ML17313A826
| ML17313A826 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/1999 |
| From: | Howell A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17313A827 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-528-98-14, 50-529-98-14, 50-530-98-14, EA-98-382, NUDOCS 9903090121 | |
| Download: ML17313A826 (20) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1998014
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LEVINE,J.M.
Arizona Public Service
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UNITEDSTATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
REGION Iv
611 RYAN PLAZADRIVE, SUITE 400
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EA 98-382
James
M. Levine, Senior Vice
President, Nuclear
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
SUBJECT:
REVISION TO NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-528/98-14; 50-529/98-14;
50-530/98-14
Dear Mr. Levine:
This refers to NRC Inspection Report 50-528/98-14; 50-529/98-14; 50-530/98-14, issued on
August 28, 1998. This inspection report was the subject of a predecisional enforcement
conference on September
14, 1998, and a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil
Penalty was forwarded to you on December 21, 1998. By letter dated January 13, 1999,
Arizona Public Service Company responded to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition
of Civil Penalty by agreeing to the violations and paying the civil penalty.
During the predecisional enforcement conference, you provided us with a markup of the
inspection report with written comments.
This document is included in Enclosure 1.
We have reviewed your comments and have revised the inspection report where appropdate for
accuracy and clarification. These revisions do not affect the overall conclusions of the
inspection that were provided to you in our December 21, 1998, letter, nor do they affect the
results of the predecisional enforcement conference.
A summary of our review of each
comment is included in Enclosure 2 and the revised inspection report is provided in
Enclosure 3. Changes in the report are indicated by revision bars in the right margin. Please
replace the original inspection report with the enclosed revision.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of
Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures willbe placed in the NRC's Public
Document Room.
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Sincerely,
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Arthur T. Howell III, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.:
50-528; 50-529; 50-530
License Nos.: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74
Enclosures:
1. Arizona Public Service Company
NRC Inspection Report Markup and Comments
2. NRC Review of Arizona Public Service Company
NRC Inspection Report Markup Comments
3. Revised NRC Inspection Report
50-528/98-14; 50-529/98-14; 50-530/98-14
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
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
Arizona Public Service Company
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
El Paso Electric Company
123 W. Mills
El Paso, Texas
79901
Mr. John W. Schumann
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Southern California Public Power Authority
P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C
Los Angeles, California 90051-0100
Mr. David Summers
Public Service Company of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Mr. Brian Katz
Southern California Edison Company
14300 Mesa Road, Drop D41-SONGS
San Clemente, California 92672
Mr. Robert Henry
Salt River Project
6504 East Thomas Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
REGION IV
'611 RYAN PLAZADRIVE, SUITE 400
ARLINGTON,TEXAS
August 28, 1998
EA 9&382
James M. Levine, Senior
Vice'resident,
Nuclear
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-528/98-14; 50-529/98-14; 50-530/98-14
Dear Mr, Levine:
From May 26 through July 21, 1998, a special inspection was conducted at your Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, reactor facilities in response to your identification of degraded
performance capabilities of the high-pressure safety injection system. Additional inwffice review was
conducted following the onsite portion of the inspection and an exit meeting was conducted on July
21, 1998. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of that inspection.
Based on the results of the inspection, four apparent violations were identified and are being
considered for escalated enforcement action in accordance with the "General Statement of Policy
and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" {Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, Revision 1.
These apparent violations involve: 1) one apparent violation with two examples of Technical Specification 3.5.2 for operating Units 1 and 2 with an inoperable high-pressure safety injection
system flowpath for greater than the allowed outage time; 2) one apparent violation with three
examples of Technical Specification 3.0.3 for having both trains of the high-pressure safety injection
system (Units 1 and 2) inoperable without initiating actions to shut down the plant; 3) one apparent
violation with five examples of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action,"for not
promptly identifying and not promptly correcting problems with the high-pressure safety injection
pump discharge check valves; and 4) one apparent violation with two examples of Technical Specification 6.8.1 for not making required control room log entries. Accordingly, no Notice of
Violation is presently being issued for these inspection findings. In addition, please be advised that
the number and characterization of apparent violations described in the enclosed report may change
as a result of further NRC review.
An open predecisional enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations has been
scheduled for September
14, 1998, at 9 a.m. (CDT) in the Region IVoffice. The decision to hold a
predecisional enforcement conference does not mean that the NRC has determined that violations
have occurred or that enforcement action will be taken. This conference is being held
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to obtain additional information to enable the NRC to make an enforcement decision, such as a
common understanding of the facts, root causes,
missed opportunities to identify the apparent
violations sooner, corrective actions, significance of the issues, and the need for lasting and effective
corrective action.
The predecisional enforcement conference willprovide an opportunity for you to point out any errors
in our inspection rep'ort and for you to provide any information concerning your perspectives on 1)
the severity of the violations, 2) the application of the factors that the NRC considers when it
determines the amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed
in accordance with Section VI.B.2 of
the Enforcement Policy, and 3) any other application of the Enforcement Policy to this case,
including the exercise of discretion in accordance with Section Vll.
In addition, during the predecisional enforcement conference, we would like you to address:
1 ) the adequacy of your operating experience assessment
program to identify the applicability of
operating experience and to properly assess
industry or in-house information on the operation of
your facilities; 2) the adequacy of your inservice testing program to determine check valve
operability; 3) efforts to improve operator logkeeping practices; 4) the evaluation of the as-found
degraded condition of the high-pressure safety injection system with respect to conformance to the
emergency core cooling system acceptance
criteria of 10 CFR 50 46; and 5) the justification that a
failure of an emergency diesel generator to continue running at some point during its mission time
should not be considered the most limiting single failure consideration. With respect to item 4), to the
extent that this evaluation used assumptions and inputs that were different from those that were in
effect prior to the discovery of the condition, we request that you specifically identify these
differences and discuss the bases for them.
You will be advised by separate correspondence
of the results of our deliberations on this matter. No
response regarding these apparent violations is required at this time.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we willbe pleased to discuss them with
you.
Sincerely,
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos.: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530
License Nos.: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74
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Enclosure:
NRC Inspection Report
50-528/98-1 4; 50-529/98-1 4; 50-530/98-14
cc w/enclosure:
Mr. Steve Olea
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
'ouglas
K. Porter, Senior Counsel
Southern California Edison Company
Law Department, Generation Resources
P.O. Box 800
Rosemead,
California 91770
Chairman
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Aubrey V. Godwin, Director
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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
El Paso Electric Company
123 W. Mills
El Paso, Texas 79901
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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 Company of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Mr. Brian Katz
Southern California Edison Company
14300 Mesa Road, Drop D41-SONGS
San Clemente, California 92672
Mr. Robert Henry
Salt River Project
6504 East Thomas Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
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