ML17305B357
| ML17305B357 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1991 |
| From: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17305B358 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9102180041 | |
| Download: ML17305B357 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1990053
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Docket Nos. 50-528,
50-529 and 50-530
tNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMM!SSION
REGION V
%150 MARIALANE,SUITE 210
OVALffUT CREEK, CALIFORNIAI4596
JAN S
1
1991
Arizona Public Service
Company
P. 0.
Box 53999, Station 9012
Phoenix, Arizona
85072-3999
Attention:
Hr. M. F.
Conway
Executive Vice President,
Nuclear
Gentlemen:
Dverall, the
SALP Board found the performance of licensed activities at Palo
Verde to be directed toward safe facility operation.
Your performance in most
functional areas
was judged to have improved over the previous period, with a
Category 1 rating assigned to Emergency
Preparedness,
and Category 2 ratings
assigned to all other functional areas.
The Board considered your generally
improved performance to be indicative of greater
involvement in specific
plant activities by senior management.
Although a -generally improving trend in performance
was recognized
by the
Board, three principal areas of concern were identified as follows:
Zn the area of Safety Assessment/guality Verification, a number of
initiatives have led to improved results.
However> two significant
issues
caus'ed the Board to doubt whether your commitment to lasting
improvement in this area
has depth.
Longstanding deficiencies with plant
emergency lighting were not dealt with by either management
or guality
Assurance in a prompt, self critical way.
Mith regard to operator
NIedical records,'rompt
action was not taken to thoroughly assess
SUBJECT:
SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT
OF LICENSEE PERFORMANCE
REPORT
NUMBERS 50-528/90-53,
50-529/90-53
AND 50-530/90-53
The
NRC Systematic
Assessment
of Licensee
Performance
(SALP) Board has
completed its periodic evaluation of the performance of the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station for the period November 1, 1989 through November 30, 1990.
The performance of Palo Verde was evaluated in the functional areas of Plant
Operations,
Radiological Controls, Maintenance/Surveillance,
Emergency
Preparedness,
Security, Engineering/Technical
Support,
and Safety
Assessment/equality
Verification.
The criteria used in conducting this
assessment
and the
SALP Board's evaluation of your performance in these
functional areas
are contained in NRC Manual Chapter 0516, "Systematic
Assessment
of Licensee
Performance," dated September 28, 1990.
Based
upon discussions
with your staff,
a management
meeting to discuss
the
results of the
SALP Board's
assessment
has been scheduled for February 13,
1991, at the Arizona Public Service corporate office, Phoenix, Arizona.
Arrangements for the management
meeting Rill be discussed further with your
staff in the near future.
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this area even when clear indications of a problem existed.
The full
extent of the problem was only recognized after the conduct of an
NRC
inspection.
awhile your initiatives in this functional area are generally
good, sustaining this rating will require a renewed emphasis in this
area
on the part of senior management.
Mith regard to the Maintenance/Surveillance
functional area,
generally
improved performance
was recognized.
Nonetheless,
this area continues to
cfeserve considerable
aanagement
attention, specifscally regarding work
planning, craft attention to detail in implementation,
and in corrective
actions taken to address
deficiencies in this area.
Nth regard to Engineering,
management attention is warranted to ensure
that the roles of the various engineering
groups are well defined and
that the focus includes finding and resolv>ng significant technical
problems.
An overview of this assessment
is provided in Section II of the enclosed
mport.
Perceived
strengths
and weaknesses
and Board recommendations
are
discussed
in Section III, .Performance
Analysis.
The NRC's Office for Analysis
and Evaluation of Operational
Data 'performed
an assessment
of Licensee
Event
Reports submitted for Palo Verde.
Th'is assessment
was provided as
an input to
the SALP process
and is, included in section IV.D.
Since
no functional area
was assessed
Category 3, a written response
to the
enclosed initial report is not required.
However, you may submit comments to
the enclosed report, if desired, within 30 days of the February 13, 1991
aeeting.
Zn accordance vith Section 2.790 of the NRC's Rules of Practice,"
Part 2,
Title 10,'Code of Federal
Regulations,
a copy of this letter, the enclosed
SALP report,
and your response will be placed in the NRC's Public Document
Room.
should you have any questions
concerning the SALP report,
we will be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
Sincer
y,
J.
B. Hartin
'Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
SALP Report No. 50-528/90-53,
529/90-53,
530/90-53
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