ML20212K756

Forwards Insp Rept 50-155/99-05 on 990731-0921,site Insp & 990929 Public Meeting.No Violations Noted

ML20212K756
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Site:	Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	09/30/1999
From:	Jorgensen B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Powers K CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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ML20212K759	List: IR 05000155/1999005 ML20212K756
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50-155-99-05, NUDOCS 9910070042
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See also: IR 05000155/1999005

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September 30, 1999

' Mr. K. P. Powers

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SUBJECT: BIG ROCK INSPECTION REPORT 50-155/99005(DNMS)

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Dear Mr. Powers:

On September 21,1999, the NRC completed an inspection at your Big Rock Point Nuclear

Plant Restoration Project which examined decommissioning activities. This inspection

concluded the NRC's continuous onsite decommissioning inspection program. As discussed

- with you and members of your staff during a public meeting on September 29,1999, the _

' program will now be conducted via periodic inspections from the NRC regional office. The

enclosed report presents the results of the inspection which concluded on September 21, and q

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the public meeting held on September 29.

- Areas examined during this inspection included facility management and control; J

decommissioning support; spent fuel safety; and radiological safety, with focus on packaging j

and shipping of low level radioactive material. No safety issues or enforcement items were j

identified during this inspection.

Overall, reactor decommissioning activities were being performed satisfactorily. Management

was effectively monitoring, assessing, and controlling the conduct, cost, and radiological

aspects of decommissioning. Work on the Spent Fuel Pool Clean Out Project, Phase 2,

(processing and shipping control rod blades for burial) was completed, and good worker

performance was observed in and around the spent fuel pool during this project. As low as

reasonably achievable controls for radiation exposure received during processing material, and

during loading and handling the shipping cask, were notably successful. Shipments of

' radioactive materials . met NRC and Department of Transportation requirements.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its

enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.

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Original signed by

Bruce L. Jorgensen, Chief

Decommissioning Branch

Docket No. 50-155

License No. DPR-6

Enclosure: Inspection Report 50-155/99005(DNMS)

cc w/ encl: R. A. Fenech, Senior Vice President,

Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations

Richard Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission

D. Minnaar, Michigan Department of

Environmental Quality

Chief, Nuclear Facilities Unit, Michigan

Department of Environmental Quality

Department of Attomey General (MI)

Emergency Management Division,

Michigan Department of State Police

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