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EA-10-153 · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2011-02-25 · Fuel Cycle Facilities

Action

EA Number
EA-10-153
Licensee
NOV (SL III)
Category
Fuel Cycle Facilities
Action type
CAL
Severity level
SLIII
Date issued
2011-02-25

Description

On February 25, 2011, a Notice of Violation was issued to Westinghouse Electric Company, Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division, for a Severity Level III problem which existed on and before July 23, 2010, involving three violations associated with the Integral Fuel Burnable Absorber (IFBA) Filter Press used in the waste water handling system. Specifically, the violations involved (1) the failure to establish double contingency for the IFBA filter press to protect against an inadvertent criticality as required by License Condition 6.1.1, (2) the failure to designate items relied on for safety (IROFS) to limit the risk of a high consequence event as required by 10CFR70.61(e), and (3) the failure to designate the passive engineered controls of the IFBA filter press as an IROFS as required by the license and license application based on the conclusion that the accident scenario was not credible. In addition, two Severity Level IV violations were issued involving the failure to establish adequate operating procedures for the filter press and the failure to make a change to facility equipment in accordance with approved procedures.

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