ML18051A392
| ML18051A392 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1983 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Vandewalle D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18051A393 | List: |
| References | |
| LSO5-83-04-060, LSO5-83-4-60, NUDOCS 8304280033 | |
| Download: ML18051A392 (4) | |
Text
.,~*--~.. _).
.***--e
- .-;::i*"*
- --~.*
April 25, 1983
- DISTRIBUTION Docket Docket No. 50-255 LS05-83-04:..060 NRC PDR Local PDR ORB Reading ACRS ( 10)
SEPB EQB i U)C:: I
- l{)U)Q'
. rurua. 1i;:t'O I oo I !MO 'OJI[) I ' 0 M , M::C 10U 100 iOJQ IC'll<t 00:: !MQ i . ma.a.. I I Mr. David J. Vande~Jalle Nuclear Licensing Administrator Consumers Power Company HM5 West Parna11 Road Jackson, Michigan 49201
Dear Mr. 1y1tmdeHalle:
NSIC DCrutchfield HSmith TWambach Tippolito VNoonan FMiraglia OELD ELJordan JMTaylor
SUBJECT:
SAFETY EVALUATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUF\\LIFICATiON OF SAFETY..-RELATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Palisades Pl ant This letter transmits the Safety Evaluation along Nith the Technical Evaluation Report (TER) for the Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment at your facility_ This evaluation is based on your response dated September 3; 1981 to our previous Safety Evaluation, dated June 1n 1981 and subsequent submittals dated December 4, 1981, February 12, March 3., March 15, and March 25~ 1982. The Safety Evaluation presents the results of the Environmental Qualificati_on Re_ytew_ for_ s~fety-_ related electrical equiPi'Tient, exposed to a harsh environment*, in_ accordance.- with NRC requirements. You should provide to us by-May 20~ *1983; yoi.ir-plans for qualification or replacement of the equipment in NRC Categories LB, II.A, II.B and IV as applicable to your plant (presented in the Technical Evaluation Report) in addition to the justification for continued operation ( JCO) required in the near term, and the schedule for accom... / plis~i~g Y?Ur proposed corrective actions in accordance with the ijquipment 5 eO '\\ Qual1f1cat10n rule (10 CFR 50.49(g) issued,on January 21, 1983!> Federal '°'iJ Register Volumes 48, No.* 15, PP 2729-2734). pS... CA~e ~ As indicated in the conclusion section of the Safety Evaluation, we r~quest that you reaffirm the justification for continued operation and within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter, submit information for items in NRC Categories I.B, U.P, and IV (presented in the enclosed Technical Evaluation Report) for which justification for continued operation was not previously submitted to the NRC. lo addition, for items in NRC Category II.. B:; justification for continued operation, if not previously provided, is to be provided within ten (10) days of receipt of this letter. Should issues or conflicts exist, v.ihich prohibit a response in a timely manner, a 10 CF' Part 50.54(f) letter will be issued. Guidelines *set forth in paragraph (i) of 10 CFR 50.49 should be considered in your-justification for continued operation of your facility * .. ***----*~--~---r,..--------,,..------...-------,......------.------ i OFl'ICEi'Jo......,.........,....... :.: * *...,.......,,,,,......................................................................................................................... "SURNAME~ ********************~***. ************************ ************************ ************************ DATE~ ************************ ************************ ************************ ************************ NRC FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY USGPO: 1981-335-960
Mr. David J. Vandet-Jalle April 25, 1983 Upon completion of the plant specific review for all plants!t a cross-reference of non-qualified equipment existing in any plant wi 11 be con-ducted by the NRC staff to determine if the same equipment exists on other plants and has been declared qualified. Should the cross-reference indicate that they do exist in your plant~ the staff will contact you to reconfirm the qualification of these items for your plant~* Appendix D of the enclosed TER provides a technical revieH of the licensees 1 statements regarding the justification for continued operation {JCO) that was submitted in the 90-day response to an earlier staff safety evaluation (published in mid-1981). Appendix D is not necessarily applicable to the deficiencies identified in the enclosed TER. You should review all JCOs provided to date to ensure that a JCO e}dsts for all equipment which may got be qualified. The Commission has promulgated an Equipment Qualification rule which in Paragraph ( g) of the rule requires that by May 20, 1983)) licensees idefltify .9J.e_c;"tr,if_aJ__~qµi_pment important to safety \\-Jithin the scope of the rule *t.:hat
- .~-
al_r~aoy qu'al :ified, and submit a schedule for the qualification or replaceinent--of the remaining electric equipment within the scope of the rule in accordance with the qualification deadline specified in paragraph
- (g)..
The submittal required by the rule should specifically indicate whether your previous submittals comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) (2) and to establish any qualification prggrams not previously described for such equipment. This rule is now the basis the staff intends to rely upon in resolving the EQ program. The Technical Evaluat5'.on Report contains certain identified information which you have previously claimed to be prgp)rietary. He request that you inform us aS'~ indicated in the proprietary review section of the Safety Evaluation v1hether any portions of the identified pages sti 1 l require proprietary protection. It should be noted that the NRC's policy on proprietary information, as specified in SECY 81-ll~_js _th.at_.Sl!_mi_n~_ry g_~ta on equipment qualification testing will not be tfea_te'd_,_as-=p:ropri~tary by\\ the NRC. This information shall be sub)nitted within -thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter.. A general guide'1ine is attached. Questions rega*rding the enclosed SE and TER, especially the findings and actions required, should be directed through the NRC Prodect Manager for Palisades Plant. OFFICE......................... SURNAME ************************* DATE *.*********************** NRC FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240 - Sincerely, Original signed by/ Dennis M. Crutchfield, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #5 Division of Licensing OFFICIAL RECORD COPY USGPO: 198.1-335-960
'r Mr. David J. VandeWalle
Enclosures:
- l. Safety Evaluation
- 2. Technical Evaluation Report (Volumes l and 2)*
Proprietary Information (~Jitbheld frrnrn public disclosure) cc without Technical Evaluation Report: See next page
- Previously gstvanced
\\ NRG FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY April 25,, 19U3 USGPO: 1981-335-960
Mr. David J. VandeWalle 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 Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 James G. Keppler, Regional Administrator Nuclear Regulatory Connission, Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Township Supervisor Covert Townshi Route 1, Box 10 Van Buren County, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor (2) Room l - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Palisades Plant ATTN: Mr. Robert Montross Plant Manager Covert, Michigan 49043 U. S. Environmental Protection A*gency Federal Activities Branch Region V Office ATTN: Regional Radiation Representative 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Resident Inspector c/o U. S. NRC Palisades Plant Route 2, P. O. Box 155 Covert, Michigan 49043 Apri 1 25,.1983 ~}}