ML051440651

Summary of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station End-of-Cycle Public Meeting

ML051440651
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Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	05/23/2005
From:	Troy Pruett NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-D
To:	Overbeck G Arizona Public Service Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 7601 1-4005 May 23, 2005 Gregg R. Overbeck, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034

SUMMARY

OF PAL0 VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION END-OF-CYCLE PUBLIC MEETING

Dear Mr. Overbeck:

This refers to the End-of-Cycle public meeting conducted at the Saddle Mountain School District building in Tonopah, Arizona on May 17, 2005, between the NRC and your staff. The participants discussed performance at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station for the period January 1 through December 31,2004. The meeting attendance list and a copy of the presentations are included as Enclosures 1 and 2. No commitments were made by the licensee during the conference.

In accordance with Section 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's 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 httD://www.nrc.nov/readina-rmladams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.

Tr6y W. Pruett, Chief Project Branch D Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-528 50-529 50-530 Licenses: NPF-41 NPF-51 NPF-74

I Arizona Public Service Company

Enclosures:

1. Attendance List

2. Presentation Slides cc w/enclosures: The Honorable John Keegan Daniel Roe, Executive Director Mayor of Peoria Arizona Division of Emergency Management 8401 West Monroe Street 5636 East McDowell Road Peoria, AZ 85345 Building 101 Phoenix, AZ 85008-3495 The Honorable Phil Gordon Mayor of Phoenix Jeff Griffin, Regional Director 200 West Washington Federal Emergency Management Agency Phoenix. AZ 85007 Region IX 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 The Honorable Joan Shafer Oakland, CA 94607-4052 Mayor of Surprise 12425 West Bell Road The Honorable Ron Drake Surprise, AZ 85374 Mayor of Avondale 525 North Central The Honorable Adolfo Gamez Avondale, AZ 85323 Mayor of Tolleson 9555 West Van Buren Street The Honorable Dustin Hull Tolleson, AZ 85353 Mayor of Buckeye 100 North Apache Road The Honorable Bryan Hackbarth Buckeye, AZ 85326 Mayor of Youngtown 12030 Clubhouse Square The Honorable Fred Waterman Youngtown, AZ 85363 Mayor of El Mirage P.O. Box 26 Robin Berry El Mirage, AZ 85335 Palo Verde School District P.O. Box 108 The Honorable Elaine Scruggs Palo Verde, AZ 85343 Mayor of Glendale 5850 West Glendale Avenue Chad Turner Glendale, AZ 85301 Arlington Elementary School District The Honorable Jim Cavanaugh 9410 S. 355th Avenue Mayor of Goodyear Arlington, AZ 85322 119 North Litchfield Road Goodyear, AZ 85338 Carter Gable Arlington Canal Company The Honorable J. Woodfin Thomas P.O. Box 150 Mayor of Litchfield Arlington, AZ 85322 244 West Wigwam Blvd.

Litchfield Park, AZ 85340 Doris Heisler Tonopah Valley Association 3002 N. 423rd Avenue Tonopah, AZ 85354

Arizona Public Service Company Lyle King Andy Jacobs Buckeye Farmer Office of U.S. Senator Jon Kyl P.O. Box 713 2200 E. Camelback Road, Suite 120 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Chris Larson Carlos Sierra Arlington CATS Club Office of U.S. Senator John McCain P.O. Box 194 5353 North 16th Street, Suite 105 Arlington, AZ 85322 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Grace Molina Ruben H. Reyes, District Director Arlington Hispanic Community Office of U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva P.O. Box 131 810 E. 22nd Street, Suite 102 Arlington, AZ 85322 Tucson, AZ 85713 Les Meredith Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arlington Lions Club 100 West Washington, Suite 1900 P.O. Box 69 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Arlington, AZ 85322 Fulton Brock, Supervisor, District 1 Pam Miller Board of Supervisors HC03 Box 85 301 W. Jefferson Palo Verde, AZ 85343 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Neil Peters Don Stapley, Supervisor, District 2 P.O. Box 57 Board of Supervisors Arlington, AZ 85322 301 W. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85003 Paul Roetto Friends of Saddle Mountain Andrew Kunasek, Supervisor, District 3 3708 N. 339th Avenue Board of Supervisors Tonopah, AZ 85354 301 W. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85003 Roxanne Morris Ruth Fisher Unified School District Max W. Wilson, Supervisor, District 4 38201 W. Indian School Road Board of Supervisors Tonopah, AZ 85354 301 W. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85003 Judy Shaw 20 N. 350th Avenue Mary Rose Wilcox, Supervisor, District 5 Tonopah, AZ 85354 Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson Robert Hathaway Phoenix, AZ 85003 wcc 37705 W. Buckeye Road Tonopah, AZ 85354

Arizona Public Service Company Senior Vice President and H. Anne Plettinger Chief Operating Officer 3456 Villa Rose Drive Entergy Operations, Inc. Baton Rouge, LA 70806 P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Burt Babers, President West Feliciana Parish Police Jury Vice President P.O. Box 1921 Operations Support St. Francisville, LA 70775 Entergy Operations, Inc.

