ML18347B277

Advising Nrc'S Approval in Principle Depletion of Two Tests in Restarting Palisades Would Be Serious Mistake

ML18347B277
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	03/31/1978
From:	Ferguson C - No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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• March' 24, . 19T&

Tee: Director of *R~- 1"'U1at+/-.ons .

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  s;t0n, DC 20555 The Nuclecr Rer,:ulat0r.y Cc*r::r;i:s:sion, ha.-s. approved :i:n princ:;.~:le* the deletion cf; two t*csts in rcst;::rting***the Pali,,sH:c'.les* Nucle.ar Gen:e*r<~tin~ Elant';, I' l-*clie:ve' this would re a serious rnish.k.eo

• It has he-en repartee; that delctinr. th~ h~o tests h'oulcl ::.llow Palisades to

_1--:erin- o;:,e:catinfF h*o. <lays e°'rlier. This would save. c.oc.1 ~nd possibly pr.e-vent the ir:>positiori of. blackouts. -It wculci also savf~ ;;,bC'llt :i;800;*)00. in*

1!'.".'nerating;; costso The* b?.nefits do net justify the ri~!>:s. The tests !10.vc been .ret.;uired for ;rood reasons 9 incluuin7: pu1-*lic saf<>tyo .Palisades has had many problems with its coo..i.inr,: systern, so tbe test that 1.as instituted tc preYent recurrence of these pro~lems should certainly not be perwitted to lee eliI~inated. Safe* and efficient operation of a reactcr r~quires that tlic position of tl1e control rods be known-, so it nakc~s no sense to allow Consurr;ers l)m->~r Coi-Tany to test only se'r<:n of forty-six ~aur.es 1,duch infor" the reactor operator of th~ red positions.

I would stron!"ly ;1refcr to pay :~core for~:y electricitv, or tG ha'\i"e to do withN1t el~ctricity citHin!" ~'lackout periods, if that is th* price 1 :.tust pay to *-e Stire t11at i:Jie -saf~ty procer1nres ck:v(*J.oped for nuc:L~ar pov.-er plants will n~t ~~ ~~ak~ned whenever it is expedient. I a~ not orrosed to nuclear pow~r pc'I:" se, hut I <F:. st:ronrly opj:'osec: to the. irresponsih.e adwinistra::::i on of the-nuclr:-ar *PC<.'ler _i_nclustry. N~C's a.ppro"*;ra.1 of the-.deletion of these tvw t~sts has consj de ralil w~akt:ned its c r1~di"iJ.i ty in this pact c:f Michiran.

l ur~c th~t vou reverse t~is decision.

Sincerely,

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Cor:.s t;::J1 ce H. Fer ;:u son

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IDHTED STATES OF A!*SRICe NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO!*CHSS ION In the "Hatter of )

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CONSUMERS PO'JER C0~1PANY * ) Docket No.(s) 50-255""

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(Paiisades Plant) )

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CERTIFIC~TE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document(s) upon each person designated on the official sc:::.-vice list coc1piled by the Office of the Secretary of the Cor.nission in this proceeding in accordance wit!i the require::;.ents of Section 2. 712 of 10 CTR Part 2 -

Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear.Regulatory Corr~~ission's Rules and Regu]ations.

Dated. at rash:[ngto~. ~ ... tMs (/

.:3" / S . day of .. ,* . aM/k'°"" 197J_. .

• • • • • Sccret~ry of the Commission

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UNITED STATES OF AMERicA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY ) Docket No.s("s) 50-'255

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(Palisades Plant) )

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SERVICE LIST Samuel W. Jensch, Esq., Chairman Mr. Jerry Sarno Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Township Supervisor U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 1, Box 10 Washington, D.C. 20555 Covert, Michigan 49043 Dr. David B. Hall Eric v. Brown, Sr., Esq.

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Brown, Colman & DeMent P.O. Box 1663 125 West Walnut Street Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Office of the Executive Legal Director Mr. Ron McCandlis Counsel for NRC Staff 5619 Clato U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Kalamazoo, Michigan 49004 Washington, D.C. 20555 Joseph T. Sobota, M.D.

George F. Trowbridge, Esq. 2312 Glenwood Drive Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001 1800 "M" Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 *Lewis D. Drain, Esq.

Miles , Mike, Meyers, *Beckett Judd L. Bacon, Esq. and Jones Legal Department Waters Building, Suite 311 Consumers Power Company Grand Rapids, Michigan 49052 212 west Michigan Avenue J~ckson, Michigan 43921 M°yron M. Cherry, *Esq.

One IBM Plaza Marvin F. Metge, Esq. Suite 4501 Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung . Chicago, Illinois ~60602 One North LaSalle Street

• Chicago, Illinois 60602 Harold P. Graves, :Esq.

• vice President and General Counsel Honorable Jerome Maslowski Consumers Power Company Assistant Attorney General :212 West Michigan Avenue

.State of Michigan ~ackson, Michigan .49201 Lansing, Michigan 4:8902

o.K.*Petersen,*Esq.

Honorable Curtis G. Beck Senior Attorney Assistant Attorney General  ::Consumers Power Company

• State of Michigan 212 .West Michigan* Avenue Lansing, :Michigan . 48913 Jackson, <MiChigan

• 49.201