ML17298B064

Informs of Review of Procedure Generation Package (PGP) for Use in Preparing & Implementing Emergency Operating Procedures & 831108 Addl Info.Pgp Acceptable Subj to Listed Comments

ML17298B064
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	06/05/1984
From:	Knighton G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Van Brunt E ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR
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Docket Nos.:

50-528, 50-529 and 50-530 JUN S 584 Nr. E.

E.

Van Brunt, Jr.

Vice President - Nuclear Projects Arizona Public Service Company Post Office Box 21666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036

Subject:

Procedure Generation Package for Palo Verde By letter dated July 15, 1983, you submitted the Palo Verde Procedure Generation Package (PGP) to be used for preparing and implementing Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) for Palo Verde.

The Palo Verde PGP is based on the Combustion Engineering Owner's Group (GEOG)

Emergency Procedure Guidelines which the staff has approved for use in preparing 'plant specific PGPs.

The staff has reviewed the Palo Verde

PGP, as well as the additional information submitted by letter dated November 8, 1983, and finds that the Palo Verde PGP is acceptable for use in preparing and implementing EOPs, subject to the following three comments.

(1)

In your submittal, you state that the control room staff can implement the EOPs for any unusual condition that occurs in the plant dur ing any mode of operation.

However, the GEOG generic emergency procedure'guidelines do not cover conditions other than off-normal events which require a reacto~

trip from power operation.

Therefore, we require that you provide confirmatory information documenting the technical bases for extending the Palo Verde plant specific guidelines to all operating modes.

(2)

Our evaluation of the GEOG generic guidelines identified open issues.

l<e will require that you appropriately update the Palo Verde plant-specifc guidelines and EOPs to reflect any changes made to the GEOG generic guide-lines as a result of resolving those open issues.

(3)

The validation and verification programs in the Palo Verde PGP did not clearly address how the programs would evaluate the adequacy of the existing instrumentation and controls since operator information and control requirements were not addressed.

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1984, you provided a description on how operator information and control requirements were identified.

This information is currently under staff review.

You will be advised of the results after the review is complete.,

Based on the status of the staff's review of the Palo Verde PGP, you can complete the preparation and implementation of the EOPs for Palo Verde.

After the above three issues are resolved, you should revise the EOPs to reflect any

, changes that are required as a result of their resolution.

Please note that if these items are not resolved prior to licensing for Palo Verde Unit 1, an appropriate condition will be included in the Unit 1 license.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, you should contact Manny Licitra the Licensing Project Manager.

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Box 21666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036 Arthur C. Gehr, Esq.

Snell 5 Wilmer 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona 85073 Mr. James M. Flenner, Chief Counsel

, Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Charles R. Kocher, Esq. Assistant Counsel James A. Boeletto, Esq.

'outhern California Edison Company P. 0.

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Rosemead, California 91770 Kenneth Berlin, Esq.

Winston 5 Strawn Suite 500 2550 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Ms. Lynne Bernabei Government Accountability Project of the Institute for Policy Studies 1901 gue Str eet, NW Washington, DC, 20009 Ms. Jill Morrison 522 E. Colgate Tempi, Arizona 85238 Ms. Margaret Walker Deputy Director of Energy Programs Economic Planning and Development Office 1700 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Mr. Rand L. Greenfield Assistant Attorney General Bataan Memorial Building Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 Resident Inspector Palo Verde/NPS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0.

Box 21324 Phoenix, Arizona 85001 Ms. Patricia Lee Hourihan 6413 S. 26th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Regional Administrator - Region V

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