ML070680073

Meeting with Arizona Public Service Company and Synergy Plans for Conducting a Third-Party Safety Culture Assessment at Palo Verde Generating Station

ML070680073
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/09/2007
From:	Markley M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Terao D NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
Markley, M T, NRR/DORL/LP4, 301-415-5723
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FOIA/PA-2007-0157
Download: ML070680073 (5)

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March 9, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: David Terao, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing FROM: Michael T. Markley, Project Manager /RA/

Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING CLOSED MEETING WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY AND SYNERGY DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

LOCATION: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T-7A1 Rockville, Maryland PURPOSE: To discuss Arizona Public Service Company (APS) plans for conducting a third-party safety culture assessment at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, as described in NRC Inspection Procedure 95003, Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs, or One Red Input

[Agencywide Document Access and Management System Accession No. ML062970393]

CATEGORY: This meeting is closed to the public in its entirety to discuss proprietary information about the licensees safety culture assessment and methodology.

PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Office of Enforcement (OE), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), and Region IV.

NRC APS Synergy V. Barnes, RES M. Markley, NRR J. Copsey J. Guilbert J. Cai, NRR M. Keefe, RES S. Bauer H. Levin R. Gramm, NRR T. Pruett, Region IV G. Werner, Region IV, et al.

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

Enclosure:

Agenda (ADAMS Accession No. ML070680073) cc w/encl: See next page MEETING CONTACTS: M. Markley, NRR M. Fields, NRR 301-415-5723 301-415-3062 mtm@nrc.gov mbf1@nrc.gov

• Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings (67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002

ML070680073) cc w/encl: See next page MEETING CONTACTS: M. Markley, NRR M. Fields, NRR 301-415-5723 301-415-3062 mtm@nrc.gov mbf1@nrc.gov

• Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings (67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002 DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC RidsNrrDorlLpl4 RidsRgn4MailCenter (TPruett)

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ADAMS Accession No: ML070680073 OFFICE NRR/LPL4/PM NRR/LPL4/LA NRR/LPL4/BC NAME MMarkley LFeizollahi DTerao DATE 3/9/07 3/9/07 3/9/07

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Mr. Steve Olea Mr. John Taylor Arizona Corporation Commission Public Service Company of New Mexico 1200 W. Washington Street 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Mr. Douglas Kent Porter Mr. Geoffrey M. Cook Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy Bldg N50 Law Department, Generation Resources San Clemente, CA 92672 P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project Senior Resident Inspector 6504 East Thomas Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scottsdale, AZ 85251 P.O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Mr. Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel Regional Administrator, Region IV El Paso Electric Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Location 167 Harris Tower & Pavillion 123 W. Mills 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 El Paso, TX 79901 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Mr. John Schumann Chairman Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Southern California Public Power Authority 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Phoenix, AZ 85003 Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Mr. Brian Almon Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency Public Utility Commission 4814 South 40 Street William B. Travis Building Phoenix, AZ 85040 P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Mr. Scott Bauer, Acting General Manager Austin, TX 78701-3326 Regulatory Affairs and Performance Improvement Ms. Karen O'Regan Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Environmental Program Manager Mail Station 7636 City of Phoenix P.O. Box 52034 Office of Environmental Programs Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 200 West Washington Street Phoenix AZ 85003 Mr. Matthew Benac Assistant Vice President Mr. Randall K. Edington Nuclear & Generation Services Senior Vice President, Nuclear El Paso Electric Company Mail Station 7602 340 East Palm Lane, Suite 310 Arizona Public Service Company Phoenix, AZ 85004 P. O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 WORKING-LEVEL MEETING WITH

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY AND SYNERGY ON LICENSEE SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT MARCH 14-15, 2007

1. Introductions

2. Background for meeting

3. Discuss the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) expectations for the licensee safety culture assessment:

• Specific aspects that will be evaluated by the NRC are described in Inspection Procedure (IP) 95003 Sections 02.07, 03.07, and relevant enclosures to the IP.

• Assessment team must be independent of licensee (including corporate) personnel, conducted by a third party.

• All functional groups (including contractors), all management levels (including corporate) must be included with a rationale for sample selection and sizes.

• Cross-walk to all 13 of NRCs safety culture components.

• Rationale for method(s) selected and technical basis for combination of methods.

• Technical basis for method(s) (e.g., if a survey is used, documentation of statistical characteristics of survey instrument, survey administration protocol).

• Assessment tools should consider insights from prior site safety culture assessment, other self-assessments, and NRC findings for the past two years as deserving special attention.

4. Meeting closing remarks

5. Adjourn