IR 05000528/2018001
| ML18127A004 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 05/07/2018 |
| From: | Miller G B NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-D |
| To: | Bement R Arizona Public Service Co |
| Miller G B | |
| References | |
| IR 2018001 | |
| Download: ML18127A004 (32) | |
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May 7, 2018
Mr. Robert Bement Executive Vice President, Nuclear/CNO Mail Station 7602 Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072
-2034
SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
- NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 05000528/2018001, 05000529/2018001, AND 05000530/2018001
Dear Mr. Bement:
On March 31, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3. On April 11, 2018, the NRC inspectors discussed the results of this inspection with Mr. Jack Cadogan and other members of your staff. The results of this inspection are documented in the enclosed report.
NRC inspectors documented one finding of very low safety significance (Green) in this report. This finding involved a violation of NRC requirements. The NRC is treating this violation as a non-cited violation (NCV) consistent with Section 2.3.2.a of the Enforcement Policy. If you contest the violation or significance of the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555
-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV; the Director, Office of Enforcement; and the NRC resident inspector at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
If you disagree with a cross
-cutting aspect assignment in this report, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your disagreement, to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555
-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV; and the NRC resident inspector at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading
-rm/adams.ht ml and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding."
Sincerely,/RA/ Geoffrey B. Miller, Chief Project Branch D Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50
-528, 50-529, 50-530 License Nos. NPF
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 05000528/2018001, 05000529/2018001, 05000530/2018001 w/
Attachment:
1. Supplemental Information 2. Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection Item Request
Enclosure U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Inspection Report Docket Numbers: 05000528, 05000529, 05000530 License Numbers: NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74 Report Numbers: 05000528/2018001, 05000529/2018001, and 05000530/2018001 Enterprise Identifier:
I-2018-001-0013 Licensee: Arizona Public Service Company Facility: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Location: 5801 South Wintersburg Road
, Tonopah, AZ 85354 Inspection Dates:
January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018 Inspectors:
C. Peabody, Senior Resident Inspector D. Reinert, PhD, Resident Inspector D. You, Resident Inspector L. Carson, Senior Health Physicist S. Hedger, Emergency Preparedness Inspector Approved By:
Geoffrey B. Miller, Chief, Project Branch D, Division of Reactor Projects
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SUMMARY
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) continued monitoring the licensee's performance by conducting an integrated inspection at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, in accordance with the Reactor Oversight Process.
The Reactor Oversight Process is the NRC's program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors. Refer to https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight.html for more information. NRC and self-revealed findings, violations, and additional items are summarized in the table below. List of Findings and Violations Inadequate Post Maintenance Test Instructions for Diesel Fuel Oil Transfer Pump Cornerstone Significance Cross-cutting Aspect Report Section Mitigating Systems Green NCV 05000528/2018001
-01 Closed [H.12] - Human Performance, Avoid Complacency 71111.12 - Maintenance Effectiveness The inspectors reviewed a self-revealed, Green, non-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," for the failure to prescribe appropriate work instructions for maintenance on the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A. Specifically, following power cable maintenance on November 9, 2017, the instructions for conducting a post-maintenance test for the transfer pump were inadequate to detect a high resistance connection in the associated motor control center.
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PLANT STATUS
Unit 1 began the inspection period at rated thermal power. On February 15, 20 18, the unit automatically tripped from full power when a control system failure caused a loss of generator field excitation. The unit was restarted on February 19, 2018
, and remained at or near rated thermal power for the remainder of the inspection period.
Unit s 2 and 3 operated at or near rated thermal power for the entire inspection period.
INSPECTION SCOPE
S Inspections were conducted using the appropriate portions of the inspection procedures (IPs) in effect at the beginning of the inspection unless otherwise noted. Currently approved IPs with their attached revision histories are located on the public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading
-rm/doc-collections/insp
-manual/inspection
-procedure/index.html. Samples were declared complete when the IP requirements most appropriate to the inspection activity were met consistent with Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2515, "Light
-Water Reactor Inspection Program - Operations Phase." The inspectors performed plant status activities described in IMC 2515 Appendix D, "Plant Status" and conducted routine reviews using IP 71152, "Problem Identification and Resolution." The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel to assess licensee performance and compliance with Commission rules and regulations, license conditions, site procedures, and standards.
REACTOR SAFETY
71111.04 - Equipment Alignment
Partial Walkdown (3 Samples) The inspectors evaluated system configuration s during partial walkdowns of the following systems/trains
- (1) Unit 1 containment spray system B on January 4, 2018
- (2) Unit 2 auxiliary feedwater system A on January 30, 2018
- (3) Unit 3 control building heating ventilation and air conditioning B on March 16, 2018 Complete Walkdown (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated system configuration s during a complete walkdown of the Unit 3 containment spray system on January 18, 2018.
71111.05AQ - Fire Protection Annual/Quarterly
Quarterly Inspection (5 Samples) The inspectors evaluated fire protection program implementation in the following selected areas:
- (1) Unit 3 main turbine operating deck and bearings area, Fire Zones 9 and 10, on January 4, 2018
- (2) Unit 2 control room, Fire Zone 17
, on January 19, 2018
- (3) Unit 2 containment spray pump A room and adjacent corridor, Fire Zones 30A and 88A
, on January 23, 2018
- (4) Unit 1 high pressure safety injection pump B room, Fire Zone 31B on February 2, 2018
- (5) Unit 3 vital switchgear room A, Fire Zone 5A
, on February 8, 2018
71111.07 - Heat Sink Performance
Heat Sink (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated Unit 1 diesel generator A lube oil and jacket water heat exchanger performance on February 21, 2018.
71111.11 - Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance
Operator Requalification (1 Sample) The inspectors observed and evaluated risk informed completion time program and 10 CFR 50.69 program classroom training on January 31, 2018
. Operator Performance (1 Sample) The inspectors observed and evaluated operator performance synchronizing the Unit 1 main generator to the grid following a reactor trip caused by a fault in the main generator excitation system on February 19, 2018.
The inspectors observe d and evaluated operator response to Unit 3 loss of A channel indication for main steam and feedwater isolation valves, MSIV-170, 171, 180, 181
, and FW IV-174, 177 , on February 27, 2018
.
71111.12 - Maintenance Effectiveness
Routine Maintenance Effectiveness (2 Sample s) The inspectors evaluated the effectiveness of routine maintenance activities associated with the following equipment and/or safety significant functions:
- (1) Reach rod operator gear box maintenance on safety injection valves SI
-184 and SI
-185 in Units 2 and 3
- (2) Diesel fuel oil transfer pump predictive engineering cable testing
71111.13 - Maintenance Risk Assessments and Emergent Work Control
The inspectors evaluated the risk assessments for the following planned and emergent work activities:
- (1) Unit 1 elevated risk due to failure of emergency core cooling system A combined minimum flow recirculation valve SIA-UV660 on January 4, 201 5
- (2) Unit 1 emergent risk due to diesel generator A unexpectedly shutdown during a surveillance run on January 5, 2018
- (3) Unit 3 elevated risk due to planned maintenance on containment spray pump A atmospheric dump valves SG-179A and SG
-184A, and low pressure safety injection valve SI-687 January 29, 2018 through February 4, 2018
- (4) Unit 1 elevated risk due to diesel generator A super outage on February 26, 2018
- (5) Unit 2 elevated risk due to diesel generator B super outage on March 19, 2018
71111.15 - Operability Determinations and Functionality Assessments
The inspectors evaluated the following operability determinations and functionality assessments:
- (1) Unit 2 abnormal trend for containment sump level transmitter, RDL
-411, on January 3, 2018
- (2) Unit 1 essential spray pond A pressure relief valves lifting during pump starts on January 25, 2018
- (3) Unit 3 containment spray discharge to shutdown cooling heat exchanger valve, SI-685, failed to re
-open during breaker maintenance on January 31, 2018
- (4) Unit 1 diesel generator B fuel oil leak from cylinder 8L fuel oil jerk pump on February 13, 2018
- (5) Unit 1 calculated qualified life of safety injection combined header isolation valves , SI-660 and SI
-659 , on February 23, 2018
- (6) Unit 3 loss of indication of the train A main steam isolation valves and feedwater isolation valves (MSIV-170, 171, 180, 181 and FWIV
-174, 177) on February 27, 2018
- (7) Unit 1 auxiliary feedwater bypass motor operated valves SG-138A and SG
-139A T-drains on March 6, 2018
- (8) Unit 1 essential cooling water pump A oil samples appear to contain metal or debris on March 7, 2018
- (9) Unit 2 steam generator sodium concentration increase on March 12, 2018
71111.18 - Plant Modifications
The inspectors evaluated the following temporary or permanent modifications:
- (1) Unit 1 480V electrical breaker for containment spray to low pressure safety cross
-connect valve, SI
-696, replacement with General Electrical model Spectra breaker per Design Equivalent Change 01035 on March 15, 2018
71111.19 - Post Maintenance Testing
The inspectors evaluated the following post maintenance tests:
- (1) Unit 1 emergency core cooling system A combined minimum flow recirculation valve SIA-UV660 following limit switch adjustment on January 4, 2018
- (2) Unit 1 diesel generator A cooldown relay, power supply, and test hand switch replacement following an unplanned cooldown during a monthly surveillance run on January 9, 2018
- (3) Unit 3 containment spray pump A test following breaker maintenance on February 6, 2018
- (4) Unit 3 30-volt power supply replacement for lost indication to main steam isolation valves on February 28, 2018
- (5) Unit 2 essential cooling water pum p A test and flow balance following planned maintenance to calibrate motor overcurrent relays and replace a high discharge pressure switch on March 20, 2018
- (6) Unit 2 diesel generator A emergency mode simulated engineered safeguards features fast start test following online maintenance outage on March 23, 2018
71111.20 - Refueling and Other Outage Activities
The inspectors evaluated activities from February 15
- 19, 2018 , for the Unit 1 forced outage due to an unplanned reactor trip caused by a fault in the main generator excitation circuitry.
71111.22 - Surveillance Testing
The inspectors evaluated the following surveillance tests:
Routine (6 Samples)
- (1) Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A inservice test on January 24, 2018
- (2) Unit 1 atmospheric dump valve 178 stroke time testing on February 9, 2018
- (3) Unit 2 containment leakage type "B and C" testing, SR 3.0.3 entry for missed surveillance on February 28, 2018
- (4) Unit 3 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A inservice test on March 7, 2018
- (5) Unit 3, essential chiller A vibration analysis on March 8, 2018
- (6) Unit 1 containment spray pump B inservice test on March 22, 2018 I n-service (1 Sample)
- (1) Unit 2 containment spray pump A inservice test on March 1, 2018
71114.02 - Alert and Notification System Testing
The inspectors evaluated the maintenance and testing of the alert and notification system between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018
.
