ML18066A890
| ML18066A890 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/20/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML18066A889 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-96-17, NUDOCS 9703030117 | |
| Download: ML18066A890 (2) | |
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Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted on November 24; 1996 through January 10, 1997, a.
violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
Technical Specifications 3.1.3 a) states: "Except during low-power physics test, the reactor shall not be made critical if the primary coolant temperature is below 525°F."
Contrary to the above, on January 6, 1997, at 2:11 pm, the primary coolant system temperature decreased below 525°F for approximately one minute with the reactor critical.
. This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
- Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington; D.C. 20555 with a c~py to the*
Regional Administrator, Reg~on IJI_, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility
. *that is the subject of this Notice, within 30_days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a "R_epl_y to a Notice of Viol~tion" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if
- contested, the basis for-disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective _steps that will be taker:i to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved~ Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately.
addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an Order or a Demand for Information may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, Sl,Jspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards*
information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or
- proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please*
provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you ~
specifically identify the portions of your 9703030117 970220 PDR ADOCK 05000255 G
Notice of Violation response that you.seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or p~ovide the information required by 10 CFR 2. 790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If *
. safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the.
level of protection described in 1 O CFR 73.21.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 20th day of February 1997
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