ML070680073

Meeting with Arizona Public Service Company and Synergy Plans for Conducting a Third-Party Safety Culture Assessment at Palo Verde Generating Station

ML070680073
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/09/2007
From:	Markley M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Terao D NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
Markley, M T, NRR/DORL/LP4, 301-415-5723
References
FOIA/PA-2007-0157
Download: ML070680073 (5)

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March 9, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: David Terao, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing FROM:

Michael T. Markley, Project Manager /RA/

Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING CLOSED MEETING WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY AND SYNERGY DATE & TIME:

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

LOCATION:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T-7A1 Rockville, Maryland PURPOSE:

To discuss Arizona Public Service Company (APS) plans for conducting a third-party safety culture assessment at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, as described in NRC Inspection Procedure 95003, Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs, or One Red Input

[Agencywide Document Access and Management System Accession No. ML062970393]

CATEGORY:

This meeting is closed to the public in its entirety to discuss proprietary information about the licensees safety culture assessment and methodology.

PARTICIPANTS:

Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Office of Enforcement (OE), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), and Region IV.

NRC APS Synergy V. Barnes, RES M. Markley, NRR J. Copsey J. Guilbert J. Cai, NRR M. Keefe, RES S. Bauer H. Levin R. Gramm, NRR T. Pruett, Region IV G. Werner, Region IV, et al.

Docket Nos. STN 50-528, STN 50-529, and STN 50-530

Enclosure:

Agenda (ADAMS Accession No. ML070680073) cc w/encl: See next page MEETING CONTACTS:

M. Markley, NRR M. Fields, NRR 301-415-5723 301-415-3062 mtm@nrc.gov mbf1@nrc.gov

• Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings (67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002

ML070680073) cc w/encl: See next page MEETING CONTACTS:

M. Markley, NRR M. Fields, NRR 301-415-5723 301-415-3062 mtm@nrc.gov mbf1@nrc.gov

• Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings (67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002 DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC LPLIV r/f RidsAcrsAcnwMailCenter RidsNrrAdro RidsNrrDorl RidsOpaMail Receptionist (OWFN &

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VBarnes, RES RGramm, DIRS/IP JCai, DIRS/IO MKeefe, RES VDricks, OPA RIV DCullison, EDO RIV ADAMS Accession No: ML070680073 OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME MMarkley LFeizollahi DTerao DATE 3/9/07 3/9/07 3/9/07

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mr. Douglas Kent Porter Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harris Tower & Pavillion 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Mr. Scott Bauer, Acting General Manager Regulatory Affairs and Performance Improvement Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Matthew Benac Assistant Vice President Nuclear & Generation Services El Paso Electric Company 340 East Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Mr. John Taylor Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Mr. Geoffrey M. Cook Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy Bldg N50 San Clemente, CA 92672 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Mr. Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167 123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901 Mr. John Schumann Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 Mr. Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Ms. Karen O'Regan Environmental Program Manager City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs 200 West Washington Street Phoenix AZ 85003 Mr. Randall K. Edington Senior Vice President, Nuclear Mail Station 7602 Arizona Public Service Company P. O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 WORKING-LEVEL MEETING WITH

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY AND SYNERGY ON LICENSEE SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT MARCH 14-15, 2007 1.

Introductions

2.

Background for meeting 3.

Discuss the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) expectations for the licensee safety culture assessment:

Specific aspects that will be evaluated by the NRC are described in Inspection Procedure (IP) 95003 Sections 02.07, 03.07, and relevant enclosures to the IP.

Assessment team must be independent of licensee (including corporate) personnel, conducted by a third party.

All functional groups (including contractors), all management levels (including corporate) must be included with a rationale for sample selection and sizes.

Cross-walk to all 13 of NRCs safety culture components.

Rationale for method(s) selected and technical basis for combination of methods.

Technical basis for method(s) (e.g., if a survey is used, documentation of statistical characteristics of survey instrument, survey administration protocol).

Assessment tools should consider insights from prior site safety culture assessment, other self-assessments, and NRC findings for the past two years as deserving special attention.

4.

Meeting closing remarks 5.

Adjourn