71114.03 - Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System
The inspectors evaluated the readiness of the Emergency Response Organization between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018. Inspectors also evaluated the licensee's ability to staff their emergency response facilities in accordance with emergency plan commitments.
71114.04 - Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes
The inspectors evaluated the 10 CFR 50.54(q) emergency plan change process and practices between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018. The evaluation reviewed screenings and evaluations documenting the implementation of this process. The review of the change process documentation does not constitute NRC approval.
71114.05 - Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness
The inspectors evaluated the maintenance of the emergency preparedness program between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018. The evaluation reviewed activations of the emergency plan, the conduct of drills and exercises, licensee audits and assessments, and the maintenance of equipment important to emergency preparedness.
71114.06 - Drill Evaluation
Emergency Planning Drill (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated a full-scale emergency preparedness drill on February 13, 2018.
RADIATION SAFET Y
71124.02 - Occupational As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Planning and Controls
Radiological Work Planning (1 Sample)
The inspectors evaluated the licensee's radiological work planning by reviewing the following activities:
- (1) RWP 2017-9-1016, RMC Operations and Routine Tasks
- (2) RWP 2018-1-1523, Temporary Mat Insulation Fiber Inspection
- (3) RWP 2017-3002, Reactor Destack/Restack
- (4) RWP 2017-3015, Cavity Decontamination
- (5) RWP 2017-3039, 10-Year In-Service Inspection Vessel Verification of Dose Estimates and Exposure Tracking Systems (1 Sample)
The inspectors evaluated dose estimates and exposure tracking
.
71124.04 - Occupational Dose Assessment
Source Term Characterization (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the licensee's source term characterization
. External Dosimetry (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the licensee's external dosimetry program. Internal Dosimetry (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the licensee's internal dosimetry program
. Special Dosimetric Situations (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the licensee's performance for special dosimetric situations
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- BASELINE 71151 - Performance Indicator Verification (15 Samples) The inspectors verified licensee performance indicators submittals listed below:
- (1) IE01: Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017)
- (2) IE03: Unplanned Power Changes per 7000 Critical Hours Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
)
- (3) IE04: Unplanned Scrams with Complications (USwC) Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
)
- (4) MS05: Safety System Functional Failures (SSFFs) Sample (April 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017)
- (5) EP01: Drill/Exercise Performance (DEP) Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017)
- (6) EP02: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Drill Participation Sample (January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
)
- (7) EP03: Alert and Notification System (ANS) Reliability Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
)
71152 - Problem Identification and Resolution
Annual Follow
-up of Selected Issue s (1 Sample) The inspectors reviewed the licensee's implementation of its corrective action program related to the following issues:
- (1) Multiple failures of diesel generator underfrequency protective relay on March 26, 2018 71153 - Follow-up of Events and Notices of Enforcement Discretion Events (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the Unit 1 reactor trip following a loss of main generator excitation and licensee's response on February 15
- 16,
INSPECTION RESULTS
Inadequate Post Maintenance Test Instructions for Diesel Fuel Oil Transfer Pump Cornerstone Significance Cross-cutting Aspect Report Section Mitigating Systems Green NCV 05000528/2018001
-01 Closed [H.12] - Human Performance, Avoid Complacency
71111.12 - Maintenance Effectiveness
The inspectors reviewed a self
-revealed, Green, non
-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," for the failure to prescribe appropriate work instructions for maintenance on the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A. Specifically, following power cable maintenance on November 9, 2017, the instructions for conducting a post
-maintenance test for the transfer pump were inadequate to detect a high resistance connection in the associated motor control center.
Description:
On November 12, 2017, the licensee was conducting a 24
-hour surveillance test run of Unit 1 diesel generator (EDG) A. The EDG was fully loaded at 10:19 a.m. which began the 24-hour test period. At 10:53 a.m.
, control room operators received a fuel oil transfer pump A inoperable equipment status alarm. The diesel fuel oil transfer pump A did not start on a diesel fuel oil day tank low level signal. Operators manually unloaded and stopped the EDG a few minutes later and declared the Unit 1 EDG A inoperable due to its inability to run for its design basis mission time and began troubleshooting the failed fuel oil transfer pump.
Licensee electricians took electrical resistance readings across the connections in the motor control center for the fuel oil transfer pump breaker. The electricians identified that the direct cause of the transfer pump failure was a high variable resistance secondary stab connection in the motor control center cubicle. The electricians removed the breaker and cleaned and adjusted the connection. Electricians reinstalled the breaker and confirmed an acceptable as left connection resistance of less than 0.2 ohms. The diesel fuel oil transfer pump was successfully retested with a 20 minute functional run and the Unit 1 EDG A was declared operable following the successful completion of the 24
-hour surveillance run on November 14, 2017.
The licensee's apparent cause investigation determine d that the diesel fuel oil transfer pump breaker had been removed from service for periodic predictive maintenance on November 9, 2017 , under work order 4685719. During this maintenance activity licensee engineers disconnected the diesel fuel oil transfer pump motor power and control cables for megger testing. Cable lug screw connections attach each of these cables to the secondary stab connections on the movable motor breaker and the stationary motor control center chassis. Cable connections on the secondary stab connections are removed for testing, and then following testing, the cables are re
-landed onto the secondary stabs of the breaker and motor control center chassis. The licensee's work planners had not recognized the possibility that removing and re
-landing the cables on the lug screw connections had the potential to disturb the motor control center secondary stab connections.
The post-maintenance test associated with the cable testing was a momentary start of the diesel fuel oil transfer pump. The transfer pump's control switch was held in the start position for only a few seconds.
The licensee's apparent cause investigation identified that nonintrusive as
-left quantitative resistance checks could have been used to assess the integrity of the secondary stab connections. The licensee performs similar checks when performing individual breaker cubicle preventative maintenance tasks that actively remove and re-test the individual motor control center bucket. Such a check was the method used by the electricians to initially diagnose the breaker failure. However, no such quantitative resistance check was specified in the cable testing work order.
The post-maintenance test was not written in accordance with station procedure 30DP
-9WP04, "Post
-Maintenance Testing Development," Revision 19, Step 4.1.1
, which states, in part, that the post
-maintenance test shall ensure that equipment performs its intended function when returned to service following maintenance, that a new deficiency has not been created, and that the equipment will function as designed for safe and reliable plant operation. The act of de
-terminating and re-terminating the diesel fuel oil transfer pump cable for testing created new failure deficiency by disturbing electrical continuity and creating a high resistance condition at the secondary stab connection that impacted EDG operability. The post
-maintenance test following the cable testing maintenance was not adequate to ensure that a new deficiency had not been created.
Corrective Action: The licensee has taken corrective action to revise the work instructions for performing future cable testing to include quantitative resistance retests when re
-terminating motor control center secondary stab connections. As an interim measure
, the inspectors confirmed that all safety
-related 480V electrical breakers that have been subject to this cable testing have performed satisfactorily during subsequent diesel generator surveillance testing.
Corrective Action Reference
- Condition Report 17
-16497 Performance Assessment
- Performance Deficiency: The licensee's failure to prescribe appropriate retest activities following predictive maintenance on diesel fuel oil transfer pump cables is a performance deficiency.
Screening: The performance deficiency is more
-than-minor and a finding because it is associated with the equipment performance attribute of the mitigating systems cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Specifically, on November 9, 2017, the licensee performed cable testing that disturbed the power cables for the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A. Without an appropriate post
-maintenance test, this activity rendered the Unit 1 diesel generator A inoperable.
Significance: The inspectors performed the initial significance determination using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, "Significance Determination Process for Findings at Power," Exhibit 2, "Mitigating Systems Screening Questions
" and determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding did not represent an actual loss of safety function of a single train for greater that its technical specification allowed outage time.
Cross-cutting Aspect: The finding has a cross
-cutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the avoid complacency aspect. Specifically, licensee work planners did not consider potential undesired consequences associated with disturbing the power cables leads, instead relying on past successful tests [H.12].
Enforcement
- Violation: Title 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.
Contrary to the above, on November 9, 2017, the licensee performed maintenance on the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A, an activity affecting quality to which Appendix B applies, without documented instructions, procedures, or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances. Specifically, work order 4685719 did not include appropriate testing to ensure the maintenance was successful and the pump was returned to service, and as a result
, the Unit 1 diesel generator A was rendered inoperable from November 9, 2017 to November 14, 2017.
Disposition:
This violation is being treated as a non
-cited violation consistent with Section 2.3.2.a of the Enforcement Policy.
EXIT MEETING S AND DEBRIEFS
The inspectors verified no proprietary information was retained or documented in this report.
On February 16, 2018, the inspector presented the radiation safety inspection results to Ms. M. Lacal, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Oversight, and other members of the licensee staff.
On March 2, 2018, the inspector provided a debrief for the emergency preparedness program inspection to Mr. M. McLaughlin, Vice President, Operations Support, and other members of the licensee staff. On March 29, 2018, the inspector communicated the inspection results telephonically to Mr. T. Weber, Acting Director, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, and other members of the licensee staff.
