ML18044A358

Responds to NRC 791030 Ltr Re TMI-2 Lessons Learned Task Force Status Rept & short-term Recommendations & Provides Implementation Schedule

ML18044A358
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades, Big Rock Point  File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	12/17/1979
From:	Huston R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	Ziemann D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-0578, RTR-NUREG-578 NUDOCS 7912210146
Download: ML18044A358 (2)

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General Offices: 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201.* Area Code 517 788-0550 December 17, 1979 Director, Nuclear Reactor ~egulation Att Mr Dennis L Ziemann, Chief Operatir,g Reactors Branch No 2 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 DOCKETS 50-155 AND 50-255 - LICENSES DP~-6 A..\ffi DPR BIG ROCK POINT AND PALISADES PLANTS -

COMMITI-!&'fT TO REQUIREMENTS RESULTING FROM ~fRC S1'~"'F REVIEW OF THREE nILE ISLAND ACCIDE:NT "

Consumers Power Company letters dated Octobet" 17, ~?79 and October 30, 1979 established the subject commitments for our Pali:;ades arid Big Rock Point Plants, respectively. Subsequently, Consumers Power Company has ~eviewed these commitments with the NRC staff. This review included c:o.nsi:ier.ation of NRC letter dated October 30, 1979 which provided clarification of certain requirements of NUREG-0578, "TI1I-2 Lessons I.earned 7ask Force Statu;:; Report and* Short-Term Recommendations." As a result of this subsequent*::eview, Consumers Power Campany has agreed to implement the NUREG-0578 i.-econunendations consistent with the schedule specified therein. Specifically:

Palisades Plant The Palisades Plant. is currently shut down for a refueling outage. All "implementation Category A" items (ie, those with completion dates of January 1, 1980) will be completed prior to start-up. It should be noted that

Lte:n '2.l.T.a. relati::ig.to Auxiliary ?*<!ed.ws.ter req_uires prior NRC :-eiriew o: Oler proposal; therefore, Consumers Power Company will complete the modifications for this item but. will not place the modified system in service unti:1..

t"eceiving NRC acceptance* of our design.

Big Rock Point Plant The Big Rock Point Plant, which is currently operat.ing, will .shut down prior to January 1, 1980 to complete modifications required by the Category A impiementation schedule. Completion of the design review for Item 2.1.6.b, "Plant Shielding Review," and Item 2.1.8.a, "Post.-Accident Sampling," are Aov).

related to ongoing SEP Topics. Design modifications for these items cannot, s

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Consiimers Power Company concludes that the above commitments are completely responsive to the recommendations of NUREG-05 78. . A complete revision of our =-

responses date'd October 17, 1979, for the Palisade.s Plant and Octo.ber 30, .

1979, for the Big Rock Point Plant, incorporat~ng the changes briefly reviewed ab~ve, will be submitted before the end of December. These revisions will include sufficient detail regarding ongoing activities to allow the NRC staff to revie~ the appropriateness oi otir ~ctions.

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Hust:n Senior Licensing Engineer CC *JGKeppler, USNRC