IR 05000528/1990025
| ML20055G891 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 07/05/1990 |
| From: | Zimmerman R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17305A952 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-90-121, NUDOCS 9007240295 | |
| Download: ML20055G891 (3) | |
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5 1990 . - x , >J 'EA 90-121 Docket Nos._50-528, 50-529, 50-530 m f Arizona Public Service Company P. O. Box 52034 ' Phoenix, Arizona-85072-2034 ln : Attn:- Mr. William F. Conway ' Executive Vice President, Nuclear "# Gentlemen: m m I , SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION OF PALO VERDE UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 + E This! etter refers to the routine inspection by Messrs. T. Chan of NRR, and
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of this office, on May 16-18 and June b 14-15,'1990, of activities author L NPF-74, and to the discussions of our findings held with members of your-staff.
Areas examined during this-insoection are described in the enclosed inspection report.- Within these areas, tle inspection consisted of selective-examinations of: procedures and representative records, interviews with . personnel, and observations-by the inspectors.
' I Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that several of your. , 'ac W ities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements' as i l' di s ssed in Paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 of the report.
These apparent violations ' will be the subject of separate correspondence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the onclosure will be placed in the NRC' ,. Public Document Room.
. We;are concerned about the apparent unreliable performance of.the Palo Verde
emergency lighting system, as evidenced by numerous failures'of emergency L lighting system components.
Excessive failuras and the adequacy of the J emergency lighting system design implementation were addressed by ANPP in LER
p 86-059.
Problems have been identified in the emergency lighting _ system by_the j L NRC and by your staff since 1984.
The same problems have continued to. exist L over a six year period, and were a topic of escalated enforcement action and a' L civil penalty documented in our letter to you dated September 1,1989 (EA-89-88).
Furthermore, emergency lighting failure data originally provided to NRC inspectors in March 1990, needed to be revised on sever-1 occasions, with the most recent revision occurring on June 29, 1990.
The need for repeated-L revision of this data appears to be another indicator of the need for greater L engineering and quality oversight involvement with the emergency lighting L system.
As discussed between Mr J. N. Bailey and myself on July 2,1990,iscuss the an enforcement conference has been arranged for July 10, 1990, to d results of this inspection.
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Sincerely, b R. P mmerman, Director Divis on of Reactor Safety and-Projects Enclosures: 1.
Inspection Report Nos. 50-528/90-25,50-529/90-25,.50-530/90-25 2.
Appendix A, Description of HRC Regulations Applicable to Appendix R Emergency Lights
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A' enda document provided by Arizona Public Service (APS) for meeting with-N C, dated-May-16, 1990.
cc w/ enclosures:- Mr. James M. Levine, APS Mr. Jack N. Bailey, APS-Mr. Tom Bradish, APS Mr. Blaine E. Ballard, APS Mr. O. Mark DeMichele, APS Mr.-Robert W. Page, APS Mr. E.-C. Simpson, APS Snell & Wilmer Mr. Arthur C. Gehr, Esq, & Holtzinger P.C.
Mr. ' A1: Gutterman, Newman Mr. Charles R. Kocher, Esq., Assistant Council, SCE Company-Mr. James A. Boeletto, Esq.
-Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Mr. Charles Tedford, Director, Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency Chairman, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors .Mr. John W. Norman, Chief, Arizona Corporation Commission , ....__.. _ _ _ _ _
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- v v - ,1Zimmerman @ - ' '7 / f/90 NOTE: On July 5, 1990, 01 (Fortuna) requested an-TO PDR ] ' /' NO ] opportunity to review this report prior to - issuance.- On July 6, Fortuna -had indicated ' - - 01 had completed review and stated that release would:have-no negative impact on
pending investigations. The report was issued on July 6.
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