ML18046B165
| ML18046B165 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/1981 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Hoffman D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| TASK-06-07.A3, TASK-6-7.A3, TASK-RR LSO5-81-12-062, LSO5-81-12-62, NUDOCS 8112240138 | |
| Download: ML18046B165 (4) | |
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December 18, 1981 Docket No. 50-255 LS05 12-062 Mr. David P. Hoffman Nuclear Licensing Administrator Consumers Power Company 194*5 W Pa rna 11 Road Jackson, Michigan 49201
Dear Mr. Hoffman:
SUBJECT:
SEP TOPIC VI-7.A.3 3 EGGS ACTUATION SYSTEM FINAL SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT - PALISADES The enclosed Safety Eva 1 uation Report has been revised to reflect the additional information provided by your letter of November 30, 1981.
As a result of your letter~ the staff agrees that sufficient overlap testing is conducted under conditions as close as practical to operating
- conditions. Furthermore, we agree that the portions of the test that should not be conducted during power operation can be routinely conducted while shutdown.
Accordingly, the staff has concluded that your facility meets current licensing criteria.
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/enclosure:
See next page Sincerely, Dennis M. Crutchfield, Chief Operating Reactors Branch No.
Division of Licensing NRC FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY USGPO: 1981-335-960
Mro David P. Hoffman r
cc M. I. Miller, Esquire Isham; 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 Pow.er Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Myron M.,Cherry, Esquire Suite 4501 One IBM Plaza Chi ca go, 11 l i noi s 60611 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 B~ilding Lansing, Michigan 48913
- William J. Scanlon, Esquire 2034 Pauline Boulevard Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Palisades Plant ATTN:
Mr. Robert Montross Pl ant Manager Covert, Michigan 49043**
U. s. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Activities Branch Region V Office*
ATTN:
Regional ~diation Representative 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Charles Bechhoefer, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
- u. s. Nuclear Regulatory Corrmission 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. -
Resident I rispector.
c/o U. S. NRC Palisades Plant Route 2, P. O. Box 155 Covert, Mi chi ga_n 49043
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SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION PROGRAM TOPIC VI-7.A.3 PALISADES e*
TOPIC:
VI-7.A.3, ECCS ACTUATION SYSTEM I
- INTRODUCTION.
The ECCS actuation system was reviewed with respect to the testability of operability and performance of individual active*components of the system and of the entire system as a whole under conditions as close to the design condition as practical.
The purpose of the review was to assure that all ECCS components (e.g~, valves and pumps) are included in the-component and system test and to assure that the scope of the periodic testing is adequate and meets the requirements of GDC 37.
The technical specifications were also audited for large differences between the present test requirements and those in the Standard Tech-
- nical Specifications.
- II.
REVIEW CRITERIA Th~ current licensing criteria are identified *in Section 2 of EG&G ~e port EGG-EA-5602, 11 ECCS Actuation System.
11 lI I.
RELATED SAFETY TOPICS AND INTERFACES The scope of review for this topic was limited to avoid duplication of effort* since some aspects of the review were performed under related topics.
The related topics and the subject matter are identified below.
Each of the related topic reports contain the acceptance criteria and review guidance for its subject matter.
Topic VI-3, 11 Containment Pressure and Heat Removal Capability.
11 Topic VI-4, 11Containment Isolation System.
11 Topic VI-7.C.,
11 ECCS Single Failure Criterion and Requirements for Lockin_g Out Power to Valves Including Independence of Interlocks on ECCS Valves.
11 Topic VI-9~ Main Steam Isolation."
Topic VI-10, 11Selected ESF Aspects."
Only Topic VI-10.A is dependent on the present topic information for completion.
Response time testing is addressed in Topic VI-10.A.
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., IV.
REVIEW GUIDELINES
. The review guidelines are presented in Section 3 of Report EGG-EA-5602.
V.
EVALUATION Report EGG-EA-5602.describes the extent to which the ECCS actuation.
system can be tested, except for the question of response time testing.
In addition to Report EGG-EA-5602, a letter from the licensee dated July 22, 1981, identified deficiencies in. the containment isolation valve testing program and testing of the low pressure safety injection (LPSI} pump minimum flow valves.
The adequacy of cotainment leak rate testing is evaluated under SEP Topic VI-6, Containment Leak Test-ing.
The testing of the LPSI minimum flow valves is addressed in the staff Safety Evaluation Report in SEP Topic VI-7.C.2.
VI.
CONCLUSION Based upon our review-of our contractor's evaluation and th~ li~ensee 1
s basis for shutdown testing of part of the syst_em for automatic change-over from.injection to recirculation (contained in their letter of November 30, l981), the staff concludes that the Palisades plant conforms to current licensing criteria.
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