ML18045A834
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| Site: | Big Rock Point, Palisades File:Consumers Energy icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1980 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
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Docket Nos. 50-155 and
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SEPlEMBER 1 9 \\980 Mr. David P. Hoffman Nuclear Licensing Adm1n1strator Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201
Dear Mr. Hoffman:
SUBJECT:
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION Of ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (BIG ROCK POINT AND PALISADES PLANT)
The Orders for Modification of License dated August 29, lgaO, conta1 ned incorrect references.
We have accord1 ngly rev1 sed the Orders.
In view of th.is revi~ion. the date for which a hearing may be requested I
1s also accordingly revised.
Enclosures:
- 1. Revised Order -
Big Rock Point
- 2. Revised Order -
Palisades cc" w/enclosures:
- See next page Sincerely, Original signed by Darrell G. E1senhut, Director 01v1sion of Licensing BUTION:
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 Docket Nos. 50-155 and 50-255 Mr. David P. Hoffman Nuclear Licensing Administrator Co.nsumers Power* Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jack~on, Michigan 49201
Dear Mr. Hoffman:
September 19, 1980
SUBJECT:
. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (BIG ROCK POINT AND PALISADES PLANT)
The Orders for Modification of License dated August 29, 1980, contained incorrect references~
We have accordingly revised the Orders.
In view of this revision, the date for which a hearing may be requested is al so accordingly revised.
Enclosures:
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Revised Order -
Big Rock Point
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Revised Order -
Palisades cc w/enclosures:
See next page Sincerely,
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~:,~:~1 G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing
Mr. David P. Hoffman cc w./enclosure:
M. 1. Miller, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale Suite 4200 One First National Plaza.
Chicago, Illinois 60670 Mr. PauJ A. Perry, Secretary Consumers Power *company
- 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Judd L. Bacon, Esquire Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Myron M. Cherry, Esquire Suite 4501. *
- 0 ne I BM P 1 a z a *
. Joseph Gallo, Esquire
.Isham, Lincoln & Beale 1120 Connecticut. Avenue Room 325 Washington; D. C. *20036 Peter w. Steketee, Esquire 505 Peoples Building Grand Rapids, ~ichigan 49503 Septe~ber 19, 1980 Charles Bechhoefer, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
.Panel *
- U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, O. 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 Sheldon, Harmon and Weiss 1725 I Street, N. w.
- Suite 506
- Washington, D. c.
20006 Mr. John O'Neill, II Route 2, Box 44 Maple City, Michigan 49664
. Herbert Grossman, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D~ c.
20555 Dr. O~car H. Paris Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co1T1T1ission Washington, D. c.
20555 Charlevoix Public Library Mr. Frederick J. Shon 107 Clinton.Street Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Corm1ission Ms. Mary P. Si nc la it Washington, D. C *. 20555 G reat-Lalce-s-E-nergy*-A-1-li*ance-------- B-i-g'-Roek-P-oi-nt-Nuc-lea-r.:..P-ower-:-1?-lant ___ _
5711 Summerset Drive.
- ATTN:
Mr. C. J. Hartman
- Midland, Michigan 48640 Plant Superintendent Resident Inspector Big Rock Point Plant c/o U.S. NRC RR #3, Box 600
e Mr. Davi*d P. Hoffman cc w/ericlosure (Cont'd.):
Chai nnan County Board of Supervisors Charlevoix County Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 Office of the Governor (2)
Room l - 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 U. s. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Activities Branch Region V Office ATTN:
EIS.COORDINATOR 230 ~outh Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Resident Inspector c/o U. S. NRC P. O. Box 87 South Haven, Michigan 49096 Palisades Plant ATTN:
Mr. J. G. Lewis Plant Manager Covert, Michigari. 49043 Township Supervisor Covert Township Route l, Box 10 Van Buren County, Michigan 49043 Christa-Maria
. It ember. 19, 1980
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Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 William J. Scanlon, Esquire 2034 Pauline Boulevard Ann Arbor, M~chigan 48103
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Consumers Power Company 7590-01 Big Rock Point Plant
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Docket No *. 50-155 REVISED ORDER FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE I.
