IR 05000528/2021005

Mid-Cycle Inspection Plan Transmittal Letter for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station - Units 1, 2 and 3 (Report 05000528/2021005, 05000529/2021005, and 05000530/2021005)

ML21232A226
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	09/01/2021
From:	John Dixon NRC Region 4
To:	Lacal M Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR 2021005
Download: ML21232A226 (7)

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September 1, 2021

SUBJECT:

UPDATED INSPECTION PLAN FOR PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 (REPORT 05000528/2021005, 05000529/2021005, AND 05000530/2021005)

Dear Mrs. Lacal:

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2023, for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC is adjusting inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). Each planned inspection is being carefully reviewed in order to determine if any portions of the inspection can be performed remotely, determine how best to perform on-site portions to minimize personnel health risks, and adjust inspection schedules if needed. This is done in accordance with guidance contained in the February 1, 2021 memo, Calendar Year 2021 Inspection Guidance During COVID-19 Telework Restrictions located in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) (ADAMS Accession No. ML21027A274). For inspections requiring extensive coordination with offsite organizations, such as evaluated emergency preparedness exercises, NRC guidance and frequently asked questions for security and emergency preparedness can be found here: https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/security-ep/. Similarly, the NRC has developed guidance if force-on-force inspections cannot be completed as scheduled due to an emergency, such as the COVID-19 PHE. These changes help ensure the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while maintaining the NRCs important safety and security mission during the COVID-19 PHE. The attached inspection plan is accurate on the date of issuance but remains subject to change based on approval of potential exemption requests or other changes needed due to changing conditions in the COVID-19 PHE. NRC staff will contact your appropriate regulatory affairs staff in order to coordinate inspection planning and scheduling.

The NRC will also be performing baseline inspections of licensee cyber security programs. The specific schedule and procedure to be used for these inspections is being developed by the NRC staff. The staff expects to communicate the schedule for these inspections to each utility separately. Additionally, during this period the NRC will perform an additional inspection per a revised version Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerability in Electrical Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01) for any sites who elect to implement the guidance of the Industry Initiative on Open Phase Condition, Revision 3 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML19163A176), which included an option for relying on annunciation and operator manual actions instead of automatic protective features to isolate a power supply affected by an open phase condition. Licensees will be individually notified when the NRC schedules these inspections.

On November 17, 2020, the NRC issued Confirmatory Order EA-20-054 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20323A035), which was associated with your facilitys failure to properly evaluate changes to the onsite dry cask storage system and the failure to adequately analyze the consequences of a hypothetical spent fuel cask tip-over accident. The Regional Administrator has approved the staffs plan to conduct a follow-up inspection of planned Confirmatory Order actions in accordance with Inspection Procedure 92702, Followup on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, And Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders. The NRC will coordinate with your staff to schedule these inspection activities in 2022.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of ADAMS and is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at (817) 200-1574 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, John L. Digitally signed by John L. Dixon Dixon Date: 2021.09.01 08:39:23 -05'00'

John L. Dixon, Jr., Chief Reactor Projects Branch D Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 05000528, 05000529, and 05000530 License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74 Enclosure:

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IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan 07200044 - Palo Verde (ISFSI)

07/01/2021 - 06/30/2023 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count ISFSI Security Inspection - IP 81311 1 1 8/23/2021 8/26/2021 IP 81311 001006 Physical Security Requirements for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Palo Verde ISFSI Confirmatory Order Follow-up Inspection (Part 72) 2 1 10/1/2022 11/30/2022 IP 92702 CONF 001701 Enforcement Related Order Follow-Up-Only 1 10/1/2022 11/30/2022 IP 92703 001019 Followup of Confirmatory Action Letters or Orders Prepared on 8/18/2021 1:56:04 PM 1 of 4

IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan Palo Verde 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2023 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Security Access Authorization .01 and Access Control .02 w/PIV 2 1, 2, 3 8/23/2021 8/27/2021 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization 1, 2, 3 8/23/2021 8/27/2021 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2, 3 8/23/2021 8/27/2021 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1, 2, 3 8/23/2021 8/27/2021 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification Security FFD .08 1 1, 2, 3 8/23/2021 8/27/2021 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program TI 2515/194 - PV 2 1, 2, 3 9/12/2021 9/18/2021 TI 2515/194 000512 Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated With the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerabilities In Electric Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01)

RP 1,2,3,PI 2 1, 2, 3 10/18/2021 10/22/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2, 3 10/18/2021 10/22/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2, 3 10/18/2021 10/22/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE WEEKS - PV 6 1, 2, 3 1/10/2022 1/14/2022 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing 1, 2, 3 1/31/2022 2/4/2022 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Team) - 21M - Palo Verde 6 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/18/2022 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

EP Program and PI Inspection - PV 1 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification Access Control .02 1 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1, 2, 3 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification PV 2022 INITIAL EXAM 5 1, 2, 3 3/27/2022 4/2/2022 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1, 2, 3 5/1/2022 5/7/2022 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Inservice Inspection 1RF23 - PV 1 Prepared on 8/18/2021 1:56:04 PM 2 of 4

IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan 1 4/11/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP 1,2,PI 2 1, 2, 3 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2, 3 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls RP 6,7 2 1, 2, 3 5/16/2022 5/20/2022 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1, 2, 3 5/16/2022 5/20/2022 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program RP 2,4 2 1, 2, 3 6/6/2022 6/10/2022 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2, 3 6/6/2022 6/10/2022 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment MC&A 1 1, 2, 3 6/6/2022 6/10/2022 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

Security Training/Equip Maint .07 and .04 2 1, 2, 3 9/12/2022 9/16/2022 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1, 2, 3 9/12/2022 9/16/2022 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training PV 2022 BRQ 3 1, 2, 3 9/25/2022 10/1/2022 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance Palo Verde ISFSI Confirmatory Order Follow-up Inspection (Part 50) Feeder for Residents' report 2 1, 2, 3 10/1/2022 10/2/2022 IP 92702 001555 Follow-Up on Traditional Enforcement Actions Including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, and Orders 1, 2, 3 10/1/2022 10/2/2022 IP 92702 CONF 001701 Enforcement Related Order Follow-Up-Only Inservice Inspection 3RF23 - PV 1 3 10/10/2022 10/21/2022 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

Cyber Security Inspection - PV 4 1, 2, 3 12/5/2022 12/9/2022 IP 71130.10P 000741 Cyber Security Heat Exchanger/Sink Performance Inspection - 07T - Palo Verde 2 1, 2, 3 1/1/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Sink Performance 10 CFR 50.59 Inspection - 17T - Palo Verde 3 1, 2, 3 1/1/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments EP 2023 Exercise Scenario In-Office Rvw 71114.08 - PV 4 1, 2, 3 1/1/2023 2/7/2023 IP 71114.08 000723 Exercise Evaluation  Scenario Review Security FFD .08 1 1, 2, 3 1/23/2023 1/27/2023 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program EP 2023 Biennial Exercise & PI Inspection 4 1, 2, 3 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation Prepared on 8/18/2021 1:56:04 PM 3 of 4

IP 22b Site Inspection Activity Plan 1, 2, 3 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2, 3 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification Inservice Inspection 2R24 1 2 4/10/2023 4/21/2023 IP 71111.08P 000702 Inservice Inspection Activities (PWR)

RP 1,3,PI 2 1, 2, 3 4/17/2023 4/21/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2, 3 4/17/2023 4/21/2023 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation PV 2023 INITIAL EXAM 6 1, 2, 3 3/26/2023 4/1/2023 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1, 2, 3 4/30/2023 5/6/2023 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Palo Verde Biennial PI&R 4 1, 2, 3 6/26/2023 6/30/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution Prepared on 8/18/2021 1:56:04 PM 4 of 4