ML17312B181
| ML17312B181 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/14/1997 |
| From: | Dyer J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| NUDOCS 9701210443 | |
| Download: ML17312B181 (11) | |
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
611 RYAN PLAZADRIVE,SUITE 400
ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011.8064
January
14, 1997
James
M. Levine, Senior Vice
President,
Nuclear
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
SUBJECT:
NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-528/96-17; 50-529/96-17; 50-530/96-17 AND
Dear Mr. Levine:
An NRC inspection was conducted
November 17 through December 28, 1996, at your
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 reactor facilities. The enclosed
report presents the scope and results of that inspection.
During the 6-week period covered by this inspection, your conduct of activities at the Palo
Verde facility was generally characterized
by safety conscious operations,
sound
engineering
and maintenance
practices, and careful radiological controls.
However, three
violations of NRC requirements
occurred.
One violation involved three examples of failure
to follow procedures.
One example involved the failure of operations to manually input an
alarm into the safety equipment status system when one emergency'core
cooling system
train was made inoperable for testing.
The two additional examples involved failure to
follow procedures
during the installation of a temporary restraining device on the shaft of a
reactor coolant pump during the Unit 1 refueling outage.
Although the installation of the
restraining device was supervised
by the mechanical maintenance
engineering organization,
It was not described by work instructions and was not adequately covered under an
equipment clearance.
The second violation included two examples of failure to follow written instructions.
In
one example, maintenance
and operations failed to adequately discuss
and implement the
requirements
of a charging pump seal leakoff drain system test.
As a result, a significant
amount of water entered the crankcase
oil of a charging pump, placing it in a degraded
condition.
In the second example, workers failed to implement the requirements
of a
piping design specification to verify pipe support to piping clearance.
The third violation
involved the failure of an escort to comply with requirements to maintain control of his
visitor inside a plant vital security area.
We are concerned that these situations regarding
failure to follow procedures
represents
a recent decline in your performance
in this area
and urge your continued attention to improve performance.
During this inspection period there were three problem situations which were not
documented
in a timely manner using your corrective action program method.
Over the
past year, the staff at Palo Verde has earned
a reputation for being diligent at identifying
problems and performing thorough evaluations
of. significant issues.
We are concerned
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that the problem identification and resolution issues
in this report appear to indicate a
degrading trend and urge your continued attention to improve performance
in this
important area.
These violations are cited in the enclosed
Notice of Violation (Notice) and the
circumstances
surrounding the violations are described
in detail in the enclosed report.
Please note that you are required to respond to this letter and should follow the
instructions specified in the enclosed
Notice when preparing your response.
The NRC will
use your response,
in part, to determine whether further enforcement action is necessary
to ensure compliance with 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.
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss
them with you.
Sincerel,
J. E. Dyer, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.:
50-528
50-529
50-530
License Nos.:
NPF-51
Enclosures:
1.
2.
NRC Inspection Report
50-528/96-1 7; 50-529/96-1 7; 50-530/96-1 7
cc w/enclosures:
Mr. Steve Olea
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Arizona Pub1ic Service
Company
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Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel
Southern California Edison Company
Law Department, Generation
Resources
P.O. Box 800
Rosernead,
California 91770
Chairman
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson,
10th Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Aubrey V. Godwin, Director
Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency
4814 South 40 Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85040
Angela K. Krainik, Manager
Nuclear Licensing
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 52034
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034
John C. Horne, Vice President
Power Supply
Palo Verde Services
2025 N. Third Street, Suite 220
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Mr. Robert Burt
Los Angeles Department of Water tk Power
Southern California Public Power Authority
111 North Hope Street, Room 1255-B
Los Angeles, California 90051
Mr. David Summers
Public Service Company of New Mexico
414 SilverSW, 40604
Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87102
Mr. Brian Katz
Southern California Edison Company
14300 Mesa Road, Drop D41-SONGS
San Clemente, California 92672
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Arizona Pub1ic Service
Company
Mr. Robert Henry
Salt River Project
6504 East Thomas Road
Scottsdale,
Arizona 85251
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