P.O. Box 31995 Michael E. Henry, State Liaison Officer Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Department of Environmental Quality Permits Division General Manager P.O. Box4313 Plant Operations Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313 Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station Brian Almon 5485 US Highway 61N Public Utility Commission St. Francisville, LA 70775 William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 Director - Nuclear Safety 1701 North Congress Avenue Entergy Operations, Inc. Austin, TX 78711-3326 River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

Winston & Strawn 1401 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Manager - Licensing Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775 The Honorable Charles C. Foti, Jr.

Attorney General Department of Justice State of Louisiana P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005

END OF CYCLE PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE I

II I DATE/TIME May 17,2005 6:30p.m.

CONFERENCE Ruth Fisher Elementary School LOCATION Tonogah, Arizona NRC REPRESENTATIVES I NAME (PLEASE PRINT)

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END OF CYCLE PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE LICENSEE/FACILlTY Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station I DAT E/TIME I May 17,2005 6:30p.m.

CONFERENCE Ruth Fisher Elementary School Tonopah, Arizona PUBLIC PARTlClPANTS (II NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ORGANIZATION TITLE A-c L

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END OF CYCLE PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE I

LICENSEE/FACILlTY I Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Ruth Fisher Elementary School LICENSEE REPRESENTATIVES I I NAME (PLEASE PRINT) 0RGAN IZATlON I TITLE c

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I DATE/TIME May 17,2005 6:30 p.m.

(I CONFERENCE Ruth Fisher Elementary School Tonopah, Arizona LOCAT ION PUBLlC PARTICIPANTS I I 1I NAME (PLEASE PRINT) 0 RGANlZATlON I TITLE WSM12C

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Agenda Annual Assessment Meeting Reactor Oversight Program - CY 2004 0 Introduction 0 Review of Reactor Oversight Process 0 National Summary of Plant Performance 0 Discussion of Plant Performance Results 0 Licensee Response and Remarks 0 NRC Closing Remarks Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV 0 Break Arlington, Texas 0 NRC available to address public questions I

May 17,2005 NRC Representatives Purpose of Todays Meeting Arthur T Howell Ill, Dmctor. Division Reactor Projects

- (817) 860-8248 A public forum for discussion of Palo Verdes Troy Pruett. Branch Chef performance - (817) 860-8173 Greg W m c k . Senior Resident Inspector NRC will address the Palo Verde performance issues - (623) 393-3736 identified in the annual assessment letter and the first Jim Melfi, Resident Inspector

- (623) 393-3737 quarter 2005 assessment letter Pablo Benvenuto. Resident Inspector

= Palo Verde will respond to the information in the - (623) 386-3638 Seven Alfennk, Reactor Inspector letters and inform the NRC of new or existing - (623) 386-3638 programs to maintain or improve their performance Greg Werner, Semor Project Engineer

- (817)860-8156 Region IV Organization NRC Performance Goals 0 Safetv: Ensure protection of the public health and safety and the environment 0 Security: Ensure the secure use and management of radioactive materials 0 Openness: Ensure openness in our regulatory process 0 Effectiveness: Ensure that NRC actions are effective, efficient, realistic, and timely Management: Ensure excellence in agency management to carry out the NRCs strategic objective

Reactor Oversight Process I I

Examples of Baseline Inspections I

0 Equipment Alignment -92 h r ~ l y r I Safav 1 Triennial Fire Protection -200 hrs13 yrs Operator Response - 125 hrslyr Emergency Preparedness -80 hrslyr Rad Release Controls -100 hrs12 yrs Worker Radiation Protection -100 hrs/yr Corrective Action Program -200 hrsl2 yrs Corrective Action Case Reviews -60 hrslyr c I Significance Threshold Action Matrix Concept Performance Indicators Green: Only baseline inspection Licensec Regulatory Degraded MulUplJRep. Unacceptable Response RaPmSe Cornerstone Degraded Performance White: May increase NRC oversight Cornerstone Yellow: Requires more NRC oversight Red: Requires more NRC oversight Inmection Findings Increasing NRC Inspection Efforts Green: Very low safety significant issue White: Low to moderate safety significant issue Increasing NRCLicensee Management Involvement Yellow: Substantial safety significant issue Red: High safety significant issue 9 Increasing Regulatory Actions 10 I I I National Summary of Plant Performance Status at End of CY 2004 I National Summary Performance Indicator Resuits (at end of CY Licensee Response 75 2004)

