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MONTHYEARML22255A1022022-09-21021 September 2022 Authorization and Safety Evaluation for Alternative Relief Request No. 10 - Hardship or Unusual Difficulty Without Compensating Increase in Level of Quality or Safety ML22151A0012022-06-0707 June 2022 Authorization and Safety Evaluation for Relief Request 20, Revision 1 ML22038A1872022-02-0909 February 2022 Authorization and Safety Evaluation for Relief Request No. 19 (RR19) - the Use of an Alternative to ASME Code Case N-729-6 for Replacement Reactor Vessel Closure Head Penetration Nozzle 85 ML22020A4052022-01-24024 January 2022 Summary of January 14, 2022, Teleconference with Florida Power & Light Co. Regarding Verbal Authorization of Request for Alternative to the Requirements of ASME Code for Examination of Closure Head CEDM Housing 27 Canopy Seal Weld ML22026A1022022-01-13013 January 2022 RAIs for RR 20 - Alternate Examination of Canopy Seal Weld Control Element Drive Mechanism Number 27 Housing ML22011A0852022-01-0707 January 2022 Relief Request Number 10 Acceptance Review ML21236A1312021-09-30030 September 2021 Authorization of RR 15 Regarding Extension of ASME Requirements Related to Reactor Pressure Vessel Weld Examinations from 10 to 20 Years ML21027A2262021-02-17017 February 2021 Approval of Alternative to ASME Code, Section XI to Use an Alternative Inservice Inspection Schedule for the Reaction Vessel Closure Head Bolting ML20329A4022021-02-0303 February 2021 Approval of Alternative to Use ASME Code Case N-513-4 for Alternative Repair of Intake Cooling Water System L-2020-160, Extension of St. Lucie Unit 2 RPV Welds from 10 to 20 Years2020-10-30030 October 2020 Extension of St. Lucie Unit 2 RPV Welds from 10 to 20 Years ML20099A3482020-06-25025 June 2020 Safety Evaluation for Relief Request for Fifth Ten-Year Inservice Inspection (ISI) Interval - Alternative Risk-Informed Inservice Inspection Program for Class 1 and 2 Piping Welds L-2018-188, Inservice Inspection Plan - Fifth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request 62018-09-28028 September 2018 Inservice Inspection Plan - Fifth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request 6 ML18106B1212018-04-25025 April 2018 Proposed Alternative to Use Encoded Phased Array Ultrasonic Examination Techniques ML18018A0332018-01-26026 January 2018 Safety Evaluation of Relief Requests for the Fifth 10-Year Inservice Testing Program (EPID L-2017-LLR-0113; L-2017-LLR-0017, L-2017-LLR-0018, L-2017-LLR-0119, L-2017-LLR-0120, L-2017-LLR-0121, and L-2017-LLR-0122) ML17341A4422018-01-0404 January 2018 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code Relief Request No. 3 for the Fifth 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval (CAC No. MF9288; EPID L-2017-LLR-0003) ML17334A9362018-01-0404 January 2018 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code Regarding Relief Request No. 17, Revision 0, for the Fourth 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval (CAC No. MF9826; EPID L-2017-LLR-0043) ML17263A1202017-10-27027 October 2017 Inservice Inspection Plan Fourth 10-Year Interval Relief Request No. 16 (CAC No. MF9827; EPID L-2017-LLR-0044) L-2017-183, Fifth 10-Year Inservice Testing (IST) Program Interval Relief Requests PR-01 Through PR-06, and PR-09,2017-10-0606 October 2017 Fifth 10-Year Inservice Testing (IST) Program Interval Relief Requests PR-01 Through PR-06, and PR-09, ML17219A1742017-08-31031 August 2017 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code Regarding Relief Request 12 for the Fourth 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval L-2017-121, Proposed Alternative for the Use of Encoded Phased Array Ultrasonic Examination Techniques in Lieu of Radiography2017-07-24024 July 2017 Proposed Alternative for the Use of Encoded Phased Array Ultrasonic Examination Techniques in Lieu of Radiography ML17132A1672017-07-10010 July 2017 Inservice Inspection Plan Fourth 10 Year Interval Relief Request No. 13 L-2017-113, Inservice Inspection Plan, Fourth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request No. 16, Revision 02017-06-12012 June 2017 Inservice Inspection Plan, Fourth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request No. 16, Revision 0 L-2017-112, Inservice Inspection Plan, Fourth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request No. 17, Revision 02017-06-12012 June 2017 Inservice Inspection Plan, Fourth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request No. 17, Revision 0 ML17110A2702017-05-10010 May 2017 Inservice Inspection Plan Fourth 10-year Interval Relief Request No. 14 Rev 0 - ML16330A1182016-12-15015 December 2016 NextEra