ML17313A350
| ML17313A350 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1998 |
| From: | Powers D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17313A351 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-528-98-12, 50-529-98-12, 50-530-98-12, NUDOCS 9804210122 | |
| Download: ML17313A350 (14) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1998012
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ACCESSION NBR:9804210122
DOC.DATE: 98/04/16
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON,TEXAS 76011 8064
April 16, 1998
James
M. Levine, Senior Vice
President, Nuclear
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-528/98-12; 50-529/98-12; 50-530/98-12 AND
Dear Mr. LeVIne:
From February 17-27, 1998, a corrective action team inspection was conducted at your Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, reactor facilities. Following this inspection,
an exit meeting was held to provide the inspection findings to you and your staff. Further inoffice
inspection was performed from February 29 to April 9, 1998.
Subsequently,
the results of this
inspection were discussed with you, and members of your staff, in a telephonic exit meeting on
April 9, 1998.
Later, on April 9, 1998, your staff telefaxed new information that was related to a
potential violation. That information provided by your staff is attached to the report as
Attachment 2. As a result or our review of this new information, we reconsidered
a potential
violation and determined that no violation occurred.
This finding was provided to your staff by
telephone on April 13, 1998.
The enclosed report presents the scope and results of that
inspection.
The team determined that Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station had a good corrective action
program.
Conditions that could degrade the quality of plant operations were, for the most part,
being effectively identified, resolved, and prevented.
However, two violations were identified during the inspection.
The first violation concerns two
examples of a failure to followthe requirements of your condition reporting procedure.
We found
that the root cause had not been determined, as required by your procedure, for the failure of a
procedure preparer, reviewer, and management
approver to specify the correct acceptance
criterion for neutron flux power daily channel check surveillance requirements in the issued
procedure.
We also found that a violation of Technical Specifications Surveillance
Requirement 4.0.5, for the performance of ASME inservice inspections of portions of the nuclear
cooling system, had not been documented and, consequently, reviewed in a timely manner as
required by your procedure.
The second violation concerns a failure to perform transportability
reviews of adverse conditions, as required by procedures for 27 instrument air system free air
regulator failures.
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The 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
enclosures,
and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be pleased to discuss them
with you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Dale A. Powers, Chief
Maintenance Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530
License Nos.: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74
Enclosures:
1.
2.
NRC Inspection Report
50-528/98-12; 50-529/98-12; 50-530/98-12
cc w/enclosures:
Mr. Steve Olea
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel
Southern California Edison Company
Law Department, Generation Resources
P.O. Box 800
Rosemead,
California 91770
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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
El Paso Electric Company
2025 N. Third Street, Suite 220
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Terry Bassham,
Esq.
General Counsel
EI Paso Electric Company
123 W. Mills
El Paso. Texas
79901
Mr. Robert Burt
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Southern California Public Power Authority
111 North Hope Street, Room 1255-B
Los Angeles, California 90051
Mr. David Summers
Public Service Compan'y of New Mexico
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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