= Green 1834 Regulatory Response Degraded Cornerstone 21 3

.White 6 9 Yellow 0 MultipleIRepetitiveDegraded Cornerstone 3 Red 0 Unacceptable 0 Total 102* Total Inspection Findings (CY 2004) 8 Green 778

• Davis-Besse is in IMC 0350 process 8 White 11 Yellow 1 Red 0 I

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Palo Verde Palo Verde Assessment Results Inspection Activities (Jan 1 Dec 31,2004)

(Jan 1 - Dec 3 1,2004) e Arizona Public Service Company operated Palo Verde Regional Inspection Hours (includes all hours Nuclear Generating Station within the Licensee Response charged to the licensee including direct inspection Column of the NRCs Action Matrix and office preparation and documentation)

- All inspection fmdmgs and performance indicators were of very Division of Reactor Projects 6545 hours0.0758 days <br />1.818 hours <br />0.0108 weeks <br />0.00249 months <br /> low safety significance (licensee response)

• Division of Reactor Safety 5129 hours0.0594 days <br />1.425 hours <br />0.00848 weeks <br />0.00195 months <br /> 0 No Supplemental Inspections 1

I Palo Verde Criteria for identifying a Substantive Inspection Activities Cross-Cutting Issue I (Jan 1 - Dee 31,2004)

Multiple green or safety significant inspection rn Baseline Inspection Program findings with cross-cutting aspects rn February 2004 Special Inspection for Forced Outage for Primary-to-Secondary Leakage Causal factors have a common theme.

rn June 2004 Augmented Inspection for Loss of Offsite 1 PowerEvent August 2004 Special Inspection for Voiding of Concern with the Licensees scope of effort or Emergency Core Cooling System progress in addressing cross-cutting performance 1 September 2004 Augmented Inspection follow-up for deficiencies Loss of Offsite Power Event Six Temporary Instructions 5

I I Substantive Cross-Cutting Issues Problem Identification and Resolution Identified in 2004 Cross-Cutting Issue Problems included identifying problems and entering them Problem Identification and Resolution Cross-Cutting in the corrective action program, evaluating conditions in Issue the corrective action program, and implementing effective corrective actions Human Performance Cross-Cutting Issue Adverse trend in problem identification and resolution issues indicated that Palo Verde did not effectively address the underlying causes associated with this substantive crosscutting area Will be addressed through baseline inspection program I 1 3

I 1 Palo Verde Human Performance Cross-Cutting Annual Assessment Summary Issue January 1 - December 3 1,2004 Several common performance characteristics - dominated 0 Arizona Public Service Company operated Palo Verde by personnel errors (e.g., instances of failing to follow Nuclear Generating Station in a manner that preserved procedure) and resource issues (e.g., inadequate procedures public health and safety and all cornerstone objectives and work instructions) were met.

Adverse trend in human performance issues indicates that 0 Based on 2004 inspection results, NRC assessed Palo Palo Verde did not effectively address the underlying causes Verde Nuclear Generating Station within the Licensee associated with this substantive crosscutting area Response Column of the Action Matrix.

Will be addressed through baseline inspection program 0 Based on 2004 inspection results, NRC would have conducted only baseline inspections in 2005 I I II -

Assessment Results First Quarter 2005 I

I Degraded cornerstone 11111sm.01 I l u o r n m A Pre-decisional Enforcement and Regulatory Conference was conducted on February 17,2005 to discuss voiding of the emergency core cooling system. The findings were identified during a Special Inspection in August 2004.

m One finding was determined to be a Yellow Finding, a substantial safety issue. Another resulted in a proposed $50, civil penalty.

Neither finding represents a current safety problem, since both were corrected within a short time after discovery.

m The Yellow Finding was a significant input into the assessment process and resulted in reassessment of Palo Verdes position in the NRC Action Matrix in the spring of 2005.

Licensee Response and Remarks Gregg R. Overbeck Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company I 1 4

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