LR-N04-0161, Update ASME XI Code of Record

Update ASME XI Code of Record

ML041390535
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	05/07/2004
From:	Mannon S Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 MAY 0 7 2004 PSEG LR-N04-0161 Nuclear LLC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 UPDATE ASME Xi CODE OF RECORD Federal Register (Notice 66 FR 40626) amended 10CFR50.55a(g) and revised the requirements for inservice inspection (ISI) of nuclear power plant components by permitting the use of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section Xl 1998 Edition up through and including 2000 Addenda. The first 10-year inspection interval for Hope Creek Generating Station ended on December 13, 1997. In accordance with 10CFR50.55a, the second 10-year inspection interval was prepared to meet the requirements of the NRC approved ASME Section Xi Code in effect on December 13, 1996. This Code is the 1989 Edition no Addenda.

The current ISI Program for Hope Creek Generating Station is based on ASME Section Xl 1989 Edition no Addenda. This letter is to inform you that the Code of record for Hope Creek Generating Station for the remainder of the second 10-year interval has been upgraded to the latest approved ASME Section Xl Code incorporated into 10CFR50.55a for ISI on all affected ASME Xl (Class 1, 2 and 3)

Subsections IWB, IWC, IWD and IWF systems, structures and components contained within Tables IWX-2500-1. This will make it easier for involved personnel to be familiar with ASME XI code requirements, ensure a greater degree of implementation consistency, decrease costs associated with surveillance procedure revisions, reduce opportunities for inadvertent human errors due to differences between code requirements and lessen administrative burdens and complexities associated with maintaining multiple ISI Program Long Term Plans.

1 4-DN7 95-2168 REV. 7/99

Document Control Desk 2 MAY 0 7 2004 LR-N04-0161 PSEG will comply with 1998 Edition up through and including 2000 Addenda unless relief is requested in accordance with 10CFR50.55a (a)(3). PSEG will comply with the following 10CFR50.55a imposed additional requirements for:

o Exam Category B-D, items B3.40, B3.60, B3.120 and B3.140 for the use of ASME 1998 Edition for the inspection of Nozzle Inner Radii.

o Exam Category B-G-2, item B7.80 for the use of ASME 1995 Edition to perform VT-1 of CRD housing bolts, studs and nuts when disassembled.

o Exam Category B-K, item B10.10 for the use of ASME 1995 Edition to examine welded attachments on at least one vessel in each group.

On March 11, 2004, (LR-N04-0115) PSEG submitted a Risk Informed Inservice Inspection (RI-ISI) program for ASME Xl Exam Categories B-F, B-J, C-F-1 and C-F-2 class 1 and 2 piping. This program will be substituted beginning with the Fall 2004 refueling outage.

ASME Xi Subsections IWE and IWL will continue to be performed in accordance with PSEG Nuclear's previously submitted and approved relief requests for IWE and IWL and the NRC's Safety Evaluation Report (SER) (TAC) for Hope Creek Generating Station containment inspection.

ASME Xi Appendix Vil requirements will continue to be performed in accordance with ASME Xl 1998 Edition up to and including the 2000 Addenda, as modified by 10CFR.50.55a final rulemaking.

There are no new commitments contained in this letter. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Mosier at (856) 339-5434.

Sincerely, Steven R. Mannon Manager Nuclear Safety and Licensing

Document Control Desk 3 LR-N04-0161 MAY 0 7 2004 C Mr. H. Miller Regional Administrator - Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. D. Collins, Project Manager - Hope Creek U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 08C2 Washington, DC 20555-0001 USNRC Senior Resident Inspector - Hope Creek (X24)

Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box 415 Trenton, NJ 08625