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MONTHYEARML23312A0882023-11-0808 November 2023 Acceptance of Request to Revise Alternatives 1-RR-5-10 and 2-RR-5-10 ML23130A3872023-05-18018 May 2023 Request 1-RR-5-15 and 2-RR-5-15 to Use Later Edition of ASME Section XI Code for Performance of Repair/Replacement Activities ML22270A3252022-09-30030 September 2022 (Prairie Island), Unit 2 - Authorization and Safety Evaluation for Alternative Request No. RR-08 ML20276A0032020-10-0202 October 2020 Request to Use a Provision of a Later Edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI ML20135G9922020-05-29029 May 2020 and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code ML19282A5412019-11-0505 November 2019 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code L-PI-19-002, 10 CFR 50.55a Requests Nos. 1-RR-5-10 and 2-RR-5-10, Proposed Alternative to Reactor Vessel Inservice Inspection (ISI) Intervals for Prairie Island, Unit 1 and Unit 22019-06-13013 June 2019 10 CFR 50.55a Requests Nos. 1-RR-5-10 and 2-RR-5-10, Proposed Alternative to Reactor Vessel Inservice Inspection (ISI) Intervals for Prairie Island, Unit 1 and Unit 2 ML19046A1662019-02-25025 February 2019 Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code ML18270A0152018-10-19019 October 2018 and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Relief from the Requirements of the ASME OM Code ML16246A2002016-10-0404 October 2016 Request for Relief 1RR-4-11 and 2-RR-4-11 Associated with Certain Inservice Inspection of Component Welds for the Fourth 10-Year Interval ML15196A2132015-08-17017 August 2015 Requests 1-RR-4-9 and 2-RR-4-9 Associated with the Fourth Ten-Year Interval for the Inservice Inspection Program ML15196A2272015-08-12012 August 2015 Requests 1-RR-5-3 and 2-RR-5-3 Associated with the Fifth Ten-Year Interval for the Inservice Inspection Program ML15196A2212015-08-12012 August 2015 Requests 1-RR-5-1 and 2-RR-5-1 Associated with the Fifth Ten-Year Interval for the Inservice Inspection Program ML15079A0032015-05-0404 May 2015 Relief Requests 1-RR-5-5 and 2-RR-5-5 for Fifth 10-Year Interval for the Inservice Inspection Program ML15079A0022015-05-0404 May 2015 Relief Requests 1-RR-5-2 and 2-RR-5-2 for Fifth 10-Year Interval for the Inservice Inspection Program ML14329A1852014-12-0505 December 2014 Relief Requests for Fifth 10-Year Inservice Testing Program Interval (Tac Nos. 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MF3928 and Mf 3929) ML0807905632008-05-0909 May 2008 Relief Request 1-RR-4-6 for Piping Weld Examination Coverage for the Fourth Inservice Inspection Interval ML0617103642006-07-0303 July 2006 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Palisades Nuclear Plant, Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Use of ASME Code Case N-513-2 ML0617200152006-07-0303 July 2006 Relief, Evaluation of Relief Request 2-RR-4-6 for Reduced Examination Volume for Class 2 RHR Heat Exchanger Shell- to-Flange Weld L-HU-05-028, ASME Section XI, ISI Request for Relief 21 & 222005-12-19019 December 2005 ASME Section XI, ISI Request for Relief 21 & 22 L-PI-05-038, Withdrawal of 4th Ten-Year Inspection Interval Lnservice Lnspection Program Relief Request No. 1-RR-4-12005-05-0505 May 2005 Withdrawal of 4th Ten-Year Inspection Interval Lnservice Lnspection Program Relief Request No. 1-RR-4-1 ML0509601872005-04-27027 April 2005 Evaluation of Relief Request Nos. 1-RR-4-2, 1-RR-4-3, 2-RR-4-3, 1-RR-4-4, and 2-RR-4-4 for the Fourth 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval ML0507504282005-04-0707 April 2005 Evaluation of Relief Request to Use Code Case N-661. TAC MC3883 and TAC MC3884 ML0422200422004-10-18018 October 2004 Evaluation of Relief Request No. 16 for the Unit 2 3rd 10-year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML0418902032004-07-27027 July 2004 Code Relief, Evaluation of Relief Request No. 20, Revision 1 - for the Third 10-Year Inservice Inspection Interval ML0411301922004-05-0303 May 2004 Relief, Limited Examinations Associated with the PINGP Unit 1, Third 10-year Inservice Inspection (ISI) Interval, MB7975 ML0409802342004-04-12012 April 2004 Prairie, Units 1 and 2, Relief Request Nos. 19 and 20 Associated with the 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Interval L-PI-04-044, Request for Relief No. 20, Revision 0, for Units 1 & 2, 3rd Ten Year Inservice Inspection Interval2004-03-30030 March 2004 Request for Relief No. 20, Revision 0, for Units 1 & 2, 3rd Ten Year Inservice Inspection Interval ML0401607382004-02-26026 February 2004 Prairie, Units 1 and 2, Kewaunee, Point Beach, Units 1 and 2, Palisades, Re Request for Alternatives to ASME Section XI, Appendix Viii, Supplement 10 ML0332806022004-01-13013 January 2004 Prairie, Units 1 and 2, Relief, No. 15, Evaluation of Relief Request No. 15 for the Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML0323301462003-10-0202 October 2003 Relief, Re the Fourth and Successive Inservice Inspection and Inservice Testing Program Intervals ML0321300802003-08-13013 August 2003 Relief, Re Using VT-1 Visual Examinations During Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML0320506712003-07-30030 July 2003 Evaluation of Relief Request No. 18 to Perform a Visual Examination in Lieu of Volumetric Examination of Reactor Vessel Nozzle Inner Radius Sections Per Code Case N-648-1, MB8363 and MB8364 ML0316402462003-06-17017 June 2003 Relief Request, Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML0232905782002-11-16016 November 2002 Request for Relief No. 9 for the Unit 2 Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML0230102092002-11-0707 November 2002 Relief, Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program ML0226202392002-10-0101 October 2002 Relief, Evaluation of Relief Request Associated with the Third 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program (MB5388, 5399, 5390, & 5391) ML0212904282002-06-11011 June 2002 Relief Request, Related to the First Interval Inservice Inspection Program for Metal Containment ML0216105082002-05-31031 May 2002 Request for Relief No. 12 for the Unit 2 3rd 10-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program 2023-05-18
