ML16336A832

Notification of Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments, & Permanent Plant Modifications Inspection (05000528/2017007; 05000529/2017007; and 05000530/2017007) & Request for Information

ML16336A832
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	12/01/2016
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Bement R Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR 2017007
Download: ML16336A832 (6)

See also: IR 05000528/2017007

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD

ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511

December 1, 2016

Mr. Robert S. Bement

Executive Vice President Nuclear/

Chief Nuclear Officer

Mail Station 7602

Arizona Public Service Company

P. O. Box 52034

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -

NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND

EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS

INSPECTION (05000528/2017007; 05000529/2017007; AND 05000530/2017007)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Bement:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

staff will conduct the baseline inspection of changes, tests, experiments, and permanent

plant modifications at your Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, from

February 27, 2017, to March 3, 2017. The inspection will consist of three reactor inspectors

from the NRCs Region IV office for one on-site week. The inspection will be conducted in

accordance with NRC Inspection Procedure 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and

Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications.

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive for both the NRC inspectors

and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a

productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection.

Please note that the documents are requested to be provided by February 15, 2017. Upon

review of these documents, the inspectors will select additional documentation for review upon

arrival. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date and complete in order to

minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the

on-site portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff. If there are any

questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector,

James Drake, by telephone at 817-200-1558 or by e-mail at James.Drake@nrc.gov.

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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. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the

requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control

number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of

this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public

Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document

system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Thomas R. Farnholtz, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

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

License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74

Enclosure:

Request for Information

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Letter to Robert S. Bement from Thomas R. Farnholtz, dated December 1, 2016

SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 -

NOTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND

EXPERIMENTS, AND PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS

INSPECTION (05000528/2017007; 05000529/2017007; AND 05000530/2017007)

AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Charles.Peabody@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (David.You@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov)

PV Administrative Assistant (Yvonne.Dubay@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/D (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (John.Dixon@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/D (Brian.Parks@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/D (Jan.Tice@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov)

Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRS/IPAT (Eduardo.Uribe@nrc.gov)

Senior Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov)

RIV RSLO (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov)

Request for Information

Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications

Inspection

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

Inspection Report: 05000528/2017007, 05000529/2017007, and 05000530/2017007

Inspection Dates: February 27, 2017 to March 3, 2017

Inspection Procedure: IP 71111.17T, Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments

and Permanent Plant Modifications

Lead Inspector: James Drake, Senior Reactor Inspector

Information Requested for the In-Office Preparation Week

The following information should be provided to the Region IV office in hard copy or electronic

format or via CERTREC (preferred) by February 15, 2017, to the attention of Jim Drake. We

request that you categorize the documents in your response with the numbered list below. If

only hard copies of the requested documents are available or if the electronic format is too

large, please inform the lead inspector and provide the documents on the first day of the on-site

inspection. Also, the inspectors will select specific items from the information requested below

and request from your staff additional documents needed during the on-site inspection week.

We ask that the specific items requested be available and ready for review on the first day of

inspection. If you have any questions regarding this information request, please contact the

lead inspector as soon as possible.

1. Procedure(s) for conducting 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and evaluations.

2. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 screenings (or equivalent) of fully

implemented changes, tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial

modification inspection that did not result in an evaluation.

3. A list with descriptions of all 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations of fully implemented changes,

tests, and experiments performed since the last triennial modification inspection that did

not result in an application for a license amendment.

4. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to 10 CFR 50.59

screenings and evaluations since the last triennial modification inspection.

5. A list of personnel qualified to prepare 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or evaluations,

including qualification dates.

6. A list of personnel qualified to review and approve 10 CFR 50.59 screenings and/or

evaluations, including qualification dates.

7. Procedure(s) for implementing permanent plant modifications.

Enclosure

8. A list with descriptions of all permanent plant modifications fully implemented since the

last triennial modification inspection.

9. A list with descriptions of all corrective action documents related to permanent plant

modifications fully implemented since the last triennial modification inspection.

10. Current revisions of the Technical Specifications and bases and the Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report.

11. A copy of the most recent audits/self-assessments performed of the 10 CFR 50.59 and

permanent plant modification programs.

12. A copy of the most recent submittal of the report containing a brief description of any

changes, tests, and experiments, including a summary of the evaluation of each,

required by 10 CFR 50.59(d)(2).

13. A list of systems and system designators and a set of one-line (i.e., simplified) system

diagrams.

Note: Descriptions should be brief, but of sufficient detail to ensure that inspectors can

determine the safety and/or risk significance of the screenings, evaluations, and

modifications.

Note: For this inspection, permanent plant modifications include permanent plant changes,

design changes, set point changes, procedure changes, equivalency evaluations,

suitability analyses, calculations, and commercial grade dedications.

Lead Inspector Contact Information:

James Drake

Senior Reactor Inspector

817-200-1558

James.Drake@nrc.gov

Mailing Address:

U.S. NRC, Region IV

ATTN: James Drake

1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4125

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