ML021340100
| ML021340100 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 05/20/2002 |
| From: | Robert Fretz NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Fretz, R, NRR/DLPM, 415-1324 | |
| References | |
| SIP Test Sample upto2-6-04, TAC MB3811 | |
| Download: ML021340100 (6) | |
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May 20, 2002 Mr. Harold W. Keiser Chief Nuclear Officer & President PSEG Nuclear LLC - X04 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 1, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: RELIEF REQUESTS S1-RR-B01 AND S1-RR-C01 (TAC NO. MB3811)
Dear Mr. Keiser:
By letter dated January 8, 2002, PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted two requests for relief from the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1 (Salem). The requests for relief are for the second 10-year inservice inspection (ISI) interval in which Salem adopted the 1983 Edition of ASME Section XI, including Summer 1983 Addenda, as the Code of record.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is reviewing your requests for relief and has determined that additional information is necessary in order to complete its evaluation. We discussed the enclosed request for additional information with your staff during a telephone call on May 10, 2002. During the call, you agreed to respond to this letter within 45 days from the date of this letter. If circumstances result in the need to revise the target date, please contact me at (301) 415-1324, understanding that a delay in your response is likely to adversely affect our review schedule.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Robert J. Fretz, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-272
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page
ML021340100 TEMPLATE = NRR-088 OFFICE PDI-2/PM PDI-2/LA PDI-2/SC NAME RFretz TLClark JClifford DATE 5/17/02 5/15/02 5/20/02 ENCLOSURE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION POWER UPRATE AMENDMENT REQUEST SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NO. 1 By letter dated January 8, 2002, PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) submitted two requests for relief from the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1 (Salem 1).
The requests for relief are for the second 10-year inservice inspection (ISI) interval in which Salem 1 adopted the 1983 Edition of ASME Section XI, including Summer 1983 Addenda, as the Code of record.
1.
PSEGs letter does not identify the start and end dates for the Salem 1 second 10-year ISI interval. Please include this information in your response.
2.
PSEG submitted relief requests S1-RR-B01 and S1-RR-C01 in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii). This section of the regulations addresses licensee alternatives where compliance with Code requirements would result in a hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety. Relief Requests S1-RR-B01 and S1-RR-C01, as contained in the letter and attachments, propose no alternatives. Instead, relief is sought for limited examinations, based on accessibility, physical obstructions or material properties of the subject components. No arguments pertaining to hardship or unusual difficulties, or why completing the limited examinations would not provide a compensating increase in quality or safety, is presented. PSEG should review the basis for these requests, then determine and submit the necessary information for a proposed alternative under 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(i) or 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii), or submit the relief requests based on impracticality pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii) (see below).
The licensee may request relief in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(5)(iii), if it can be shown that the Code examinations are impractical at their facility. In this case, the licensee must present adequate information to support a determination that the required examinations are impractical (not simply inconvenient) to perform to the extent required by the Code. This information should include drawings, or other physical descriptions, of the component examination areas, including examination coverage(s), weld cross-sections, etc., as necessary to support the request. In addition, the licensee should submit argument(s) as to why the use of other methods would not reasonably increase the examination coverage(s).
For example, in Attachment 1 for S1-RR-B01 of the licensee's submittal (table on page 5 of 11), the limitation discussion for upper longitudinal seam weld 1-RPV-1042B states that the reduced volumetric coverage (66%) is due to outlet nozzle boss interference.
This discussion does not provide an adequate description of the physical limitation, or indicate whether or not other techniques such as different interrogation angles could have practically increased the coverage.
Similar issues exist with the remainder of the components listed in this table, as well as in the attached table for S1-RR-C01. Provide a technical basis for each component, detailing the examination limitation, and discuss whether other examinations may be used to increase or supplement the limited examinations.
PSEG Nuclear LLC Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1 cc:
Mr. Elbert C. Simpson Senior Vice President &
Chief Administrative Officer PSEG Nuclear - N19 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Vice President - Technical Support PSEG Nuclear - N10 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. David F. Garchow Vice President - Operations PSEG Nuclear - X10 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Gabor Salamon Manager - Nuclear Safety and Licensing PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Ms. R. A. Kankus Joint Owner Affairs PECO Energy Company Nuclear Group Headquarters KSA1-E 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Mary O. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Richard Hartung Electric Service Evaluation Board of Regulatory Commissioners 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Salem Nuclear Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038