ML20043C029
| ML20043C029 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 05/25/1990 |
| From: | John Hickman Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Spangenberg F ILLINOIS POWER CO. |
| References | |
| IEB-90-002, IEB-90-2, TAC-76325, NUDOCS 9006010214 | |
| Download: ML20043C029 (3) | |
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s May 25, 1990 Docket No. 50-461 PDill-2 r/f JZwolinski RDudley JHickman Mr. Frank A. Spangenberg CMoore OGC-WF1 Manager - Licensing and Safety EJordan ACRS(10)
Clinton Power Station PDill-2 Gray P. O. Box 678 Mail Code V920 Clinton, Illinois 61727
Dear Mr. Spangenberg:
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO NRC BULLETIN 90-02 FOR THE CLINTON POWER STATION (TAC 76325)
HRC Bulletin 90-02, " Loss of Thermal Margin Caused by Channel Box Bow,"
dated March 20, 1990, was issued to request that licensees determine whether any channel boxes are being re-used after their first bundle lifetime and, if so, to ensure that the effects of channel box bow on the critical power ratio are properly taken into account.
By letter dated A)ril 17, 1990, Illinois Power responded to this Bulletin and stated that tiey do not have any channel boxes in use for a se:ond bundle lifetime, do.not have any plans at this time to re-use channel boxes, and will implement a procedure change to require a safety analysis be performed prior to specifying a fuel channel box be used for a second bundle lifetime.
This response satisfies the reporting requirements of NRC Bulletin 90-02.
Sincerely,
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Mr. Frank A. Spangenberg Manager - Licensing and Safety Clinton Power Station e
P. O. Box 678 Mail Code V920 Clinton, Illinois 61727 l
Dear Mr. Spangenberg:
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO NRC BULLETIN 90-02 FOR THE CLINTON POWER STATION' l
NRC Bulletin 90-02, " Loss of Thermal Margin Caused by Channel Box Bow,'.
dated March 20, 1990, was issued to request that licensees determine whether any channel boxes are being re-used after their first bundle lifetime and, if so, to ensure that the effects of channel box bow on the critical power ratio are properly taken into account.
By letter dated April 17, 1990, Illinois Power responded to this Bulletin and stated that they do not have any channel boxes in use for a second bundle lif etime, do not have any plans at this time to re-use channel boxes, and will implement a procedure change to require a safety analysis be performed prior to specifying a fuel channel box be used for a second bundle lifetime.
This response satisfies the reporting requirements of NRC Bulletin 90-02.
Sincerely, c53 W.
John B. Hickman, Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ec: See next page l
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' Mr. Frank A. Spangenberg Clinton Power Station Illinois Power Company Unit 1 l
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Mr. J. S. Perry Illinois Department Vice President of Nuclear Safety Clinton Power Station Office of Nuclear Facility Safety P. O. Box 678 1035 Outer Park Drive Clinton, Illinois, 61727 Springfield, Illinois 62704 Mr. R. D. Freeman Mr. Donald Schopfer Manager-Nuclear Station Engineering Dept.
Project Manager Clinton Power Station Sargent & Lundy Engineers i
P. O. Box 678 55 East Monroe Street Clinton, Illinois 61727 Cnicago, Illinois 60603 Sheldon Zabel, Esquire Schiff, Hardin & Waite l
7200 Sears Tower 233 Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 r
I Resident inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission RRf3, Box 229 A Clinton Illinois 61727 Mr. L. Larson Project Manager General Electric Company 175 Curtner Avenue, N/C 395 San Jose, California 95125 l
l Regional Administrator, Region 111 799 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. #4 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Chairman of DeWitt County c/o County Clerk's Office DeWitt County Courthouse Clinton, Illinois 61727 Robert Neumann Office of Public Counsel State of Illinois Center 100 W. Randolph Suite 11-300 Chicago, Illinois 60601
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