ML18065A898

Forwards Safety Evaluation for Review of New or Revised Relief Requests as Applicable to Provisions of 1989 Edition of ASME Code.One Relief Denied,Three Have Been Approved for Interim Period & Remaining Requests Have Been Approved

ML18065A898
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	08/30/1996
From:	Reinhart M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Bordine T CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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ML18065A899	List: ML18065A898 ML18065A900
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TAC-M94952, NUDOCS 9609100487
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Mr. Thomas C. Bordine Manager, Licensing Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 August 30, 1996

SUBJECT:

PALISADES PLANT - EVALUATION OF RELIEF REQUESTS FOR THE THIRD 120-MONTH INTERVAL INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM (TAC NO. M94952}

Dear Mr. Bordine:

By letter dated March 5, 1996, Consumers Power Company submitted its third 120-month interval inservice testing (IST} program for the Palisades Plant.

The interval began August 21, 1995, following the completion of the Cycle 11 refueling outage.

The previous intervals were extended beyond 120 months under the provisions of IWA-2400(c} of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME} Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (the Code}.

The enclosed safety evaluation (SE} provides the results of our review of the new or revised relief requests as applicable to the provisions of the 1989 Edition of the ASME Code.

One relief request has been denied, three requests have b~en approved for an interim period, and the remaining requests have been approved.

Where the request has been d~nied (Section 3.8 of the enclosed SE}, you should meet the requirements of the Code at the first test of the applicable components performed more than 30 days from the date of this.letter. Where interim approvals have been granted (Sections 3.10, 3.11, and 4.3 of the enclosed SE},

you should determine long-term resolutions prior to expiration of the interim periods authorized.

The staff has identified several action items for you to address in the enclosed SE.

You should respond to the NRC within 1 year from the date of this letter describing the actions taken to address these items.

Docket No. 50-255

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc w/encl:

See next page Sincerely, Original signed by:.

Mark Reinhart, Acting Director Project Directorate III-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation DOCUMENT NAME:

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Mr. Thomas C. Bordine Consumers Power Company cc:

Mr. Thomas J. Palmisano Plant General Manager Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Mr. Robert A. Fenech Vice President, Nuclear Operations Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 M. I. Miller, 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 III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Jerry Sarno Township Supervisor Covert Township 36197 M-140 Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Palisades Plant Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd P. 0. Box 30630 CPH Mailroom 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 rime 1996

DATED:

August 30, 1996 DISTRIBUTION FOR PALISADES PLANT IST RELIEF REQUESTS:

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