ML12069A387

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station - Notification of NRC Triennial Heat Sink Performance Inspection, (05000528/2012003)

ML12069A387
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/09/2012
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Edington R K Arizona Public Service Co
References
IR-12-003
Download: ML12069A387 (6)

See also: IR 05000528/2012003

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March 9, 2012

Randall K. Edington, Executive Vice President, Nuclear/CNO Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034, Mail Stop 7602 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENARATING STATION - NOTIFICATION OF NRC TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE INSPECTION (05000528/529/530/2012003)

Dear Mr. Edington:

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV staff will conduct a triennial heat sink performance inspection at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3. The inspection will be comprised of two reactor inspectors (one in training) from the NRC Region IV office. The inspection will be conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 71111.07, "Heat Sink Performance."

The schedule for the inspection is as follows: Onsite inspection - May 7-11, 2012

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite 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 April 30, 2012. We request, that during the onsite inspection week, you ensure that copies of analyses, evaluations, or documentation regarding the implementation and maintenance of your heat exchanger program are available. Of specific interest are those documents that establish that your heat exchanger program satisfies NRC regulatory requirements and conforms to applicable NRC guidance. Also, appropriate personnel knowledgeable of safety-related heat exchangers should be available to support the inspector at the site during the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for this inspection activity with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Del Elkinton of your licensing organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the inspector, Gerond A. George, at 817-200-1562 or by email, Gerond.George@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Randall 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 NRC's "Rules of Practice," 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 Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530 Licenses: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74

Enclosure:

Heat Sink Performance Inspection Document Request cc: Distribution via ListServ for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Randall