ML052510606
| ML052510606 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 09/08/2005 |
| From: | Morgan M NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| Morgan M, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-2232 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML052510606 (5) | |
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September 8, 2005 LICENSEE:
Nuclear Management Company, LLC FACILITY:
Palisades Nuclear Plant
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON AUGUST 24, 2005, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
AND NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, CONCERNING DRAFT REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (the staff) and representatives of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) held a telephone conference call on August 24, 2005, to discuss and clarify the staffs draft requests for additional information (D-RAIs) concerning the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP), license renewal application. The conference call was useful in clarifying the intent of the staffs D-RAIs. provides a listing of the conference call participants. Enclosure 2 contains a listing of the D-RAIs discussed with the applicant, including a brief description on the status of the items.
The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.
/RA/
Michael J. Morgan, Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-255
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: See next page
DOCUMENT NAME: E:\\Filenet\\ML052510606.wpd OFFICE PM:RLEP LA:RLEP SC:RLEP NAME MMorgan YEdmonds S Lee DATE 09/08/2005 09/08/2005 09/08/2005
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Robert A. Fenech, Senior Vice President Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Consumers Energy Company 1945 Parnall Rd.
Jackson, MI 49201 Arunas T. Udrys, Esquire Consumers Energy Company 1 Energy Plaza Jackson, MI 49201 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Supervisor Covert Township P.O. Box 35 Covert, MI 49043 Office of the Governor P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Hazardous Waste and Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division 525 West Ottawa St.
Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building Lansing, MI 48913 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Director of Nuclear Assets Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Douglas E. Cooper Senior Vice President - Group Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043
Palisades Nuclear Plant cc:
Paul A. Harden Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Robert A. Vincent Licensing Lead - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Darrel G. Turner License Renewal Project Manager Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Douglas F. Johnson Director, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE, Room 1A Washington, DC 20426 Chairperson Michigan Public Service Commission P.O. Box 30221 Lansing, Michigan 48909-7721
DISTRIBUTION: Summary of telephone conference held on August 24, 2005 with NMC, Dated: September 8, 2005 ADAMS Accession No.: ML052510606 HARD COPY RLEP RF M. Morgan (PM)
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S. Duraiswamy Y. L. (Renee) Li RLEP Staff P. Lougheed, RIII J. Ellegood, RIII M. Garza, RIII A. Stone, RIII D. Jaffe L. Raghavan T. Mensah OPA LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL TO DISCUSS THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION AUGUST 24, 2005 Participants Affiliations Michael J. Morgan U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Juan Ayala NRC Zahira Cruz-Perez NRC Hansraj Ashar NRC Darrel Turner Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC)
John Kneeland NMC Tom Newton NMC DRAFT REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (D-RAI)
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION AUGUST 24, 2005 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (the staff) and representatives of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC), held a telephone conference call on August 24, 2005, to discuss and clarify the staffs draft requests for additional information (D-RAIs) concerning the Palisades Nuclear Plant, license renewal application (LRA). The following D-RAIs were discussed during the telephone conference call.
D-RAI 4.5.2(a)
In response to RAI 4.5.2, the applicant provided an excerpt from its report entitled 30th Year Physical Tendon Surveillance of Palisades Nuclear Plant 2002, as Enclosure 4. In Section VIII of this enclosure (page 1 of the enclosure), the applicant stated that "as a result of the generator change and the re-tensioning of a large number of vertical tendons these must now be excluded from this analysis." The staff requests the applicant to explain:
a)
When the generator change and re-tensioning of a large number of vertical tendons were done? and, b)
Since a large number of vertical tendons were excluded from the analysis, explain how the time-limited aging analysis (TLAA) for these excluded tendons is performed.
Discussion: The applicant indicated that the question is clear. This D-RAI will be sent as a formal RAI.
D-RAI 4.5.2(b)
Based on the information provided in the response to RAI 4.5.2, the applicant is requested to explain how does the 95% confidence the curves provided in Enclosure 4 were established.
Discussion: The applicant indicated that the question is clear. This D-RAI will be sent as a formal RAI.
D-RAI 4.5.3(a)
In response to RAI 4.5.3, the applicant provided a summary of the regression analysis data through tables and graphics in Enclosure 4. In the tables there are a number of tendons that appear to have been excluded from the analysis. These tendons are numbered as: D1-38, V334, and 65BF. The applicant is requested to provide the basis for exclusion of these tendons from the analysis.
Discussion: The applicant indicated that the question is clear. This D-RAI will be sent as a formal RAI.