ML18044A333
| ML18044A333 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1979 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Bixel D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| IEB-79-06C, IEB-79-6C, NUDOCS 7912180126 | |
| Download: ML18044A333 (4) | |
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I' Docket No. 50-255.
- Mr. David A. Bixel Nuclear I., i censi ng. f\\dmir)istrator Consumers Power Company :
212 *i,lest_. ni chi gan !\\Venue Jackson, Mtchigah *.49201
Dear Mr. :
Bixel:
Dis~r~but'i.
See attached list
- .llIGD!.ATORY DDCKrr.
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SUBJECT:
YOUR RESPONSE TO SHORT-TERM ACTto~ I!~M 1 OF IE BULL~TIN 79-otc Your **letter dated August 2-~ *19/9 to Mr*. -James G.- l\\eppler provides Consumers.*
Power* Company's response to Short-Term,l\\ct'ion Item 1 of IE f3ul1et'ir1 19-0GC "for the 'Palisades Plant. This letter states that :the LOC,l\\ procedures for.
the Palisades Plant \\"lill initiate RCP trip on a pr-imary system pressure of approximately 1250.psig. This value is substantial'ly below that stipulated.
in IE Oulletin )9-*0GC -(:i.e.,
11 upon reactortdp* and. initiation _of HPI caused..
- by lou.reactor coolv.nt pressure" wh'ich. is *a.pprox*imate1y 1650 psi-g for the' -
Palisades Plant). Furthermorev you have not provided sufficient analyses for us to_ approve yoUl~. proposed a<itioo.s ~
W?. thetefore re.quire that you revi s*e the LOCA procedures for the Palisades Plant to conform \\*:ith Shott-Term /ktion
'Item 1 of IE BLr1fotin 79-~0GC.
The efficacy of the above requirement is supported by guidelines recently developed by fuhe Combustion Engineering Owners 1.Group* of which Consume~s Power CompanY is a member.
These gl!idel ines have bgen approve,d by the NRR Bulletins and* Orders Ta_sk Force* for developing small-break LOCA pro-cedures for C-E operating plants.
(See the Ross to Liebler letter dated November 1L!*~ 1979, for which yoi.I are on the distribution list regarding s*aid guidelines.) The. key point here is th;;tt these approved guidelines.reqLrire. -
that the _RCP's be tripped after an SIAS caused.by lm-1 reactor coolant system pressur~, as is the case for the subject bulletin.
cc: Se~- attached list B&OTF C,{
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Sincerely~:
Orie;inal signed by Darrell G. EisenhU~
G. Eisenhut, Acting Director of pcrating Reqctors DO~
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- P-404 R. Mattson
- P-1100 D. Eisenhut 530 D. Ross 278
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- Vassallo 278 W. Kane 242 T. Novak P-1132 R. Reid 330
- z. Rosztoczy P-1030 D. Ziemann 314
- s. *Israel P-1132
- w. Hodges P-1030 P. Matthews P-822 G. Mazetis P-1132 P. Nori an P-1030 I. Villalva 242
- N. Wagner P-1132 T. Wambach 314 R. Woodruff*
E/W 359
. K. Mahan 357 B. Wilson 357 J. Lee 142
B. Campbell 357 E..Jordan, I&E Local PDR J R Buchanan, NSIC TIC TERA l&E (3)
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Executive Director of Generation and Construction Arkansas Pov1er & Li aht Conpany P. O; Box 551 J
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Mr. A. E. Lundvall Jr.
'Vice-President -
S~pply Baltimire Gas & Electric Company P ** Box 1475 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Mr. Theodore E. Short
.Assistant General Manager Omaha Public Power District 16?3 Harney Street
- Omaha, Nebraska 68102 Mr. Robert H. Groce Licensing Engineer Yankee Atomic Electric Company 20 Turnpike Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Mr. W. G. Counsil, Vice-President Nuclear Engineering & Operatior Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. 0. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Dr. Robert E. Uhria. '/ice-Preside
~~*:~~ced Systems &Jfec~nology
, 1 ori da Pm.,,er & Light Company 0. O. Box 529100
>',ic:7':i, Florida 33152 November 24, 1979 Mr.
Ken Morris,
, Vice Chairman Combustion Engineering Owners Group*
Omaha Public Power District
.fourth & Jones Omaha, Nebraska 68108 Mr. John Garrity, Chairman Gu~delines Subgroup Ma1 ne *Yankee Atomic Power Company Edison Drive Augusta, Maine 04336 Mr. Robert T. Harris Chairman Analysis Subgroup Northeast Utilities Service Co.
P. o. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Mr. David S. Van de Walle Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Mr. William Szymczak Yankee Atomic Power Company 25 Research Drive Westboro, Massachuset~s 01581 Mr. J. T. Enos Arkansa~. Power & Light Company P. 0. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 t*~ r
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Comb~stion Eng1neering Ow~ers Group Florida Power and Light Co~pany
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Mr. David Bi x e 1 cc M. I. Miller, Esquire I sham, Lincoln & Beale Suite 4200 One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60670 Mr. Paul A. Perry, Secretary Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Judd L. Bacon, Esquire Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan A~enue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Myron M. Cherry, Esquire Suite 4501 One IBM Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60611 Ms. Mary P. Sinclair Great Lakes Energy Alliance 5711 Summerset Drive Midland, Michigan 48640
- Charles Bechhoefer, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 Dr. George C. Anderson Department of Oceanography University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195 Dr. M. Stanley Livingston 1005 Calle Largo Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Kalar.azoo Public Library 315 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 November 24, 1979