ML050110192

Notice of Meeting with Arizona Public Service Company Re Predecisional Enforcement & Regulatory Conference to Provide Licensee Opportunity to Present Perspective on Greater than Green Finding & Violation of 10 CFR 50.59

ML050110192
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	01/10/2005
From:	NRC Region 4
To:
References
EA-04-221, IR-04-014
Download: ML050110192 (5)

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January 10, 2005

SUBJECT:

MEETING WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FACILITY: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station DOCKETS: 05-528, 05-529, and 05-530 EA: EA-04-221 DATE & TIME: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CST)

LOCATION: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Training Conference Room Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 PURPOSE: This meeting is a Predecisional Enforcement and Regulatory Conference, the purpose of which is to provide the licensee an opportunity to present to the NRC their perspectives on the facts and the process used by the NRC to arrive at the potential Greater than Green finding and an apparent violation of 10 CFR 50.59 described in NRC Inspection Report 05000528/2004014, 05000529/2004014, and 05000530/2004014 (ML050050287). The potential Greater than Green finding involved the failure to maintain design control of the containment sump safety injection suction piping at all three PVNGS units. Specifically, a significant portion of this piping was not consistently maintained full of water since initial operation of all three units. The apparent violation involved the failure to perform a written safety evaluation and receive NRC approval prior to implementing changes to procedures in 1992 which involved draining, and maintaining drained, a significant segment of containment sump safety injection suction piping. As part of our disposition of this apparent violation, the NRC will determine whether enforcement action is warranted.

CATEGORY 1: The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other

Arizona Public Service Company information from the meeting in another format (e.g., braille, large print),

please notify the NRC's meeting contact listed below. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

A telecommunications bridge will be available for the public. The phone number is (800) 952-9677. The callers will then request to be transferred to the bridge for the Arizona Public Service Company meeting.

Certain portions of this meeting will be closed to the public because the staff has determined that the information is proprietary in nature.

PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include members of Region IV, plus members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) and Office of Enforcement (OE). Participants from NRR and OE will attend via video conference.

NRC B. Mallett, Regional Adminstrator, RIV A. Howell, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

S. Schwind, Acting Chief, Project Branch D, DRP G. Sanborn, Director, Allegation Coordination and Enforcement Staff D. Loveless, Senior Reactor Analyst, Divison of Reactor Safety G. Werner, Senior Project Engineer, Project Branch D, DRP N. Salgado, Senior Resident Inspector, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, DRP G. Warnick, Senior Resident Inspector, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, DRP M. Hay, Senior Resident Inspector, Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, DRP M. Fields, Senior Project Manager, Division of Licensing Project Management, Project Directorate IV-2, NRR LICENSEE J. Levine, Executive Vice President, Generation G. Overbeck, Senior Vice President, Nuclear D. Carnes, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Nuclear Assurance M. Winsor, Director, Engineering M. Radspinner, Section Leader, System Engineering T. Weber, Section Leader, Regulatory Affairs, Licensing G. Andrews, Section Leader, Reactor Engineering D. Vogt, Section Leader, Operations STA G. Sowers, Section Leader, PRA S. Bauer, Department Leader, Regulatory Affairs B. Henery, Consultant, Fauske & Associates F. Ferraccio, Consultant, Westinghouse M. Mancini, Independent Pump Consultant

Arizona Public Service Company MEETING CONTACT: Scott Schwind, NRC, RIV 817 860-8173 scs@nrc.gov cc:

Gregg R. Overbeck, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 M. Dwayne Carnes, Director Regulatory Affairs/Nuclear Assurance Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Hector R. Puente Vice President, Power Generation El Paso Electric Company 310 E. Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Arizona Public Service Company Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167 123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901 John W. Schumann Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 John Taylor Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Cheryl Adams Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy. Bldg. DIN San Clemente, CA 92672 Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326

Arizona Public Service Company E-Mail To:

( ) NRC Attendees OEWEB S. Bogle (for predecisional enf. or regulatory conferences)

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