ML18044A402
| ML18044A402 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1979 |
| From: | Heishman R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Dewitt R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18044A403 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8001100314 | |
| Download: ML18044A402 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000255/1979017
Text
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Docket No. 50-255
Consumers Power Company
ATTN:
Mr. R. B. DeWitt
Vice President
Nuclear Operations
212 West Michigan Avenue
Jackson, MI
49201
Gentlemen:
REGION Ill
799 ROOSEVELT ROAD
GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS 60137
NOV 2 6 1979
This refers to the inspection conducted by Mr. B. L. Jorgensen of this
office during October, 1979, of activities at the Palisades Nuclear
Generating Plant authorized by NRC Provisional Operating License No.
DPR-20 and to the discussion of our findings with Mr. Lewis and others
of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.
The enclosed copy of our. inspection report identifies areas examined
during the inspection.
Within these areas, the inspection consisted
of a selective examination of procedures and representative records,
observations, and interviews with personnel.
During this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in
noncompliance with NRC requirements, as described in the enclosed
Appendix A.
This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201
of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations.
Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office within
twenty days of your receipt of this notice a written statement or ex-
planation in reply, including for each item of noncompliance: (1)
corrective action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action
to be taken to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the date when full
compliance will be achieved.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part
2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter, the
enclosures, and your response to this letter will be placed in the NRC 1 s
Public Document Room, except as follows.
If the enclosures contain
information that you or your contractors believe to be proprietary, you
must apply in writing to this office, within twenty days of your receipt
of this letter, to withhold such information from public disclosure .
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e NOV 2 8
Consumers Power Company
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We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this
inspection.
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Notice
of Violation
2.
IE Inspection Report
No. 50-255/79-17
cc w/encls:
Mr. J. G. Lewis,
Manager
Central Files
Reproduction Unit NRC 20b
Local PDR
Ronald Callen, Michigan Public
Service Commission
Myron M. Cherry, Chicago
RIII,
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(Jorgensen/ jp
11/19/79
Sincerely,
R. F. Heishman, Chief
Reactor Operations and
Nuclear Support Branch
Appendix A
Consumers Power Company
Docket No. 50-255
Based on the inspection conducted during October, 1979, it appears that
certain of your activities were in noncompliance with NRC requirements,
as noted below.
Item 1 is an infraction, and item 2 is a deficiency.
1.
Technical Specification 3.8.1.g requires a check of primary coolant
- system boron concentration each shift when refueling operations are
being performed in the reactor.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to check primary coolant
system boron concentration during the "A" shift on October 2, 1979,
a shift during which refueling operations were being performed in the
reactor.
2.
Technical Specification 6.8.1.b requires implementation of procedures
covering refueling operations.
Precedure FHS0-2 "Refueling
Procedure" includes checklist CL AS.14-2 "Refueling Operations Shift
Check Sheet," which states, in part:
"the minimum spent fuel
pool/reactor cavity level is one foot below the surface skimmers
during fuel handling".
Contrary to the above, the licensee handled fuel on the "A" shifts
of October 11 and 12, 1979, when the water level was 1.5 and 2 feet,
respectively, below the skimmers .