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Committed to Nuclear Excellence Nuclear Management Company, LLC December 19,2005 L-HU-05-028 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Prairie Island Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Dockets 50-282 and 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Section XI, Inservice Inspection
{ISI) Programs- Request for Relief 21 and 22. Request to Use ASME Code Case N-700, Alternative Rules for Selection of Classes 1,2 and 3 Vessel Welded Attachments for Examination.
In accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a (a) (3) (i) Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) is requesting relief from certain inservice inspection requirements in Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. This letter submits Prairie Island Units 1 and 2 requests for relief IS1 Relief Request No. 21 and IS1 Relief Request No. 22, respectively, for NRC review and approval.
Requests for relief 21 and 22 propose to adopt Code Case N-700, Alternative Rules for Selection of Classes 1, 2, and 3 Vessel Welded Attachments for Examination. The Prairie Island Units 1 and 2 current Code of record for the examination of Class 1, 2, and 3 welded attachments for vessels, piping, pumps, and valves is the 1989 Edition.
The 1989 Edition currently states in Examination Categories B-H that, "In case of multiple vessels of similar design, size, and service, the examination is limited to the attachment welds of one vessel." There is no criterion for single vessels (e.g. Reactor Pressure Vessel) that must be examined. The 1995 Addenda does specifically address selection criteria for multiple vessels. It states "For multiple vessels of similar design, function, and service, only one welded attachment of only one of the multiple vessels shall be selected for examination". However, the 1995 Addenda does not provide criteria for single vessels. Code Case N-700 requires that for multiple vessels of similar design, function and service, only one welded attachment of only one of the multiple vessels shall be selected for examination. The case also requires that only one welded attachment on a single vessel be examined. However, the Code Case also requires that the attachment selected for examination on one of the multiple vessels or the single vessel, as applicable, to be an attachment under continuous load during operation if such an attachment exists.
NMC believes that the proposed alternatives will provide an adequate level of quality and safety for selection of the Class 1, 2, and 3 vessel welded attachments for examination.
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Document Control Desk Page 2 Summary of Commitments This letter contains no new commitments and no revisions to existing commitments.
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Director, Nucl r Licensing and Regulatory Services Nuclear Management Company, LLC Enclosures (2) cc: Regional Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC Project Manager, Prairie Island Nuclear Plant, USNRC Resident Inspector, Prairie Island Nuclear Plant, USNRC Chief Boiler Inspector, State of Minnesota
ENCLOSURE 1 IS1 Relief Request No. 22 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 2, 3rdInterval IS1 Relief Request No. 21 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 1, 3rdInterval Alternative to Use Code Case N-700 SYSTEMICOMPONENT(S) FOR WHICH RELIEF REQUEST WILL BE USED Code Class: Class 1
Reference:
ASME Section XI, 1989 Edition Examination Category: B-H ltem Number: B8.10
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Description:==
Reactor Vessel Integrally Welded Attachments Component Numbers:
Unit 2 Unit 1 Summary No. 501410 Lug @ 90 Summary No. 301096 Lug @ 90 Summary No. 505017 Lug @ 270 Summary No. 301097 Lug @ 270 Summary No. 521409 Lug @ 75 Summary No. 321096 Lug @ 75 Summary No. 521410 Lug @ 195 Summary No. 321097 Lug @ 195 Summary No. 52141 1 Lug @ 315 Summary No. 321098 Lug @ 315 Applicable Code Requirements:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Section XI (1989 Edition, no addenda) Code requires full examination coverage of inservice inspection (ISI) components per Table IWB-2500-1, ltem Number B8.10. Footnote (3) states "In case of multiple vessels of similar design, size, and service, the examination is limited to the attachment welds of one vessel."
Code Case N-509, Footnote (4) states "In the case of multiple vessels of similar design, function and service, only one integrally welded attachment of only one of the multiple vessels shall be selected for examination".
