ML101340666

Summary of Tele Conf Call Held on 4/12/10, Btw the Usnrc and APS, Concerning the PVNGS, Units 1, 2, and 3, License Renewal Application

ML101340666
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	06/02/2010
From:	Regner L M License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To:	Arizona Public Service Co
Ferrer, N B, NRR/DLR, 415-1045
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June 2, 2010 LICENSEE: Arizona Public Service Company

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

SUMMARY

OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON APRIL 12, 2010, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, CONCERNING THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the staff) and representatives of Arizona Public Service Company (the applicant) held a telephone conference call on April 12, 2010, to discuss and clarify the staff's follow-up draft request for additional information (RAI). This follow-up draft RAI questioned the applicant's April 1, 2010, response to an RAI dated December 29, 2009, concerning the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, license renewal application. The telephone conference call was useful in clarifying the intent of the staff's draft RAI. Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the participants and Enclosure 2 contains a listing of the draft RAI discussed with the applicant, including a brief description on the status of the items.

The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.

/RA/ Lisa M. Regner, Sr. Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, and 50-530

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ML101340666 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPB2:DLR BC:RPB2:DLR PM:RPB2:DLR

NAME IKing LRegner DWrona LRegner DATE 05/19/10 05/24/10 05/26/10 06/02/10 Memorandum to Arizona Public Service Company from L. Regner dated June 2, 2010

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OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON APRIL 12, 2010, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, CONCERNING THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION

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L. Regner D. Drucker R. Hall B. Mizuno, OGC R. Treadway, RIV G. Pick, RIV ENCLOSURE 1 TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION LIST OF PARTICIPANTS APRIL 12, 2010 PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONSLisa Re gner U.S. Nuclear Re gulator y Commission (NRC) Gre g Pick NRC Br yce Lehman NRCHans Ashar NRC

An gela Krainik Arizona Public Service Com p an y (APS) Glenn Michael APS Marianne Webb APS Fara Oreshack APS Ken Schrecker APS Keith Jackson APS Eric Blocher Strate gic Teamin g and Resource Sharin g (STARS) AllianceJim Johnson STARS

ENCLOSURE 2 DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION APRIL 12, 2010

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) and representatives of Arizona Public Service Company (APS or the applicant) held a telephone conference call on April 12, 2010, to discuss and clarify the following draft request for additional information (RAI) concerning the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, license renewal application.

DRAFT Follow-Up RAI B2.1.32-1

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Background===

By letter dated April 1, 2010, the applicant supplemented it's response to RAI B2.1.32-1 regarding the Structures Monitoring Program inspection interval.

Issue In the supplement, the applicant enhanced the Structures Monitoring Program to inspect structures within the scope of license renewal at intervals not to exceed 10 years. The spray pond inspections and settlement monitoring surveillances both remained at five years. The applicant did not include structures exposed to a natural environment or structures inside primary containment within the five year inspection interval as suggested in ACI 349.3R. The supplement included a brief explanation of why the applicant believed a ten year inspection frequency was adequate for structures exposed to a natural environment; however, the explanation did not consider environmental factors and no discussion was provided for structures inside primary containment.

Request Align the Structures Monitoring Program inspection interval with the guidance in ACI 349.3R, or provide a detailed technical justification for a longer inspection interval for structures inside primary containment or exposed to a natural environment. An adequate explanation needs to address all environmental factors to which a structure may be exposed, as well as relevant operating experience (e.g. humidity, high winds, temperature fluctuations, cracking, spalling, etc.). Discussion

Following discussion with APS staff, NRC staff agreed to allow the applicant to provide an additional supplemental response to RAI B2.1.32-1 addressing the above concern. DRAFT Follow-Up RAI B2.1.32-1 will not be sent as a formal RAI.

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc: Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mr. Douglas Kent Porter, Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4125 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 S. 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Mr. Ron Barnes, Director Regulatory Affairs Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Dwight C. Mims, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Plant Improvement Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7605 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. John C. Taylor, Director, Nuclear Generation El Paso Electric Company 340 E. Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Mr. James Ray Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Mr. Geoffrey M. Cook Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Highway, Bldg. D21 San Clemente, CA 92672 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 E. Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Mr. Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167 123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901 Mr. Eric Tharp Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100

Mr. Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326

Mr. Randall K. Edington Executive Vice President Nuclear/CNO Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034, Mail Station 7602 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034