ML18052A869
| ML18052A869 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/11/1987 |
| From: | Wambach T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Berry K CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| GL-85-06, GL-85-6, NUDOCS 8702200003 | |
| Download: ML18052A869 (3) | |
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Dotket*No. 50-255 Mr. -Kenneth W. Berry Di r'ec;t:or,. Nuc 1 ear Licensing
. Consumers ~_Power Company
- 1945. We's t P.a rlia 11 Road..
Jacks~n~ Michigan 49201.
Dear Mr. Berry:
FEB 111987
SUBJECT:
PALISADES SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATWS RULE The purpose of.this lette.r is to provide you informatjonconcerning imple*-
mentation schedules for comp Hance 'with the requirements of the ATWS rule
. (10 CFR 50. 62).
The specific requirements. are 1 isted in* paragraphs (c)(l).
through (~)(5) of the rule.. Paragraph (d) o'f the rule addresses i.mp.leinenta-tion s~hedules.
The ATWS rul.e was published ih the Federal Register on June 26, 1984.
Quality Assurance (QA) guiqance for non-safety related ATWS equipment was -issued by
'Genertc Letter (GL) 8~-06 *dated April 16, _ 1985.
Therefore: plarit specific
- schedules for mee.ting the,requirements of the ATWS rule were required to be submitted to NRR.by October *15, 1985 (180 days aft~r _issuance of the QA
. guidance).. *:Many utilities responded by stating that* final *.schedules. for meeting the* requi remehts of* the rule co.ul d ncit be determined until the staff
.comp 1 eted its re Views of. generic A_TWS. designs.
The generi C* rev i'ews bave.
either only_ te~ehtly been completed-or are still ongoing.".Delays incurred in
~repar~~ion of th~ ~A guidante, and the extensi~e ti.me and_ effort required.to resolve eom~le~ issues a~sciciated with.the development of*revtew criteria,
. i nterpretat l on of. the s~upp 1 einentary information pub 1 i shed with the ru"l e, and the review of.generic ATWS.designs* have all impacted utility schedules.
. Because o.f the. cµmu.l a_ti*ve effect of these.delays, and.in :recogni t fon that a.
- sound and thorough engineering *approach to re so 1 ve ATWS concerns is *preferred
- .. to a r.ushed effort fa.reed by schedular cons~rai nt.s,.. the NRC has decided.* to*
extend the deadline for.implementation of theATWS :rule.
The.revised schedule a.llows you to delay implementation of ATWS rul.e req_uirements to no later than the third. refueli.ng outage after July 24, 1984:
A request for a delay beyond
_the third.outage wi..11 be handled on a case-by.,.case basis if. it is presented fo --**** ** --~-
a timely fashion, and can be adequately justified.
Mr. Kenneth W. Berry Consumers Power Company
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M. I. Miller, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale Slst Floor Three First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60602 Mr. Thomas A. McNish, 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 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulato~y Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Jerry Sarno Township Supervisor Covert Township 36197 M-140 Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Palisades Plant ATTN:
Mr. Joseph F. Firlit Plant General Manager 27780 Blue Star Memorial Hwy.
Covert, Michigan 49043 Resident Inspector c/o U.S. NRC Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Hwy.
Covert, Michigan 49043 Palisades Plant Nuclear Facilities and Environmental Monitoring Section Office Division of Radiological Health P.O. Box 30035 Lansing, Michigan 48909
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--~ Please contact me withi.n 30 days after receipt of this letter-regarding.
implementation schedules at the Palisades Plant using the guidance provided above.
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.Sincerely,
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dgneo t!>y Thomas V. Wambach,Project Manager PWR Project Directorate.#8 Division of PWR Licensing~B cif~~me RC PDR.
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