ML032390744

Midcycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

ML032390744
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Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	08/27/2003
From:	Laura Smith NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-D
To:	Overbeck G Arizona Public Service Co
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August 27, 2003 Gregg R. Overbeck, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT:

MIDCYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION

Dear Mr Overbeck:

On August 7, 2003, the NRC staff completed its midcycle plant performance assessment of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The midcycle review for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1 through June 30, 2003. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2004, based on your safety performance.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2004.

In addition to the baseline inspection, Temporary Instruction 2515/150, Revision 1, "Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02)," and inspections discussed in Inspection Procedure 50001, Steam Generator Replacement Inspection, will be performed on Unit 2 during your 2003 fall outage. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last 6 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made 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).

Arizona Public Service Company If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 817/860-8137 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Linda Smith, Chief Project Branch D Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-528 50-529 50-530 Licenses: NPF-41 NPF-51 NPF-74

Enclosure:

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc:

Mr. Michael Austin, Director Arizona Division of Emergency Management 5636 East McDowell Road Building 101 Phoenix, AZ 85008-3495 Mr. Jeff Griffin, Regional Director Federal Emergency Management Agency 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-4052 The Honorable Ron Drake Mayor of Avondale 525 North Central Avondale, AZ 85323 The Honorable Dustin Hull Mayor of Buckeye 100 North Apache Road Buckeye, AZ 85326 The Honorable Robert Robles Mayor of El Mirage P.O. Box 26 El Mirage, AZ 85335

Arizona Public Service Company The Honorable Elaine Scruggs Mayor of Glendale 5850 West Glendale Avenue Glendale, AZ 85301 The Honorable Seth Kanter Vice Mayor of Goodyear 119 North Litchfield Road Goodyear, AZ 85338 The Honorable J. Woodfin Thomas Mayor of Litchfield 244 West Wigwam Blvd.

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Arizona Public Service Company Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, California 91770 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Craig K. Seaman, Director Regulatory Affairs/Nuclear Assurance Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 Hector R. Puente Vice President, Power Generation El Paso Electric Company 2702 N. Third Street, Suite 3040 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Terry Bassham, Esq.

General Counsel El Paso Electric Company 123 W. Mills El Paso, Texas 79901 John W. Schumann Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, California 90051-0100

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Page 1 of 2 Palo Verde 08/14/2003 13:06:25 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 08/01/2003 - 09/30/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type SGR-P - U-2 SG REPLACEMENT PREP ACTIVITIES 3 2 IP 50001 Steam Generator Replacement Inspection 06/01/2003 09/20/2003 Other Routine P-MOD - EMB SG REPLACEMENT DESIGN ASPECT INSP 2 2 IP 7111117A Permanent Plant Modifications 08/18/2003 09/05/2003 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111123 Temporary Plant Modifications 08/18/2003 09/05/2003 Baseline Inspections SGR2-MOD - U-2 SG REPLACEMENT - REVIEW 50.59 2 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections SGR2 - U-2 SG REPLACEMENT INSPECTIONS 3 2 IP 50001 Steam Generator Replacement Inspection 09/26/2003 12/27/2003 Other Routine ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PI 1 1, 2, 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections TI -150 - PWR RPV HEAD CRACKING- BULLETIN 2002-02 1 2 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-0 10/13/2003 10/17/2003 Safety Issues EMB - ISI & SG INSPECTIONS U2 1 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections SGR2-NDE - U-2 SG REPLACEMENT NDE ACTIVITIES 1 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/20/2003 11/03/2003 Baseline Inspections ALARA2 - ALARA 1 1, 2, 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/17/2003 11/21/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-EP1 - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1, 2, 3 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2, 3 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2, 3 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2, 3 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2, 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections EMB - SAFETY SYS. DESIGN AND PERF. CAPABILITY 4 1, 2, 3 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2, 3 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Baseline Inspections EMB - CHANGES, TESTS & EXPERIMENTS 1 1, 2, 3 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 2004019 - INSERVICE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Palo Verde 08/14/2003 13:06:25 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 08/01/2003 - 09/30/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 2004019 - INSERVICE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 04/26/2004 04/30/2004 Baseline Inspections ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PIV 1 1, 2, 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Baseline Inspections PIR - BIENNIAL PIR 4 1, 2, 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 05/24/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections OB-INIT - OB - INITIAL EXAMINATION 4 1 X02273 PALO VERDE UNIT 1 (06/04) INITIAL 05/17/2004 05/21/2004 Not Applicable 1 X02273 PALO VERDE UNIT 1 (06/04) INITIAL 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Not Applicable REQUAL - OB-REQUALIFICATION 2 1, 2, 3 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 08/09/2004 08/13/2004 Baseline Inspections 2004039 - PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 2 1, 2, 3 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.