ML23108A337
| ML23108A337 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 04/19/2023 |
| From: | Vincent Gaddy NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/PBD |
| To: | Heflin A Arizona Public Service Co |
| Reinert D | |
| References | |
| IR 2023012 | |
| Download: ML23108A337 (8) | |
See also: IR 05000528/2023012
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April 19, 2023
Adam Heflin, Executive Vice President
and Chief Nuclear Officer
Arizona Public Service
P.O. Box 52034, MS 7602
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034
SUBJECT:
PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF
COMMERCIAL GRADE DEDICATION INSPECTION (05000528/2023012,
05000529/2023012, AND 05000530/2023012) AND REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION
Dear Adam Heflin:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
staff will conduct the commercial grade dedication baseline inspection at Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, beginning on September 11, 2023. The inspection team will be composed
of three personnel from the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be conducted in
accordance with NRC inspection procedure (IP) 71111.21N.03, Commercial Grade
Dedication, dated February 16, 2023.
The inspection will evaluate the implementation of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations
process for dedicating commercial grade items, as required in applicable portions of Appendix B
to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50, to ensure reasonable assurance is
provided that these items will perform their intended safety function. Additionally, this inspection
will evaluate implementation of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations procurement process
for safety-related structures, systems, and components, as required in Appendix B.
The inspection will include an onsite information gathering visit by the team lead and two weeks
of onsite inspection by the team. The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
Onsite Information Gathering Visit: August 14 -18, 2023
Offsite Preparation Week: September 4 - 8, 2023
Onsite Inspection Weeks: September 11 - 15, 2023 and September 25 - 29, 2023
The purpose of the information gathering visit is to meet with your staff to become familiar with
the process for dedicating commercial grade items and the process for procuring safety-related
structures, systems, and components at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. This visit may
include a tour of onsite commercial grade item dedication facilities, receipt inspection facilities,
storage facilities, and installed plant components associated with potential inspection samples.
During the visit, the team lead will also review the information provided in the initial information
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request to select a list of potential inspection samples. The team lead may also identify other
information needed to support the inspection during this visit.
To minimize the impact on your staff and to ensure an effective and efficient inspection, we
have enclosed two separate requests for information needed prior to the onsite information
gathering visit and offsite inspection preparation week. The first request (Enclosure 1) is
generally for information that will be used to choose the inspection samples or information that
will be applicable to all inspection samples throughout the inspection. This information should
be made available to the team lead prior to the information gathering visit. The second request
(Enclosure 2) is for information that is specific to an individual sample and should be made
available prior to the offsite preparation week.
Additional information requests, interviews with your staff, and/or walkdowns of facilities or
installed plant components will be made by the team throughout the inspection to complete their
review of the selected inspection samples. It is important that all documentation provided to the
team is complete and upto-date to minimize the number of additional documents requested
during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. Additionally, to facilitate an
efficient inspection, we request that a contact individual be assigned to each inspector to ensure
information requests, questions, and concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
We understand that Tracy Rychlyk from your Regulatory Affairs organization is our contact for
this inspection. If there are any questions about the inspection or the information requested,
please contact the team lead, by telephone at 817-200-1534 or by email at
Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov. Enclosure 3 contains additional contact information for the inspection
team.
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, under 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.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC rules and practices, a copy of this letter and its
enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC public document
room or from the publicly available records (PARS) component of NRCs document system
(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website.
Sincerely,
Vincent G. Gaddy, Chief
Engineering Branch 1
Division of Operating Reactor Safety
Signed by Gaddy, Vincent
on 04/19/23
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Docket Nos. 050000528, 05000529, 05000530
License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74
Enclosures:
1.
Documents Requested Prior to
Information Gathering Visit
2.
Documents Requested Prior to
Inspection Preparation Week
3.
Inspection Team Contact Information
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Enclosure 1
Enclosure 1
Documents Requested Prior to Information Gathering Visit
The documents and information requested below should generally be made available to the
inspection team for the team's use both onsite and offsite during the information gathering visit.
Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is made available via an internet
based remote document management system, then the remote document access must allow
inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the NRC's regional office. Electronic
media on compact disc or paper records (hardcopy) are acceptable.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all the
listed documents. In addition, your plant-specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below.
Documents requested by August 4, 2023:
1.
Copy of procedures for dedicating commercial grade items/services, procuring
safety-related structures, systems, and components (SSCs), performing receipt
inspections, and controlling counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items.
2.
