L-2014-040, Letter Regarding Inservice Testing Program-Extension of Interval for Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4

Letter Regarding Inservice Testing Program-Extension of Interval for Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4

ML14069A081
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	02/13/2014
From:	Kiley M Florida Power & Light Co
To:	Document Control Desk
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L-2014-040
Download: ML14069A081 (2)

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0 FM 13 2014 I=PL L-2014-040 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Re: Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-251 Inservice Testing Program-Extension of Interval The purpose of this letter is to inform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) intends to extent the Fourth Ten Year Interval of the Inservice Testing (IST) Program for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 by one year. As discussed with your Staff on October 9, 2013, this extension is being made in accordance with the guidance in Section 3.3.1, Extension of Interval, of NUREG 1482, "Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants."

The IST Interval may be extended based on the provisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (OM Code), 1998 Edition, Subsection ISTA-3130(d), which states: "Each of the inservice test intervals may be extended or decreased by as much as 1 year. Adjustments shall not cause successive intervals to be altered by more than 1 year from the original pattern of intervals."

The current Fourth Ten Year IST Interval started on February 22, 2004 for Unit 3 and on April 15, 2004 for Unit 4. An adjustment to the IST interval was previously made in 1984, in accordance with the ASME Code provisions to extend the interval by an equivalent time for the plant's continuous out of service time for the replacement of the Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 steam generators. The adjusted IST Intervals started on February 22, 1984 for Unit 3 and on April 15, 1984 for Unit 4.

The current code of record is the 1998 Edition through the 2000 Addenda of the ASME OM Code, which will continue to apply during the one year extension of the Fourth Ten Year IST Interval.

By invoking the provisions of ISTA-3130(d) for extending the IST Interval by one year, the Fourth Ten Year IST Interval will expire on February 21, 2015 for Unit 3 and on April 14, 2015 for Unit 4. Therefore, the Fifth Ten Year IST Interval will be commencing on February 22, 2015 for Unit 3 and on April 15, 2015 for Unit 4.

Florida Power & Light Company 9760 SW 344t0Street, Homestead, FL 33035 .- /

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L-2014-040 Page 2 Should there be any questions on this information, please contact Mr. Robert J. Tomonto at (305) 246-7327.

Sincerely, Michael Kiley Vice President Turkey Point Nuclear Plant SM Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region II Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Project Manager, USNRC, NRR