ML030990089
| ML030990089 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/2003 |
| From: | Marschall C NRC/RGN-IV/DRS/EMB |
| To: | Overbeck G Arizona Public Service Co |
| References | |
| IR-03-007 | |
| Download: ML030990089 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000529/2003007
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April 8, 2003
Gregg R. Overbeck, Senior Vice
President, Nuclear
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 52034
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034
SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF AN
NRC TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION BASELINE INSPECTION 50-528/03-07;
50-529/03-07; 50-530/03-07
Dear Mr. Overbeck:
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
Region IV staff, will conduct a triennial fire protection baseline inspection at the Palo Verde
Nuclear Generating Station in June of 2003. The inspection team will be comprised of a team
of reactor inspectors from the NRC Region IV office and a contractor. The inspection will be
conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71111.05, Fire Protection, the NRCs
baseline fire protection inspection procedure.
The schedule for the inspection is as follows:
- Information gathering visit - May 27 - 29, 2003
- First week of onsite inspection - June 9 - 13, 2003
- Second week of onsite inspection - June 23 - 27, 2003
In advance of the onsite inspection, some members of the inspection team will visit the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station during the week of May 27 - 29, 2003, to obtain information
and documentation needed to support the inspection, become familiar with your fire protection
program and, as necessary, obtain plant-specific site-access training and badging for
unescorted site access. A nonexhaustive list of the types of documents the team will be
interested in reviewing, and possibly obtaining, are listed in the Enclosure. The team leader will
determine at that time the documents necessary for examination in our regional office in
preparation for the onsite portion of this inspection. We would appreciate it if you could send
this information to our office in Arlington, Texas, so that it will arrive no later than noon on
June 2, 2003.
Arizona Public Service Company -2-
During the week prior to the inspection, the team leader will discuss the following inspection
support administrative details: office space, size and location; specific documents requested to
be made available to the team in their office spaces; arrangements for site access (including
radiation protection training, security, safety, and fitness-for-duty requirements); and the
availability of knowledgeable plant engineering and licensing organization personnel to serve as
points of contact during the inspection.
We request that during the onsite inspection week, you ensure that copies of analyses,
evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of the fire
protection program, including post-fire safe shutdown capability, be readily accessible to the
team for their review. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your fire
protection program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC
and industry fire protection guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of: (1) those
plant systems required to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions from inside and
outside the control room, (2) the electrical aspects of the post-fire safe shutdown analyses,
(3) reactor plant fire protection systems, and (4) the fire protection program and its
implementation should be available at the site during the inspection.
Your cooperation and support during this inspection will be appreciated. If you have questions
concerning this inspection or the inspection teams information or logistical needs, please
contact Ray Mullikin at 817-860-8102.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Charles S. Marschall, Chief
Engineering and Maintenance Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530
Licenses: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74
Enclosure: Reactor Fire Protection Program
Supporting Documentation
cc w/enclosure:
Steve Olea
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Arizona Public Service Company -3-
Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel
Southern California Edison Company
Law Department, Generation Resources
P.O. Box 800
Rosemead, California 91770
Chairman
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Aubrey V. Godwin, Director
Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency
4814 South 40 Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85040
Craig K. Seaman, Director
Regulatory Affairs/Nuclear Assurance
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Mail Station 7636
P.O. Box 52034
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034
Hector R. Puente
Vice President, Power Generation
El Paso Electric Company
2702 N. Third Street, Suite 3040
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Terry Bassham, Esq.
General Counsel
El Paso Electric Company
123 W. Mills
El Paso, Texas 79901
John W. Schumann
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Southern California Public Power Authority
P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C
Los Angeles, California 90051-0100
John Taylor
Public Service Company of New Mexico
2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107-4224
Arizona Public Service Company -4-
Jarlath Curran
Southern California Edison Company
5000 Pacific Coast Hwy. Bldg. DIN
San Clemente, California 92672
Robert Henry
Salt River Project
6504 East Thomas Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Brian Almon
Public Utility Commission
William B. Travis Building
P.O. Box 13326
1701 North Congress Avenue
Arizona Public Service Company -5-
Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (EWM)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
Senior Resident Inspector (NLS)
Branch Chief, DRP/D (LJS)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (JAC)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
RITS Coordinator (NBH)
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ENCLOSURE
Reactor Fire Protection Program Supporting Documentation
1. The current version of the fire protection program and fire hazards analysis.
2. A listing of the fire protection program implementing procedures (e.g., administrative
controls, maintenance, surveillance testing, fire brigade).
3. Pre-fire plans.
4. Post-fire safe shutdown analysis.
5. Piping and instrumentation (flow) diagrams highlighting the system and components
used to achieve and maintain hot standby and cold shutdown for fires outside the
control room and those components used for those areas requiring alternative shutdown
capability.
6. Plant layout and equipment drawings that identify the physical plant locations of major
hot standby and cold shutdown equipment.
7. Plant layout drawings that identify plant fire area and/or fire zone delineation, areas
protected by automatic fire suppression and detection, and the locations of fire
protection equipment.
8. Plant layout drawings that identify the general location of the post-fire emergency
lighting units.
9. A listing of plant operating procedures that would be used and which describe shutdown
from inside the control room with a postulated fire occurring in any plant area outside the
control room, and procedures that would be used to implement alternative shutdown
capability in the event of a fire in either the control or cable spreading room.
10. A listing of fire protection and post-fire safe shutdown related design change packages
(including their associated 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations) performed in the last three years.
11. A listing of Generic Letter 86-10 evaluations performed in the last three years.
12. The plants individual plant examination external event report, results of any post-
individual plant examination external event reviews, and listings of actions taken or plant
modifications conducted in response to individual plant examination external event
information.
13. Organization charts of site personnel down to the level of fire protection staff personnel.
14. A listing of applicable codes and standards related to the design of plant fire protection
features and evaluations of any code deviations.
15. Listing of open and closed fire protection condition reports initiated within the last three
years.
16. Copies of the licensing basis documents for fire protection (SERs, exemptions,
deviations, etc.).