IR 05000528/2022005

Updated Inspection Plan for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Report 05000528/2022005 and 05000529/2022005 and 05000530/2022005)

ML22229A522
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	08/23/2022
From:	John Dixon NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/PBD
To:	Heflin A Arizona Public Service Co
Dixon J
References
IR 2022005
Download: ML22229A522 (7)

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August 23, 2022

SUBJECT:

UPDATED INSPECTION PLAN FOR PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 (REPORT 05000528/2022005 AND 05000529/2022005 AND 05000530/2022005)

Dear Mr. Heflin:

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2024, for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

Beginning on January 1, 2023, the engineering inspection frequency will transition from a triennial (3-year) to a quadrennial (4-year) cycle. The new engineering inspection program will consist of a Comprehensive Engineering Team Inspection (CETI)1 and three Focused Engineering Inspections (FEIs) that will be performed in each quadrennial cycle. For the cycle beginning in 2023, the FEIs will be: Fire Protection Team Inspection, Commercial Grade Dedication and an engineering inspection that reviews age-related degradation and management2.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC adjusted inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the ROP. While the PHE continues, overall conditions throughout the country support performance of our inspection and oversight activities to return to normal onsite presence by our resident and region-based inspectors and completion of nominal baseline inspection samples. We continue to monitor site-specific conditions and as discussed in our November 2, 2021 memo, Implementation of Inspection Programs Following Re-Entry from the Public Health Emergency for the Reactor Safety Program (ML21295A302), it may be necessary to alter how and when we perform our inspection and oversight activities as 1 Aspects of the Design Basis Assurance Inspection (DBAI), Evaluations of Changes, Tests, & Experiments, and Heat Sink inspections will be included in the CETI inspection. Attached Report 22 will reference DBAI procedure until the CETI procedure is made publicly available. Previously scheduled Evaluation of Changes, Tests, & Experiments and Heat Sink inspections have been cancelled and removed from attached Report 22.

2 The age-related degradation and management procedure is under development and will be publicly available by the end of calendar year 2022. we balance the importance of protecting the health and safety of our staff with the need to conduct effective oversight that supports the NRCs critical safety mission.

For inspections requiring extensive coordination with offsite organizations, such as evaluated emergency preparedness exercises, NRC guidance and frequently asked questions for security and emergency preparedness can be found here: https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/security-ep/. Similarly, the NRC has developed guidance if force-on-force inspections cannot be completed as scheduled due to an emergency, such as the COVID-19 PHE. These changes help ensure the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while maintaining the NRCs important safety and security mission during the COVID-19 PHE. The attached inspection plan is accurate on the date of issuance but remains subject to change based on approval of potential exemption requests or other changes needed due to changing conditions in the COVID-19 PHE. NRC staff will contact your appropriate regulatory affairs staff in order to coordinate inspection planning and scheduling.

The Regional Administrator has approved the staffs plan to conduct Inspection Procedure 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal, at your facility, Unit 1, as indicated in the enclosed inspection plan.

The Regional Administrator has approved the staffs plan to conduct Inspection Procedure 92702 Follow-Up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, and Orders, at your ISFSI facility (related to NRC Letter Confirmatory Order Modifying License, ADAMS Accession Number ML20323A035), as indicated in the enclosed inspection plan.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at 817-200-1574 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Signed by Dixon, John on 08/23/22 John L. Dixon, Jr., Chief Projects Branch D Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 05000528, 05000529,05000530, 07200044 License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51,NPF-74 Enclosure:

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Site Inspection Activity Plan 07200044 - Palo Verde (ISFSI)

07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Palo Verde ISFSI Confirmatory Order Follow-up Inspection (Part 72) 2 10/1/2022 11/30/2022 IP 92702 CONF 001701 Enforcement Related Order Follow-Up-Only Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:43:50 PM 1 of 4

