ML18065A821

Forwards Corrected Pages for Handout Used at Predecisional Enforcement Conference Held on 960621 Re App R Compliance

ML18065A821
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	07/17/1996
From:	Smedley R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NUDOCS 9607230079
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consumers Power POW ERi Nii MICHlliAN"S-PROliRESS Palisades Nuclear Plant: 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, Ml 49043 July 17, 1996 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory-Commission

.Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR-20 -- PALISADES PLANT CORRECTED PAGES FOR HANDOUT USED AT THE PREDECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE CONCERNING APPENDIXR COMPLIANCE HELD JUNE 21, 1996 AT REGION Ill On June 21, 1996, Consumers Power Company attended a Predecisio_nal Enforcement Conference at Region Ill concerning 1 O CFR 50 Appendix R compliance for the.

Palisades Plant.

As part of the Consumers Power Company presentation, a document containing technical information was provided to the NRC. After the conference was completed, errors werediscovered in the technical information. The purpose of this letter is to -

dockf.; the corrected information. The pages in error have been revised and are an*

attachment to this letter, with changes noted in the margins.

SUMMARY

OE COMMITMENTS CC Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC

_Project Manager, NRR, USNRC NRC Resident Inspector - Palisades Attachment

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ATTACHMENT CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY PALISADES PLANT DOCKET 50-255 PREDECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE

-10 CFR 50 APPENDIX R COMPLIANCE -

DATED JUNE 21, 1996, TECHNICAL INFORMATION - CORRECTED PAGES 2 Pages.

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10 CFR 50 APPENDIX R COMPLIANCE DISCUSSION OF VIOLATIONS VIOLATION 1 - EXAMPLE 1: SIGNIFICANCE OF ISSUE ACTUAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE:

INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT LOW VOLTAGE CUT-OFF SET POINT WAS CORRECTLY SET. BOARD INOPERABLE ONLY DURING SHORT LCO PERIOD -ACTUAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE IS MINIMAL EVEN IF SET POINT NOT CORRECTLY SET, ACTUAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE IS LOW BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:

OF THE 5 FIRE AREAS WHERE CREDIT IS GIVEN FOR THE ALTERNATE SHUTDOWN PANEL, ONLY 4 AREAS ARE IMPACTED DIRECTLY BY THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM PROBABILITY OF DAMAGING FIRE IS LOW:

o LOW TO MODERATE FIRE LOAD o

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FIRE TOURS (SINCE LATE SUMMER 1994)

• o. REQUIRES MULTIPLE AND SELECTIVE FAILURES EVEN IF A DAMAGING FIRE, SAFETY ANALYSIS, SIMULATOR RUNS, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH OPERATORS DEMONSTRATE THAT PLANT WOULD HAVE MAINTAINED LOCAL CONTROL OF AFW. WITH AFW, PLANT COULD ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN SAFE SHUTDOWN:

o FOR -8 HOURS WITHOUT OPERATOR ACTION (AFW STARTING VERIFIED) o FOR OVER 20 HOURS WITH MINIMAL ACTIONS o

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WHILE IT IS CONCLUDED C-150 WAS OPERABLE, A DISCUSSION OF SAFE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT C-150 IS PROVIDED LATER Revised 7 /10/96 15