The present wording would permit selection of an integrally welded attachment for examination that does not serve as a support load path during normal operation. In addition, neither of the above addresses if you have a single vessel (e.g. Reactor Vessel). It is not clear how many integrally welded attachments of a single vessel would require examination.
Reason for Request
The Prairie Island Units 1 and 2 Reactor Pressure Vessels have two integrally welded attachments per vessel. One located at 90 degrees and the other located at 270 degrees. These attachments are strengthened by gusset plates consisting of a base plate (SA 533 Grade B, Class I ) , Upper Plate (SA 533 Grade B, Class I ) , and Side Plate (SA 533 Grade B, Class I ) and welded to the nozzle shell course. These attachments are loaded during normal operation. In addition, there are three welded attachments on the Reactor Vessel Head used for lifting during refueling operations.
Only one of these welded attachments per unit was examined during the third interval.
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ENCLOSURE I IS1 Relief Request No. 22 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 2, 3rdInterval IS1 Relief Request No. 21 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 1, 3rdInterval There is no clear guidance within Section XI for single vessels and what welded attachment should be selected for examination. As discussed below, NMC believes that a welded attachment that is loaded is the appropriate one to select for examination.
Proposed Alternative and Basis for Use:
The Prairie Island Units 1 and 2 Third Interval IS1 Program is based on the1989 Edition with no addenda of ASME Section XI.
Code Case N-509, "Alternative Rules for the Selection and Examination of Class 1, 2, and 3 Integrally Welded Attachments" was incorporated into the 1995 Edition, 1995 Addenda. The technical basis for development of Code Case N-509 concluded that operational transientslwater hammers to be the major potential for welded attachment failures (possibility exists for corrosion related failures). The technical basis of Code Case N-509 also concluded that welded attachment failures have been identified as a result of connected support member deformation and had not been identified by the Section XI examinations. That is the basis for Code Case N-509 and the 1995 Edition, and later addenda, which requires welded attachments to be examined whenever component support deformation is identified. In addition, a sampling plan for welded attachments was maintained.
Code Case N-509 and the 1995 Addenda state in Examination Categories B-K, C-C, and D-A that, "For multiple vessels of similar design, function, and service, only one welded attachment of only one of the multiple vessels shall be selected for examination." There is no criterion for selection of the one welded attachment that must be examined. Code Case N-509 and the 1995 Addenda do not specifically address selection criteria for a single vessel.
Code Case N-700 utilizes the basis for development of Code Case N-509 to provide criteria for selection of Class 1, 2, and 3 vessel welded attachments for examination.
Code Case N-700 requires that for multiple vessels of similar design, function and service, only one welded attachment of only one of the multiple vessels shall be selected for examination. The code case also requires that only one welded attachment on a single vessel be examined. However, the case also requires that the attachment selected for examination on one of the multiple vessels or the single vessel, as applicable, to be an attachment under continuous load during operation if such an attachment exists.
Proposed Alternative and Basis for Use:
In accordance with 10CFR50.55a(a)(3)(i), in lieu of the requirements specified in the 1989 Edition of Section XI, Code Case N-700 will be used for the selection of the Class 1, welded attachments for the Reactor Pressure Vessel of Units 1 and 2. Code Case N-700 was approved by the ASME Code Committee on November 18,2003.
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ENCLOSURE 1 IS1 Relief Request No. 22 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 2, 3rdInterval IS1 Relief Request No. 21 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 1, 3rdInterval Duration of Proposed Alternative Prairie Island, Units 1 and 2 Third Ten Year Interval Precedents:
- 1. Browns Ferry Units 2 and 3 - Safety Evaluation for Request for Relief Regarding Use of ASME Code Case N-700 (TAC NOS. MC6437 and MC6438) dated July 18, 2005.
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ENCLOSURE 2 IS1 Relief Request No. 22 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 2, 3rdInterval IS1 Relief Request No. 21 (Rev. 0), Prairie Island Unit 1, 3rdInterval Appmval Dm: Nwmber I t 200j See Numeric Index Ibr .xpAr.ii0n
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-1s shaU be sclated for examination. For single vesstts only om welded lutachmtm Wl kc seIocOcd for aamina!ion. !I'he attachment ~ - ~ i c d ford examina-Inqdp: W b t dtanadve d s may bc mscd In G tim an one of the multiple v e d s or tbc single vessel.
c9 nf thme rtquind by Tahle IWB-2501-1. Table as applicable, shiIl bc an atwchmcnt lmda ~ ~ u o u s ZWC-Z.W@l,and Table IWD2500-t, F.xaminuri6h Cat- load during n d syacrn aptrarion. or an atkhment rgorics B-K and C-C, footnote 4. and Ex-m subject to a potmtial intermittent load (seismic. water Category D-A, f W e 3 . for selection of vessel welded hnmrcr, ttc.) durirlg wrmal fysmxI qaa!i~n if an attachments for examination? attachment under mnliouw load dos not cxiist "Reprinted from ASME 2004 Edition Code Cases, Nuclear Components, by permission of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. All rights reserved".
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