ML20034H820
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1993 |
| From: | Richards S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20034H821 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9303220111 | |
| Download: ML20034H820 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000528/1992043
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Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, and 50-530
License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 53999, Station 9082
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-3999
Attention:
Mr. W. F. Conway
Executive Vice President, Nuclear
SUBJECT:
NOTICES OF VIOLATION AND DEVIATION
NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-528/529/530/92-43
This refers to the inspection conducted by J. Sloan, D. Acker,- H. Freeman, D.
Proulx, F. Ringwald, M. Royack, and T. Sundsmo of this office, on December 15,
1992 through January 19, 1993. The inspection included a review of activities
authorized for your Palo Verde facility. At the conclusion of the inspection,
the findings were discussed with those members of your staff 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.
Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared
to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of
Violation (Notice). The violation involves a procedure which was unclear
regarding when the adjustment of the lift setpoint of main steam safety valves
could be made during setpoint testing. This. violation was considered to be of
low safety significance because regardless of when valve adjustments were
made, the safety valves were required to be re-tested successfully three times
following any setpoint adjustment. We note that this violation has been
corrected and those actions were reviewed during this inspection. Therefore,
no response to this violation is required.
Two non-cited violations were identified during this inspection regarding
implementation of changes to your fire watch program. The first non-cited .
violation addresses your identification of fire panels which were not checked
by the fire watches as required. While the significance of the fire panels
not being checked appears to be low, you should have more ' thoroughly reviewed-
the programmatic changes to the fire watch program to ensure that appropriate
personnel were aware of the requirements prior to implementation. Our review
of this issue indicated that expectations were not consistently communicated
to the security personnel assuming the fire watch responsibilities. iiowever,
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check requirements. The second non-cited vialation involves fire watches not
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entering rooms in accordance with the procedure. .This was identified by an
NRC inspector, but is considered to be of low safety significance in that
while the-rooms were not entered, it appears that any significant smoke or
fire could have been identified.
In addition, your attention is directed to the enclosed Notice of Deviation
(described in paragraph 6 of the enclosed report) which discusses a deviation
from your qualification commitments for engineering personnel. While your
actions in increasing qualification requirements for engineering personnel are
reasonable, and you are identifying and addressing discrepancies internally,
the extent and nature of. qualification discrepancies are of concern.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy
of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document
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The response requested by this letter and the enclosed Notice of Deviation are
not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget;
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as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.
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Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be glad to
discuss them with you.
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Reactor Projects Branch
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Mr. 0. Mark DeMichele, APS
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