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"tate mm BEST AVMLE COPY A 16 The Arizona Republic Saturday, April 22, 1989 U.S. decries APS' handling of Palo Verde ft 111 mm TWW The nuclear commission's letter raised concern over the ability of plant operators to maintain a reliable source of power for some pumps in the plant. Plant officials were asked to reassess several electrical systems. 'Corrective actions' vowed Karner said Palo Verde operators may be faulted for slow action but not for ignoring the problems cited by the commission. He said plant operators have been working on problems with steam relief since they surfaced in 1985.

He also said officials already are taking steps to nearly eliminate the backlog of maintenance and design and chief executive, said the utility is committed to curing past problems. As evidence, De Michcle pointed to several recent management changes, including the appointment of Bill Conway, a veteran administrator from Florida, who will replace Karncr as head of the plant May 8. -Karncr will become Palo Verde's No. 2 executive. Myron Scott, spokesman for a group that has been highly critical of Palo Verde, said the criticisms are "long overdue," "There definitely are problems out there," said Scott of the Coalition for Responsible Energy Education.

"This is nothing new, and not at all surprising." change orders. "We are looking very hard at our backlog of problems," Karncr "We'll take broader corrective actions to make sure those things don't occur again." Reaction to the report from the head of the state Corporation Commission was harsh Friday. Chairman Rcnz Jennings said he has deep concerns about recurring management problems at the plant. "This kind of stuff is potentially catastrophic," Jennings said. "It is not reassuring, and should not be rcassuiv.

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APS owns 29.1 percent and manages ihp plant's daily operations. the problems are safety-related, federal officials said they are not an immediate threat to public safety. But a commission spokesman said the agency is considering penalizing pljtnt operators. Penalties could range from a reprimand letter to a large fine. report speaks for itself.

Wc art not at all pleased with the actions thai were taken," said Greg Cook of the; agency's Region office in Walnut Creek, Calif. "Repeated incidents are not considered acceptable in this" industry." 'Lpssons to be learned' Don Karncr, Palo Verde's top executive, said Friday that most of the pfpblcm areas cited by the commission already are being addressed by pi-Hjit operators. agree with the concerns that have; been expressed there, and we feel there are lessons to be learned from this," said Karncr, who has overseen plant operations since August. we've learned from this incident is we need to accelerate the lcvct of activity on some of those things. We're going back and reassessing our priorities." said he received the 75-pagc report late Monday morning and had not had a chance to review it in depth, 4Thc report was submitted by a special team of commission inspectors who; were called in to examine the shutdown of Unit 3 on March 3.

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