ML18067A569
| ML18067A569 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 06/11/1997 |
| From: | Hannon J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Bordine T CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18067A571 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-M98063, NUDOCS 9706160345 | |
| Download: ML18067A569 (2) | |
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Mr. Thomas C. Bordin.A Licensing Manager W
Palisades Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043 June 11,.7
SUBJECT:
PALISADES PLANT - SAFETY EVALUATION OF RELIEF REQUEST NUMBER 8 FOR THE PUMP AND VALVE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM (TAC NO. M98063)
Dear Mr. Bordine:
Consumers Power Company submitted Relief Request Number 8 for the Palisades Plant lnservice Testing (IST) Program by letter dated February 28, 1997. The current Palisades IST program is based on the requirements of Section XI of the 1989 Edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. The Code specifies that rules for the inservice testing of pumps are stated in the ASME/ANSI Operations and Maintenance (OM) Standards, Part 6, "lnservice Testing of Pumps in Light-Water Reactor Power Plants (OM-6). Your letter requested relief from the frequency response range requirements of OM-6, Paragraph 4.6.1.6, for charging pumps P-55A, P-55B, and P-55C based on your determination that complying with the frequency response range requirements of OM-6 would be impractical for these low-speed pumps.
The staff finds that the proposed alternative to the Code requirements provides reasonable assurance of operational readiness and, based on the impracticality of complying with the Code requirements, the staff concludes that the relief request may be granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a.(f)(6)(i). The staff has determined that this relief is authorized by law and will not endanger li~e or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest giving due consideration to the burden upon the licensee that could result if the requirements were imposed. The staff's evaluation of the relief request is provided in the enclosed safety evaluation.
This completes our review effort under TAC Number M98063.
Docket No. 50-255
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See next page Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY John N. Hannon, Director Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects - Ill/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\WPDOCS\\PALISADE\\PAL98063.REL To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box C =Copy w/o attachment/enclosur E =Copy with attachment/enclosure N
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Mr. Thomas C. Berdine Consumers Power Company cc:
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 En.argy 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 April 1997