ML17311B127
| ML17311B127 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 08/28/1995 |
| From: | Dyer J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Stewart W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| ML17311B128 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9509010061 | |
| Download: ML17311B127 (10) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1995014
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UNITEDSTATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
611 RYAN PI.AZA DRIVE, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011 6064
AUG 28 l995
Arizona Public Service
Company
ATTN:
William L. Stewart
Executive Vice President,
Nuclear
P.O.
Box 53999
Phoenix,
85072-3999
SUBJECT:
NRC
INSPECTION
REPORT 50-528/95-14;
50-529/95-14;
50-530/95-14
AND
This refers to the inspection
conducted
by Mr. K.
E. Johnston
and others of
this office on July
2 through August
13,
1995.
The inspection
included
a
review of activities authorized for your Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station,
Units 1,
2,
and 3, facility.
At the conclusion of the inspection,
the findings were discussed
with you
and
members of your staff,
as identified
in the enclosed
report.
Areas
examined during the inspection
are identified in the report.
Within
these
areas,
the inspection consisted
of selective
examinations of procedures
and representative
records,
interviews with personnel,
and observation of
activities in progress.
The purpose of the inspection
was to determine
whether activities authorized
by the license
were. conducted safely
and in
accordance
with NRC requirements.
Based
on the results of this. inspection,
certain licensed activities appeared
to be in violation of NRC requirements,
as specified in the enclosed
Notice of
Violation (Notice).
The violation involved failure to follow procedures
for
the use of rigging equipment.
The rigging equipment,
which was
used to lift a
High Integrity Container
loaded with radioactive
spent resin,
was undersized
and failed during the lift, allowing the container to drop approximately
seven
feet onto the ground.
Although the container
was not damaged
and radioactive
material
was not released,
this violation is of concern
because
of the
.
potential for significant radioactivity release,
and
because
of your failure
to correct similar concerns
that
had
been previously identified by your
Nuclear Assurance
organization.
In addition,
the report documents
a number of operations
performance
issues
which appear contrary to the
improvement noted in operations
performance
since
the
end of 1994.
In one instance,
operator
performance
weaknesses
contributed
to
a reactor trip.
In two other instances,
operator
performance
weaknesses
resulted
in failure to recognize that two trains of auxiliary feedwater
equipment
had
been simultaneously
removed
from service for maintenance,
and
operators
failed to properly evaluate
and resolve
an observed
estimated
critical rod position discrepancy prior to continuing with a reactor startup.
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You are required to respond
to this letter and should follow the instructions
specified in the enclosed
Notice when preparing your response.
In your
response,
you should
document
the specific actions
taken
and
any additional
actions
you plan to prevent recurrence.
Your response
may reference
or
include previous docketed
correspondence, if the correspondence
adequately
addr'esses
the required
response.
After reviewing your response
to this
Notice, including your proposed corrective actions
and the results of future
inspections,
the
NRC will determine
whether further
NRC enforcement
action is
necessary
to ensure
compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance
with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
a copy of
this letter, its enclosure(s),
and your response will be placed in the
NRC
Public Document
Room (PDR).
To the extent possible,
your response
should not
include
any personal
privacy, proprietary,
or safeguards
information
so that
it can
be placed in the
PDR without redaction.
However, if you find it
necessary
to include
such information, you should clearly indicate the
specific information that you desire
not to be placed in the
PDR,
and provide
the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from
the public.
The responses
directed
by this letter
and the enclosed
Notice are not subject
to the clearance
procedures
of the Office of Management
and Budget
as required
by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980,
Pub.
L. No. 96.511.
Should you have
any questions
concerning this inspection,
we will be pleased
to discuss
them with you.
Sincerely,
Dockets:
50-528
50-529
50-530
Licenses;
NPF-51
J.
E.
yer, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Enclosures:
1.
2.
NRC Inspection
Report
50-528/95-14;
50-529/95-14;
50-530/95-14
,
Arizona Public Service
Company
AUG 28 l995
E-Hail report to D. Sullivan
(DJS)
E-Mail report to
NRR Event Tracking System
(IPAS)
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DRSS- F IPB
Branch Chief (DRP/F,
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HS:
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cc w/enclosures:
Arizona Corporation
Commission
ATTN:
Mr. Steve
Olea
1200
W. Washington Street
Phoenix,
85007
Southern California Edison
Company
ATTN:
T.
E. Oubre,
Esq.
P.O.
Box 800
Rosemead,
91770
Arizona Radiation Regulatory
Agency
ATTN:
Aubrey V. Godwin, Director
4814
South
40 Street
Phoenix,
85040
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
ATTN:
Chairman
111 South Third Avenue
Phoenix,
85003
Palo Verde Services
ATTN:
Curtis Hoskins,
Executive
Vice President
and
Chief Operating Officer
2025
N. 3rd Street,
Suite
220
Phoenix,
85004
Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer
and Feld
El
Paso Electric Company
ATTN:
Roy P.
Lessey, Jr.,
Esq.
1333
Avenue, Suite
400
D.C.
20036
Arizona Public Service
Company
ATTN:
Angela K. Krainik, Manager
Nuclear Licensing
P.O.
Box 52034
Phoenix,
85072-2034
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Arizona Public Service
Company
AUG 28 l9S5
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(DJS)
E-Hail report to
NRR Event Tracking System
(IPAS)
bcc to
DMB (IE01)
bcc distrib.
by RIV:
L. J. Callan
DRSS-FIPB
Branch Chief (DRP/F,
WCFO)
Senior Project Inspector
(DRP/F,
WCFO)
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(OC/LFDCB, HS:
TWFN 9E10)
Resident
Inspector
MIS System
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Branch Chief (DRP/TSS)
H.
Hammond
(PAO,
WCFO)
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