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Responds to 860123 Generic Ltr 86-02 Re Thermal Hydraulic Stability in Bwrs.Control Rod Oscillation & Transient Pressure Tests Conducted to Determine Stability of Core. Results of Tests Concluded Core Stable
ML20215F812
Person / Time
Site: Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/13/1986
From: Frisch R
CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
GL-86-02, GL-86-2, NUDOCS 8610160385
Download: ML20215F812 (1)


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Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-155 - LICENSE DPR BIG ROCK POINT PLANT -

RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 86-02, TECHNICAL RESOLUTION OF GENERIC ISSUE B-19, THERMAL HYDRAULIC STABILITY Nuclear Regulatory Commission Generic Letter 86-02, dated January 23, 1986, on thermal hydraulic stability in boiling water reactors provided Consumers Power Company the NRC's technical resolution of this generic issue. The Generic Letter did not require a response, however, the Big Rock Point Project Manager requested that a response be provided. This submittal provides the requested response.

Control rod oscillation and transient pressure tests have been conducted for Big Rock Point as a means of determining the stability of the Big Rock Point core (GEAP-4448, July 1966). The results of these tests, which concluded that the core was stable, were reanalyzed to verify that Big Rock Point falls within the acceptable thermal hydraulic stability margin specified in Generic Letter 86-02 (ie, a decay ratio of less than or equal to 0.75).

The reanalysis indicates that Big Rock Point is well within this margin. The least stable condition encountered results in a decay ratio of 0.46.

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