ML030990089

IR 05000529-03-007; 05000529-03-007; 05000530-03-007, 06/03. Arizona Public Service Co., Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station; Notification of an NRC Triennial Fire Protection Baseline Inspection

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

Text

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

Austin, Texas 78701-3326

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)

ADAMS: * Yes * No Initials: ______

• Publicly Available * Non-Publicly Available * Sensitive * Non-Sensitive

SRI:EMB C:EMB

CEJohnson/lmb CSMarschall

/RA/ /RA/

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax

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.).