Fleet - Safety Evaluation for Proposed Alternative to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Operation and Maintenance Code by Adoption of Approved Code Case OMN-20, Inservice Test Frequency (CAC Nos. MF8195 Through MF8201) ML16292A7612016-11-0202 November 2016 Inservice Inspection Plan Fourth 10 Year Interval Relief Request No. 11 ML15196A6232015-08-10010 August 2015 Relief Request No. 7 for Use of an Alternative to the Requirements of the ASME Code ML14013A3042014-01-30030 January 2014 Relief Request No. 7 Regarding Alternative Repair for Intake Cooling Piping ML13316A5552013-12-11011 December 2013 Relief Request Number 5 for Examination of Cold Leg Dissimilar Metal Welds ML13308C4262013-11-25025 November 2013 Relief from the Requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Regarding Extension of Pressure Retaining Boundary During System Leakage Test ML12313A4152012-11-0909 November 2012 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code ML11143A0772011-07-0101 July 2011 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code, Relief Request No. 9 ML11136A1382011-06-23023 June 2011 Fourth 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Plan Relief Request No. 4 and Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Plan Relief Request No. 11 ML1003212812010-02-0505 February 2010 Third 10-Year Internal Inservice Inspection Program Plan Request for Relief 31, Revision 1 and Request for Relief 32, Revision 1 (Tac No. ME0662) L-2010-001, Inservice Inspection Plan, Fourth Ten-Year Interval Relief Request No. 62010-01-15015 January 2010 Inservice Inspection Plan, Fourth Ten-Year Interval Relief Request No. 6 ML0904103622009-02-12012 February 2009 Relief Request No. 3, Request for Alternative to ASME Code, Section XI Repair Requirements for Refueling Water Tank Bottom, TAC MD9268 ML0828404942008-11-26026 November 2008 SE for the Continued Use of Risk-Informed Inservice Inspection Program ML0824700892008-09-25025 September 2008 Safety Evaluation of Relief Request for St. Lucie Fourth 10-year Pump and Valve Inservice Testing Program ML0805000752008-03-0404 March 2008 Safety Evaluation of Relief Request No. 29, to Use Alternative Plant Conditions on Class 1 Piping and Valves TAC No. MD5145) L-2007-195, Inservice Inspection Plan Fourth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request 12007-12-0707 December 2007 Inservice Inspection Plan Fourth Ten-Year Interval Unit 1 Relief Request 1 L-2007-144, Submittal of Fourth Ten-Year Interval In-Service-Test Program2007-09-11011 September 2007 Submittal of Fourth Ten-Year Interval In-Service-Test Program ML0612900562006-05-26026 May 2006 Relief Request No. 5, Rev. 1 Regarding Repair of Small Bore Piping Nozzles ML0602704862006-02-10010 February 2006 Safety Evaluation for Relief Request No. 28 Steam Generator Manway Studs ML0531401962005-11-22022 November 2005 Relief Request, Reactor Coolant Piping Hot Leg Alloy-600 Small Bore Nozzles ML0507303852005-03-14014 March 2005 Ltr, Correction to SE St. Lucie, Unit 2, Ltr, Correction to SE Methodology and SG Tube Plugging Limit Change for Amendment No. 138 ML0502103922005-01-21021 January 2005 RR #6 & 7, Vessel Head Penetration Weld Repair & Flaw Evaluation (TAC Nos. MC3860, 3861) ML0501002222005-01-19019 January 2005 Ltr, Relief Request No. 8 for Radiographic Inspection of Intake Cooling Water System Piping ML0500700852005-01-10010 January 2005 Relief, Correction to SE for Relaxation Request No. 3 ML0416105142004-06-0808 June 2004 Relief, 1995 Edition Through the 1996 Addenda & Select ASME Code, Section XI, Appendix Viii, Supplement 10 Provisions, Regarding Third 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval ML0410408512004-04-13013 April 2004 Relief, Inservice Inspection of Reactor Vessel Bottom Area & Piping in Covering Trenches 2022-09-21
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Florida Power & Light Company, 6501 S Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957 0FPL May 1,2003 L-2003-116 10 CFR 50.4 10 CFR 50.55a U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Re: St. Lucie Unit 2 Docket No. 50-389 In-Service-Inspection Plan Second Ten-Year Interval Relief Request 37 Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i), Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) requests approval of Relief Request 37, Alternative Examination Of Class 3 Piping Base Metal Weld Repairs. This request is to eliminate the requirement for radiography of Class 3 piping base metal repair welds when repair welds are greater than 10 ir? in area. The subject piping is on the intake cooling water (ICW) headers. The details of the 10 CFR 50.55a request are attached.
