EA-13-223 · CAL · Issued 2014-02-11 · Reactor Licensees
Action
EA Number
EA-13-223
Licensee
NOV (White)
Category
Reactor Licensees
Action type
CAL
Date issued
2014-02-11
Description
On February 11, 2014, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC for a violation of Technical Specification 3.5.3, "Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) System", associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding involving the failure of Duane Arnold personnel to perform an immediate operability determination in accordance with NextEra's procedures. Specifically, on June 21, 2013, Duane Arnold personnel failed to consider the degraded speed indication's impact on RCIC operability. As a result, the RCIC system was inoperable from June 21, 2013, to August 24, 2013.