On April 11, 2018, the inspector presented the quarterly resident's inspection results to Mr. J. Cadogan, Senior Vice President, Site Operations, and other members of the licensee staff.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
DOCUMENTS REVIEWED
Section 1R04: Equipment Alignment
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40ST-9AF07 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump AFA
-P01 Monthly Valve Alignment 6 40ST-9SI13 LPSI and CS System Alignment Verification
Condition Reports (CRs)
16-17321 17-03027 Drawing s Number Title Revision 03-M-HJP-001 P&I Diagram Control Building HVAC
03-M-HJP-002 P&I Diagram Control Building HVAC
03-M-SIP-001 P&I Diagram Safety Injection & Shutdown Cooling System
03-P-SIF-0207 Auxiliary Building Isometric Safety Injection System LPSI & Cont. Spray Discharge
03-P-SIF-0201 Auxiliary Building Isometric Safety Injection System ESF Pump Suction Lines
Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision STM-30D System Training Manual Volume 30D: Control Building HVAC System (HJ)
Section 1R05: Fire Protection
Procedures
Number Title Revision 14FT-9FP70 Appendix R & Former Tech Spec Penetration Seal Surveillance
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-03870 18-00999 Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
PVNGS Pre-Fire Strategies Manual
13-MM-0650 Fire Protection & Spray System Sub
007 13-MS-A083 NFPA Code Applicability and Conformance Review
007 4834415 Fire Safety Component Condition Record
November 3, 2016 4834430 Fire Safety Component Condition Record
November 3, 2016 4843902 Fire Safety Component Condition Record
December 6, 2016 Unit 3 Tamper/Vital/Security Tour
- Post 31 February 7, 2018 4971714 Open Door/Hatch/Floor Plug Permit
January 29, 20
4971687 Open Door/Hatch/Floor Plug Permit
January 29, 2018
Section 1R07: Heat Sink Performance
Procedures
Number Title Revision 73DP-9ZZ21 Heat Exchanger Visual Inspection
73DP-9ZZ11 Heat Exchanger Program
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-03133 18-03138 18-03139 Work Orders
(WOs) 4591574 4591575 4667054 4667055 4667098 Section 1R11: Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40OP-9MB01 Main Generation and Excitation
40DP-9OP02 Conduct of Operations
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40AL-9RK6A Panel B06A Alarm Responses
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-02797 18-02593 18-03215 Miscellaneous
Number Title Date Current Alarm Status Report
February 16, 20
Section 1R12: Maintenance Effectiveness
Procedures
Number Title Revision 32MT-9ZZ74 Molded Case Circuit Breaker Test
30DP-9WP04 Post-Maintenance Testing Development
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-08025-005 17-08025 17-16497 Work Orders
(WOs) 4925959 4925966 4925967 4925969 4685719 4788985 Section 1R13: Maintenance Risk Assessments and Emergent Work Control
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40DP-9AP21 Protected Equipment
70DP-0RA05 Assessment and Management of Risk when Performing Maintenance in Modes 1 and 2
40MT-9ZZ01 Operations Maintenance Activities
40DP-9RS01 Operations Department Online Nuclear Risk Management Mode 1 and 2
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-00249 185-00136 18-00336 18-02544 Miscellaneous
Number Title Date Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 1
January 4, 2018 Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 1
February 23, 2018 Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 3
February 1, 2018
Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 2
March 19, 2018
Unit 3 Archived Operator Logs
January 29, 2018
- February 4, 2018
Section 1R15: Operability Determinations and Functionality Assessments
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40ST-9ZZm1 Operations Mode 1 Surveillance Logs
40AL-9RK6A Panel B06A Alarm Responses
74DP-9CY04 Systems Chemistry Specifications
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-18475 12-01397 17-17856 13-01198 18-03127 17-16393 18-03215 18-03291 18-02839 18-01610 18-02334 3127427 18-02468 18-03980 Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
03-E-SGF-023 Control Wiring Diagram Main Steam Isolation Valves
18-02334-003 Engineering Evaluation
February 15, 20
4428056 Adverse CRDR
July 19, 2013
EQ Program Manual
Section 1R18: Plant Modifications
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-04116 Work Orders
(WOs) 4989102 Miscellaneous
Number Title Date DEC-01035 Design Equivalent Change
April 12 , 2017 Section 1R19: Post
-Maintenance Testing
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40OP-9CH12 Refueling Water Tank (RWT) Operations
32MT-9ZZ13 Testing and Calibration of 121FC66K01A Time Overcurrent Relays 4 32MT-9ZZ17 Testing and Calibration of 12PJC11AV1A Instantaneous Overcurrent Relays
40OP-9EW02 Essential Cooling Water System (EW) Train B
40ST-9DG01 Diesel Generator A Test
73ST-9DG08 Class 1E Diesel Generator Load Reject 24 Hour Rated Load
and Hot Start Test Train B
40ST-9DG02 Diesel Generator B Test
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-00136 18-00197 18-01931 18-00210 18-00290 18-00336 18-00377 18-00346 18-04731 18-04732 Work Orders
(WOs) 4964492 4822983 4981967 4726747 4821113 4847651 4965079 4972486 4847637
Drawings Number Title Revision 01-E-DGB-007 Elementary Diagram: Diesel Engine Control
01-E-DGF-007 Control Wiring Diagram: Diesel Engine
13-M018-00141 Control Schematic (Starting Sequence Control)
Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
18-00210-004 Engineering Evaluation: EDG 1A Unexpected Cooldown during Surveillance Run 1/5/2018
January 8, 2018
Section 1R20: Refueling and Other Outage Activities
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40OP-9MB01 Main Generation and Excitation
Section 1R22: Surveillance Testing
Procedures
Number Title Revision 73DP-9CL02 Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program
73ST-9XI20 Atmospheric Dump Valves
- Inservice Test
73ST-9SI06 Containment Spray Pumps and Check valves
- Inservice Test 42 73ST-9DF01 Diesel Fuel Oil Transfer Pumps
- Inservice Test
40DP-9OP06 Operations Department Repetitive Task Program
130 73ST-9SI06 Containment Spray Pumps and Check Valves
- Inservice Test 42 Condition Reports (CRs)
16-15793 18-03304 18-01314 18-03825 Work Orders
(WOs) 4822921 4840032 4843076 4843390
Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
13-JC-SI-0215 Containment Spray Pump Discharge Flow Indication Loops Uncertainty Calculation
18-01314-002 Engineering Evaluation: ADV 178 Fast Stroke Time
January 26, 2018
18-03304-002 Engineering Evaluation: SR 3.0.3 Evaluation for
SB-200, 202, and 205
March 2, 2018 Section 1EP2: Alert and Notification System Testing
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date ID/Letter Number: 240-02802 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Alert and Notification System (ANS) FEMA 350 Report
- May 2017 May 26, 2017
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Alert and Notification System (ANS), FEMA 350 Report
May 2017 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Siren Operating Manual November 2015
January 4, 2018
Letter from FEMA Region IX to Director, Division of Emergency Management, State of Arizona
September 19, 2017 State of Arizona/Maricopa County Offsite Emergency Response Plan, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
November 2017
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Emergency Response to Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
August 2016
Work Orders
(WOs) 474965/0 Section 1EP3: Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation
Procedures
Number Title Revision EP-0902 Notifications
EP-0901 Classifications
40AL-9RK7C Panel B07C Alarm Responses 15 40AO-9ZZ21 Acts of Nature
79IS-9SM01 Analysis of Seismic Event
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date 240-02799 JF/MA 2017 1 st Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
March 21, 2017
240-02803 CS/MA 2017 2 nd Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
June 6, 2017
240-02797 2017 3rd Quarter
- Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report (After Hours)
July 25, 2017
240-02808 2017 3rd Quarter
- Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Repo
rt September 6, 2017
240-02817 CS/ma 2017 4 th Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
December 13, 2017 240-02790 JF/MA 2016 2 nd Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
June 23, 2016
240-02791 JF/MA 2016 3 rd Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
August 3, 2016
240-02798 December 5, 2016, Alert Event Report
January 17, 2017
Section 1EP4: Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes
Procedure Number Title Revision 16DP-0EP22 Emergency Plan Maintenance
11, 12 Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date Evaluation Tracking Number
2017-001E Replace the Meteorological Instrumentation and Data Transmission System (MDTS)
August 8, 2017
Evaluation Tracking Number
2017-003E EP-0900, Rev. 16
August 17, 2017
Evaluation Tracking Number
2017-004E EP-0901, Rev. 10
August 21, 2017
Screening Tracking Number
2017-002S 74RM-9EF42, Radiation Monitor Alarm Setpoint Determination, Rev. 30
April 16, 2017
Screening Tracking Number
2017-022S Procedure EP
-0901, Classifications, Added New EALs form EPLAN R60, Revise PV Proc Format
August 20, 2017
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date Screening Tracking Number
2017-014S EP-905, Revision 9, Protective Actions
June 7, 2017
Screening Tracking Number
2017-023S DMWO 3452940 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Radio Replacement Project
September 8, 2017 Screening Tracking Number
2017-029S 40AO-9ZZ18 R018 Fire Outside Control Room
September 26, 2017 EPM Tracking Number 2015-006S DEC-00720 Allow Solar
-Charged Offsite Sirens to Replace AC
-Charged Offsite Sirens
February 18, 2015 Section 1EP5: Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness
Procedures
Number Title Revision 01DP-0AP12 Condition Reporting Process
01DP-0AP12-01 Condition Reporting Process Administrative Guide
EP-0905 Protective Actions
EP-0902 Notifications
8, 9, 10 16DP-0EP31 Emergency Preparedness Equipment Out
-of-Service 9 16DP-0EP27 Emergency Preparedness Equipment Testing
16DP-0EP28 Emergency Facility/Kit Inventories and Inspections
Condition Reports (CRs)
16-08461 16-09213 16-11134 16-11930 16-12640 16-13501 16-14593 16-14934 16-16710 17-02188 17-03147 17-03149 17-03202 17-03605 17-03721 17-03736 17-03826 17-03828 17-03829 17-03884 17-04633 17-06893 17-08328 17-10906 17-10949 17-11437 17-13663 17-14927 17-15449 17-15797 17-15884 17-16771 17-17091 17-17218 17-17739 17-18443 18-03244
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Revision/Date
KLD TR-983 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 2017 Population Update Analysis
December 7, 2017 KLD TR-895 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 2016 Population Update Analysis
December 8, 2016 Updated Review of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Emergency Plan 2016 Letters of Agreement
September 29, 2016 Letter # 240
-02819 2017 Review of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Emergency Plan Letters of Agreement
December 26, 2017 NAD Audit 2016
-010 Nuclear Assurance Department (NAD) Audit Plan and Report, 2016
-010, Emergency Preparedness
December 14, 2016 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Date
- June 1, 2017, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program
August 18 , 2017 ID: 240-02806 2017 Onsite Contaminated Injury/Health Physics Drill Report (Revised)
June 23, 2017
ID: 240-02816 2017 Health Physics Drill Report (November 2017)
December 12, 2017 ID: 240-02818 1709 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Blue Team
(December 2017)
December 21, 2017 NAD Audit 2017
-008 Nuclear Assurance Department (NAD) Audit Plan and Report, 2017
-008, Emergency Preparedness
January 25, 2018 240-02812 CS/MA 1704 and 1705 ERO Mini Drills
- ERO White Team and Green Team (June and July 2017)
October 18, 2017 240-02813 CS/MA 1706 ERO Mini Drill
October 18, 2017 240-02814 TW/MA 1707 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Red Team (August 2017) Revision 1
October 18, 2017 Emergency Response Facility Telephone Book, 1 st Quarter Edition 2018
January 1, 2018 240-02801 JF/MA 1702 IPZ Evaluated Exercise
- ERO White Team (March 2017)
April 6, 2017
240-02797 JF/MA 1608 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Red Team
(December 2016)
January 4, 2017 240-02792 JF/MA 1604 and 1605 ERO Drills
September 14, 2016 240-02793 JF/MA 1606 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Green Team
(September 2016)
October 4, 2016
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Revision/Date
240-02795 JF/MA 1609 Off-Hours Drive-in Augmentation Drill
- (November 2016)
December 2, 2016 240-02796 2016 Health Physics Drill Report (November 2016)
December 7, 2016 Evaluation Report 16-11134 Evaluate Adding STSC ENS Communicator Duties to STSC Communicator
September 7, 2016 17-11437-002 Actual Event Investigation, Unit 3 Ammonia Sight glass Break September 28, 2017 17-13663-001 Actual Event Investigation, Unit 2 Loss of Annunciators
October 11, 2017 Level 4 Evaluation Report 17-15797-001 Default Values Used in Dose Assessment
November 30, 2017 Document No.