FPL requests authorization of this relief request by May 4, 2003 to support placing ICW piping in service to allow for the refueling outage electrical train swap. This emergent relief is required because the extent of repairs was not evident prior to the current refueling outage.
FPL initially planned the repair scope to rectify two previously identified temporary non code repairs and rebuild structural components. However, on April 18, 2003, FPL identified additional repair scope after evaluating field data. FPL completed the final repair area excavations on April 25, 2003. Due to the proximity of some of the additional repairs, the repair preparation excavation activities resulted in some repair areas exceeding 10 in2. On April 30, 2003, after numerous discussions with ASME Code experts, FPL concluded that radiography would be required on any identified repair areas that exceeded 10 in2 unless the NRC granted ASME Code relief. This Relief Request proposes an alternate that results in repair welds receiving a degree of examination equivalent to that imposed on pipe welds during the construction period. This alternate provides an acceptable level of quality and safety.
Please contact George Madden at 772-467-7155 if there are any questions about this submittal.
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Vice President St. Lucie Plant Attachment %OU9 WJ/GRM an FPL Group company
St. Lucie Unit 2 Docket No. 50-389 L-2003-116 Attachment Page 1 10 CFR 50.55a ST. LUCIE UNIT 2 SECOND INSPECTION INTERVAL RELIEF REQUEST NUMBER 37, Revision 0 Proposed Alternative In Accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i)
Alternative Provides Acceptable Level of Quality and Safety "EXAMINATION OF CLASS 3 PIPING BASE METAL WELD REPAIRS"
- 1. ASME Code Component(s) Affected All ASME Class 3 piping and components:
such as shown on FPL Drawing 2998-G-082 Sheet 2, Revision 48, "Flow Diagram Circulating & Intake Cooling Water System"
- 2. Applicable Code Edition and Addenda ASME B&PV Code, Section Xl, 1989 edition (Applicable Inservice Inspection Requirements)
- 3. Applicable Code Requirement ASME B&PV Code, 1989 edition, Section Xl, Article IWD-4000, "Repair Procedures," Paragraph IWD-41 00, "Scope," states: The rules of IWA-4000 apply.
Article IWA-4000, "Repair Procedures," Paragraph, IWA-4120, 'Rules and Requirements" states:
"(a) Repairs shall be performed in accordance with the Owner's Design Specification and the original Construction Code of the component or system. Later Editions and Addenda of the Construction Code or of Section Ill, either in their entirety or portions thereof, and Code Cases may be used..."
ASME B&PV Code, 1980 edition, Section 1II,Subsection ND, Paragraph ND-4130 "Repair of Material" states:
"Defects in material which were accepted on delivery or which are discovered during the process of fabrication or installation may be eliminated or repaired by welding provided the defects are removed, repaired, and examined in accordance with the requirements of ND-2500 for the applicable product form, except that the limitation on the depth of the weld repair does not apply. However, radiography is not required for welded repairs in material used in components provided that the welds jointing these materials are not required to be radiographed, the extent of
St. Lucie Unit 2 Docket No. 50-389 L-2003-116 Attachment Page 2 10 CFR 50.55a ST. LUCIE UNIT 2 SECOND INSPECTION INTERVAL RELIEF REQUEST NUMBER 37, Revision 0 the welded repair does not exceed 10 sq in. (6540 mm 2 ) of the surface area, and the magnetic particle or liquid penetrant examination of the repair is made as required by ND-2539.4."
