ML030690628

RAI, Inservice Inspection Program Relief Request No. 7

ML030690628
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	03/12/2003
From:	Padovan L NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Forbes J Nuclear Management Co
Padovan L
References
TAC MB6897
Download: ML030690628 (4)

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March 12, 2003 Mr. Jeffrey S. Forbes Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637

SUBJECT:

MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM RELIEF REQUEST NO. 7 (TAC NO. MB6897)

Dear Mr. Forbes:

The Nuclear Management Company, LLC letter of December 6, 2002, requested the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to authorize a proposed alternative to use the 2001 edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for repair and replacement activities associated with the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The NRC staff is reviewing your request and finds that additional information is needed as shown in the enclosed request for additional information (RAI).

I discussed the enclosed RAI with Mr. John Fields of your organization on March 10, 2003, and he agreed to respond within 15 days of the receipt of this letter. Please contact me at (301) 415-1423 if you have questions.

Sincerely,

/RA/

L. Mark Padovan, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page

ML030690628 OFFICE PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA PDIII-1/SC NAME MPadovan RBouling LRaghavan DATE 03/12/03 03/11/03 03/12/03 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO RELIEF REQUEST NO. 7 DATED DECEMBER 6, 2002 NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-263

1. The Nuclear Management Companys (NMC's) Certificate of Reconciliation references Section IWA-4230 which gives requirements for replacing internal threads in pressure-retaining items with helical coil inserts. Please modify the Certificate of Reconciliation to provide a separate section identifying the renumbered or reorganized sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code).

2. Section IWA-4131.1(a) gives conditions when alternative requirements of IWA-4131.2 for Class 1 piping tubing (except heat exchanger tubing, and sleeves and plugs used for heat exchanger tubing), valves, and fittings may be used. Section IWA-4713 is grouped with this section in the Certificate of Reconciliation. Section IWA-4713 gives the requirements for heat exchanger tube plugging by expansion. Please move references to Sections IWA4711.4, IWA-4712, and IWA4721.1 in your Certificate of Reconciliation to the heat exchanger grouping and discuss the associated changes incorporated into the 2001 ASME Code.

3. Please provide a statement that NMC will comply with any modifications or changes incorporated into the 2001 edition of the ASME Code when the 2001 edition is incorporated into the rule.

ENCLOSURE

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:

J. E. Silberg, Esquire Commissioner Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Minnesota Department of Commerce 2300 N Street, N. W. 121 Seventh Place East Washington, DC 20037 Suite 200 St. Paul, MN 55101-2145 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Adonis A. Neblett 2807 W. County Road 75 Assistant Attorney General Monticello, MN 55362 Office of the Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street Site Licensing Manager Suite 900 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Mr. Roy A. Anderson Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Robert Nelson, President Nuclear Management Company, LLC Minnesota Environmental Control 700 First Street Citizens Association (MECCA) Hudson, WI 54016 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, MN 55119 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.

Commissioner 414 Nicollet Mall Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Minneapolis, MN 55401 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.

Minneapolis, MN 55440 Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer Wright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313 March 2002