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

1.ef'lll2 tor_y ..

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DC 20555 lJo b hin J.; r *. f..aL:t\.:azoo:, *MI

• *March' 24, . 19T& The Nuclecr Rer,:ulat0r.y Cc*r::r;i:s:sion, ha.-s. approved :i:n the deletion cf; two t*csts in rcst;::rting***the Pali,,sH:c'.les*

Nucle.ar Elant';, I' l-*clie:ve' this would re a serious rnish.k.eo

• It has he-en repartee; that delctinr. tests h'oulcl ::.llow Palisades to _ 1--:erin-o;:,e:catinfF h*o. <lays e°'rlier.

This would save. c.oc.1 possibly vent the ir:>positiori of. blackouts. -It wculci also

,bC'llt

i;800;*)00.

in* 1!'.".'nerating;;

costso The* b?.nefits do net justify the 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 should certainly not be perwitted to lee Safe* and efficient operation of a reactcr that tlic position of tl1e control rods be known-, so it no sense to allow Consurr;ers Coi-Tany to test only se'r<:n of forty-six 1,duch infor" the reactor operator of red positions.

I would stron!"ly

1refcr to pay electricitv, or tG ha'\i"e to do withN1t citHin!"

periods, if that is th* price 1 :.tust pay to *-e Stire t11at i:Jie procer1nres ck:v(*J.oped for pov.-er plants will whenever it is expedient.

I not orrosed to nuclear 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.

a.ppro"*;ra.1 of the-.deletion of these tvw has consj de ralil

its c ty in this pact c:f Michiran.

l vou reverse decision.

Sincerely, _,/ _/. ..<7. . /-

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__ Cor:.s t;::J1 ce H. Fer ;:u son

/ .. ***** . -___ , __ .... , .. !,.*-... In the "Hatter of IDHTED STATES OF A!*SRICe NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO!*CHSS ION * . CONSUMERS PO'JER

• ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket No.(s) (Paiisades Plant)

OF SERVICE "" 50-255 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 Rules and Regu]ations.

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

of the Commission

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,/ UNITED STATES OF AMERicA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY (Palisades Plant) ) ) ) ) ) ) SERVICE LIST Samuel W. Jensch, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. David B. Hall Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 Office of the Executive Legal Director Counsel for NRC Staff U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 George F. Trowbridge, Esq. Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 1800 "M" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Judd L. Bacon, Esq. Legal Department Consumers Power Company 212 west Michigan Avenue Michigan 43921 Marvin F. Metge, Esq. Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung One North LaSalle Street *Chicago, Illinois 60602 Honorable Jerome Maslowski Assistant Attorney General .State of Michigan Lansing, Michigan 4:8902 Honorable Curtis G. Beck Assistant Attorney General

• State of Michigan Lansing, :Michigan

.. 48913 Docket No.s("s) 50-'255 Mr. Jerry Sarno Township Supervisor Route 1, Box 10 Covert, Michigan 49043 Eric v. Brown, Sr., Esq. Brown, Colman & DeMent 125 West Walnut Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Mr. Ron McCandlis 5619 Clato Kalamazoo, Michigan 49004 Joseph T. Sobota, M.D. 2312 Glenwood Drive Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001 *Lewis D. Drain, Esq. Miles , Mike, Meyers, *Beckett and Jones Waters Building, Suite 311 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49052 M°yron M. Cherry, *Esq. One IBM Plaza Suite 4501 . Chicago, Illinois Harold P. Graves, :Esq. *vice President and General Counsel Consumers Power Company :212 West Michigan Avenue Michigan .49201 :o.K.*Petersen,*Esq.

Senior Attorney ::Consumers Power Company 212 .West Michigan*

Avenue Jackson, <MiChigan

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