ML18065A795
| ML18065A795 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 06/28/1996 |
| From: | Reinhart M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Smedley R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
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| ML18065A797 | List: |
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| TAC-M95051, NUDOCS 9607010306 | |
| Download: ML18065A795 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Richard Smedley Manager, Licensing Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 June 28, 1996
SUBJECT:
PALISADES PLANT - EVALUATION OF THE THIRD 10-YEAR INTERVAL INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN REQUESTS FOR RELIEF NOS. PR-02 AND PR-04 FOR PALISADES PLANT (TAC NO. M95051)
Dear Mr. Smedley:
The staff has reviewed and evaluated the information provided in your letter dated March 11, 1996, related to the third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Plan Requests for Relief Nos. PR-02 and PR-04 for Palisades Plant. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in Enclosure 1. is the INEL Technical Letter Report.
Based on the information submitted, the staff has determined that for Request for Relief PR-02 the requirement to perform the code-required VT-2 visual examination of the reactor pressure vessel and associated components, accessible only within the reactor cavity would result in a hardship without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. Therefore, the alternative contained in Request for Relief No. PR-02 is authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(3)(ii), provided that the licensee performs a VT-2 visual examination for evidence of leakage in the reactor pressure vessel cavity during cold shutdown following a run cycle.
In addition, the staff has determined that your proposed alternative to use Code Case N-522, "Pressure Testing of Containment Penetration Piping,"
contained in Request for Relief No. PR-04 provides an acceptable level of quality and safety. Therefore, your proposed alternative to use Code Case N-522 in lieu of the code-required pressure tests is authorized pursuant to IO CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i), provided that Consumers Power Company performs the leak test at the peak calculated containment pressure and uses a test procedure that provides for detection and location of through-wall leakages in the pipe segments being tested. The use of alternatives contained in Code Case N-522 is authorized for the current interval or until such time-as the code case is published in a future revision of Regulatory Guide 1.147. At that time, if Consumers Power Company intends to continue to implement this code case, you are to follow all provisions in Code Case N-522 with limitations issued in Regulatory Guide 1.147, if any.
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I Mr. June 28, 1996 If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact Marsha Gamberoni at (301) 415-3024.
Docket No.:
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Mark Reinhart, Acting Director Project Directorate III-I Division of Reactor Projects - Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Mr. June 28, 1996 If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact Marsha Gamberoni at (301) 415-3024.
Sincerely, Mark Reinhart, Acting Director Project Directorate Ill-I Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.:
50-255
Enclosure:
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Mr. Richard W. Smedley Consumers Power Company cc:
Mr. Thomas J. Palmisano Plant General Manager Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michig~n 49041 Mr. Robert A. Fenech Vice President, Nuclear Operations Pa 1 i sades Pl ant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 M. I. Hiller, Esquire Sidley & Austin 54th Floor One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Mr. Thomas A. McNish Vice President & 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 Ill U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532:-4351 Jerry Sarno Township Supervisor Covert Township 36197 M-140 Highway Covert, Mi~higan 49043 Office of the Governor Room I - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office Pa 1 i sades Pl ant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Palisades Plant Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 3423 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd P. 0. Box 30630 Lansing, Michigan 48909-8130 Gerald Charnoff, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge
- 2300 N Street, N. W.
Washington DC 20037 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division 630 Law Building P.O. Box 30212 Lansing, Michigan 48909 M11y 1996