ML20085E881

Telecopy Message Aos:Safety Tank Boric Acid Concentration Found Below Tech Spec Limits & HPSI Valve MOV-3007 Failed. Further Info Will Be Submitted

ML20085E881
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	09/15/1975
From:	Slade G CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	Baker K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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NUDOCS 8308160624
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SUBJECT:

PALISADES PLANT - ABNGRMAL SCCURRENCE THIS IS To INFORM YOU OF TWe ABNORMAL SCCURRENCES WHICH TeeK PLACE AT THE PALISADES PLANT OVER THE LAST WEEKEND. THE FIRST INVOLVED A REDUCED CSNCENTRATIeN 4F BeRIC ACID IN THE SAFETY

" "INJECTIeN TANKS. THE CONCENTRATIONS WERE ABOUT 20 PPM BELOW B E P] T tr K . 3 THOSE REQUIRED BY TECH SPECS.

THE SECeND OCCURRENCE INVOLVED THE FAILURE 0F HIGH-PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION VALVE MeV-3007. FLOW CSULD NOT BE DEMeNSTRATED THReusH THE VALVE; THEREFORE, WE HAVE ALIGNMENT SUCH THAT THE REDUNDANT HIGH-PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTIeN SYSTEM IS BEING UTILIZED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE NORMAL PATH. WE FEEL THAT THIS MEETS REQUIREMENTS er TECH SPECS. FURTHER INFeRMATleN ON B4TH ef THESE SCCURRENCES WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITHIN THE REQUIRED 10 DAYS.

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