500599510 Master Agreement Between Arizona Public Service Company and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC for Goods and Services (Effective January 29, 2016 to December 31, 2018)
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After
Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Dates
- March 7-8, 2017, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) May 26, 2017
240-02789 JF/TW 2016 Health Physics Drill Report (Re
-Demonstration)
June 9, 2016
240-02788 JF/MA 2016 Contaminated Injury/Health Physics Drill Report
April 22, 2016
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Date
- November 16, 2016, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP)
February 9, 2017 240-02787 JF/MA 1602 IPZ Exercise
- ERO Green Team (March 2016)
March 25, 2016
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Date
- November 16, 2016, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP)
February 9, 2017 Level 3 Evaluation Report 18
-02668-002 March 22, 2018
Work Orders (WOs)
4782667 4783959/0 4787729/0 4787847/0 4836236 4836263/0 4860832/0 4862234/0 4862502/0 4885361/0 4889725/0 4896971/0 4901070 4916668/0 4918303/0 4918455/0 4937577/0 4947802/0 Section 1EP6: Drill Evaluation
Procedures
Number Title Revision EP-0900 Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Position Checklists
EP-0901 Classifications
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-02352 18-02503 18-02655 Section 2RS2: Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls
Procedures
Number Title Revision 75DP-0RP03 ALARA Program Overview
75DP-0RP06 ALARA Committee
75DP-0RP08 Managing Radiological Risk
75RP-9RP02 Radiation Work Permits
75RP-9RP25 Temporary Shielding
75TD-9RP02 ALARA Work Planning
Audits and Self
-Assessments
Title Date PVGS Integrated Performance Assessment Report Radiation Protection 2nd Quarter 2017
September 14, 2017
2016 Annual ALARA/Management Evaluation Report
June 23, 2017
2016 Annual Radiation Protection Program Summary Report
July 27, 2017
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-15502 17-15529 17-15802 17-16741 17-17944 17-18180 18-01890 Radiation Work Permits/ALARA Reviews
Number Title RWP 2017-9-1016 RMC Operations and Routine Tasks
RWP 2018-1-1523 Temporary Mat Insulation Fiber Inspection
RWP 2017-3002 Reactor Destack/Restack
RWP 2017-3015 Cavity Decontamination
RWP 2017-3039 10-Year In-Service Inspection Vessel
Miscellaneous
Title Date ALARA 5-Year Plan 2015
- 2019 November 2015 1R20 Radiological Safety Summary In Perspective
November 7, 2017
2R20 Radiological Safety Summary In Perspective
May 9, 2017
3R19 Radiological Safety Summary In Perspective
November 10, 2016
Section 2 RS 4 : Occupational Dose Assessment
Procedures
Number Title Revision 75DP-0RP01 RP Program Overview
75DP-0RP06 Managing Radiological Risk
75RP-9ME23 Exposure Evaluation for Lost, Damaged, or Suspect Dosimetry, and Anticipated EPD Dose Rate Alarm
75RP-9ME24 Dosimetry Processing, Evaluation, and Documentation
75RP-9ME25 TLD Reader Calibration and Response Check
75RP-9RP03 Bioassay Analysis
75RP-9RP05 Contamination Dose Evaluation
75RP-9RP16 Special Dosimetry
75RP-9QE21 Calibration of Self
-Indicating Dosimeters
Procedures
Number Title Revision 75RP-9QE26 Operation and Verification of the Merlin Gerin Model CDM
-21 Calibrator
Audits and Self
-Assessments
Title Date 2016 Annual ALARA/Management Evaluation Report
June 23, 2017
2016 Annual Radiation Protection Program Summary Report
July 27, 2017 Condition Reports (CRs)
17-14033 17-14127 17-14527 17-15700 18-01423 Self-Reading Dosimeter Calibration Records
Number Title Date 837097 Self-Reading Dosimeter
September 8, 2017
836204 Self-Reading Dosimeter
September 9, 2017
833059 Self-Reading Dosimeter
September 30, 2017
810641 Self-Reading Dosimeter gamma/neutron
December 12, 2017
810633 Self-Reading Dosimeter gamma/neutron
December 12, 2017
810552 Self-Reading Dosimeter gamma/neutron
December 13, 2017
Miscellaneous
Number Title Date 2017 Multi-Pack TLD Results
2017 100536 NVLAP Accreditation Report
April 8, 2016
100536 NVLAP Proficiency Testing Results
- TLD May 2, 2016
100536 NVLAP Proficiency Testing Results
-EPD August 5, 2016
100536 NVLAP Accreditation Report
February 15, 2018
2017 Unit 1 Dry Active Waste
December 1, 2017
2017 Unit 2 Dry Active Waste
May 18, 2017
2016 Unit 3 Dry Active Waste
December 22, 2016
25116 Intake Dose Assessment
April 21, 2016
Miscellaneous
Number Title Date 47194 Personnel Dosimetry Processing Report
November 15, 2017 Section 4OA1: Performance Indicator Verification
Miscellaneous
Number Title Date 2016-002-01 Licensee Event Report
June 27, 20 17 2017-001-00 June 27, 2017
June 14, 2017 Palo Verde Plant Computer PI ProcessBook
Palo Verde Control Room Logs (1/1/17
- 12/31/17) Section 4OA2: Problem Identification and Resolution
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40ST-9DG01 Diesel Generator A Test
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-15901 18-03517 17-15838 17-11155 17-09750 16-03783 Section 4OA3:
Follow-up of Events and Notices of Enforcement Discretion
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-02544 18-02688 18-02664 18-02605 18-02716
The following items are requested for the
Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection
at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
February 12 to 16, 2018
Integrated Report 2018001
Inspection areas are listed in the attachments below.
Please provide the requested information on or before January 26, 2018.
Please submit this information using the same lettering system as below. For example, all contacts and phone numbers for Inspection Procedure 71124.0
should be in a file/folder titled
"1- A," applicable organization charts in file/folder "
1- B," etc. If information is placed on ims.certrec.com, please ensure the inspection exit date entered is at least 30 days later than the onsite inspection dates, so the inspectors will have access to the information while writing the report.
In addition to the corrective action document lists provided for each inspection procedure listed below, please provide updated lists of corrective action documents at the entrance meeting. The dates for these lists should range from the end dates of the original lists to the day of the entrance meeting.
If more than one inspection procedure is to be conducted and the information requests appear to be redundant, there is no need to provide duplicate copies. Enter a note explaining in which file the information can be found.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Louis Carson at (817) 200-1221 or louis.carson@nrc.gov. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
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.
2. Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls (71124.02)
Date of Last Inspection:
October 20, 2017
A. List of contacts and telephone numbers for ALARA program personnel
B. Applicable organization charts
- C. Copies of audits, self
-assessments, and LERs, written since date of last inspection
, focusing on ALARA
D. Procedure index for ALARA Program
E. Please provide specific procedures related to the following areas noted below. Additional Specific Procedures may be requested by number
after the inspector reviews the procedure indexes.
1. ALARA Program
2. ALARA Committee
3. Radiation Work Permit Preparation
F. A summary list of corrective action documents (including corporate and sub
-tiered systems) written since date of last inspection, related to the ALARA program. In addition to ALARA, the summary should also address Radiation Work Permit violations, Electronic Dosimeter Alarms, and RWP Dose Estimates
NOTE: The lists should indicate the significance level
of each issue and the search criteria used. Please provide in document formats which are "searchable" so that the inspector can perform word searches.
- G. List of work activities greater than 1 rem, since date of last inspection, Include original dose estimate and actual dose.
H. Site dose totals and 3
-year rolling averages for the past 3 years (based on dose of record) I. Outline of source term reduction strategy
- J. If available, provide a copy of the ALARA outage report for the most recently completed outages for each unit
K. Please provide your most recent Annual ALARA Report.
4. Occupational Dose Assessment (Inspection Procedure 71124.04)
Date of Last Inspection:
January 22, 2016
A. List of contacts and telephone numbers for the following areas:
1. Dose Assessment personnel
B. Applicable organization charts
- C. Audits, self
-assessments, vendor or NUPIC audits of contractor support, and LERs written since date of last inspection, related to:
1. Occupational
Dose Assessment
D. Procedure indexes for the following areas:
1. Occupational Dose Assessment
E. Please provide specific procedures related to the following areas noted below. Additional Specific Procedures will be requested by number after the inspector reviews the procedure indexes.
1. Radiation Protection Program
2. Radiation Protection Conduct of Operations
3. Personnel Dosimetry Program
4. Radiological Posting and Warning Devices
5. Air Sample Analysis
6. Performance of High Exposure Work
7. Declared Pregnant Worker
8. Bioassay Program
F. List of corrective action documents (including corporate and sub
-tiered systems) written since date of last inspection, associated with:
1. National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
2. Dosimetry (TLD/OSL, etc.) problems
3. Electronic alarming dosimeters
4. Bioassays or internally deposited radionuclides or internal dose
5. Neutron dose
NOTE: The lists should indicate the significance level
of each issue and the search criteria used. Please provide in document formats which are "searchable" so that the inspector can perform word searches.
- G. List of positive whole body counts since date of last inspection, names redacted if desired H. Part 61 analyses/scaling factors
- I. The most recent National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) accreditation report or, if dosimetry is provided by a vendor, the vendor's most recent results
SUNSI Review:
ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available
Non-Sensitive Keyword: By: JDixon
Yes No Publicly Available
Sensitive
NRC-002 OFFICE DRP/SRI DRP/RI DRP/RI C:DRS/EB1 C:DRS/EB2 C:DRS/OB NAME CPeabody DReinert DYou TFarnholtz
JDrake VGaddy SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ DATE 4/30/18 5/1/2018 5/1/18 04/30/2018
4/30/18 4/30/18 OFFICE C:DRS/PS2 TL:IPAT C:DRP/D NAME HGepford GGeorge GMiller SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/ DATE 4/30/18 4/30/2018 5/7/18
May 7, 2018 Mr. Robert Bement
Executive Vice President, Nuclear/CNO
Mail Station 7602
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 52034
Phoenix, AZ 85072
-2034 SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
- NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 05000528/2018001, 05000529/2018001, AND 05000530/2018001
Dear Mr. Bement:
On March 31, 2018, the
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3. On April 11, 2018, the
NRC inspectors discussed the results of this inspection with
Mr. Jack Cadogan
and other members of your staff. The results of this inspection are documented in the enclosed report.
