ML18065B238
| ML18065B238 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 05/05/1998 |
| From: | Robert Schaaf NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Haskell N CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18065B239 | List: |
| References | |
| GL-95-07, GL-95-7, TAC-M93496, NUDOCS 9805080238 | |
| Download: ML18065B238 (3) | |
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Mr. Nathan L. Haskell e Director, Licensing Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 May 5, 1998 e
SUBJECT:
PALISADES PLANT - SAFETY EVALUATION OF CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 95-07, "PRESSURE LOCKING AND THERMAL BINDING OF SAFETY-RELATED POWER-OPERATED GATE VALVES" (TAC NO. M93496)
Dear Mr. Haskell:
On August 17, 1995, the NRC issued Generic Letter (GL) 95-07, "Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding of Safety-Related Power-Operated Gate Valves," to request that licensees take actions to ensure that safety-related power-operated gate valves that are susceptible to pressure locking or thermal binding are capable of performing their safety functions.
In a letter of February 13, 1996, Consumers Energy Company submitted its 180-day response to GL 95-07 for the Palisades Plant. The NRC staff reviewed the submittal and requested additional information in a letter dated June 21, 1996. In a letter of July 22, 1996, Consumers Energy provided the additional information requested. In a letter of July 1, 1997, Consume'rs Energy revised several commitments made in its 180-day response. In a letter of February 23, 1998, Consumers Energy supplemented its GL 95-07 180-day response.
The staff has reviewed the submittals and finds that Consumers Energy has adequately addressed the actions requested in GL 95-07, as discussed in the enclosed safety evaluation. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at (301) 415-1312.
Docket No. 50-255 Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Robert G. Schaaf, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 111/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Mr. Thomas J. Palmisano Site Vice President Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 Mr. Robert A. Fenech, Sr Vice Pres Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Consumers Energy Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 M. I. Miller, Esquire Sidley & Austin 54th Floor One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Mr. Thomas A. McNish Vice President & Secretary Consumers Energy Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Judd L. Bacon, Esquire Consumers Energy 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, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Palisades Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043 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 March 1998
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