Consumers Power Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No~ DPR-6, ~hich authorizes the operation of the Big Rock Point Plant at. steady-state reactor power levels not in excess of 240 megawatts thermal (rated power).
The facility consists of a boiling water reactor located at I
the licens~e's ~ite in Charlevoix, Michigan~
I I.
On November 4, 1977, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed with the.Corrmiss.ion a "Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief." The.
petition sought action in two areas:
fire protection for electrical cables, and environmental qualification of electrical components.
By Memorandum and Order -dated.April 13, 1978 (7 NRC 400¥, the Conmission denied certain aspects of the petition and, with respect to other aspects, ordered the NRC staff to take several related actions.
UCS filed a
____ e_e_t_:.Ltio_n for Reconsideration on May_f_,__12l~y Memorandum an_d_O_ro_d_er-','-------
dated May 23, 1980, the CoRITlission reaffirmed its April 13, 1978 decision
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regarding the possible shutdown of operating reactors.
However. the Conmission's May 23. 1980 decision directed licensees and the NRC staff to undertake certain actions.
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With respect to environmental qualification of safety-related electrical.*
equipment. the Corrmission determined that the provisions of the two.
staff documents - the Division of Operating Reactors 11 Guid~lines *for Evaluating Environmental Quetlification of Class lE Electrical Equipment*
in Operatirig Reactors" (DOR Gu~delines) and NUREG-0588, "Interim ~taff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment," December 1979 11 form the requirements which licensees *and applicants must meet in order to satisfy those aspects of 10 CFR Part.
- 50, Appendix A General Design Criteria~ (GDC-4), which relate to.erivi-ronmental qualification of safety-re1ated electrical equipment."
The Collllli ss ion directed, for replacement parts in operating pl_ants, "unless there are sound reasons to the contrary, the 1974 standard *in NUREG-0588 *
- .will apply."
The Comnission also directed the staff to complete its l
review of the information s<,>ught from liCensees by Bu1letin 79-0lB: and to COIT\\)lete its review of environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equip~nt i.n all operating plants, including the publiCation of Safety Evaluation Reports, by February l,. 1981.
The Corrmission
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Bulletin 79..;.01Bwas not sent to licensees for plants under review as part of the staff's Systematic Evaluation Program.. The information
- sought by Bulletin 79-018 was requested from these lice.nsees by a*
series of letters and meetings during the months of February and March, 1980.
-- imposed a deadline that, "by no later than June 30, 1982 all safety'-
related _electrical equipment in all operating plants shall be qualified to the DOR Guidelines or NUREG-0588."
The Conmission requested the staff to, "keep the Corrmission and the public apprised of any further findings of inco~lete environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, along with corrective actions taken or planned,"
I and requested the staff to provide bi-monthly progress reports to the Corrmi ss ion.
The Conmission further directed the staff to add certain documentation requirements to each license after the specific requirements were approved by the.Corrmission.
The CorrmiSsion also pointed out that the various -
_deadlines imposed in its Order, "do not. excuse a licensee from the ot>ligation to modify or replace inadequate equipment promptly~"
11 I.
The information developed during this proceeding emphasizes the importance of adequate documentation, the prompt completion of the review of environ-mental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, and the pro~t co~letion of any plant modification needed to assure conforlnclnce with the DOR Guidelines or NUREG-0588. A significant aspect of this review is the timely submittal of envir~nmental qualification information by the operating plant licensees to--ena-ble-the-staffto-comPretefts revtew----------:---
in accordance with the Coninission's Order.
The staff has a program presently underway to reevaluate, using the DOR Guidelines and NUREG-0588, the qualifications of safety-related electrical equipment ex.posed to environments that may exist following.postulated accidents.
These accidents are Loss of Coolant Accident and Main Steam Line Break inside containment, and High E*nergy Line Breaks inside and outsi~e containment.
In this connection the licensee was requested by our letter of -March 6, 1980, as modified by our letter of March 28, 1980, to provide information on emergency procedures and safety related systems.
The licensee was requested to define and provide the basis for the hos.tile environment, inside and outside containment.
This hostile environment would then be used, by the licensee, in the determination of unqualified equipment.
A corrplete package, including justification for methods used, was requested.
Clarification was provided by s.upplemental information, briefings, and in some cases, meetings with the licensee.