NRC inspectors
documented
one finding of very low safety significance (Green) in this report. This finding involved a violation of NRC requirements. The NRC is treating this violation as
a non-cited violation (NCV) consistent
with Section
2.3.2.a of the Enforcement Policy. If you contest the violation or significance of the NCV, you should
provide a response within
days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the
- U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555
-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV; the Director, Office of Enforcement; and the NRC resident inspector at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
If you disagree with a cross
-cutting aspect assignment in this report, you should provide a response within 30
days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your disagreement, to the
- U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555
-0001; with copies to the
Regional Administrator, Region
IV; and the NRC resident inspector at the
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
- R. Bement 2 This letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be made available for public inspection and copying at http://www.nrc.gov/reading
-rm/adams.ht
ml and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding."
Sincerely, /RA/ Geoffrey
- B. Miller, Chief
Project Branch D
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos. 50
-528, 50-529, 50-530 License Nos. NPF
-41, NPF-51, NPF-74 Enclosure:
Inspection Report 05000528/2018001, 05000529/2018001, 05000530/2018001
w/ Attachment:
1. Supplemental Information
2. Occupational Radiation Safety
Inspection Item Request
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Inspection Report
Docket Numbers: 05000528, 05000529, 05000530
License Numbers: NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74 Report Numbers: 05000528/2018001, 05000529/2018001, and 05000530/2018001
Enterprise Identifier:
I-2018-001-0013 Licensee: Arizona Public Service Company
Facility: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Location: 5801 South Wintersburg Road
, Tonopah, AZ 85354
Inspection Dates:
January 1, 2018 to
March 31, 2018
Inspectors:
- C. Peabody, Senior Resident Inspector
- D. Reinert, PhD, Resident Inspector
- D. You, Resident Inspector
- L. Carson, Senior Health Physicist
- S. Hedger, Emergency Preparedness Inspector
Approved By:
Geoffrey
- B. Miller, Chief, Project Branch D, Division of Reactor Projects
SUMMARY The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) continued monitoring the licensee's performance by conducting
an integrated inspection at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, in accordance with the Reactor Oversight Process.
The Reactor Oversight Process is the NRC's program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors. Refer to https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight.html
for more information. NRC and self
-revealed findings, violations, and additional items are summarized in the table below. List of Findings and Violations
Inadequate Post Maintenance Test Instructions for Diesel Fuel Oil Transfer Pump
Cornerstone
Significance
Cross-cutting Aspect
Report Section Mitigating Systems Green NCV 05000528/2018001
-01 Closed [H.12] - Human Performance, Avoid Complacency
71111.12 - Maintenance Effectiveness
The inspectors reviewed a self
-revealed, Green, non
-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," for the failure to prescribe appropriate work instructions for maintenance on the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump
- A. Specifically, following power cable maintenance on November 9, 2017, the instructions for conducting a post
-maintenance test for the transfer pump were inadequate to detect a high resistance connection in the associated motor control center.
PLANT STATUS
Unit 1 began the inspection period at rated thermal power. On February 15, 20 18, the unit automatically tripped from full power when a control system failure caused a loss of generator field excitation. The unit was restarted on February 19, 2018
, and remained at or near rated thermal power for the remainder of the inspection period.
Unit s 2 and 3 operated at or near rated thermal power for the entire inspection period.
INSPECTION SCOPE
S Inspections were conducted using the appropriate portions of the inspection procedures (IPs) in effect at the beginning of the inspection unless otherwise noted. Currently approved IPs with their attached revision histories are located on the public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading
-rm/doc-collections/insp
-manual/inspection
-procedure/index.html. Samples were declared complete when the IP requirements most appropriate to the inspection activity were met consistent with Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2515, "Light
-Water Reactor Inspection Program - Operations Phase." The inspectors performed plant status activities described in IMC 2515 Appendix
D, "Plant Status" and conducted routine reviews using IP 71152, "Problem Identification and Resolution." The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel to assess licensee performance and
compliance with Commission rules and regulations, license conditions, site procedures, and standards.
REACTOR SAFETY
71111.04 - Equipment Alignment
Partial Walkdown
(3 Samples) The inspectors evaluated system configuration
s during partial walkdowns
of the following systems/trains
- (1) Unit 1 containment spray system
B on January 4, 2018
(2) Unit 2 auxiliary feedwater system A on January 30, 2018
(3) Unit 3 control building heating ventilation and air conditioning B on March 16, 2018
Complete Walkdown
(1 Sample) The inspectors
evaluated system configuration
s during a complete walkdown of the Unit 3 containment spray system on January 18, 2018.
71111.05AQ
- Fire Protection Annual/Quarterly
Quarterly Inspection
(5 Samples) The inspectors evaluated fire protection program implementation in the following selected areas: (1) Unit 3 main turbine operating deck and bearings area, Fire Zones 9 and 10, on January 4, 2018
(2) Unit 2 control room, Fire Zone 17
, on January 19, 2018
(3) Unit 2 containment spray pump A room and adjacent corridor, Fire Zones 30A and 88A
, on January 23, 2018
(4) Unit 1 high pressure safety injection pump B room, Fire Zone 31B
on February 2, 2018
(5) Unit 3 vital switchgear room
A, Fire Zone 5A
, on February 8, 2018
71111.07 - Heat Sink Performance
Heat Sink (1 Sample) The inspectors
evaluated Unit 1 diesel generator A lube oil and jacket water heat exchanger performance on February 21, 2018.
71111.11 - Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance
Operator Requalification
(1 Sample) The inspectors
observed and evaluated risk informed completion time program and
CFR 50.69 program classroom training
on January 31, 2018
. Operator Performance
(1 Sample) The inspectors
observed and evaluated operator performance synchronizing the Unit 1 main generator to the grid following a reactor trip caused by a fault in the main generator excitation system
on February 19, 2018.
The inspectors
observe d and evaluated
operator response to Unit 3 loss of A channel indication for
main steam and feedwater isolation valves, MSIV-170, 171, 180, 181
, and FW IV-174, 177 , on February 27, 2018
. 71111.12 - Maintenance Effectiveness
Routine Maintenance Effectiveness
(2 Sample s) The inspectors evaluated the effectiveness of routine maintenance activities associated with the following equipment and/or safety significant functions:
(1) Reach rod operator gear box maintenance on safety injection valves SI
-184 and SI
-185 in Units 2 and 3
(2) Diesel fuel oil transfer pump predictive engineering cable testing
71111.13 - Maintenance Risk Assessments and Emergent Work Control
(5 Samples) The inspectors evaluated the risk assessments for the following planned and emergent work activities:
(1) Unit 1 elevated risk due to failure of emergency core cooling system A combined minimum flow recirculation valve SIA-UV660 on January 4, 201
(2) Unit 1 emergent risk due to diesel generator
A unexpectedly shutdown during a surveillance run on January 5, 2018
(3) Unit 3 elevated risk due to planned maintenance on containment spray pump
A atmospheric dump valves
SG-179A and SG
-184A, and low pressure safety injection valve SI-687 January 29, 2018 through February 4, 2018
(4) Unit 1 elevated risk due to
diesel generator
A super outage on February 26, 2018
(5) Unit 2 elevated risk due to diesel generator B super outage on March 19, 2018
71111.15 - Operability Determinations and Functionality Assessments
(9 Samples) The inspectors evaluated the following operability determinations and functionality assessments:
(1) Unit 2 abnormal trend for containment sump level transmitter, RDL
-411, on January 3, 2018 (2) Unit 1 essential spray pond A pressure relief valves lifting during pump starts
on January 25, 2018 (3) Unit 3 containment spray discharge
to shutdown cooling heat exchanger
valve, SI-685, failed to re
-open during breaker maintenance on January 31, 2018
(4) Unit 1 diesel generator
B fuel oil leak from cylinder 8L fuel oil jerk pump on February 13, 2018 (5) Unit 1 calculated qualified life of safety injection combined header isolation
valves , SI-660 and SI
-659 , on February 23, 2018
(6) Unit 3 loss of indication of the train A main steam isolation valves and feedwater isolation valves
(MSIV-170, 171, 180, 181 and FWIV
-174, 177) on February 27, 2018
(7) Unit 1 auxiliary feedwater bypass motor operated valves SG-138A and SG
-139A T-drains on March 6, 2018
(8) Unit 1 essential cooling water pump A oil samples appear to contain metal or debris on March 7, 2018
(9) Unit 2 steam generator sodium concentration increase on March 12, 2018
71111.18 - Plant Modifications
(1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the following temporary or permanent modifications:
(1) Unit 1 480V electrical breaker for containment spray to low pressure safety cross
-connect valve, SI
-696, replacement with General Electrical model Spectra breaker per Design Equivalent Change 01035 on March 15, 2018
71111.19 - Post Maintenance Testing
(6 Samples) The inspectors evaluated the following post maintenance
tests: (1) Unit 1 emergency core cooling system A combined minimum flow recirculation valve SIA-UV660 following limit switch adjustment on January 4, 2018
(2) Unit 1 diesel generator A cooldown relay, power supply, and test hand switch replacement following an unplanned cooldown during a monthly surveillance run on January 9, 2018
(3) Unit 3 containment spray pump
A test following breaker maintenance on February 6, 2018 (4) Unit 3 30-volt power supply replacement for lost indication to main steam isolation valves on February 28, 2018
(5) Unit 2 essential cooling water pum
p A test and flow balance following planned maintenance to calibrate motor overcurrent relays and replace a high discharge pressure switch on March 20, 2018
(6) Unit 2 diesel generator A emergency mode simulated engineered safeguards features fast start test
following online maintenance outage
on March 23, 2018
71111.20 - Refueling and Other Outage Activities
(1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated activities
from February 15
- 19, 2018 , for the Unit 1 forced outage due to an unplanned reactor trip caused by a fault in the main generator excitation circuitry.
71111.22 - Surveillance Testing
The inspectors evaluated the following surveillance tests:
Routine (6 Samples) (1) Unit 1 diesel fuel oil
transfer pump A inservice test
on January 24, 2018
(2) Unit 1 atmospheric dump valve 178 stroke time testing on February 9, 2018
(3) Unit 2 containment leakage type "B and C" testing, SR 3.0.3 entry for missed surveillance on February 28, 2018
(4) Unit 3 diesel fuel oil transfer pump A inservice test
on March 7, 2018
(5) Unit 3, essential chiller A vibration analysis
on March 8, 2018
(6) Unit 1 containment spray pump B inservice test on March 22, 2018
I n-service (1 Sample) (1) Unit 2 containment spray pump A inservice
test on March 1, 2018
71114.02 - Alert and Notification System Testing
(1 Sample)
The inspectors evaluated the maintenance and testing of the alert and notification system
between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018
. 71114.03 - Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System
(1 Sample)
The inspectors evaluated the readiness of the Emergency Response Organization
between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018. Inspectors also evaluated the licensee's ability to staff their emergency response facilities in accordance with emergency plan commitments.
