ML17305B429
| ML17305B429 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 03/19/1991 |
| From: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| NUDOCS 9104080240 | |
| Download: ML17305B429 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1991010
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COIVIIVIISSION
REGION V
1450 MARIALANE,SUITE 210
WALNUTCREEK, CALIFORNIA94596
MAR S9
1M'ocket
Nos.
50-528,
50-529 and 50-530
Arizona Public Service
Company
P.
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Box 53999, Station
9012
Phoenix,
85072-3999
Attention:
Mr.
M.
F.
Conway
Executive Vice President,
Nuclear
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REPORT
OF MEETING MITH APS
MANAGEMENT
This refers to a meeting held with you and members of your staff at the
Arizona Public Service
Company corporate offices in Phoenix,
Arizona on
'February 13, 1991.
The subjects
discussed
are summarized in Meeting Report
Nos. 50-528/91-10,
50-529/91-10,
and 50-530/91-10,
enclosed
herewith.
During this meeting
we discussed
with you the Systematic
Assessment
of
Licensee
Performance
(SALP) results for Palo Verde which we had transmitted to
you in Report Nos. 50-528/90-33,
50-529/90-53
and 50-530/90-53.
In this
meeting
we reiterated
our assessment
of your performance for the
SALP period
as
one which had improved in almost all areas
and was indicative of a greater
involvement in activities by APS senior management.
It is our view that the
task for APS managers
for the next assessment
period will be to continue
and
encourage
these
improving trends.
The areas of Maintenance,
Engineering,
and
equality Assurance
were in particular
need of additional
management
attention.
The key will be the successful
integration of these three areas with plant
operations
and the demonstrated ability to identify problems before events
occur or before they are identified by others.
You acknowledged
our SALP
. report and generally agreed with its conclusions.
Although considerable
improvement during this
SALP period has
been realized, I
would caution against
excessive
optimism.
I would strongly advise against
any
tendency to declare victory and lapse into a posture of business
as usual.
This is a particularly delicate time for APS in that the task at hand is to
still maintain
momentum and to implement the improvement programs without
being driven by major crises.
Considerable
investments of management
time and
resources
are still needed,
and the long view is necessary
to achieve the
goals originally set for the Palo Verde Project.
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'During the management
meeting following discussion of the
SALP report,
we took
the opportunity to discuss
NRC management
observations.
Of particular note
was our observation of the need to focus additional
APS management
attention
on the performance of maintenance
during power operations.
We recognize that
a Preventative
Maintenance
Task Force is reviewing the overall preventative
maintenance
program.
However,
we also identified some maintenance
tasks which
had been specified to be done
on
a refueling outage frequency,
but were
done
prior to the outage while the plant was operating.
Your personnel
appear to
acknowledge the balance that must be maintained in performing maintenance
activities; however,
the manner in which it is being implemented
does not seem
consistent with this philosophy.
In addition,
a risk perspecti've
was not
apparent for the assessment
of the benefits of doing -maintenance activities in
conjunction with the associated
risk of systems
not being'available.
We
encourage
continued discussions
in this area.
Iz accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790(a),
a copy of this letter and the enclosures
will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room.
Should you have any questions
concerning our minutes of the meeting,
documented in the enclosed
meeting report,
we will be pleased
to discuss
them
with you.
Sincer
y,
J.
B. Hartin
Regional Administrator
Enclosure:
Report Nos. 50-528/91-10,
50-529/91-10,
50-530/91-10
cc w/enclosure:
Hr. 0. Hark DeHichele,
Mr. James
M. Levine,
Mr. Jack
N. Bailey,
Hr.
E.
C. Simpson,
.APS
Mr. Blaine E. Ballard,
Mr. Th'omas
R. Bradish,
Hr. Robert
W.
Page,
Hr. Arthur C. Gehr,
Esq.,
Snell
8 Wilmer
Mr. Al Gutterman,
Newman
8 Holtzinger P.
C.
Mr. James
A. Boeletto,
Esq.,
Hr. Charles
B. Brinkman, Combustion Engineering,
Inc.
Hr. Charles Tedford, Director, Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency
Chairman,
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Steve
H. Olea, Chief, Arizona Corporation
Commission
Ignacio
R. Troncoso,
El
Paso Electric Company
Roy P.
Lessy, Jr.,
Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer
and Feld
Bradley
W. Jones',
Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer
and Feld
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Project Inspector
Resident
Inspector
G.
Cook
B. Faulkenberry
J. Martin
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