ML18058A166

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Forwards SE on Seismic Design Criteria in Response to Insp Rept 50-255/91-202
ML18058A166
Person / Time
Site: Palisades 
Issue date: 01/30/1992
From: Brian Holian
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Slade G
CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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ML18058A168 List:
References
TAC-M81216, NUDOCS 9202120141
Download: ML18058A166 (2)


See also: IR 05000255/1991202

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Docket No. 50-255

Hr. Gerald B. Slade

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Consumers Power Company

Palisades Plant

27780 Blue'Star Memorial

Covert, HicHi~an 49043

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SUBJECT:

SAFETY EVALUATION ON SEISMIC DESIGN CRITERIA IN

RESPONSE TO INSPECrlON REPORT 91-202 - PALISADES

PLANT (TAC NO. H81216)

The NRC completed a special inspection of engineerin~.,and design control at

the Palisades plant from June 10 through.June 21,:1991~ The inspection report

(IR-91-202} identified a deficiency' that concerne.d* the application of stress

allowables as final 'piping design criteria. These allowables had been

approved by the NRC as interim criteria for use in the resolution of IE

Bulletin 79~14 issues. Consumers Power Company letter dated October 7, 1991

provided your resolution of the above identified deficiency.

Your response

incorporated NRC conrnents from an August 7, 1991 meeting, and an August 15,

1991, conference call between your staff and the NRC~

The NRC has reviewed your submittal and finds it acceptable for use in the

Palisades piping design analyses, and for incorporation into the final safety

analysis report (FSAR). A safety evaluation detailing our evaluation is

enclosed.

Enclosure;

Sa~ety Evaluation

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cc:

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

Judd L. Bacon, Esquire

212 West Michigan Avenue

Jackson, Michigan 49201

Regional Administrator, Region III

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 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

Mr. Patrick M. Donnelly

Director, Safety and Licensing

Palisades Plant

27780 Blue Star Memorial Hwy.

Covert, Michigan 49043

Resident Inspector

c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Palisades Plant

27782 Blue Star Memorial Hwy.

Covert, Michigan 49043

Palisades Plant

Nuclear Facilities and

Environmental Monitoring

Section Office

Division of Radiological

Health

Department of Public Health

3423 N. Logan Street

P. 0. Box 30195

Lansing, Michigan 30195

Gerald Charnoff, P.C.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts &

Trowbridge

2300 N. Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037

Mr. David L. Brannen

Vice President

Palisades Generating Company

c/o Bechtel Power Corporation

15740 Shady Grove Road

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877

Roy W. Jones

Manager, Strategic Program

Development

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

4350 Northern Pike

Monroeville, Pennsylvania 15146