71114.04 - Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes (1 Sample)
The inspectors evaluated the 10 CFR 50.54(q) emergency plan change process and practices between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018. The evaluation reviewed screenings and evaluations documenting the implementation of this process. The review of the change process documentation does not constitute NRC approval.
71114.05 - Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness
(1 Sample)
The inspectors
evaluated the maintenance of the emergency preparedness program between May 1, 2016
- February 20, 2018. The evaluation reviewed activations of the emergency plan, the conduct of drills and exercises, licensee audits and assessments, and the maintenance of equipment important to emergency preparedness.
71114.06 - Drill Evaluation
Emergency Planning Drill
(1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated
a full-scale emergency preparedness drill on February 13, 2018.
RADIATION SAFET
Y 71124.02 - Occupational As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Planning and Controls
Radiological Work Planning
(1 Sample)
The inspectors evaluated the licensee's radiological work planning by reviewing the following activities:
(1) RWP 2017-9-1016, RMC Operations and Routine Tasks
(2) RWP 2018-1-1523, Temporary Mat Insulation Fiber Inspection
(3) RWP 2017-3002, Reactor Destack/Restack
(4) RWP 2017-3015, Cavity Decontamination
(5) RWP 2017-3039, 10-Year In-Service Inspection Vessel
Verification of Dose Estimates and Exposure Tracking Systems
(1 Sample)
The inspectors
evaluated dose estimates and exposure tracking
. 71124.04 - Occupational Dose Assessment
Source Term Characterization
(1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the licensee's source term characterization
. External Dosimetry (1 Sample) The inspectors
evaluated the licensee's external dosimetry program. Internal Dosimetry
(1 Sample) The inspectors
evaluated the licensee's internal dosimetry program
. Special Dosimetric Situations
(1 Sample) The inspectors
evaluated the licensee's performance for special dosimetric situations
. OTHER ACTIVITIES
- BASELINE 71151 - Performance Indicator Verification
(15 Samples) The inspectors
verified licensee performance
indicators
submittals
listed below: (1) IE01: Unplanned Scrams per 7000 Critical Hours Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017) (2) IE03: Unplanned Power Changes per 7000 Critical Hours Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
) (3) IE04: Unplanned Scrams with Complications (USwC) Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
) (4) MS05: Safety System Functional Failures (SSFFs) Sample (April 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017) (5) EP01: Drill/Exercise Performance (DEP) Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017) (6) EP02: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Drill Participation
Sample (January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
) (7) EP03: Alert and Notification System (ANS) Reliability Sample (January 1, 2017
- December 31, 2017
)
71152 - Problem Identification and Resolution
Annual Follow
-up of Selected Issue s (1 Sample) The inspectors reviewed the licensee's implementation of its corrective action program related to the following issues:
(1) Multiple failures of diesel generator underfrequency protective relay
on March 26, 2018
71153 - Follow-up of Events
and Notices of Enforcement Discretion
Events (1 Sample) The inspectors evaluated the Unit 1 reactor trip following a loss of main generator excitation
and licensee's response
on February 15
- 16, 2018. INSPECTION RESULTS
Inadequate Post Maintenance Test Instructions for Diesel Fuel Oil Transfer Pump
Cornerstone
Significance
Cross-cutting Aspect Report Section Mitigating Systems Green NCV 05000528/2018001
-01 Closed [H.12] - Human Performance, Avoid Complacency
71111.12 - Maintenance Effectiveness
The inspectors reviewed a self
-revealed, Green, non
-cited violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," for the failure to prescribe appropriate work instructions for maintenance on the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump
- A. Specifically, following power cable maintenance on November 9, 2017, the instructions for conducting a post
-maintenance test for the transfer pump were inadequate to detect a high resistance connection in the associated motor control center.
Description: On November 12, 2017, the licensee was conducting a 24
-hour surveillance test run of Unit 1 diesel generator
(EDG) A. The EDG was fully loaded at 10:19 a.m. which began the 24-hour test period. At 10:53 a.m.
, control room operators received a fuel oil transfer pump A inoperable equipment status alarm. The diesel fuel oil transfer pump
A did not start on a diesel fuel oil day tank low level signal. Operators manually unloaded and stopped the EDG a few minutes later and declared the Unit 1 EDG A inoperable due to its inability to run for its design basis mission time and began troubleshooting the failed fuel oil transfer pump.
Licensee electricians took electrical resistance readings across the connections in the motor control center for the fuel oil transfer pump breaker. The electricians identified that the direct cause of the transfer pump failure was a high variable resistance secondary stab connection in the motor control center cubicle. The electricians removed the breaker and cleaned and adjusted the connection. Electricians reinstalled the breaker and confirmed an acceptable as left connection resistance of less than 0.2 ohms. The diesel fuel oil transfer pump was successfully retested with a 20 minute functional run and the Unit 1 EDG A was declared operable following the successful completion of the 24
-hour surveillance run on November 14, 2017.
The licensee's apparent cause investigation determine
d that the diesel fuel oil transfer pump breaker had been removed from service for periodic predictive maintenance on November 9, 2017 , under work order 4685719. During this maintenance activity licensee engineers disconnected the diesel fuel oil transfer pump motor power and control cables for megger testing. Cable lug screw connections attach each of these cables to the secondary stab connections on the movable motor breaker and the stationary motor control center chassis. Cable connections on the secondary stab connections are removed for testing, and then following testing, the cables are re
-landed onto the secondary stabs of the breaker and motor control center chassis. The licensee's work planners had not recognized the possibility that removing and re
-landing the cables on the lug screw connections had the potential to disturb the motor control center secondary stab connections.
The post-maintenance test associated with the cable testing was a momentary start of the diesel fuel oil transfer pump. The transfer pump's control switch was held in the start position for only a few seconds.
The licensee's apparent cause
investigation identified that nonintrusive as
-left quantitative resistance checks could have been used to assess the integrity of the secondary stab connections. The licensee performs similar checks when performing individual breaker cubicle preventative
maintenance tasks that actively remove and re-test the individual motor control center bucket. Such a check was the method used by the electricians to initially diagnose the breaker failure. However, no such quantitative resistance check was specified in the cable testing work order.
The post-maintenance test was not written in accordance with station procedure 30DP
-9WP04, "Post
-Maintenance Testing Development," Revision 19, Step 4.1.1
, which states, in part, that the post
-maintenance test shall ensure that equipment performs its intended function when returned to service following maintenance, that a new deficiency has not been created, and that the equipment will function as designed for safe and reliable plant operation. The act of de
-terminating and re-terminating the diesel fuel oil transfer pump cable for testing created new failure deficiency by disturbing electrical continuity and creating a high resistance condition at the secondary stab connection that impacted EDG operability. The post
-maintenance test following the cable testing maintenance was not adequate to ensure that a new deficiency had not been created.
Corrective Action: The licensee has taken corrective action to revise the work instructions for performing future cable testing to include quantitative resistance retests when re
-terminating motor control center secondary stab connections. As an interim measure
, the inspectors confirmed that all safety
-related 480V electrical breakers that have been subject to this cable testing have performed satisfactorily during subsequent diesel generator surveillance testing.
Corrective Action Reference
- Condition Report 17
-16497 Performance Assessment
- Performance Deficiency: The licensee's failure to prescribe appropriate retest activities following predictive maintenance on diesel fuel oil transfer pump cables is a performance
deficiency.
Screening: The performance deficiency is more
-than-minor and a finding because it is associated with the equipment performance attribute of the mitigating systems cornerstone objective to ensure the availability, reliability, and capability of systems that respond to initiating events to prevent undesirable consequences. Specifically, on November 9, 2017, the licensee performed cable testing that
disturbed the power cables for the Unit 1 diesel fuel
oil transfer pump
A. Without an appropriate post
-maintenance test, this activity rendered the Unit 1 diesel generator
A inoperable.
Significance: The inspectors performed the initial significance determination using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix A, "Significance Determination Process for Findings at Power," Exhibit 2, "Mitigating Systems Screening Questions
" and determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because the finding did not represent an actual loss of safety function of a single train for greater that its technical specification allowed outage time.
Cross-cutting Aspect: The finding has a cross
-cutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the avoid complacency aspect. Specifically, licensee work planners did not consider potential undesired consequences associated with disturbing
the power cables leads, instead relying on past successful tests [H.12].
Enforcement
- Violation: Title 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings," requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances and be accomplished in accordance with these instructions, procedures, or drawings.
Contrary to the above, on November 9, 2017, the licensee performed maintenance on the Unit 1 diesel fuel oil transfer pump
A, an activity affecting quality to which Appendix B
applies, without documented instructions, procedures, or drawings of a type appropriate to the circumstances. Specifically, work order 4685719 did not include appropriate testing to ensure the maintenance was successful and the pump was returned to service, and as a result
, the Unit 1 diesel generator
A was rendered inoperable from November 9, 2017 to November 14, 2017. Disposition:
This violation is being treated as a non
-cited violation consistent with Section 2.3.2.a of the Enforcement Policy.
EXIT MEETING S AND DEBRIEFS
The inspectors verified no proprietary information was retained or documented in this report.
On February 16, 2018, the inspector presented the radiation safety inspection results to Ms.
- M. Lacal, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Oversight, and other members of the licensee staff.
On March 2, 2018, the inspector provided a debrief for the emergency preparedness program inspection to Mr.
- M. McLaughlin, Vice President, Operations Support, and other members of the licensee staff. On March 29, 2018, the inspector communicated the inspection results telephonically to Mr.
- T. Weber, Acting Director, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, and other members of the licensee staff.
On April 11, 2018, the inspector presented the quarterly resident's inspection results to Mr.
