IR 05000528/1987009

Insp Repts 50-528/87-09,50-529/87-10 & 50-530/87-11 on 870302-06.No Violation Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Emergency Preparedness Program for Unit 3,including Plan Training & Retraining of Emergency Response Personnel

ML20205C542
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/20/1987
From:	Brown G, Fish R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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ML20205C388	List: IR 05000528/1987009 ML20205C382
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-3.D.3.3, TASK-TM 50-528-87-09, 50-528-87-9, 50-529-87-10, 50-530-87-11, NUDOCS 8703300209
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION V

, Report Nos. 50-528/87-09, 50-529/87-10, and 50-530/87-11 Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, and 50-530 License Nos. NPF-34, NPF-51, and CPPR-143 r

Licensee: Arizona Nuclear Power Project P. O. Box 21666'

L' Phoenix, Arizona 85836

' Facility Name: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 Inspection at: Palo Verde Site - Wintersburg, Arizona Inspection Conducted: March 2-6, 1987 Inspected by: I (74 dyb 3ho P7 t G. Brown,~ Emergency Preparedness Date Signed Analyst Approved By:

R. Fish, Chief t 3!40!U Da~te Signed Emergency Preparedness Section Summary:

Inspection on March 2-6, 1987 (Inspection Report Nos. 50-528/87-09, 50-529/87-10, and 50-530/87-11)

Areas Inspected: Announced preoperational followup inspection of the open items identified in NRC Inspection Report No. 50-530/87-01 regarding the emergency preparedness program for the Unit 3 facility, including emergency plan training and retraining of Unit 3 emergency response personnel, emergency facilities and equipment and walk-throughs with key Unit 3 personne The status of three open items from NRC Inspection Report No. 50-528/86-15 were i also reviewed. Temporary Instruction Procedure 2513/55, Emergency Plan Implementation Appraisal, and Procedure 92701 were use Results: No violations of NRC requirements were identifie {DR ADOCK 05000528 PDR

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s DETAILS Persons Contacted

• J. Driscoll, Assistant Vice President

• T. Barsuk, Supervisor, Site Emergency Planning S. Canter, Radiation Protection Technician D. Cauley, Radiation Protection Technician

• W. Guinn, Licensing Manager

• W. Ide, Corporate Director, Quality Assurance / Quality Control S. Kegeler, Radiation Protection Technician P. Lovette, Radiation Protection Technician

• J. Mann, Senior Health Physicist L. Sewell, Corporate Health Physicist

• T. Shriver, Compliance Manager M. Van Dop, Engineer K. Wright. Emergency Coordinator

• D. Yows, Manager, Emergency Planning and Preparedness

• Denotes attendance at the March 6, 1987 exit interview Follow-up on Ooen Items (Closed) Open Item 86-15-0 Complete the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS). The NRC, in a letter dated February 5,1987 to the licensee, concluded that the SPDS was acceptable for use for accident evaluation. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 86-15-04. Complete the revision of the dose assessment procedure The applicant modified EPIP-11, " Technical Support Center / Satellite TSC Activation", so that it includes a simplified procedure for dose assessment. Walk-throughs were conducted with four Unit 3 Radiation Protection Monitors who would be responsible for implementing the procedures. Results of the walk-throughs indicate that the users of the procedures can provide adequate dose projections within the 15-minute goal. This item is considered close (Closed) Open Item 87-01-03. Some Satellite Technical Support Center (STSC) communications lines were not connected. All lines were tested and found to be functiona This item is close (Closed) Open Item 87-01-0 Some Operational Support Center communica-tions lines were not connected. All lines were tested and found to be functional. This item is close (Closed) Open Item 87-Oi" 5 Complete equipping the Unit 3 First Aid facilit The Unit 3 F,rtt Aid facility was examined and determined to be functional. Water, electricity and telephone services were availabl Emergency supplies presens included stretchers, oxygen, resuscitation ec;uipment, trauma packs, burn sheets, blankets and intubating airway This item is considered close .,

,s 2 (Closed) Open Item 87-01-0 Emergency kit supplie The remaining calculators, first aid kits, and noble gas sampling apparatus kits have been received and placed in the appropriate lockers. This item is close ~

(Closed) Open Item 87-01-08. Onsite dose assessment capability in the STS The licensee modified EPIP-11. to provide for rapid dose assessment calculations. Four Unit 3 radiation protection technicians were given walk-throughs in which they were required to make dose projections and related protective action recommendations. All of the technicians were able to perform acceptable dose assessments within the 15-minute goal with no difficulty using EPIP-1 (0 pen) Open Item 86-15-0 Provide backup communications separate from the Communications Roo The applicant proposes to purchase the existing lines from Mountain Bell, then separate them from the Communications Room junction so that backup communications would be available in the event '

the Communications Room is disabled. The proposal was originally-scheduled for review by the Engineering and Operations Review Board on January 19, 1987, but because of cost restraints, the proposal has been rescheduled for review on March-19, 1987. This item remains ope '(0 pen) Open Item 86-15-0 Complete plant vent monitor connections to vital busse Unit 2 action is complete, but Units 1 and 3 have remaining work to be don This item remains ope (0 pen) Open Item 87-01-0 The Emergency Notification System (ENS)

telephone must be installed and operational by fuel load. In a March 6, 1987 letter from J. G. Haynes of ANPP to the Region V Regional Administrator, the applicant documented that its portion of the work to install the telephone system was completed to the point where the NRC's portion of the work is to be connected. The applicant has included a statement in the application for operating license that the ENS will be functional by fuel load. This item remains _open pending completion of the installation of the syste (0 pen) Open Item 87-01-06. Complete equipping the Unit 3 decontamination facilitie Both East and West Decontamination Rooms need functioning sinks and drains. The decontamination area at the Containment Air Lock needs shower and eye wash facilities. This item remains ope . NUREG-0737 Section III.D. Inplant Iodine Instrumentation Under Accident Conditions ,

The applicant uses a Ludlum Model 2200 analyzer with a sodium iodide (Model 44-2) detector to analyze for iodine under accident condition The unit is powered by a Kohler 7000-Watt portable gasoline generator'

that is located in a mobile va The system is designed to measure grab air samples filtered by a silver zeolite filte The Lower Level of Detection (LLD) is 6.6 E-11 pCi/cc for particulate activity (CS-137 equivalent) and at least 1.0 E-7 pCi/cc for radioiodin Total counting time for background and sample is approximately six minute , ,

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E 1987. The applicant's representatives attending this exit interview are denoted in Section 1 of this report. The. applicant was advised of.the incomplete status of the. ENS: phones. :The applicant indicated the _ . #-

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