ML17306A941
| ML17306A941 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1992 |
| From: | Richards S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| References | |
| EA-92-119, NUDOCS 9209080050 | |
| Download: ML17306A941 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1992022
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uNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
REGION V
1450 MARIALANE
WALNUTCREEK, CAUFORNIA
94596-5368'Q82
0 1992
Docket Nos. 50-528,
50-529,
and 50-530
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Nos.
and NPF-74
EA 92-119
Arizona Public Service
Company
P.O.
Box 53999, Station
9012
Phoenix, Arizona
85072-3999
Attention:
Hr. M. F.
Conway
Executive Vice President,
Nuclear
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-528/529/530/92-22
This refers to the inspection
conducted
by D. Coe,
F. Ringwald, J. Sloan,
and
L. Tran of this office, on Hay 31 through July 18,
1992.
The inspection
included
a review of'ctivities authorized for your Palo Verde facility.
At
the conclusion of the inspection,
the findings were discussed
with those
members of your staff identified in the enclosed
report.
Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report.
Mithin
these
areas,
ihe inspection consisted of selective
examinations of procedures
and representative
records,
interviews with personnel,
and observation of
activities in progress.
Based
on the results of this inspection,
cer tain of your activities appeared
, t
b olation of NRC requirements.
These activities were associated
with
your preventive maintenance
program
and your procedures
to respondd to a stuck
open pressurizer
spray valve.
However,
based
on our review of your corrective
actions in each of these
cases,
we concluded that these
actions
were
appropriate
and that no further response
is warranted at this time.
As discussed
in the Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil
Penalty issued
on August 13,
1992,
and in paragraph
10 of this inspection
t
'nitial efforts to resolve the continuing problems with General
Electric reactor trip breakers
appeared
to be not as thorough or complete as
expected.
You may respond to this issue
as part of your response
to the
Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty dated August 13,
1992.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
a copy
of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room.
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Should you have
any questions
concerning this inspection,
we will be glad to
discuss
them with you.
Sincerely,
Enclosures:
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. A. Richards, Chief~+~
Reactor Projects
Branch
1.
2.
Inspection
Report
Numbers 50-528/92-22,
50-529/92-22,
and 50-530/92-22
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Nr. 0. Nark DeNichele,
Nr. James
N. Levine,'PS
Nr. R. Stevens,
Nr. S. Guthrie,
Nr. E.
C. Simpson,
Hr. Robert
W. Page,
Hr. Thomas
R. Bradish,
Nr. Jack
R.
Newman,
Esq.,
Newman
8 Holtzinger P.
C.
Hr. Curtis L. Hoskins,
El Paso Electric Company
Nr. Roy P.
Lessey, Jr.,
Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer
and Feld
Hr. James
A. Beoletto,
Esq., Assistant Council,, Southern California Edison
Company
Hr. Charles
B. Brinkman, Combustion Engineering,
Inc.
Nr. Steve Olea, Chief Engineer,
Arizona Corporation
Commission
Nr. Bradley M. Jones,
Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer and Feld
Hs.
Nancy C. Loftin, Esq.,
Corporate Secretary
5 Corporate
Counsel,
Nr. Al Gutterman,
Esq.,
Newman
& Holtzinger,
P.C.
Hr. William A. Mright, Acting Director, Arizona Radiation
Regulatory Agency
(ARRA)
Chairman,
Naricopa County Board of, Supervisors
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Lieberman,
Resident
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Chief, Reactor
Systems
Branch,
NRR {see paragraph
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