ML18065A861
| ML18065A861 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1996 |
| From: | Bordine T CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| NUDOCS 9608200004 | |
| Download: ML18065A861 (3) | |
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consumers Power POWE RI Nii NilCHlliAN'S PRDliRE!iS Palisades Nuclear Plant: 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, Ml 49043 August14, 1996 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CHANGE REQUEST - PRIMARY COOLANT PUMP FLYWHEEL INSPECTIONS - ONE TIME FREQUENCY EXTENSION On January 18, 1996, Consumers Power Company submitted proposed changes to the Palisades Technical Specifications which would delete the requirements for inservice inspections (ISi) of the primary coolant pump (PCP) flywheels. These changes were submitted as part of a Combustion Engineering Owners Group (CEOG) effort since the changes were determined to be generic to all Combustion Engineering nuclear units.
The initial Technical Specifications Change Request (TSCR) was submitted under the Cost Beneficial Licensing Action (CBLA) program described in NRC Administrative Letter 95-02 dated February 23, 1995. The justification for the CBLA was contained in the January 18, 1996 submittal.
Since our initial submittal, the Staff has informed us that approval prior to the refueling outage at the end of Cycle 12 (due to commence on November 2, 1996) is unlikely due to additional information required for the generic issue. Therefore, in order to obtain relief for the next inspection, scheduled for the upcoming refueling outage at the end of Cycle 12, the attached change is submitted for your review and approval. This change would allow Palisades to omit the scheduled ultrasonic volumetric examinations of the PCP flywheels for one cycle. Because this change is more conservative than the permanent deletion of all flywheel examinations proposed in our January 18, 1996, submittal, the discussions and no significant hazards determination included in the original submittal remain bounding. Those discussions and no significant hazards determination are, therefore, incorporated by reference as the basis for the change requested herein.
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2 to this submittal contains the proposed Technical Specification page. contains the existing Technical Specification page marked up to show the proposed change.
Palisades requests this Technical Specifications Change to be effective immediately upon approval. Although this request is neither exigent nor emergency, your prompt approval by October 15, 1996, is requested. Approval by this date will allow the inspection to be deleted from the schedule for the upcoming refueling outage, currently scheduled to begin November 2, 1996.
SUMMARY
OF COMMITMENTS
. This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.
Manager, Licensing CC Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC Project Manager, NRR, USNRC NRC Resident Inspector - Palisades Attachment
CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY To the best of my knowledge, the contents of this technical specifications change request concerning primary coolant pump flywheel inspections, are truthful and complete.
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Thomt'?s J. Palmisano Plant General Manager Sworn and subscribed to before me this J'.J,;, day 0¥ 1996.
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Alora M. Davis, Notary Public Berrien County, Michigan (Acting in Van Buren County, Michigan)
My commission expires August 26, 1999
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