Timely completion of the staff's review of environmental qualifi.cation of electrical equipment and timely corrpletion of needed modifications by the licensee is required to provide continuing reasonable assurance of public health and safety.
Such completion.
is dependent on the prompt receipt of a complete response by the licensee to the staff's requests for information.
However, the licensee's response,*
to date, is incomplete.
-*-~ TnereTo-re-;-r-h-ave-**concluded-tha*t--the-pub-l-i-G-hea-l.th-,-safe.ty_, __ an.d __ _;_o_t:_e_res t require that a firm schedule for the timely submission of all the information previously requested by the staff should be established by Order effective i1TVT1ediately.
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Accordingly, pursuant to th 1e Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Conmission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Facility Operating License No. DPR-6 is
- hereby amended to add the following provisions:
"Information which fully and completely responds to the staff's request as specified in NRC's letters dated March 6, 1980, and I
March 28, 1980, shall b'e submitted to the Director, Division of I
Licensing by the l; censee not 1 ater than November 1, 1980**"
I An earlier response is encouraged to facilitate sfaff review and issuance
- of the safety evaluation report.
The licensee or/ any person whose interest may be affected by this Order may request a hearing within 20 days of the date of publication of this Revised Order in the Federal Register.
Any request for a hearing shall pe addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, Washington, D. C. *20555.
A copy of the request should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, *washington, D. c.*
20555, and to Judd L. Bacon, Esquire, Consumers Power Company, 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, attorney for the. licensee.
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.. If a hearing is held concerning-tFiTs-0-raer;-tne-i-s*sue--to--be-cons-i-det"ed-a-t.-:-. ----
the hearing shall be whether the license should be modified to require submission of information as set forth in Section IV. of the Order!
I Operating of the fac11i:ty on terms consistent with this Order _is not stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order. This Order revises, in its entirety, the Order issued August 29, 1980(45 FR 60071, September 11, 1980).
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Effective Date: September 19, 1990 Bethesda, Maryland
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Consumers Power Company 7590-01 Palisades Plant
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Docket No. 50-255 REVISED ORDER FOR MOD I FI CATION OF LICENSE I.
Consumers Power Cortrt>any (the licensee) is the holder of Provisional Operating License No.
D~R-20, which authorizes the operation of the Palisades Plant at steady-state reactor power 1 eve ls not in exce.ss of.2530 megawatts thermal (rated power).
The facility consists.of a pressurized water reactor.located at the licensee's site in Covert Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.
II.
On November 4, 1977, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed with the.Cotmlission a "Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief."
The petition sought action in tw.o areas:
fire protection for electrical cables, and environmental qualification of electrical components.
By Memorandum and Order dated April 13, 1978 (7 NRC 400), the Corrmission*
denied certain aspects of the petition and, with respect to other aspects, ordered the NRC staff to take several related actions~
UCS filed a
--- --- ----Petifi on ___ flfr--R-e-consi-deration-on-May--Z,--197-8_._By__Memo_r~ridum and Order,
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dated May 23, 1980, the Cotmlission reaffirmed its April 13, 1978 decision*
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regarding the possible shutdown of operating reactors.
However,* the.
COllllli SS ion Is May 23. 1980 decision directed 1 i censees and the NRC staff.
to undertake certain.actions.
With respect to environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, the Corrmission detennined that the provisions of the. two staff documents - the Division of Operating Reactors *Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class lE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors" (DOR Guidelines) and NUREG-0588, **Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment," December.1979 "form the requirements which licensees and applicants rust meet in order to satisfy those aspects of 10 CFR Part
- so, Appendix A General Design Criterion (GDC-4), which relate to envi-ronmental qualification of 1safety-related electrical equipment."
The Coffl11ission directed, for replacement parts in operating plants, *unless there are sound reasons to the contrary, the 1974 standard in HUREG-0588 will apply.*
The Conmission also directed the staff to complete its l
review of the information sought from licensees by Bulletin 79,..0lB and to CO!ll'.>lete its review of,environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants, including the publication of Safety Evaluation Reports, by February l, 1981.
The Colllllission
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Bulletin 79-0lB was not sent to licensees for plants under review as part of the staff's Systematic Evaluation Program.
