ML20084T784
| ML20084T784 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/1972 |
| From: | Sewell R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | Oleary J US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| ML20084T717 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8306240104 | |
| Download: ML20084T784 (2) | |
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WE CAUSE OF THE TRIP UA3 ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE FEEDUATER Coi! TROL VALVE DUE TO A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF DIRT IN TFE AIR SUFPLY.
AT THIS TIME, UE ARE 5.TILL HAVING DIFFICULTIE3 UITH ONE OF THE TUC I!!3TALLED A!!D Tite ONE SPARE STARTUP CFAN:!EL FROPORTIONAL COUt!TER3, A3 UA3 DESCRIBID IN OUR DECEI'3ER 11,1972 TUE TO THE DIRECTORATE OF LICEN3It:G. E F AVE LOC.iTED A 3 PARE PROF 02TIONAL COUNTER TH AT CA!' SI USID IP Pl. ACE OF TFE PRESENTLY INSTALLED FAILED DETECTOR, ECUEVER, IT I3 CURRE!!TLY IN TRAN3IT TO TFE PLA!!T 3ITE, AFTER BEI:!G 5:!OUED IN I? 9 l'P3 TATE NE'd YORK F0!! 3EVERAL DAY 3.
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CHA!!NZL UA5 READING ABOUT 20 COUNTS PER SECOND A!!D THE TWO LOG-RAi!GE CPAN"ZL3 WIRE READING ABOUT 7 X 10 TO THE -S PERCINT OF RATED REACTOR FOUZR. AGAIt!, OUR LOAD 3ITUATION IS CRITICAL. WE VERY MUCH
?EED PALI 5ADE3 ON TPZ lit!E TO MIET 3YSTEi! LOAD RZQUIREl:Zi!TS. It! AD-DITION, I TOLD I:2 CRUTCHFIZLD THAT UZ UZRE PLACING It! THE I: AIL TODAY A PROF 03ED TECFr!ICAL SPECIFICATI0t! CHA?!GE THAT WILL ALLON TFZ FLANT TO BE STARTED UF WITH O!!E OPIRABLE STARTUF CHANNZL Ai!D TWO OFZRA3LE LOG-RA!.'CE CHANNEL 3, PROVIDING NEUTRON FOUER LEVILS ARI VISIBLZ 0" ALL THRIZ CHA!!NEL3. LATER, i:a CRUTCHFIELD GAVI VERBAL AUTFORIZATIO" TO PROCZZD '. ITH THE START,UP, PROVIDED THE RZCUIREMENTS DELI!!EATED IN ITZMS A'THROUGH Z OF OUR DECEMBER 11, 1972 T2X ARE MIT.
AGAIt', UZ APPRICIATE YOUR STAFF"5 PROMPT ATTINTION TO THIS I:ATTER AND 9
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50!!!!ZL It'FORMZD UITH RZ3PICT TO THE STATUS OF OUR STARTUP CHANNZLS.
YOURS VZRY TRULY, RALFP S SENZLL
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