Sortable list of commercial grade items/services that completed the dedication
process within the past six years. These items/services may have been dedicated
by Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station or by a vendor (or other licensee) and
procured by Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Include, as applicable, relevant
information such as the item/services material/catalog identification number and
description, parent/host equipment identification number and description, purchase
order number, installation work order/job number, and date of issue/installation.
3.
Sortable list of SSCs that were procured as safety-related within the past six years.
Include, as applicable, relevant information such as the SSCs material/catalog
identification number and description, parent/host equipment identification number
and description, purchase order number, installation work order/job number, date of
issue/installation, and end-use safety classification.
4.
Sortable list of dedicated commercial grade items/services or procured safety-related
SSCs that were placed on hold within the past six years because of concerns
identified during receipt, dedication, or from operating experience or the corrective
action program as applicable.
5.
Sortable list of dedicated commercial grade items/services or procured safety-related
SSCs, with a brief description, where dedication/procurement activities were
expedited within the past six years.
6.
Sortable list of dedicated commercial grade-items/services or procured safety-related
SSCs that failed after completing dedication/procurement activities or required
corrective maintenance within the past six years.
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7.
Sortable list of corrective action program documents, with a brief description, related
to commercial grade item/service dedication, safety-related SSC procurement,
receipt inspection, and storage activities within the past six years.
8.
Copy of any self-assessments or audits of commercial grade item/service dedication
and/or safety-related SSC procurement activities performed within the past six years.
9.
Copy of the updated final safety analysis report, technical specifications, and
technical requirements manual, including applicable bases documents.
10.
Sortable list of systems, including identifying designators and corresponding names.
11.
List of individuals who will be supporting the inspection and their contact information.
Enclosure 2
Enclosure 2
Documents Requested Prior to Inspection Preparation Week
For the samples identified by the team lead, the documents and information requested below
should generally be made available to the inspection team for the team's use both onsite and
offsite during the inspection. Electronic format is the preferred media. If electronic media is
made available via an internet based remote document management system, then the remote
document access must allow inspectors to download, save, and print the documents in the
NRC's regional office. Electronic media on compact disc or paper records (hardcopy) are
acceptable.
This document request is based on typical documents that a generic plant might have. As such,
this document request is not meant to imply that any specific plant is required to have all the
listed documents. In addition, your plant-specific document titles may vary from the document
titles listed below. We also request that the information provided be sorted by the list below for
each sample.
Documents requested by August 28, 2023:
1.
Complete commercial grade item dedication package including relevant
documentation such as the following, as applicable: description of item/service,
identification of safety functions and safety classifications of item/parent component,
like-for-like or equivalency evaluations, credible failure modes/failure modes and
effects analysis, critical characteristics and acceptance criteria, identification of the
suppliers commercial quality assurance program or other documented controls.
2.
Complete purchase order including relevant documentation such as the following, as
applicable: purchase requisition, catalog specifications, item product data
sheets/vendor manuals, shelf-life information, service/qualified life information,
certificates of conformance/compliance/quality, vendor test and inspection reports,
third-party or sub vendor test and inspection results, vendor dedication or partial
dedication information, material receiving reports, packing list/invoices or other
shipping documents, and other pertinent vendor/licensee correspondence.
3.
Receipt inspection reports and any related test reports, documents noting any
deviations from design, material, and performance characteristics relevant to the
safety function (nonconformance dispositions).
4.
Documents showing objective evidence of special test and inspection procedures
used to verify technical and quality requirements have been met, commercial grade
survey reports, or source verification reports; any other documents to trace the item
from the time it was dedicated to the time it was installed, tested, and accepted.
5.
Completed installation work orders and stock or material issue forms; completed
post-installation test procedures and results.
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6.
Design basis information of the inspection sample or parent/host component such
as: normal/accident service environment, normal/accident performance
requirements, design basis document/system description, relevant UFSAR/technical
specification sections, calculation/drawing/procedure updates, etc.
7.
10 CFR 50.59 documentation, if required.
8.
Sortable list of corrective action program documents, with a brief description,
associated with the inspection sample or parent/host equipment.
Enclosure 3
Enclosure 3
Inspection Team Contact Information
Senior Reactor Inspector
817-200-1534
Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov
Reactor Inspector
404-997-4717
Chase.Franklin@nrc.gov
Dustin Bryen
Reactor Inspector
817-200-1078
Dustin.Bryen@nrc.gov
Mailing Address:
U.S. NRC, Region IV
Attn: Dustin Reinert
1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511