NRC CAL – NOV (White)

On February 6, 2017, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to PSEG Nuclear, LLC, for a violation of 10 CFR, Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," associated with a White Significance Determination Process finding. Criterion V requires, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by documented instructions and procedures and shall be accomplished in accordance with these instructions and procedures. During the spring of 2016, PSEG specifically failed to follow a procedure in place to detect and act upon water intrusion into the lubricating oil reservoir for the high pressure core injection system. Subsequently, high pressure core injection, a safety-related system, became inoperable for an extended period of time because of undetected water in the oil. Additionally, the extended period of inoperability exceeded the high pressure core injection system technical specification (TS 3.5.1.c) allowed outage time of 14 days. Both violations were documented in this Notice of Violation.