ML051730577

Requests for Additional Information for the Review of the Palisades Nuclear Plant, License Renewal Application

ML051730577
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	06/22/2005
From:	Morgan M NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Domonique Malone Nuclear Management Co
Morgan M, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-2232
References
TAC MC6433
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June 22, 2005 Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

SUBJECT:

REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAIs) FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. MC6433)

Dear Mr. Malone:

By letter dated March 22, 2005, Nuclear Management Company, LLC, (NMC or the applicant) submitted an application pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating license for Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP), for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Subsequently, on May 5, 2005, the NRC received a supplement to the license renewal application. The NRC staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application (LRA) and supplement and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review.

These RAIs were discussed with your staff, Mr. Robert Vincent, and a mutually agreeable date for this response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2232 or e-mail MJM2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael J. Morgan, Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-255

Enclosure:

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DATE 06/21/05 06/21/05 06/22/05

Palisades Nuclear Plant cc:

Robert A. Fenech, Senior Vice President Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Consumers Energy Company 1945 Parnall Rd.

Jackson, MI 49201 Arunas T. Udrys, Esquire Consumers Energy Company 1 Energy Plaza Jackson, MI 49201 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Supervisor Covert Township P.O. Box 35 Covert, MI 49043 Office of the Governor P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Hazardous Waste and Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division 525 West Ottawa St.

Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building Lansing, MI 48913 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Director of Nuclear Assets Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Douglas E. Cooper Senior Vice President - Group Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Robert A. Vincent Licensing Lead - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

Palisades Nuclear Plant cc:

Darrel G. Turner License Renewal Project Manager Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Douglas F. Johnson Director, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE, Room 1A Washington, DC 20426 Chairperson Michigan Public Service Commission PO Box 30221 Lansing, Michigan 48909-7721

DISTRIBUTION: Letter to D. Malone, Re: RAIs for Palisades LRA, Dated: June 22, 2005 ADAMS Accession No.: ML051730577 HARD COPY RLEP RF E-MAIL:

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S. Duraiswamy Y. L. (Renee) Li RLEP Staff P. Lougheed, RIII J. Lennartz, RIII M. Garza, RIII A. Stone, RIII D. Jaffe L. Raghavan T. Mensah OPA

Enclosure PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)

REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAIs)

RAI 4.5-1 In Section 5.8.5.3.1 of the final safety analysis report (FSAR), the applicant provides the final pre-stress (Ff) as 140.6, 138, and 143 ksi for the dome, hoop, and the vertical tendons, respectively. The applicant appears to have used these values as the minimum required values (MRVs). As these values are not at the anchorages, these values should not be used as MRVs without modifying them for appropriate friction losses. The applicant is requested to provide the MRVs in terms of force per tendon.

RAI 4.5-2 In describing the scope of the program related to NUREG-1801 AMP X.S1, in AMP B2.1.7, the applicant states: The pre-stressing force in the common tendon is measured during each surveillance and is used to establish the trend of pre-stressing loss of the group. This practice is not consistent with AMP X.S1 and NRCs Information Notice (IN) 99-10, Degradation of Pre-stressing Tendon Systems in Pre-stressed Concrete Containments. The information notice recommends the use of all available measured pre-stressing forces for developing trend lines for each group of tendons. As Palisades started using random sampling of tendons since 15th year surveillance of tendons (FSAR Section 5.8.8.3.3), the applicant has at least three sets of measured pre-stressing forces for performing regression analyses and developing trend lines. The applicant is requested to provide trend lines for each group of tendons for comparison with the predicted lower limits (PLLs) and the minimum required values (MRVs).

The applicant is also requested to provide a tabulation of the measured pre-stressing forces (not individual wire forces) used in the corrected regression analyses.

RAI 4.5-3 In order for the staff to arrive at the reasonable assurance conclusion regarding the adequacy of the TLAA, at a point and time (i.e. during the LRA review), the applicant is requested to provide a tabulated comparison of the minimum required values (MRVs) for each group of tendons, and the projected pre-stressing forces at 40 and 60 years based on the regression analyses performed, utilizing the procedure recommended in NUREG-1801, AMP X.S1, and in IN 99-10.