- 4. Reason for Request Repairs are to be made to pipe that has suffered damage during service. Damage can be internal or external, localized or widespread. Such repairs are made in accordance with the requirements of ND-4130.
An example would be the repair of external corrosion on a 30" diameter pipe. The surface area of a full penetration circumferential butt weld in a 30" diameter pipe could be 95 ir? and the weld would not require radiography. Should external corrosion occur on this pipe, a repair weld would be a partial thickness weld and if the corroded area was greater than 10 in2, radiography would be required. The 95 in2 of full penetration weld is considered acceptable for use without radiography while an adjacent weld of approximately, half the thickness, and one tenth of the area is not considered suitable unless the more stringent examination method is used. The requirement for radiography when the repair is more than 10 ir? area is more stringent than the original construction requirements. The additional radiography is an involved process that is in excess of the original design and construction requirements and does not necessarily provide greater assurances of quality and safety.
This request is to eliminate the requirement for radiosgraphy of piping base metal repair welds when repair welds are greater than 10 in in area and circumferential butt welds in the piping were not examined by radiography.
- 5. Proposed Alternative and Basis for Use The proposed alternative is to inspect weld repairs to base metal in Class 3 piping systems in accordance with ASME B&PV Code, Section Xl, 2001 edition, paragraph IWA-4520(a)(1) which states:
"Welding or brazing areas and welded joints made for installation of items shall be examined in accordance with the Construction Code identified in the Repair/Replacement Plan with the following exceptions:
Base metal repairs on Class 3 items are not required to be volumetrically examined when the Construction Code does not require that full penetration butt welds in the same location be volumetrically examined".
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St. Lucie Unit 2 Docket No. 50-389 L-2003-116 Attachment Page 3 10 CFR 50.55a ST. LUCIE UNIT 2 SECOND INSPECTION INTERVAL RELIEF REQUEST NUMBER 37, Revision 0 In accordance with the proposed alternative, repair welds in Class 3 piping will receive a final surface examination but not radiographic examination, regardless of the surface area of the weld repair. Additionally, when the repair does not penetrate through the piping, the repair excavation area will receive a surface examination prior to welding. Also, where the repair penetrates through the piping, the root pass of the repair weld will receive a surface examination when required to comply with the conditions of Regulatory Guide 1.147 and Code Case N-416-1 (Reference 1). All of the class 3 piping welds at the St. Lucie Unit 2 plant received a final surface examination during construction; the welds were not radiographed.
The final surface examination was in accordance with the governing Construction Code requirements. The proposed alternative results in repair welds receiving a degree of examination equivalent to that imposed on pipe welds during the construction period.
The requirement for imposing radiography on weld repairs with surface area greater than 10 in2 is a common requirement from base material specifications.
The requirement is to insure that the final product meets uniform expected properties. The material manufacturer works to a set of specific requirements, not knowing the exact use of the product, fabricating material for stock and subsequent delivery to end users. The requirement for radiography on weld repairs with surface area greater than 10 in2 is appropriate for a material manufacturer. Once an item is installed, it exists in a specific environment and the universal nature of stock products is inappropriate. Accordingly, the controls to insure uniformity are no longer appropriate or meaningful after installation.
The proposed alternative will be employed starting with the current St. Lucie Unit 2 outage.
In conclusion, the proposal to examine piping base metal weld repairs in a manner equivalent to examination of circumferential butt welds in the piping is an alternative to the requirement to radiograph base metal repairs that have a surface area greater than 10 in2 in piping that is not subject to radiographic examination.
The alternate provides a degree of quality and safety equivalent to the Construction Code requirements, and has been approved by the ASME Code.
- 6. Duration of Proposed Alternative The proposed alternative will be applicable to any base metal repairs in Class 3 piping for the remainder of the second interval for Unit 2.
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- 7. References
- 1) ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Code Case N-416-1, "Alternative Pressure Test Requirements for Welded Repairs or Installation of Replacement Items by Welding, Class 1, 2, and 3, Section Xi, Div. 1" as accepted by Regulatory Guide 1.147.
- 2) ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, "Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components," 2001 Edition.
- 3) ASME B&PV Code,Section III, Subsection ND, "Nuclear Plant Components -
Class 3 Components," 1980 Edition (in accordance with the provisions of the Repair/Replacement Program).