ML18044A753
| ML18044A753 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/29/1980 |
| From: | Ziemann D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8004150135 | |
| Download: ML18044A753 (2) | |
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- -_ (ti;* ~" nnl'*the. enhance-"* ; _*,
rnent of. f:fssi_on gas ~leas~ a~ hi~her burnups.
All *responses t.o the Nqve~be~ 23, 19J6.1etters -h~v~ been. revi~wed. "we-have *:
.. conclucled that no immediate licensing action is required _for operating reactors.** *
- This conclusion 1s valid for typtcal -r~ported.UIR fuel bundle and batch burnups *.
Any *extension of these.burnups or.oth~r factors wMch significantly *affect fission gas release,.*LOCA PCT Qr fuel rod 1nteroa1 pressure is* outside the.scope of-the
- . : c*onclusjon.
- The responses,co~cerni ng-'coffibust1on: Engi.neering {CE) a~d E>,<xon PWR.,fuel bundles demonstrated that neithe.r was there.an.adverse effe.ct on ECCS evaluations nor did. *
- .._*the internal :fuel.rod pressur~ e~ceed system pressure. *Therefore, no*- 1irmed1ate*
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- licensing action is nece,ssari on CE or Exxon fueled -PJ~Rs.-.
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Inasmuch as ~OU ~nd/or. the. staff.wn'1 -be evaluating all future reloads* against
. fuel vendors' revised fuefperformance codes which provide for increase in fission ga.s relea.~e af higher burnups, we con~i*d~r this a sat,1sfactory resolt,Jtion of this cqncern.
Sincerely; Original signed l>ii Dennis L. Ziemann
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- Den.nis L. Ziemann, Chi~f Operating Reactors Branch #
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- Mi 11 er, Esq u i re Isham, lincotn & Beale Suite 4200 One First National Plaza Chicag9, Illinois 60670 Mr. P,aul A. Perry, Secretary
Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenu~
Jackson, Michigan 49201 Myron M. Cherry, Esquire Suite 4501 One I BM Plaza Chicago, Illinois 66611 Ms. Mary P. Sinclair Great Lakes Energy Alliance 5711 Summerset Drive Midland, Michigan 48640 Kalamazoo *Public Library 315 South Rose Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 Township Supervisor Covert Township Route 1, Box 10 Van Buren County, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor (2)
Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Director, Technical Assessment Division Office of Radiation Programs (AW-459)
U. s. Environmental Protection Agency Crysta 1 Ma 11 #2 Arlington, Virginia 20460
... February 29, 1980
- u. s. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Activities Branch Region V Office
. ATTN:
EIS COORDINATOR 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Charles Bechhoefer, Esq., Chainnan Atomic Safety and Licensing Board*
Panel U. S. Nu cl ear Regulatory Commission
. Washington, D. C.
20555 Dr. George C. And~rson Department of Oceanography University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195 Or. M. Stanley Li vi ngston 1005 Calle Largo Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Resident Inspector c/o U. S. NRC P. O. Box 87 South Haven, Mich~gan 490JO Pali sades Plant ATTN:
Mr. J. G. Lewis Plant Manager Covert, Michigan 49043 I..