05000352/FIN-2012002-01
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| Title | Failure to Make a 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(2)(xi) Notification |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Severity Level (SL) IV NCV of 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 50.72(b)(2)(xi) because the NRC Operations Center was not notified via the Emergency Notification System (ENS) within four hours of a reportable event related to the health and safety of the public and protection of the environment for which notification to other government agencies was made. Exelon did make a courtesy notification to the NRC resident inspection staff. However, Exelon did not formally report, to the NRC Operations Center, the notification of other government agencies regarding an abnormal radioactive liquid release, from the Limerick Generating Station common cooling tower blow down line on March 19, 2012. Inspectors performed system walkdowns and conducted an event follow-up inspection on March 20, 2012 to assess the impacts of the overflow event. This deficiency was evaluated using the traditional enforcement process since the failure to make a required report could adversely impact the NRCs ability to carry out its regulatory mission. The deficiency was evaluated using the criteria contained in Section 6.9(d)(9) of the NRCs Enforcement Policy and determined to meet the criteria for disposition as a SL IV NCV. Exelon took immediate corrective actions pertaining to the abnormal release, including suspension of effluent releases via the cooling tower blow down line and initiation of actions to evaluate the cause and preclude recurrence, as well as the conduct of public dose calculations. Additionally, upon identification by the NRC that the issue was reportable, Exelon subsequently reported the event to the NRC Operations Center on April 11, 2012. Exelon also entered this issue into its corrective action program (IR 1347829). This violation involved a failure to make a required report to the NRC and is considered to impact the regulatory process. Such violations are dispositioned using the traditional enforcement process instead of the Significance Determination Process. Using the Enforcement Policy Section 6.9, lnaccurate and Incomplete Information or Failure to Make a Required Report, example (d)(9), which states, A licensee fails to make a report required by 10 CFR 50.72 or 10 CFR 50.73, the NRC determined that this violation is more than minor and categorized as a SL lV violation. Because this violation involves the traditional enforcement process with no underlying technical violation that would be considered more than minor in accordance with IMC 0612, a cross-cutting aspect is not assigned to this violation. |
| Site: | Limerick  |
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| Report | IR 05000352/2012002 Section 4OA3 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2012 (2012Q1) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Pr Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71153 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | E Dipaolo J Furia S Barr N Sieller R Nimitz P Krohn E Burket J Hawkins |
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Finding - Limerick - IR 05000352/2012002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Limerick) @ 2012Q1
Self-Identified List (Limerick)
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