ML18043B052
| ML18043B052 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1979 |
| From: | Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910010218 | |
| Download: ML18043B052 (2) | |
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,f consumers Power company
- General Offices: 212 West Mich'igan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201
- Area Code 517 788-0550 August 31, 1979 Mr James G Keppler Office of Inspection and Enforcement Region III US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANr - IE BULLET IN 79-06C (NUCIBAR mcIDENr M TMI - SUPPLEMENI')
Reference (1) Letter from GELiebler (Florida Power & Light) to VStello (NRC) dated August 29, 1979 Consumers Power Company appreciates the extension granted by Mr D Boyd of your office (telephone conversation GSCashell to DBoyd on August 28, 1979) for sub-mittal of our rei:;ponse to short-term items #2 and #3 a.hd long-term item #1 of.
IE Bulletin 79-06C.
Reference (1) forwarded the completed document, CEN-115-P, which addresses short term action items 2 and 3 of IE Bulletin 79-06C. This document is applicable to Palisades, and therefore, constitutes a response to items 2 and 3. Also address-ed in reference (1) is long-term action item 1. Consumers Power Company concurs with the conclusion of reference (1), that it is premature to propose a design for automatic tripping of reactor coolant pumps.
Short term action item 4 of IE Bulletin 79-o6C requests that the guidelines developed under action item 3 be imJ;ilemented in plant emergency procedures within 45 days of receipt of the bulletin.
We consider it premature to implement said guidelines because they differ from the interim measures required by item 1 of the bulletin, and because they have not been accepted by the NRC staff.
We conclude that it is a mistake to neecllessly confuse the plant operations personnel with revised procedures which may not be final. The interim measures are known to be more conservative than the proposed new guidelines, although more
2 restrictive from an operations point of view. Therefore, the interim measures will be used until the new guidelines have been reviewed a.nd approved by the NRC staff.
David P Hoffman (Signed)
David P Hoffman Assistant Nuclear Licensing Administrator CC:
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement
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