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Summary of 901107 Meeting W/Utils at Plant Sites Re Steam Generator Replacement Project (Sgrp),Zebra Mussel Infestation & Unexpected Activation of Concrete Plug Removed from Containment for SGRP
ML18057A619
Person / Time
Site: Palisades, Cook  
Issue date: 12/06/1990
From: Carpenter C
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 9012120128
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e UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 December 6, 1990 Docket Nos. 50-255, 50-315 and 50-316 LICENSEE:

Consumers Power Company and Indiana Michigan Power Company FACILITY:

Palisades.Plant Nuclear Power Plant and D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant Units 1 arid 2

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF MEETING WITH CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY AND INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY On November 7, 1990, Mr. John Zwolinski, Mr. Robert Pierson, and Mr. C. E.

  • Carpenter toured Palisades Power Plant/Consumers Power Company and met with

.Mr. Brent Clayton -*Region III Rroject Branch Chief, Mr. "Jim Heller - Senior Resident Inspector, and Mr. Jay Hawkins - Acting Resident I~~pecto~.*

Discussions were held with senior Pal~sades Plant officiali, including Mr.

Gerald Slade - Plant Manager, Mr. Dave Vandewalle - Director of Safety and Licensing, and Mr David Joos -

Vic~ President, Energy Supply Servic~s. The topics of conversation were:.

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Steam Generator Replacement Project -

c) a brief overview of the outage progress to ~ate, presently.ahead of schedul~ and below projected exposures and radwaste volume, slightly above projected percons; Zebra Mussel infestation - presently not found to be more than a slight concern but being tracked;.and, unexpected activation of the ~ohcrete plug removed from coniai~ment for the SGRP -

the concrete was found to contain trace amounts of Europium*

(~pproximately 1.0E-6 uCi/gm) with a half-life of '13yr. *This amount is one order of magnitude greater than background.

Licensee believes that the concrete became activated since initial startup. The removed plug will be stored on site and track~d~

After this discussion, Messrs. Pierson, Clayton and Carpenter toured containment and observed the Narrow Gap Welding* of the Steam Generator hot leg.

On Thursday, November 8, 1990, Messrs. Zwolinski, Pierson, Clayton and Carpenter met a~ D. C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant with the Resident Inspectors, Mr. Jim Isom

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The six staff members sat in on the Morning Plant Status Meeting.

Aft~r the meeting, the staff toured the secondary buildings, the control rooms, and the spent fuel pool area.

Following the plant tour, a working lunch with senior plant personnel was held.

Present were Mr. M. Alexich - Vice President, Nuclear Operations, Mr. A. Bird ~

Plant Manager, Mr. K. Baker - Assistant Plant Manager, Production,_Mr. J.

Rutkowski *- Assistant Plant Manager, Technical Support, and Mr. R. Rickman -

Unit One Outage Manager.

The following items were discussed:

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Unit i outage, status and major projects b)* Plant maintenance c)

Steam nump Valve problems Clarence E. Carpente, Project Eng~neer Proj~ct Directorat III~l D~vision of Reactor Projects III/IV/V

- Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

., The six staff members sat in on the Morning Plant Status Meeting. After the meeting, the staff toured the secondary buildings, the control rooms, and the spent fuel pool area.

Following the plant tour, a working lunch with senior plant personnel was held.

Present were Mr. M. Alexich - Vice President, Nuclear Operations, Mr. A. Bird -

Plant Manager, Mr. K. Baker - Assistant Plant Manager, Production, Mr. J.

Rutkowski - Assistant Plant Manager, Technical Support, and Mr. R. Rickman -

Unit O~e.Outage Manager.

The following items were discussed:

a)

Unit 1 outage, status and major projects b)

Plant maintenance c)

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M~ I. Miller, Esquire Sidley & Austin 54th Floor One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Mr. Thomas A. McNish, Secretary Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201

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.e Palisades Plant Nuclear Facilities and Environmehtal Monitor~ng Section Office Division of Radiological Health

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Shaw, Pittman, Potts &

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20037 Mr. David L. Brannen Vice President Palisades Generating_ Plant.

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Regional Administrator, Region *111 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Attorney Genera 1 Department of Attorney General 525 West Ottawa Street Lansing, Michigan 48913 Township Supervisor Lake Township Hall Post Off ice Box 818 Bridgman, Michigan 49106 Al Blind, Plant Manager Dona*ld C. Cooj(,* Nudear P-lant Post Office Box 458 Bridgman, Michigan 49106 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission R*esident Inspectors Office 7700 Red Arrow Highway Stevensville, Michigan 49127 Gerald Charnoff, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037 Mayor, City of Bridgman Post Office Box 366 Bridgman, Michigan 49106 Special Assistant to the Governor Room 1 - State Capitol Lansing, Michigan 48909 Nuclear Facilities and Environmental Monitoring Section Office Division of Radiological Health Department of Public Health 3500 N. Logan Street Post Office Box 30035 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Mr. S. Brewer Americari Electric Power Service Corporation 1 Riverside Plaza Columbus, Ohio 43216

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