- J. Cadogan, Senior Vice President, Site Operations, and other members of the licensee staff.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
DOCUMENTS REVIEWED
Section 1R04: Equipment Alignment
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40ST-9AF07 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump AFA
-P01 Monthly Valve Alignment 6 40ST-9SI13 LPSI and CS System Alignment Verification
Condition Reports (CRs)
16-17321 17-03027 Drawing s Number Title Revision 03-M-HJP-001 P&I Diagram Control Building HVAC
03-M-HJP-002 P&I Diagram Control Building HVAC
03-M-SIP-001 P&I Diagram Safety Injection & Shutdown Cooling System
03-P-SIF-0207 Auxiliary Building Isometric Safety Injection System LPSI & Cont. Spray Discharge
03-P-SIF-0201 Auxiliary Building Isometric Safety Injection System ESF Pump Suction Lines
Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision STM-30D System Training Manual Volume 30D: Control Building HVAC System (HJ)
Section 1R05: Fire Protection
Procedures
Number Title Revision 14FT-9FP70 Appendix R & Former Tech Spec Penetration Seal Surveillance
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-03870 18-00999 Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
PVNGS Pre-Fire Strategies Manual
13-MM-0650 Fire Protection & Spray System Sub
007 13-MS-A083 NFPA Code Applicability and Conformance Review
007 4834415 Fire Safety Component Condition Record
November 3, 2016 4834430 Fire Safety Component Condition Record
November 3, 2016 4843902 Fire Safety Component Condition Record
December 6, 2016 Unit 3 Tamper/Vital/Security Tour
- Post 31 February 7, 2018 4971714 Open Door/Hatch/Floor Plug Permit
January 29, 20
4971687 Open Door/Hatch/Floor Plug Permit
January 29, 2018
Section 1R07: Heat Sink Performance
Procedures
Number Title Revision 73DP-9ZZ21 Heat Exchanger Visual Inspection
73DP-9ZZ11 Heat Exchanger Program
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-03133 18-03138 18-03139 Work Orders
(WOs) 4591574 4591575 4667054 4667055 4667098 Section 1R11: Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40OP-9MB01 Main Generation and Excitation
40DP-9OP02 Conduct of Operations
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40AL-9RK6A Panel B06A Alarm Responses
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-02797 18-02593 18-03215 Miscellaneous
Number Title Date Current Alarm Status Report
February 16, 20
Section 1R12: Maintenance Effectiveness
Procedures
Number Title Revision 32MT-9ZZ74 Molded Case Circuit Breaker Test
30DP-9WP04 Post-Maintenance Testing Development
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-08025-005 17-08025 17-16497 Work Orders
(WOs) 4925959 4925966 4925967 4925969 4685719 4788985 Section 1R13: Maintenance Risk Assessments and Emergent Work Control
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40DP-9AP21 Protected Equipment
70DP-0RA05 Assessment and Management of Risk when Performing Maintenance in Modes 1 and 2
40MT-9ZZ01 Operations Maintenance Activities
40DP-9RS01 Operations Department Online Nuclear Risk Management Mode 1 and 2
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-00249 185-00136 18-00336 18-02544 Miscellaneous
Number Title Date Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 1
January 4, 2018 Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 1
February 23, 2018 Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 3
February 1, 2018
Scheduler's Evaluation for PV Unit 2
March 19, 2018
Unit 3 Archived Operator Logs
January 29, 2018
- February 4, 2018
Section 1R15: Operability Determinations and Functionality Assessments
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40ST-9ZZm1 Operations Mode 1 Surveillance Logs
40AL-9RK6A Panel B06A Alarm Responses
74DP-9CY04 Systems Chemistry Specifications
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-18475 12-01397 17-17856 13-01198 18-03127 17-16393 18-03215 18-03291 18-02839 18-01610 18-02334 3127427 18-02468 18-03980 Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
03-E-SGF-023 Control Wiring Diagram Main Steam Isolation Valves
18-02334-003 Engineering Evaluation
February 15, 20
4428056 Adverse CRDR
July 19, 2013
EQ Program Manual
Section 1R18: Plant Modifications
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-04116 Work Orders
(WOs) 4989102 Miscellaneous
Number Title Date DEC-01035 Design Equivalent Change
April 12 , 2017 Section 1R19: Post
-Maintenance Testing
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40OP-9CH12 Refueling Water Tank (RWT) Operations
32MT-9ZZ13 Testing and Calibration of 121FC66K01A Time Overcurrent Relays 4 32MT-9ZZ17 Testing and Calibration of 12PJC11AV1A Instantaneous Overcurrent Relays
40OP-9EW02 Essential Cooling Water System (EW) Train B
40ST-9DG01 Diesel Generator A Test
73ST-9DG08 Class 1E Diesel Generator Load Reject 24 Hour Rated Load
and Hot Start Test Train B
40ST-9DG02 Diesel Generator B Test
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-00136 18-00197 18-01931 18-00210 18-00290 18-00336 18-00377 18-00346 18-04731 18-04732 Work Orders
(WOs) 4964492 4822983 4981967 4726747 4821113 4847651 4965079 4972486 4847637
Drawings Number Title Revision 01-E-DGB-007 Elementary Diagram: Diesel Engine Control
01-E-DGF-007 Control Wiring Diagram: Diesel Engine
13-M018-00141 Control Schematic (Starting Sequence Control)
Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
18-00210-004 Engineering Evaluation: EDG 1A Unexpected Cooldown during Surveillance Run 1/5/2018
January 8, 2018
Section 1R20: Refueling and Other Outage Activities
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40OP-9MB01 Main Generation and Excitation
Section 1R22: Surveillance Testing
Procedures
Number Title Revision 73DP-9CL02 Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program
73ST-9XI20 Atmospheric Dump Valves
- Inservice Test
73ST-9SI06 Containment Spray Pumps and Check valves
- Inservice Test 42 73ST-9DF01 Diesel Fuel Oil Transfer Pumps
- Inservice Test
40DP-9OP06 Operations Department Repetitive Task Program
130 73ST-9SI06 Containment Spray Pumps and Check Valves
- Inservice Test 42 Condition Reports (CRs)
16-15793 18-03304 18-01314 18-03825 Work Orders
(WOs) 4822921 4840032 4843076 4843390
Miscellaneous
Number Title Revision/Date
13-JC-SI-0215 Containment Spray Pump Discharge Flow Indication Loops Uncertainty Calculation
18-01314-002 Engineering Evaluation: ADV 178 Fast Stroke Time
January 26, 2018
18-03304-002 Engineering Evaluation: SR 3.0.3 Evaluation for
SB-200, 202, and 205
March 2, 2018 Section 1EP2: Alert and Notification System Testing
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date ID/Letter Number: 240-02802 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Alert and Notification System (ANS) FEMA 350 Report
- May 2017 May 26, 2017
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Alert and Notification System (ANS), FEMA 350 Report
May 2017 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Siren Operating Manual November 2015
January 4, 2018
Letter from FEMA Region IX to Director, Division of Emergency Management, State of Arizona
September 19, 2017 State of Arizona/Maricopa County Offsite Emergency Response Plan, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
November 2017
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Emergency Response to Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
August 2016
Work Orders
(WOs) 474965/0 Section 1EP3: Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation
Procedures
Number Title Revision EP-0902 Notifications
EP-0901 Classifications
40AL-9RK7C Panel B07C Alarm Responses 15 40AO-9ZZ21 Acts of Nature
79IS-9SM01 Analysis of Seismic Event
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date 240-02799 JF/MA 2017 1 st Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
March 21, 2017
240-02803 CS/MA 2017 2 nd Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
June 6, 2017
240-02797 2017 3rd Quarter
- Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report (After Hours)
July 25, 2017
240-02808 2017 3rd Quarter
- Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Repo
rt September 6, 2017
240-02817 CS/ma 2017 4 th Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
December 13, 2017 240-02790 JF/MA 2016 2 nd Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
June 23, 2016
240-02791 JF/MA 2016 3 rd Quarter - Emergency Preparedness Augmentation Drill Report
August 3, 2016
240-02798 December 5, 2016, Alert Event Report
January 17, 2017
Section 1EP4: Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes
Procedure Number Title Revision 16DP-0EP22 Emergency Plan Maintenance
11, 12 Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date Evaluation Tracking Number
2017-001E Replace the Meteorological Instrumentation and Data Transmission System (MDTS)
August 8, 2017
Evaluation Tracking Number
2017-003E EP-0900, Rev. 16
August 17, 2017
Evaluation Tracking Number
2017-004E EP-0901, Rev. 10
August 21, 2017
Screening Tracking Number
2017-002S 74RM-9EF42, Radiation Monitor Alarm Setpoint Determination, Rev. 30
April 16, 2017
Screening Tracking Number
2017-022S Procedure EP
-0901, Classifications, Added New EALs form EPLAN R60, Revise PV Proc Format
August 20, 2017
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Date Screening Tracking Number
2017-014S EP-905, Revision 9, Protective Actions
June 7, 2017
Screening Tracking Number
2017-023S DMWO 3452940 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Radio Replacement Project
September 8, 2017 Screening Tracking Number
2017-029S 40AO-9ZZ18 R018 Fire Outside Control Room
September 26, 2017 EPM Tracking Number 2015-006S DEC-00720 Allow Solar
-Charged Offsite Sirens to Replace AC
-Charged Offsite Sirens
February 18, 2015 Section 1EP5: Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness
Procedures
Number Title Revision 01DP-0AP12 Condition Reporting Process
01DP-0AP12-01 Condition Reporting Process Administrative Guide
EP-0905 Protective Actions
EP-0902 Notifications
8, 9, 10 16DP-0EP31 Emergency Preparedness Equipment Out
-of-Service 9 16DP-0EP27 Emergency Preparedness Equipment Testing
16DP-0EP28 Emergency Facility/Kit Inventories and Inspections
Condition Reports (CRs)
16-08461 16-09213 16-11134 16-11930 16-12640 16-13501 16-14593 16-14934 16-16710 17-02188 17-03147 17-03149 17-03202 17-03605 17-03721 17-03736 17-03826 17-03828 17-03829 17-03884 17-04633 17-06893 17-08328 17-10906 17-10949 17-11437 17-13663 17-14927 17-15449 17-15797 17-15884 17-16771 17-17091 17-17218 17-17739 17-18443 18-03244
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Revision/Date
KLD TR-983 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 2017 Population Update Analysis
December 7, 2017 KLD TR-895 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 2016 Population Update Analysis
December 8, 2016 Updated Review of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Emergency Plan 2016 Letters of Agreement
September 29, 2016 Letter # 240
-02819 2017 Review of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Emergency Plan Letters of Agreement
December 26, 2017 NAD Audit 2016
-010 Nuclear Assurance Department (NAD) Audit Plan and Report, 2016
-010, Emergency Preparedness
December 14, 2016 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Date
- June 1, 2017, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program
August 18 , 2017 ID: 240-02806 2017 Onsite Contaminated Injury/Health Physics Drill Report (Revised)
June 23, 2017
ID: 240-02816 2017 Health Physics Drill Report (November 2017)
December 12, 2017 ID: 240-02818 1709 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Blue Team
(December 2017)
December 21, 2017 NAD Audit 2017
-008 Nuclear Assurance Department (NAD) Audit Plan and Report, 2017
-008, Emergency Preparedness
January 25, 2018 240-02812 CS/MA 1704 and 1705 ERO Mini Drills
- ERO White Team and Green Team (June and July 2017)
October 18, 2017 240-02813 CS/MA 1706 ERO Mini Drill
October 18, 2017 240-02814 TW/MA 1707 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Red Team (August 2017) Revision 1
October 18, 2017 Emergency Response Facility Telephone Book, 1 st Quarter Edition 2018
January 1, 2018 240-02801 JF/MA 1702 IPZ Evaluated Exercise
- ERO White Team (March 2017)
April 6, 2017
240-02797 JF/MA 1608 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Red Team
(December 2016)
January 4, 2017 240-02792 JF/MA 1604 and 1605 ERO Drills
September 14, 2016 240-02793 JF/MA 1606 ERO Mini Drill
- ERO Green Team
(September 2016)
October 4, 2016
Miscellaneous Documents
Number Title Revision/Date
240-02795 JF/MA 1609 Off-Hours Drive-in Augmentation Drill
- (November 2016)
December 2, 2016 240-02796 2016 Health Physics Drill Report (November 2016)
December 7, 2016 Evaluation Report 16-11134 Evaluate Adding STSC ENS Communicator Duties to STSC Communicator
September 7, 2016 17-11437-002 Actual Event Investigation, Unit 3 Ammonia Sight glass Break September 28, 2017 17-13663-001 Actual Event Investigation, Unit 2 Loss of Annunciators
October 11, 2017 Level 4 Evaluation Report 17-15797-001 Default Values Used in Dose Assessment
November 30, 2017 Document No.
