ML18067A539
| ML18067A539 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1997 |
| From: | Robert Schaaf NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Bordine T CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18067A540 | List: |
| References | |
| IEB-96-002, IEB-96-2, TAC-M95619, NUDOCS 9705150174 | |
| Download: ML18067A539 (2) | |
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Mr. Thomas C. Berdine.
-Licensing Manager Palisades Plant May-1997 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043
SUBJECT:
PALISADES PLANT - STAFF EVALUATION OF CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING NRC BULLETIN 96-02, "MOVEMENT OF HEAVY LOADS OVER SPENT FUEL, OVER FUEL IN THE REACTOR CORE, OR OVER SAFETY-RELATED EQUIPMENT" (TAC NO. M95619)
Dear Mr. Berdine:
By letter dated December 11, 1996, the NRC issued a request for additional information (RAI) to Consumers Power Company regarding NRC Bulletin (NRCB) 96-02, "Movement of Heavy Loads Over Spent Fuel, Over Fuel in the Reactor Core, or Over Safety Related Equipment."
The RAI requested your review of a potential cask drop scenario related to the movement of spent fuel casks from the spent fuel pool.
The scenario involved movement of a cask prior to securing the lid, and the attendant potential for tipping over of the cask, dislocation of the cask lid, and loss of confinement of the fuel.
Based on the information provided in your response dated February 10, 1997, the staff finds that the close proximity of the spent fuel pool and the cask wash-down pit and their physical configurations reduce the potential for occurrence of the accident scenario described above.
Based on our evaluation of your response to both NRCB 96-02 and the RAI, the staff finds that your conclusion that the tip-over accident scenario is not credible at Palisades is acceptable.
The staff's evaluation of your response is enclosed.
The staff is continuing to review your response to NRCB 96-02 and will inform you of the results of this review by separate correspondence.
Docket No. 50-255
Enclosure:
Staff Evaluation cc w/encl:
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JRoe ACRS PRay Sincerely, Original signed by Robert G. Schaaf, Project Manager Project Directorate III-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation PUBLIC SEDB (TLH3)
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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. McNis~
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 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 April 1997