ML052200493

05000528-05-012; 05000529-05-012, 05000530-05-012 - Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Information Request to Support the 95002 Inspection

ML052200493
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	08/08/2005
From:	Clark J Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Overbeck G Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR-05-012
Download: ML052200493 (5)

See also: IR 05000528/2005012

Text

August 8, 2005

Gregg R. Overbeck, Senior Vice

President, Nuclear

Arizona Public Service Company

P.O. Box 52034

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -

INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT THE 95002 INSPECTION

(05000528/2005012, 05000529/2005012, AND 5000530/2005012)

Dear Mr.Overbeck:

This letter is to provide you with advanced information regarding materials needed to support

our Inspection Procedure 95002 inspection which is scheduled to begin on September 12,

2005, at your facility. We will review the requested material and identify those areas where

more detailed information will be needed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRCs

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).

If you have any questions regarding this request, or the inspection and schedule, please

contact me at (817) 860-8185.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jeffrey Clark, P.E., Chief

Engineering Branch - 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530

Licenses: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74

Enclosure:

Requested Information to Support IP 95002 Inspection

Arizona Public Service Company -2-

Distribution:

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

Craig K. Seaman, Director

Regulatory Affairs

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

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

Arizona Public Service Company -3-

John Taylor

Public Service Company of New Mexico

2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110

Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224

Thomas D. Champ

Southern California Edison Company

5000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Bldg. D1B

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

Karen O'Regan

Environmental Program Manager

City of Phoenix

Office of Environmental Programs

200 West Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Arizona Public Service Company -4-

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (KMK)

Senior Resident Inspector (GXW2)

Branch Chief, DRP/D (TWP)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (NFO)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

SISP Review Completed: _Y_____ ADAMS: 4 Yes G No Initials: ___JAC___

4 Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive 4 Non-Sensitive

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JAClark/lmb

/RA/

8/8/05

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

Requested Information to Support IP 95002 Inspection

The NRC IP 95002 team leader will conduct an on-site receipt of the requested information with

you on or about August 16, 2005. Please provide the following information or documents.

{Note: Region IV NRC staff agrees with Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations staff desires

to minimize hard copies of requested information. Therefore, electronic files of the requested

materials are preferred.}

1. An index file of all administrative procedures associated with corrective actions, cause

assessments, extent of condition evaluations, effectiveness reviews, self assessments,

and issue tracking and trending.

2. An index file of all administrative procedures associated with engineering design control,

the 10 CFR 50.59 process, engineering evaluations, and operability evaluations.

3. Administrative procedures governing the identification and resolution of problems.

4. Administrative procedures governing root cause and apparent cause evaluations.

5. Administrative procedures governing extent of condition reviews.

6. Any administrative engineering procedures governing the translation or verification of

Design Basis Document values, including setpoints, into mitigating systems Technical

Specifications or Surveillance Requirements.

7. Any previous revisions of items 3, 4, 5, and 6 for the last 2 years.

8. All corrective action documents, root or apparent cause evaluations, and assessments

associated with the violations specified in NRC special inspection report 2004-014

(EA-05-051).

9. Any Quality Assurance audits associated with attributes of the violations specified in

NRC special inspection report 2004-014 (EA-05-051).

10. A list of all significant conditions adverse to quality, with a corrective action program

document reference, identified for mitigating systems since January 1, 2004.

11. A list of all conditions adverse to quality, with a corrective action program document

reference, identified for mitigating systems since January 1, 2004.

12. A list of all mitigating systems changes, modifications, or procedure changes that

required a 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation since January 1, 2004.

13. All 10 CFR 50.59 required screenings or evaluations reperformed as a result of the NRC

finding or your self assessments.

14. A list of the corrective action system backlog.

15. A list of the maintenance backlog associated with mitigating systems.

Also, either provide electronically, or have available on site upon the arrival of the inspectors,

the Palo Verde Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, Technical Specifications, and Technical

Specification Bases for Units 1, 2 and 3.

-1- Enclosure