500599510 Master Agreement Between Arizona Public Service Company and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC for Goods and Services (Effective January 29, 2016 to December 31, 2018)
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After
Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Dates
- March 7-8, 2017, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) May 26, 2017
240-02789 JF/TW 2016 Health Physics Drill Report (Re
-Demonstration)
June 9, 2016
240-02788 JF/MA 2016 Contaminated Injury/Health Physics Drill Report
April 22, 2016
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Date
- November 16, 2016, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP)
February 9, 2017 240-02787 JF/MA 1602 IPZ Exercise
- ERO Green Team (March 2016)
March 25, 2016
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station After Action Report/Improvement Plan, Exercise Date
- November 16, 2016, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP)
February 9, 2017 Level 3 Evaluation Report 18
-02668-002 March 22, 2018
Work Orders (WOs)
4782667 4783959/0 4787729/0 4787847/0 4836236 4836263/0 4860832/0 4862234/0 4862502/0 4885361/0 4889725/0 4896971/0 4901070 4916668/0 4918303/0 4918455/0 4937577/0 4947802/0 Section 1EP6: Drill Evaluation
Procedures
Number Title Revision EP-0900 Emergency Response Organization (ERO) Position Checklists
EP-0901 Classifications
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-02352 18-02503 18-02655 Section 2RS2: Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls
Procedures
Number Title Revision 75DP-0RP03 ALARA Program Overview
75DP-0RP06 ALARA Committee
75DP-0RP08 Managing Radiological Risk
75RP-9RP02 Radiation Work Permits
75RP-9RP25 Temporary Shielding
75TD-9RP02 ALARA Work Planning
Audits and Self
-Assessments
Title Date PVGS Integrated Performance Assessment Report Radiation Protection 2nd Quarter 2017
September 14, 2017
2016 Annual ALARA/Management Evaluation Report
June 23, 2017
2016 Annual Radiation Protection Program Summary Report
July 27, 2017
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-15502 17-15529 17-15802 17-16741 17-17944 17-18180 18-01890 Radiation Work Permits/ALARA Reviews
Number Title RWP 2017-9-1016 RMC Operations and Routine Tasks
RWP 2018-1-1523 Temporary Mat Insulation Fiber Inspection
RWP 2017-3002 Reactor Destack/Restack
RWP 2017-3015 Cavity Decontamination
RWP 2017-3039 10-Year In-Service Inspection Vessel
Miscellaneous
Title Date ALARA 5-Year Plan 2015
- 2019 November 2015 1R20 Radiological Safety Summary In Perspective
November 7, 2017
2R20 Radiological Safety Summary In Perspective
May 9, 2017
3R19 Radiological Safety Summary In Perspective
November 10, 2016
Section 2 RS 4 : Occupational Dose Assessment
Procedures
Number Title Revision 75DP-0RP01 RP Program Overview
75DP-0RP06 Managing Radiological Risk
75RP-9ME23 Exposure Evaluation for Lost, Damaged, or Suspect Dosimetry, and Anticipated EPD Dose Rate Alarm
75RP-9ME24 Dosimetry Processing, Evaluation, and Documentation
75RP-9ME25 TLD Reader Calibration and Response Check
75RP-9RP03 Bioassay Analysis
75RP-9RP05 Contamination Dose Evaluation
75RP-9RP16 Special Dosimetry
75RP-9QE21 Calibration of Self
-Indicating Dosimeters
Procedures
Number Title Revision 75RP-9QE26 Operation and Verification of the Merlin Gerin Model CDM
-21 Calibrator
Audits and Self
-Assessments
Title Date 2016 Annual ALARA/Management Evaluation Report
June 23, 2017
2016 Annual Radiation Protection Program Summary Report
July 27, 2017 Condition Reports (CRs)
17-14033 17-14127 17-14527 17-15700 18-01423 Self-Reading Dosimeter Calibration Records
Number Title Date 837097 Self-Reading Dosimeter
September 8, 2017
836204 Self-Reading Dosimeter
September 9, 2017
833059 Self-Reading Dosimeter
September 30, 2017
810641 Self-Reading Dosimeter gamma/neutron
December 12, 2017
810633 Self-Reading Dosimeter gamma/neutron
December 12, 2017
810552 Self-Reading Dosimeter gamma/neutron
December 13, 2017
Miscellaneous
Number Title Date 2017 Multi-Pack TLD Results
2017 100536 NVLAP Accreditation Report
April 8, 2016
100536 NVLAP Proficiency Testing Results
- TLD May 2, 2016
100536 NVLAP Proficiency Testing Results
-EPD August 5, 2016
100536 NVLAP Accreditation Report
February 15, 2018
2017 Unit 1 Dry Active Waste
December 1, 2017
2017 Unit 2 Dry Active Waste
May 18, 2017
2016 Unit 3 Dry Active Waste
December 22, 2016
25116 Intake Dose Assessment
April 21, 2016
Miscellaneous
Number Title Date 47194 Personnel Dosimetry Processing Report
November 15, 2017 Section 4OA1: Performance Indicator Verification
Miscellaneous
Number Title Date 2016-002-01 Licensee Event Report
June 27, 20 17 2017-001-00 June 27, 2017
June 14, 2017 Palo Verde Plant Computer PI ProcessBook
Palo Verde Control Room Logs (1/1/17
- 12/31/17) Section 4OA2: Problem Identification and Resolution
Procedures
Number Title Revision 40ST-9DG01 Diesel Generator A Test
Condition Reports (CRs)
17-15901 18-03517 17-15838 17-11155 17-09750 16-03783 Section 4OA3:
Follow-up of Events and Notices of Enforcement Discretion
Condition Reports (CRs)
18-02544 18-02688 18-02664 18-02605 18-02716
The following items are requested for the
Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection
at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
February 12 to 16, 2018
Integrated Report 2018001
Inspection areas are listed in the attachments below.
Please provide the requested information on or before January 26, 2018.
Please submit this information using the same lettering system as below. For example, all contacts and phone numbers for Inspection Procedure 71124.0
should be in a file/folder titled
"1- A," applicable organization charts in file/folder "
1- B," etc. If information is placed on ims.certrec.com, please ensure the inspection exit date entered is at least 30 days later than the onsite inspection dates, so the inspectors will have access to the information while writing the report.
In addition to the corrective action document lists provided for each inspection procedure listed below, please provide updated lists of corrective action documents at the entrance meeting. The dates for these lists should range from the end dates of the original lists to the day of the entrance meeting.
If more than one inspection procedure is to be conducted and the information requests appear to be redundant, there is no need to provide duplicate copies. Enter a note explaining in which file the information can be found.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Louis Carson at (817) 200-1221 or louis.carson@nrc.gov. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
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.
2. Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls (71124.02)
Date of Last Inspection:
October 20, 2017
A. List of contacts and telephone numbers for ALARA program personnel
B. Applicable organization charts
- C. Copies of audits, self
-assessments, and LERs, written since date of last inspection
, focusing on ALARA
D. Procedure index for ALARA Program
E. Please provide specific procedures related to the following areas noted below. Additional Specific Procedures may be requested by number
after the inspector reviews the procedure indexes.
1. ALARA Program
2. ALARA Committee
3. Radiation Work Permit Preparation
F. A summary list of corrective action documents (including corporate and sub
-tiered systems) written since date of last inspection, related to the ALARA program. In addition to ALARA, the summary should also address Radiation Work Permit violations, Electronic Dosimeter Alarms, and RWP Dose Estimates
NOTE: The lists should indicate the significance level
of each issue and the search criteria used. Please provide in document formats which are "searchable" so that the inspector can perform word searches.
- G. List of work activities greater than 1 rem, since date of last inspection, Include original dose estimate and actual dose.
H. Site dose totals and 3
-year rolling averages for the past 3 years (based on dose of record) I. Outline of source term reduction strategy
- J. If available, provide a copy of the ALARA outage report for the most recently completed outages for each unit
K. Please provide your most recent Annual ALARA Report.
4. Occupational Dose Assessment (Inspection Procedure 71124.04)
Date of Last Inspection:
January 22, 2016
A. List of contacts and telephone numbers for the following areas:
1. Dose Assessment personnel
B. Applicable organization charts
- C. Audits, self
-assessments, vendor or NUPIC audits of contractor support, and LERs written since date of last inspection, related to:
1. Occupational
Dose Assessment
D. Procedure indexes for the following areas:
1. Occupational Dose Assessment
E. Please provide specific procedures related to the following areas noted below. Additional Specific Procedures will be requested by number after the inspector reviews the procedure indexes.
1. Radiation Protection Program
2. Radiation Protection Conduct of Operations
3. Personnel Dosimetry Program
4. Radiological Posting and Warning Devices
5. Air Sample Analysis
6. Performance of High Exposure Work
7. Declared Pregnant Worker
8. Bioassay Program
F. List of corrective action documents (including corporate and sub
-tiered systems) written since date of last inspection, associated with:
1. National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
2. Dosimetry (TLD/OSL, etc.) problems
3. Electronic alarming dosimeters
4. Bioassays or internally deposited radionuclides or internal dose
5. Neutron dose
NOTE: The lists should indicate the significance level
of each issue and the search criteria used. Please provide in document formats which are "searchable" so that the inspector can perform word searches.
- G. List of positive whole body counts since date of last inspection, names redacted if desired H. Part 61 analyses/scaling factors
- I. The most recent National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) accreditation report or, if dosimetry is provided by a vendor, the vendor's most recent results
SUNSI Review:
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Non-Sensitive Keyword: By: JDixon
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