT) in accordance with plant procedures. At 15:59 (EDT) Train 'A' LHSI was restored to operable status, TS 3.0.3 Action was exited and the power reduction was stopped at approximately 99 percent. At 17:43 (EDT) Train 'B' LHSI was restored to operable status, TS 3.5.2 Actions were exited. This is reportable per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii) Unanalyzed Condition, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v) Event or Condition that Could Have Prevented the Fulfillment of a Safety Function and 10 CFR 50. 72(b )(2)(i) TS Required Shutdown. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
Further engineering evaluation has determined that the gas voids that existed at the time of discovery would not have rendered the LHSI (Low Head Safety Injection) system inoperable if it were required to actuate. The engineering evaluation concluded that filling of the containment sump during a Design Basis Accident would result in a void volume reduction such that the void in the LHSI suction piping would not be large enough to significantly impact the operability of the system. Therefore, the system remained operable but degraded. No TSs (Technical Specifications) were required to be entered and no shutdown was required. As such, all three reporting criteria do not apply and are being retracted. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. Notified R1DO (Burritt). | Unanalyzed Condition Time of Discovery |
| ENS 52132 | 29 July 2016 01:20:00 | Postulated Fire Event That Could Adversely Impact Safe Shutdown Equipment | A review of the Beaver Valley Unit 2 Fire Protection Safe Shutdown Report (FPSSR) found that a postulated fire had the potential to spuriously open all three individual steam generator atmospheric dump valves in addition to a common residual heat release valve. Previous analysis did not consider all of the valves spuriously opening from a fire. The potential impact of these valves spuriously opening is a cooldown that could adversely affect shutdown margin. Hourly fire tours have been put in place for those fire areas that have the potential to initiate this condition. This condition is reportable as an 8 hour report in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B). The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. This condition is not applicable to Unit 1.
Retraction of EN 52132 'Postulated Fire Event That Could Adversely Impact Safe Shutdown Equipment'. On 07/29/2016, an 8-hour notification (EN 52132) was made describing the discovery of a postulated fire event that could adversely impact safe shutdown equipment, specifically the spurious opening of the three Atmospheric Steam Dump Valves (ASDVs) and the Residual Heat Release (RHR) Valve, simultaneously. This notification was made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B) as an unanalyzed condition because of the potential effect on shutdown margin. Further engineering evaluation has determined that the required shutdown margin is not challenged by the event, as bounded by previous analysis of a similar scenario as well as validated operator actions. Therefore, this does not result in a reportable condition. The Resident NRC Inspector has been notified. Notified the R1DO (Cook). | Safe Shutdown Unanalyzed Condition Shutdown Margin |
| ENS 51584 | 4 December 2015 02:07:00 | Excessive Control Room In-Leakage Identified | On December 3, 2015 at 2107 (EST), the Control Room Emergency Ventilation System (CREVS) was declared inoperable due to a higher than allowed identified in-leakage rate for the Control Room Envelope (CRE) when in the Normal Operating Mode. Both Unit 1 & Unit 2 remain at 100 percent power and they share a common CRE. At the time of discovery, there is a reasonable expectation this condition could prevent the fulfillment of the safety function of a system that is required to mitigate the consequences of an accident, thus satisfying the reporting criteria for 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(v)(D). Actions to implement mitigating actions were immediately initiated in accordance with Technical Specification 3.7.10. CREVS has been placed in Recirculation Ventilation Mode, isolating the control room from outside air. The NRC Senior Resident Inspector has been notified of the condition.
Following the 8-hour 10CFR50.72 notification made on 12/4/2015 (EN 51584) regarding the Control Room Emergency Ventilation System (CREVS) inoperability, an engineering evaluation determined inleakage did not exceed limits described in the Beaver Valley licensing basis. Therefore, the degraded Control Room Emergency Ventilation System remained Operable with the identified air inleakage as determined by the Control Room Envelope Habitability Program. As such, the safety function was never lost and the event notification is being retracted as it is not reportable pursuant to 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(v)(D). FENOC is planning to repair the degraded components of the system. The NRC Resident (Inspector) has been notified." Notified R1DO (Dimitriadis). | Time of Discovery |
| ENS 51453 | 5 October 2015 12:15:00 | Two Reactor Vessel Head Penetrations Could Not Be Dispositioned as Acceptable | On 10/5/2015, during the Beaver Valley Power Station Unit No. 2 (BVPS-2) refueling outage, while performing planned ultrasonic examinations (UT) on the 66 reactor vessel head penetrations, it was determined, that two penetrations could not be dispositioned as acceptable per ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Code Section XI in a Reactor Coolant System pressure boundary. The indications of a degraded condition, on these two penetrations, are not through wall, as no leak path was identified. The examinations are being performed to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(ii)(D), and ASME Code Case N-729-1, to find potential flaws/indications well before they grow to a size that could potentially jeopardize the structural integrity of the reactor vessel head pressure boundary. All 66 reactor vessel head penetrations are scheduled to be examined during the current refueling outage. The plant is currently shutdown and in Mode 6. The reactor vessel head is not currently installed. Repairs are currently being planned and will be completed prior to startup. This is reportable, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) since the as found indications did not meet the applicable acceptance criteria referenced in ASME Code Case N-729-1 to remain in-service without repair. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
The Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 2, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) is retracting the 8-hour non-emergency notification made on 10/05/2015 (EN 51453). This retraction is based on additional examinations and subsequent engineering assessments completed that concluded the penetrations meet the requirements of ASME Code Case N-729-1 as amended by 10CFR50.55a(g)(6)(ii)(D) and no repairs are required. The two reactor head penetration indications, are therefore not reportable, pursuant to 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A). The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. R1DO(Gray) has been notified. | |
| ENS 48283 | 6 September 2012 18:16:00 | Both Offsite Power Sources Inoperable | At 1416 EDT, after consultation with the Unit 1 control room, the #1 138 KV bus in the Beaver Valley switchyard was deenergized by the grid system operator in response to a degraded switchyard breaker. The bus loss caused the Unit 1 A train offsite power supply to be inoperable. The Unit 1 B train offsite power supply was previously inoperable due to planned maintenance on its transformer cooling fan control circuit. The Unit 1 B train offsite power supply remained energized and available during this event. Both Emergency Diesel Generators remained operable and both emergency buses remained energized from the onsite source and operable during this event. At 1425 EDT the #1 138 KV bus was re-energized. The planned maintenance was completed on the B train offsite power supply transformer. Following testing, at 1452 EDT both offsite power supplies were declared operable. This notification is provided in accordance with 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) since both offsite power supplies were inoperable from 1416 EDT to 1452 EDT on 9/6/12. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
Beaver Valley Unit 1 is retracting EN # 48283 based on completion of an engineering evaluation. The evaluation determined that the Unit 1 'B' train offsite power supply was operable and capable of performing its safety function with its transformer cooling fan control circuit out of service for planned maintenance. Since one train of offsite power was determined to be operable, this condition is not reportable under 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(v)(D). The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified." Notified R1DO (Wayne Schmidt). |