ML19312A131

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection (05000528/2020001, 05000529/2020001, and 05000530/2020001) and Request for Information

ML19312A131
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	11/08/2019
From:	Vincent Gaddy Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Bement R Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR 2020001
Download: ML19312A131 (5)

See also: IR 05000528/2020001

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November 8, 2019

Mr. Robert S. Bement

Executive Vice President Nuclear/ Chief

Nuclear Officer

Arizona Public Service Company

P.O. Box 52034, MS 7602

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -

NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND

EXPERIMENTS INSPECTION (05000528/2020001, 05000529/2020001, AND

05000530/2020001) AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Bement:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff

will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent plant

modifications at your Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station from February 3, 2020, to

February 7, 2020. The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors from the NRCs

Region IV office for one week. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with NRC

Inspection Procedure 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors

and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a

productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by January 21, 2020. Upon

review of these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review upon

arrival. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date and complete in order to

minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the

onsite portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand

that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Lorraine Weaver of your licensing

organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please

contact the lead inspector, Dustin Reinert, by telephone at: 817-200-1534 or by e-mail at

Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information

collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control

number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the

requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control

number.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent Gaddy, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530

License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74

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Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments Inspection

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3

Inspection Report: 05000528/2020001, 05000529/2020001, 05000530/2020001

Inspection Dates: February 3-7, 2020

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

Lead Inspector: Dustin Reinert, Reactor Inspector

Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be sent to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic

format (preferred) by January 21, 2020, to the attention of Dustin Reinert. We request that you

categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If only hard copies of

the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too large, please inform the

lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the onsite inspection. Also, the

inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below and request from your

staff additional documents needed during the onsite inspection weeks. We ask that the specific

items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of inspection. If you have any

questions regarding this information request, please contact the lead inspector as soon as

possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.

2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully

implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial

10 CFR 50.59 inspection that did not result in an evaluation.

3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes,

tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection that

did not result in an application for a license amendment.

4. A list with descriptions of all temporary plant modifications implemented since the last

triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

5. A list with descriptions of all compensatory actions for degraded or non-conforming

conditions implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

6. A list with titles and descriptions of all normal, abnormal, and emergency operating

procedure changes implemented since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

7. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial 10 CFR 50.59 inspection.

8. A list of personnel qualified to prepare, review, and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings

and/or evaluations, including qualification dates.

Enclosure

9. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and Bases and the Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report.

10. A copy of the most recent audits/self-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59

programs.

11. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any

changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,

required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).

12. A list of systems and system designators and a set of one-line (i.e., simplified) system

diagrams.

Note: Descriptions should be brief but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can

determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and modifications.

Inspector Contact Information:

Dustin Reinert Shiattin Makor Chris Smith

Reactor Inspector Reactor Inspector Health Physicist

817-200-1534 817-200-1507 817-200-1095

Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov Shiattin.Makor@nrc.gov Chris.Smith@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

Attn: Dustin Reinert

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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