ML051730597

Request for Additional Information (Rais) for the Review of the Palisades Nuclear Plant, License Renewal Application

ML051730597
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/NRC/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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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 Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

DISTRIBUTION: Letter to D. Malone, Re: RAIs for Palisades LRA, Dated: June 22, 2005 ADAMS Accession No.:ML051730597 HARD COPY RLEP RF E-MAIL:

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Enclosure PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)

REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAIs)

PACKAGE 13 - CRANE LOAD CYCLES LRA Section B2.1.15 indicates that there are no fatigue concerns for the Containment Polar Crane and the Spent Fuel Pool Crane as these cranes can not realistically approach the 20,000 to 100,000 rated lifts assumed for its design evaluation during the extended operating period.

LRA Section B2.1.15 further states that Palisades does not track the number and magnitude of all lifts made by cranes. LRA Section 4.7.1 also states that the Polar Crane cannot realistically approach the 20,000 to 100,000 rated lifts assumed for components evaluated to CMAA 70 (1975) Service Level A during a 60-year licensed operating period. For the Spent Fuel Pool Crane, LRA Section 4.7.1 identifies the expected lifts between re-rating and the end of the 60- year extended license and concludes that this machine cannot realistically approach the 20,000 to 100,000 rated lifts assumed for its evaluation during a 60-year licensed operating period.

RAI 4.7.1-1(a)

The LRA does not characterize the estimated number of lifts for the Polar Crane. LRA Section A4.5.1 indicates that separate evaluations have been performed of polar crane planned engineering lifts (over-rated capacity) and that lifts have been evaluated and approved up to 140 T, less than 4 percent over the 135 T rating. NUREG-1744, A Survey of Crane Operating Experience at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants from 1968 through 2002, identifies that the maximum load weight for the Palisades reactor building crane was exceeded twice (greater than 125%) when lifting the reactor vessel head with additional lead shielding intact. For the Polar Crane, the applicant is requested to identify the number of lifts considered in the fatigue evaluation and clarify how the over-rated capacity lifts have been considered in combination with the other lifts for the fatigue evaluation.

RAI 4.7.1-1(b)

Industry experience in documents such as NUREG-1744 indicates that crane vibrations have occurred during crane operation. The applicant is requested to review plant-specific operating experience and identify if any crane vibrations have occurred during crane operation and, if so, clarify how vibrations are considered in the fatigue evaluation. If crane vibrations are not considered for license renewal, the applicant is requested to provide the technical justification.