ML20093N516

Advises That Util Board of Directors Ordered Shutdown of Design Const & Testing Activities for Facilities on 840716.CP & OL Applications for Both Units Will Be Maintained.Issuance of Sser 4 (NUREG-0793) Requested

ML20093N516
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	07/27/1984
From:	Jackie Cook CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-0793, RTR-NUREG-793 31636, OL, OM, NUDOCS 8408020014
Download: ML20093N516 (4)

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O&f0f Vice President - Projects, Engineering and Construction Genatal offices: 1945 West Parnell Road, Jackson. MI 49201 * (517) 7884 453 July 27, 1984 Mr Harold R Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Division of Licensing  % ..

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission F Washington, DC 20555 MIDLAND ENERGY CENTER

-MIDLAND DOCKET NOS 50-329, 50-330 MIDLAND SHUTDOWN FILE 1300 SERIAL 31636 REFERENCES A. J W COOK, CP C0 LETTER TO J G KEPPLER, USNRC, REGION III SERIAL 31797 DATED 7/27/84 B. J A MOONEY, CP CO, LETTER TO J J HARRISON, 'JSNRC, REGION III SERIAL CSC-7997, DATED 7/26/64 On July 16, 1984, the Board of Directors of Consumers Powe Company ordered shutdown of design, construction and testing activities fc the Midland Plant Units 1 and 2. Construction and testing activities at the project site have been suspended and the total site work force has been substantially reduced in number. A site project shutdown team is coordinating an orderly shutdown of the project.

It is the Company's intention, for the time being, to maintain the Construction Permits and Operating License applications for both units. Even though the ,

project has been shutdown it is the Company's desire to maintain its options.

Safety-related activities lu the areas of design, construction and testing .

have been suspended and Consumers Power Company is in the process of ~

formulating policy and procedures for the collection, storage and maintenance of project records and the maintenance of plant material and equipment. The Company will notify the NRC as soon as practicable of the controlling elements of that portion of its quality assurance program. The Company will hold in suspense but not process any outstanding 10CFR50.55(e) items, NRC bulletins, circulars, generic letters or information notices. As discussed in Reference A, we are currently not aware of any conditions considered to meet the 10CFR50.55(e) regulation which require immediate reportability. Consumers Power Company is revising procedures to assure proper handling and reporting -

s of any additional 10CFR50.55(e) items which are discovered during the current oc0784-0902a100 8408020014 840727 0 )

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2 status of the project. Specifics of the remedial soils work suspension are addressed separately in Reference B.

Consumers Power Company requests that the NRC issue Supplement No 4 of the l Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-0793) so that there is a benc. snark for the licensing review process which has occurred.

We will be requesting a meeting with the NRC Staff in the near future to discuss specifics of the Midland Plant shutdown.

JWC/DRW/fme CC JGKeppler, Administrator, Region III DSHood, NRR Project Manager, Washington Midland Resident Inspector, Midland 9

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Serial 31636 OM/0L SERVICE LIST Mr Frank J Kelley Atomic Safety & Licensing Attorney General of the Appeal Board State of Michigan U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ms Carole Steinberg Washington, DC 20555 Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Division Mr C R Stephens (3) 720 Law Building Chief, Docketing & Services Lansing, MI 48913 U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission =

Office of the Secretary Washington, DC 20555 Mr Myron M Cherry, Esq Suite 3700 Ms Mary Sinclair Three First National Plaza 5711 Summerset Street Chicago, IL 60602 Midland, MI 48640 Mr Wendell H Marshall Mr William D Paton, Esq RFD 10 Counsel for the NRC Staff Midland, MI 48640 U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Mr Charles Bechhoefer, Esq Atomic Safety & Licensing Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Board Panel U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission East-West Towers, Room E-413 Washington, DC 20555 Bethesda, MD 20014 Ms Barbara Stamaris Dr Frederick P Cowan 5795 North River Road 6152 N Verde Trail Rt 3 Apt B-125 Freeland, MI 48623 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Dr Jerry Harbour Mr Fred C Williams Atomic Safety & Licensing Isham, Lincoln & Beala Board Panel 1120 ConnectJcut Ave, NW, Suite 840 U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20036 East-West Towers, Room E-454 Mr James E Brunner, Esq Consumers Power Company Mr M I Miller, Esq 212 West Michigan Avenue Isham, Lincoln & Beale '

Jackson, MI 49201 Three First National Plaza 52nd Floor Chicago, IL 60602 Mr D F Judd Babcock & Wilcox PO Box 1260 Mr John DeM2cster, Esq Lynchburg, VA 24505 Dow Chemical Building Michigan Division Mr Steve Gadler, Esq Midland MI 48640 2120 Carter Avenue St Paul, MN 55108 Ms Lynne Bernabei Government Accountability Project '

Mr P Robert Brown 1901 Q Street, NW Clark, Klein & Beaumont Washington, DC 20009 1600 First Federal Bldg Woodward Ave Detroit, MI 48226 3/14/84 .

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY Midland Units 1 and 2 Docket No 50-329, 50-330 Letter Serial 31636 Dated July 27, 1984 At the request of the Commission and pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended and the Commission's Rules and Regulations thereunder, Consumers Power Company submits notification of the shutdown of Midland Plant Units 1 and 2.

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY By M ames R Cook, Vice President Pr ects, Engineering and Construction Sworn and subscribed before me this J7 day of 02 /<// V.

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