ML19336A705
| ML19336A705 | |
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| Site: | Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1980 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
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| NUDOCS 8010300532 | |
| Download: ML19336A705 (6) | |
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O 7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION q
In the Matter of Consumers Power
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Docket No. 50-155 REVISED ORDER FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE I.
Consumers Power Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating
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License No. DPR-6, which authorizes the operation of the Big Rock Point Plant at steady-state reactor power levels not in excess of 240 megawatts thermal (rated pwer).
The facility consists of a boiling water reactor located at the licensee's site in Charlevcix, Michigan.
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On November 4,1977, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed with the Comission a " Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief." The petition sought action in two areas:
fire protection for electrical cables, and environmental qualification of electrical components. By Memorandum and Order dated April 13,1978 (7 NRC 400), the Comission 4
8 denied certain aspects of the petition and, with respect to other aspects, ordered the NRC staf f to take several related actions.
UCS filed a Petition for Reconsideration on May 2,1978. By Memorandum and Order, dated May 23, 1980, the Comission reaffirmed its April 13, 1978 decision 8010300 0%
regarding the possible shutdown of operating reactors. However, the Commission's May 23, 1980 decision directed licensees and the NRC staff to undertake certain actions.
With respect to environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, the Commission determined that the provisions of the two I
staff documents - the Division of Operating Reactors " Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualification of Class lE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors" (DDR Guidelines) and NUREG-0588, " Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Re16'ed Electrical Equipment," December 1979 " form the requirements which licensees and applicants must meet in order to satisfy those aspects of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A General Design Criterion (GDC-4), which relate to envi-ronmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment." The Commission directed, for replacement parts in operating plants, "unless there are sound reasons to the contrary, the 1974 standard in NUREG-0588 will apply." The Commission also directed the staff to complete its 1
review of the information sought from licensees by Bulletin 79-01B and to complete its review of environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants, including the publication of Safety Evaluation Reports, by February 1,1981.
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1 Bulletin 79-01B was not sent to licensees for plants under review as part of the staff's Systematic Evaluation Program.
The information sought by Bulletin 79-01B was requested f rom these licensees by a series of letters and-meetings during the months of February and March, 1980.
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imposed a deadline that, "by no later than June 30, 1982 all saf ety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants shall be qualified to the D0R Guidelines or NUREG-0588." The Cotmission requested the staff to, " keep the Commission and the public apprised of any further findings of incomplete environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, along with corrective actions taken or planned,"
1 and requested the staff to provide bi-monthly progress reports tu the C ommi ssion.
The Commission further directed the staff to add certain documentation requirements to each license af ter the specific requirements were approved by the Commission.
The Commission also pointed out that the various deadlines imposed in its Order, "do not excuse a licensee from the obligation to modify or replace inadequate equipment promptly."
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The information developed during this proceeding emphasizes the importance of adequate documentation, the prompt completion of the review of environ-mental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, and the prompt completion of any plant modification needed to assure conformance with the DDR Guidelines or NUREG-0588.
A significant aspect of this review is the timely submittal of environmentai qualification information by the operating plant licensees to enable the staf f to complete its review in accordance with the Commission's Order. The staf f has a program presently underway to reevaluate, using the DDR Guidelines and NUREG-0588, the qualifications of safety-related electrical equipment exposed
.,o to environments that nay exist following postulated accidents. These accidents are Loss of Coolant Accident and Main Steam Line Break inside containment, and High Energy Line Breaks inside and outside contai nment.
In this connection the licensee was requested by our letter of March 6, 1980, as r,iodified by our letter of March 28, 1980, to provide information on emergency procedures and safety related systems.
The licensee was requested to define and provide the basis for the hostile environment, inside and outside containment. This hostile environment would then be used, by the licensee, in the determination of unqualified equipment. A complete package, including justification for methods used, was requested.
Clarif f cation was provided by supplemental information, briefings, and in some cases, meetings with the licensee.
Timely completion of the staff's review of environmental qualification of electrical equipment and timely conpletion of needed modifications by the licensee is required to provide continuing reasonable assurance of public health and safety. Such completion is dependent on the prompt receipt of a complete response by the licensee to the staf f's requests for information.
However, the licensee's response, to date, is incomplete.
Therefore, I have concluded that the public health, safety, and interest require that a firm schedule for the timely submission of all the information previously requested by the staff should be established by Order effective immediately.
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Accordingly, pursuant (; th'e Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commissio '
egulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Facility Operating License No. OPR-6 is a
hereby amended to add the following provisions:
"Information which fully and completely responds to the staff's request as specified in NRC's letters dated March 6,1980, and March 73,1980, shall be submitted to the Director, Division of h
Licensing by the licensee not later than November 1,1980."
An earlier response is encouraged to f acilitate staff review and i.3uance
- of the safety evaluation report. The licensee or any person whose interest may be affected by this Order may request a hearing within 20 days of the date of publication of this Revisec Order in the Federal Register.
Any request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washin'gton, D. C.
20555. A copy of the request should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, and to Judd L. Bacon, Esquire, Consumers Power Conpany, 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, attorney for the licensee.
If a hearing is held concerning this Order, the issue to be considered at the hearing shall be whether the license should be modified to require submission of information as set forth in Section IV. of the Order.
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i Operating of the f acility on terms consistent With this Order is not stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
This Order revises, in its entirety, the Order issued August 29, 1980 (45 FR 60071, September 11,1980).
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Darrell G. E' enhut, Director Division of L censing Effective Date: September 19, 1990 Bethesda, Maryland a
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