ML18065A222

Revises Response to GL 95-07, Pressure Locking & Thermal Binding of Safety-Related Power-Operated Gate Valves.

ML18065A222
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	10/25/1995
From:	Smedley R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
GL-95-07, GL-95-7, NUDOCS 9511010274
Download: ML18065A222 (3)

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consumers Power POWERING MICHIGAN'S PROGRESS Palisades Nuclear Plant: 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, Ml 49043 October 25, 1995 U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT REVISED REPLY TO GENERIC LETTER 95 PRESSURE LOCKING AND THERMAL BINDING OF SAFETY~RELATED POWER-OPERATED GATE VALVES On October 13, 1995, we submitted the requested sixty-day response to Generic Letter 95-07, "Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding of Saf~ty-Rel ated Power Operated Gate Valves." That response not only confirmed that Palisades intends to implement the actions requested in the Generic Letter, but also implied that an additional submittal would be made on or before November 15, 1995 to identify those valves susceptible to pressure locking and thermal binding. While the screening evaluation of safety-related power-operated gate valves will be completed -0n or before November 15, 1995, no additional submittal will be made at that time. As stated in our October 13, 1995 letter, the corrective actions completed and any corrective actions to be taken to disposition the identified

.susceptibilities will be reported in the required 180-day submittal.

SUMMARY

OF COMMITMENTS Th.is letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.

The commitments made in the letter of October 13, 1995 are repeated below for reference..

1. Complete the screening evaluation of safety related power operated gate valves to document susceptibility to pressure locking and thermal binding by November 15, 1995.

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2. Provide a report of the corrective actions completed arid any corrective actions to be taken to disposition the identified susceptibilities in the required 180 day NRC submittal.

Richard W. Smedley Manager, Licensing CC Administrator, Region III, USNRC Project Manager, NRR, USNRC NRC Resident Inspector - Palisades

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To the best of my knowledge, the contents of this letter providing the revised 60-day response to Generic Letter 95-07, "Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding of Safety-Related Power Operated Gate Valves," are truthful and complete.

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Richard WSmedley * . .~

Manager, Licensing Sworn and subscribed to before me this rtl~. day of o~ 1995.

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Alora M. Davis, Notary Public Berrien County, Michigan Acting in Van Buren County My commission expires August 26, 1999

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