ML18057B279
| ML18057B279 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 09/09/1991 |
| From: | Slade G CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| IEB-89-003, IEB-89-3, NUDOCS 9109190028 | |
| Download: ML18057B279 (2) | |
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consumers Power POWERINli MICHlliAN'S PROliRESS Palisades Nuclear Plant: 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Coven, Ml 49043 September 9, -1991 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 5*0-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT -
GB Slade General Manager FINAL RESPONSE TO NRC BULLETIN 89-03, "POTENTIAL LOSS OF REQUIRED SHUTDOWN MARGIN DURING REFUELING OPERATIONS" On November 21, 1989, the NRC issued Bulletin 89-03, "Potential Loss of Requfred Shutdown Margin during Refueling Operations." The bulletin requested that licensees take certain actions (three) to ensure that adequate shutdown margin was maintairied during refueling operations. The three identified actions were:
- 1. Assure that any intermediate fuel assembly configuration (including control rods) intended to be used during refueling is identified and evaluated to maintain sufficient refueling shutdown boron concentration to result in a minimum shutdown margin of 5%.
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Assure that fuel loading procedures allow only those intermediate fuel assembly configurations that do not violate the allowable shutdown*
margin and that those procedures are adhered to strictly.
3.. Assure that the staff responsible for refueling operations is trained in the procedures recommended in item 2 above and understands the potential consequences of violating these procedures.* The training should include the fundamentals of criticality control with enriched
- fuel *ssemblie~.
By letter dated February I, 1990, Consumers Power Company (CPCo) responded to Bulletin 89-03 a.nd indicated that the programs to address the three actions identified in the bulletin would be implemented prior to the 1990 refueling outage.
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By letter dated May 10, 1990, the NRC r~sponded to our February 1, 1990 letter indicating that the NRC considered our response to the bulletin satisfactory.
The letter further requested that CPCo inform the NRC, in writing, when the action was actually. implemented.
Actions 1 and 2 have been incorporated into procedure FHS0-2, "Refueling Operations,". via revision to the procedure dated January 24, 1990. Action 3 was incorporated into the Palisades Lic~nsed Operator Requalificaticin (PLOR) training in Lesson Plan IE~90702 via a revision to the lesson plan dated May 31, 1989.
Based on a review of the corrective action documents associated with the required actions, we conclude that we have implemented the programs as identified in. our February 1, 1990 letter.
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Gerald B Slade-
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General Manager CC Administrator, Region III, USNRC NRC Resident Inspector - Palisades