ML14027A032

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NRR E-mail Capture - Request for Additional Information - Palo Verde Unit 1 Steam Generator Inspection Report
ML14027A032
Person / Time
Site: Palo Verde Arizona Public Service icon.png
Issue date: 01/24/2014
From: Andrea George
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To: Roehler R
Arizona Public Service Co
References
MF2944
Download: ML14027A032 (3)


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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: George, Andrea Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:26 PM To: robert.roehler@aps.com Cc: carl.stephenson@aps.com; Kulesa, Gloria; Johnson, Andrew; Karwoski, Kenneth; Singal, Balwant

Subject:

Request for Additional Information - Palo Verde Unit 1 Steam Generator Inspection Report (TAC No. MF2944)

Attachments: RAIs - ESGB Palo Verde 2013 SG Inspection Report.docx Rob:

By letter dated October 16, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession Number ML13294A021), Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee) submitted the Unit 1 Steam Generator Inspection Report pertaining to SG inspections performed during the seventeenth refueling outage of Unit 1. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the submittal and requests additional information (RAI) as detailed in the attachment.

Draft RAIs were issued on January 14, 2014. A clarification was held on January 24, 2014. it was agreed that APS will respond to these RAIs within 30 days, which is February 23, 2014. Please treat this e-mail as transmittal of formal RAIs. If circumstances result in the need to revise the requested response date, please contact me at (301) 415-1081 or via email at andrea.george@nrc.gov.

Thank you, Annie Andrea George, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 301-415-1081 1

Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 1040 Mail Envelope Properties (Andrea.George@nrc.gov20140124132600)

Subject:

Request for Additional Information - Palo Verde Unit 1 Steam Generator Inspection Report (TAC No. MF2944)

Sent Date: 1/24/2014 1:26:00 PM Received Date: 1/24/2014 1:26:00 PM From: George, Andrea Created By: Andrea.George@nrc.gov Recipients:

"carl.stephenson@aps.com" <carl.stephenson@aps.com>

Tracking Status: None "Kulesa, Gloria" <Gloria.Kulesa@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Johnson, Andrew" <Andrew.Johnson@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Karwoski, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Karwoski@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Singal, Balwant" <Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "robert.roehler@aps.com" <robert.roehler@aps.com>

Tracking Status: None Post Office:

Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 1131 1/24/2014 1:26:00 PM RAIs - ESGB Palo Verde 2013 SG Inspection Report.docx 28275 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:

Recipients Received:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2013 STEAM GENERATOR INSPECTIONS PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-528 TAC NO. MF2944 By letter dated October 16, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13294A021), Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee) submitted information pertaining to their 2013 steam generator (SG) inspections at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1. These inspections were performed during the seventeenth refueling outage of Unit 1. In order to complete its review of the documents listed above, the staff requests the following additional information:

1. The report indicates that half of a castle nut from a feedwater heater was found in the cold-leg annulus region of SG 12. Please discuss whether the other half of the nut was retrieved and/or assessed for possibly causing additional tube wear.
2. Please provide the effective full power years of operation for the last several refueling outages/SG inspection outages.
3. The SG Inspection Report indicated that no severe erosion or corrosion was found during the visual inspection of the wet layup recirculation piping. With respect to the secondary side visual inspections (including the inspections of the wet layup recirculation piping), please discuss whether any erosion or corrosion was identified. If so, please discuss the nature/severity of the degradation.
4. Please discuss the scope and results of any primary channel head inspections, if any were performed.

ENCLOSURE