ML070850038
| ML070850038 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 03/27/2007 |
| From: | Markley M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV |
| To: | |
| Markley, M T, NRR/DORL/LP4, 301-415-5723 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML070850032 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA/PA-2007-0157 | |
| Download: ML070850038 (4) | |
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March 27, 2007 LICENSEE:
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FACILITY:
PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MARCH 14, 2007, CLOSED MEETING WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY AND SYNERGY ON PLANS FOR CONDUCTING A THIRD-PARTY SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT AT THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION On March 14, 2007, a closed meeting to discuss proprietary information was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Arizona Public Service Company (APS) and Synergy Consulting Services Corporation at NRC Headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the licensee's plans for conducting a third-party assessment of safety culture at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS) and to discuss the related inspection guidance from NRC Inspection Procedure (IP) 95003, Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs, or One Red Input.
Background
On March 2, 2007, the NRC issued the annual assessment letter for PVNGS (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML070610604). The NRC assessment determined the performance of PVNGS, Unit 3, to be in the Multiple/
Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRC's Action Matrix. For plants in this column of the Action Matrix, Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program" section 06.05.b.4 states that the licensee is expected to perform an independent assessment of their safety culture. In addition, IP 95003 will be performed by the NRC to review the breadth and depth of the performance deficiencies, assess the licensee's evaluation of their safety culture, and independently perform an assessment of the licensee's safety culture.
Meeting Discussions The licensee presented information regarding their assessment models, comparisons of the models to the NRC safety culture components, and the planned approach towards conducting the third-party safety culture assessment for PVNGS in the spring 2007. The licensee's contractor, Synergy Consulting Services Corporation, explained that the safety culture assessment will be comprised of a site-wide survey supplemented by documentation reviews, individual personnel interviews, and selected observations of key PVNGS meetings.
The NRC staff, APS, and Synergy discussed detailed inspection guidance from IP 95003 regarding how the licensee's safety culture survey will be evaluated by the staff. This included:
the construction of the survey scale; length and complexity of individual survey questions; length of the overall survey tool; use of work observations; statistical analysis to confirm the validity, reliability, and internal consistency of the survey; and the potential influence of weighting factors on the end results.
A list of attendees is enclosed. The meeting agenda (ADAMS Accession No. ML070680073) and meeting handouts (ADAMS Accession No. ML070780294) are available to the public.
There were no members of the public represented at the closed meeting.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-5723, or mtm@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Michael T. Markley, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-528, STN 50-529, and STN 50-530
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc: J. Copsey, APS M. Green, APS T. Snyder, Synergy J. Guibert, Synergy H. Levin, Synergy cc w/encl: See next page
ML070680073) and meeting handouts (ADAMS Accession No. ML070780294) are available to the public.
There were no members of the public represented at the closed meeting.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-5723, or mtm@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Michael T. Markley, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-528, STN 50-529, and STN 50-530
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc: J. Copsey, APS M. Green. APS T. Snyder, Synergy J. Guibert, Synergy H. Levin, Synergy cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC LPLIV r/f RidsAcrsAcnwMailCenter RidsNrrDirsItsb RidsNrrDorlDpr RidsNrrDorlLpl4 RidsNrrLAJBurkhardt RidsNrrPMMFields RidsNrrPMMMarkley RidsOgcRp RidsRgn4MailCenter(TPruett)
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Pkg ML070850032 (Notice ML070680073, Summary ML070850038, Handouts ML070780294)
OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME Markley JBurkhardt DTerao DATE 3/26/07 3/26/07 3/27/07
January 2007 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
LIST OF ATTENDEES MARCH 14, 2007 CLOSED MEETING WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY AND SYNERGY ON PLANS FOR CONDUCTING A THIRD-PARTY SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT AT THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION Name Organization Scott Bauer APS Jeanne Copsey APS Michael Green APS Timothy Snyder Synergy John Guibert Synergy Howard Levin Synergy Gregory Werner NRC Val Barnes NRC Troy Pruett NRC Lisamarie Jarriel NRC Molly Keefe NRC Mike Markley NRC June Cai NRC Isabelle Schoenfeld NRC Bob Gramm NRC