ML18066A162

Summary of 980430 Meeting W/Util Re Palisades Nuclear Plant Improved Ts.List of Attendees Encl

ML18066A162
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	05/26/1998
From:	Robert Schaaf NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9806030072
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555--0001 May 26, 1998 LICENSEE:

Consumers Energy Company FACILITY:

Palisades Nuclear Plant

SUMMARY

OF THE APRIL 30, 1998, MEETING REGARDING PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT IMPROVED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS On January 26, 1998, Consumers Energy submitted a license amendment request to convert the Palisades Nuclear Plant current technical specifications (CTS) to improved technical specifications (ITS). The ITS submittal was based on the guidance contained in NUREG-1432, "Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants" (ISTS). On April 30, 1998, the NRC and Consumers Energy held a meeting to discuss the Palisades ITS *submittal. A list of the meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 1. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Palisades submittal and to clarify NRC processing of the submittal.

The staff discussed use of the model safety evaluation (SE) developed for documenting review of ITS conversion submittals. The model SE for the most recently issued CTS to ITS conversion was developed for the Calvert Cliffs plant. The Calvert Cliffs SE, issued May 4, 1998 (Accession No. 980511,0101), included 36 pages of text and approximately 200 pages of

. tables. The staff indicated that electronic copies of the docketed Calvert Cliffs SE and tables would be provided when available to assist the licensee in preparing similar tables to facilitate the staff's review of the Palisades conversion.

The participants also discussed preliminary schedules for completing the Palisades. conversion review. The licensee and the staff each presented preliminary schedules. The licensee's schedule, presented in a letter dated April 30, 1998, is provided in Enclosure 2. The staff's preliminary review schedule is provided in Enclosure 3. The staff noted that the preliminary schedules are very similar with regard to expected dates for completion of anticipated NRC requests for additional information, the licensee's responses, resolution of open items, and issuance of the draft and final SEs.

In an April 1, 1998, letter to Consumers Energy discussing the initial screening of the Palisades submittal, the staff expressed concern that, while the ITS Modes conform to the ISTS, unevaluated changes to CTS limits may have occurred in translating the CTS operational conditions to ITS Modes. For example, Palisades' Introduction to Section 3.3, Instrumentation, Item D, states, 'The CTS definitions of plant operating conditions have been replaced with the operation Mode definitions used in ISTS. In several instances the name for a CTS-defined "operating condition" is the same as that for an ISTS "Mode," but the definition differs." To.

assist in resolution of these concerns, Consumers Energy suggested that copies of the

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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 Commissiqn 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 Mr. Nathan L. Haskell Director, Licensing Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 March 1998

MEETING ATTENDANCE MEETING REGARDING PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT IMPROVED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS William Beckner Mary Lynn Reardon Robert Schaaf Nathan Haskell Richard Smedley Affiliation

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Palisades Nuclear Plant ITS Schedule Section Reviewer Screening Review 1.0 J

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Chu 2/25/98 2.0 Safety Limits Tjader 2/25/98 3.0 LCO/SR Appl Chu 2/25/98 3.1 Reactivity Cntl Tjader 2/25/98 3.2 Power Distr Tjader 2/25/98 3.3 INEL Instrumentation Schulten 2/25/98 3.4 INEL RCS Weston 2/25/98 3.5 LLNL ECCS Gilles 2/25/98 3.6 LLNL Containment Giardina 2/25/98 3.7 LLNL Plant Sys Shiraki 2/25/99 3.8 Scientech Electrical Harbuck 2/25/98 3.9 INEL Refueling Weston 2/25/98 4.0 Design Features Chu 2/25/98 5.0 Admin Controls Foster 2/25/98 G:\\SCHEDULE.ITS\\PALISADE.SCH Updated 4/30/98 TSB Issues

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Screening Review 1'2 TSB Issues RAJ Submittal = 8 months 18 months allows time for the contractors to complete work on South Texas and Fdur Loops. review

• Four Loops had allowed 7 months here. TSB Issues 1'2 RAJ Submittal to Licensee Response = 2 %

months. Licensee Response 1'2 Resolve Open Items = 2 % months. Resolve Open Item 1'2 Draft SE to PM = 6 weeks. Draft SE 1'2 Final SE to PM = 6 weeks.

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