Site Inspection Activity Plan Palo Verde 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count PV 2022 3Q Resident Baseline 5 1,2,3 7/1/2022 9/30/2022 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Security Access Control .02 1 1,2,3 7/25/2022 7/29/2022 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1,2,3 7/25/2022 7/29/2022 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1,2,3 7/25/2022 7/29/2022 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification Target Set Inspection - PV 3 1,2,3 8/1/2022 9/16/2022 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets Security Training/Equip Maint .07 and .04 2 1,2,3 9/12/2022 9/16/2022 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1,2,3 9/12/2022 9/16/2022 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training PV 2022 BRQ 3 1,2,3 9/25/2022 10/1/2022 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance PV 2022 4Q Resident Baseline 5 1,2,3 10/1/2022 12/31/2022 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Palo Verde ISFSI Confirmatory Order Follow-up Inspection (Part 50) Feeder for Residents' report 2 1,2,3 10/1/2022 10/2/2022 IP 92702 001555 Follow-Up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, and Orders 1,2,3 10/1/2022 10/2/2022 IP 92702 CONF 001701 Enforcement Related Order Follow-Up-Only Inservice Inspection 3RF23 - PV 1 3 10/10/2022 10/21/2022 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Team) - 21M - Palo Verde 6 1,2,3 11/28/2022 12/16/2022 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

Cyber Security Inspection - PV 4 1,2,3 12/5/2022 12/9/2022 IP 71130.10 000741 Cybersecurity EP 2023 Exercise Scenario In-Office Rvw 71114.08 - PV 4 1,2,3 1/1/2023 2/7/2023 IP 71114.08 000723 Exercise Evaluation - Scenario Review PV 2023 1Q Resident Baseline 5 1,2,3 1/1/2023 3/31/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Security FFD .08 1 1,2,3 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program Protective Strategy w/Annual FOF sample, IP .05 2 Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:43:50 PM 2 of 4

Site Inspection Activity Plan 1,2,3 1/30/2023 2/3/2023 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation PV 2023 2Q Resident Baseline 5 1,2,3 2/1/2023 8/15/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification EP 2023 Biennial Exercise & PI Inspection 4 1,2,3 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1,2,3 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1,2,3 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification Inservice Inspection 2R24 1 2 4/17/2023 4/28/2023 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP 1,4,PI - 2 1,2,3 4/17/2023 4/21/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2,3 4/17/2023 4/21/2023 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1,2,3 4/17/2023 4/21/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification PV 2023 INITIAL EXAM 6 1,2,3 3/26/2023 4/1/2023 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1,2,3 4/30/2023 5/6/2023 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

PV 2023 3Q Resident Baseline 5 1,2,3 7/1/2023 9/30/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Palo Verde Biennial PI&R 4 1,2,3 6/26/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1,2,3 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution Commercial Grade Dedication Inspection - 21N - Palo Verde 3 1,2,3 9/11/2023 9/15/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication 1,2,3 9/25/2023 9/29/2023 IP 71111.21N.03 001808 Commercial Grade Dedication PV 2023 4Q Resident Baseline 5 1,2,3 10/1/2023 12/31/2023 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Inservice Inspection - PV (U1) 1 1 10/16/2023 10/27/2023 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

License Renewal Inspection (Phase 1) - PV U1 2 1 10/23/2023 10/27/2023 IP 71003 000687 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 + PIV + Plan Change .09 2 1,2,3 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1,2,3 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1,2,3 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1,2,3 10/30/2023 11/3/2023 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification RP 5,8 - 2 Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:43:50 PM 3 of 4

Site Inspection Activity Plan 1,2,3 11/13/2023 11/17/2023 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1,2,3 11/13/2023 11/17/2023 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation Age-Related Engineering Inspection - 21N - Palo Verde 3 1,2,3 1/29/2024 2/2/2024 IP 71111.21N.04 Age Related Focused Engineering Inspection 1,2,3 2/12/2024 2/16/2024 IP 71111.21N.04 Age Related Focused Engineering Inspection EP Program & PI Inspection (2024) - PV 1 1,2,3 3/18/2024 3/22/2024 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1,2,3 3/18/2024 3/22/2024 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1,2,3 3/18/2024 3/22/2024 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1,2,3 3/18/2024 3/22/2024 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1,2,3 3/18/2024 3/22/2024 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification PV 2024 INITIAL EXAM 6 1,2,3 3/24/2024 3/30/2024 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1,2,3 4/28/2024 5/4/2024 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Inservice Inspection - PV (U3) 1 3 4/8/2024 4/19/2024 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP 1,3,PI 2 1,2,3 4/15/2024 4/19/2024 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1,2,3 4/15/2024 4/19/2024 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1,2,3 4/15/2024 4/19/2024 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Prepared on 8/17/2022 12:43:50 PM 4 of 4