ML18067A554
| ML18067A554 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1997 |
| From: | Robert Schaaf NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Bordine T CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| GL-95-03, GL-95-3, TAC-M92260, NUDOCS 9705290332 | |
| Download: ML18067A554 (3) | |
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I UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
\\YASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr~ Thomas C. Bordine Ma'nager, Licensing Palisades Plant 27780 ~lue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 May 22, 1997
SUBJECT:
PALISADES PLANT ~ COMPLETION OF STAFF REVIEW OF CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 95-03, "CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKING OF STEAM *GENERATOR TUBES" {TAC NO. M92260)
Dear Mr. Bordine:
On April 28, 1995, the u.. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Generic Letter (GL) 95-03, "Circumferential Cracking of Steam Generator Tubes," to all holders ~f operating licenses or construction permits for pressurized-water reactors.
GL 95-03 notified addressees about the safety significance of rece.nt* steam generator tube* inspection findings at Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station; requested that all addressees implement the actions described within the generic letter; and requir~d that all addressees submit to the NRC a *
~ritten response regarding implementation of the reque~ted actions.. In addition, GL 95-03 alerted addressees to the.importance* of performing
- comprehensive examinations of steam gener~tor tubes using techniques and equipment capable of reliably detecting. the types of degradation to which the steam generator tubes may be susceptible.. The staff also noted that the performance of steam.generator *tube examination*s is controlled, in part; by Appendix B to Title 10, Part 50, of the.Code of Federal Regulations (10.CFR Part 50)~
The staff requested in GL 95-03 that licensee~:
(1)
Evaluate. recent operating experience with respec.t to the detect i.on and sizing of circumferential indications to deter~ine applicability to their pl ants.
(2)
On the basii of this evaluation and other relevant factors, develop a safety assessment justifying continued ope.ration until the next scheduled steam generator tube inspection~.
( 3)
Devel op pl ans for the next steam generator tube* inspect i ans as they pertain to the detection of circumferential cracking.
To document the outcome of these actions, the staff requested that addressees prepare and submit: a safety assessment justifying continued operation,.
predicated on the evaluation performed in accordance with requested actions
{l) and {2) above; a summary of the inspection plans developed in accordance with requested action {3) above; and a schedule for the next plan.ned inspection.
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Mr. Thomas Bordine In response to GL 95~03, Consumers Power Company provided letters dated June 27 and October 25, 1995, for the Palisades Plant. These submittals provided the information requested by.GL 95-03; therefore TAC No. M92260 is closed.
The staff's finding~ reg~rding this issue are contained in NUREG-1604, "Circumferential Cracking of Steam. Generator Tubes, 11 April 1997.
If you have any qu~stions regarding this matter,. please contact me.at (301) 415-1312.
Docket No. 50-255 cc w/encl:
See next page
. Sincerely,
- Origin~l signed by Robert G. Schaaf, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects - Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Mr. Thomas C. Bordine Consumers Power Company cc:
Mr. Thomas J. Palmisano_
Site Vice President Pali sades Pl ant 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. BaconJ 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 Lansi~g, Michigan 48913 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.*
Resident Inspector's Office Pali sades Pl.ant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Michigan 49043
, I Palisades Plant Drinking Water and Radiological Protectiori Division Michigan Department of Envirpnmental 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.
W~shington DC 20037 Michigan Department of.Attorney General Special Litigation Division
. 630 Law Building.
P.O. Box 30212 Lansing, ~ichigari 48909 April 1997