PNO-III-80-100, on 800524,plant Achieved Criticality After Shutdown of More than Eight Months.During Shutdown,Extensive Const & Mod Work Was Completed Including TMI Mods,Seismic Restraint Mods & Replacement of Boric Acid Heat Tracing
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 05/27/1980 |
| From: | Boyd D, Heishman R, Jorgensen B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| PNO-III-80-100, NUDOCS 8010140387 | |
| Download: ML18045A776 (1) | |
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. PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATIO.
YIO §J Date:
~Y 27, 1980 PRELfMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURENCE--PNO-III-80-100*
This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The infonnation presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is kno~n by IE staff as of this date.
Facility:
Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Docket No. 50-255 Covert, Michigan
Subject:
UNIT STARTUP AFTER PROLONGED SHUTDOWN The Palisades Nuclear Plant achieved criticality at 0544 on May 24, 1980, after a shutdown of more than eight months.
During the shutdown, extensive construction/modification work was completed including TMI modifica-tions, feedwater line replacement (IEB 79-13), seismic restraint modifications (IEB's 79-02 and 79-14), and replacement of the boric acid heat tracing system.
Large scale review and upgrading of plant checklists and pro.cedures was com-pleted pursuant to an NRC Order Modifying License No. DPR-20 (PN-III-79-138).
The unit was refueled early in the outage.
This information is current as of 0800 on ~y 27, 1980.
This PN is being issued for information only.
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1 Neither the licensee nor Region III plans a press release.
Tqe State of Michigan i~ being informed.
The. Senior Resident and Resident Inspectors are_onsite.observing_.the startup.
- Note:* The ntimber of this-PN. is out of sequence because it was assigned on the basis of the an~ipated event date.
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Contact:
B. L. Jergens~~ SRI, 616/764-8971; D. C. Boyd, RIII; 384-2546;
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