05000528/LER-2010-003, Regarding Technical Specification Violation - Loss of Containment Building Equipment Hatch Closure Capability

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Regarding Technical Specification Violation - Loss of Containment Building Equipment Hatch Closure Capability
ML101970061
Person / Time
Site: Palo Verde Arizona Public Service icon.png
Issue date: 07/07/2010
From: Mims D
Arizona Public Service Co
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
102-06213-DCM/RAB/JR LER 10-003-00
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LER-2010-003, Regarding Technical Specification Violation - Loss of Containment Building Equipment Hatch Closure Capability
Event date:
Report date:
Reporting criterion: 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(vii), Common Cause Inoperability

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(A), Seriously Degraded

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(A)

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(B), Unanalyzed Condition

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(B)

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iii)

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(ix)(A)

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A), System Actuation

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(x)

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(A), Loss of Safety Function - Shutdown the Reactor

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(B), Loss of Safety Function - Remove Residual Heat

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(A), Completion of TS Shutdown

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function

10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B), Prohibited by Technical Specifications
5282010003R00 - NRC Website

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10 CFR 50.73 A subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Dwight C. Mims Mail Station 7605 Palo Verde Nuclear Vice President Tel. 623-393-5403 P.O. Box 52034 Generating Station Regulatory Affairs and Plant Improvement Fax 623-393-6077 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 102-06213-DCM/RAB/JR July 07, 2010 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dear Sirs:

Subject:

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)

Unit I Docket No. STN 50-528 License No. NPPFAI Licensee Event Report 2010-003-00 Enclosed, please find Licensee Event Report (LER) 50-528/2010-003-00 that has been prepared and submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.73. This LER reports a condition prohibited by technical specifications when a containment building equipment hatch was not capable of being fully closed during core alterations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, copies of this LER are being forwarded to the NRC Regional Office, NRC Region IV and the Senior Resident Inspector. If you have questions regarding this submittal, please contact Marianne Webb, Section Leader, Regulatory Affairs, at (623) 393-5730.

Arizona Public Service Company makes no commitments in this letter.

Sincerely, DCM/RABITNW/JRPgat Enclosure cc:

E. E. Collins Jr.

NRC Region IV Regional Administrator J. R. Hall NRC NRR Project Manager - (send electronic and paper)

L. K. Gibson NRC NRR Project Manager - (send electronic and paper)

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3. PAGE Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS) Unit 1 05000528 1 OF 5
4. TITLE Technical Specification Violation - Loss of Containment Building Equipment Hatch Closure Capability
5. EVENT DATE
6. LER NUMBER
7. REPORT DATE
8. OTHER FACILITIES INVOLVED FACILITY NAME DOCKET NUMBER MONTH DAY YEAR YEAR SEQUENTIAL REV 05000AY EA NUMBER NO.

MONTH DAY YEAR05000 FACILITY NAME DOCKET NUMBER 05 02 2010 2010 - 003-00 07 07 2010 05000

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Develop and implement initial and continuing training on shutdown risk and Conduct of Maintenance post maintenance testing requirements for maintenance personnel qualified as general plant electrician, general plant mechanic and general plant instrumentation.

Revise Procedures 40OP-9ZZ26, Tracking Containment Penetrations, and 40DP-9AP21, Protected Equipment, to address Containment equipment hatch controls.

" Update vendor technical document (VTD), Geared Rotary Limit Switch Adjustment, and VTD, General Electric CR1 15E Geared Rotary Limit Switch Installation and Maintenance Guide, to ensure proper setting of the hoist upper limit switch without affecting the lower limit switch (and vice versa) and ensuring an adequate retest.

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PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS) has not reported a similar event in the past three years. However, during the Unit 2 outage in 2009, a dedicated Containment equipment hatch closure crew left their station (in Containment) to attend a safety stand-down in another unit. While the corrective actions from Unit 2 could have increased the awareness of the importance of being able to close the equipment hatch, and sensitized plant personnel to work activities on the hatch, they did not address the specific work control issues identified in this event.

NR, FUOM 3b6A (9-2007)