The information sought by Bulletin 79-0lB was requested from these licensees by a series of letters and meetings during the months of February and March, 1980 *.
imposed a deadline that, "by no later than June 30, 1982 all safety-
. related electrical equipment in all operating plants shall be qualified to the DOR Guidelines or NUREG~0588." The Coltlllission requested the staff to, nk.eep the Co1t111ission and the public apprised of ariy further findings of incofl1)lete environme~tal qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, along with corrective actions taken or planned;"
and requested the staff to provide bi-monthly progress reports to the Co1t111ission.
The Co111Tiission further directed the staff to add certain documentat;on requirements to' each license after the specific requirements were approved by the Conrnission.
The Conmissiori also pointed *out that the various deadlines imposed in its Order, udo not excuse a licensee fr0m the I
obligation to modify or replace inadequate equipment promptly."
I I I.
The information developed during this proceeding emphasizes the importance
- of adequate documentation, the prompt completion of the review of environ-mental qualification of safety-related electri_cal equipment, and the prolll>t cofl1)1etion of any plant modification needed to assure conformance with the DOR Guidelines or NUREG-0588.
A significant aspect of this review
_________ is_ the timely submittal of enviro~mental qualification information by
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.the operating plant licens~es to enable the st-~fto-coinplete-n:s--reView-------~--
in accordance with the Colllt\\ission's Order.
The staff has a program presently underway to reevaluate, using the DOR Guidelines and NUREG-0588, the qualifications of safety-related electrical equipment ex.posed*
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to environments that may exist foilowing postulated accidents.
These accidents are Loss of Coolant Accident and Main Steam line Break.
inside conta1nment, and High Energy Line Breaks in~ide and outside containment.
In this connection the licen~ee was requested by our letter of March 6.
1980, as modified by our letter of March 28, 1980, to provide information I
on emergency procedures and safety related systems.
The 1 icensee was requested to define and provide the basis for the hostile environment, inside and outside containment.
This hostile environment would then be used, by the licensee, in the determination of unqualified equipment.
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CO!Jl>lete pack.age, including just~fication for methods used, was requested.
Clarification was provided by s.upplemental information, briefings, and in some cases, meetings with the licensee.
Timely completion of the staff's review of environmental qualification of electrical equipment and timely COIJllletion of needed modifications by the licensee is requited to provide continuing reasonable assurance of public health and safety.* Such completion is dependent on the prOJll>t receipt Of a complete response by the licensee to the staff 1 s requests for information.
However, the licensee's. response, to date, is i ncOffl> 1 ete.
Therefore, I hav_e_ con-cTiTCiecrThat tne-1nrb-i-;-c-he-a-1th-,--sa-f-ety-,-'and~i-ntel".es~t,--,-___ ~---
. require that a firm schedule for the timely submission of all the information previously requested by the staff should be established by Order effective irrmediately.
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IV.
Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Conmission's regulations in 10 CFR.Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Provisional Operating License No. DPR-20 is hereby amended to add the following provisions:
ulnformation which fully and completely responds to the staff's request as specified in NRC's letters dated March 6, 1980, and March 28, 1980, shall be submitted to the Director, Division of*
Licensing by the licensee not later than November l, 1980.
11 An earlier response is enco.uraged to facilitate staff revieW and issuance
- .of the safety evaluation rep.ort.
The licensee or any person whose interest may be affected by this Order may request a hearing within 20 days of the date of publication of this Revised Order in the Federal Register.
Any request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co11111ission, Washington, D. C 20555.
A copy of. the request should also be sen*t to the Executive Legal Director, u. $.'Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, Washington, D. c.
20555, and to Judd L. Bacon, E.squir:-e, Consumers Power Company~ 212 We.st Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, attorney for the licen~ee.
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If a hearing-fs-heTd-concerrri-ffg-*thi*s-Or-der',-the_i_s_sue __ to be considered at the hearing shall be whether the license should be modified to require submission of information as set forth in Section IV. of the Order.
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Operating of the facility on terms consistent with this Order is not stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
This Order revises~ in its entirety, the Order issued August 29, -1980 (45 FR 60058, September 11, 1980).
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Effective Date: September 19, 1980
- sethesda, Maryland
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