ML032330269

Withdrawal of Request for Relaxation of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Inspection Requirements & Associated Commitment

ML032330269
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	08/13/2003
From:	Bakken A Indiana Michigan Power Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
AEP:NRC:3054-11
Download: ML032330269 (4)

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Indiana Michigan Power Company 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, Ml 49107 1395 INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER August 13, 2003 AEP:NRC:3054-11 10 CFR 2.202 Docket Nos:

50-315 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Stop O-P1-17 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 WITHDRAWAL OF REQUEST FOR RELAXATION OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL HEAD PENETRATION INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AND ASSOCIATED COMMITMENT FOR UNIT 1

References:

1)

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Order EA-03-009, "Issuance of Order Establishing Interim Inspection Requirements for Reactor Pressure Vessel Heads at Pressurized Water Reactors," dated February 11, 2003

2)

Letter from J. E. Pollock, Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M),

to U.

S.

NRC Document Control

Desk, "Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 and Unit 2, Request for Relaxation from Nuclear Regulatory Commission Order Establishing Interim Inspection Requirements for Reactor Pressure Vessel Heads at Pressurized Water Reactors,"

AEP:NRC:3054-04, dated March 26, 2003

3)

Letter from J. E. Pollock, I&M, to U. S. NRC Document Control Desk, "Revised Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Relaxation Of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Inspection Requirements in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Order," AEP:NRC:3054-08, dated June 2, 2003 gyp}~/iiO

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AEP:NRC:3054-11 Page 2 This letter withdraws a request for relaxation of reactor vessel head penetration inspection requirements for Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (CNP) Unit 1, and withdraws an associated commitment.

NRC Order EA-03-009 (Reference

1) established interim inspection requirements for reactor pressure vessel head penetrations at pressurized water reactors. In Reference 2, I&M requested relaxations from certain inspection requirements in that order for CNP Unit 1 and Unit 2. Reference 3 provided a revised response to an NRC request for additional information (RAI) regarding the requested relaxations. As stated in Reference 3, the information provided in the letter applied only to Unit 2. I&M committed in Reference 3 to submit the requested information for Unit 1 by. separate correspondence. The committed date was that necessary to support the next Unit 1 under-head inspection required by the order.

The next Unit 1 under-head inspection required by the order is currently scheduled for Spring 2005.

Examination techniques and requirements may change prior to that inspection, precluding the need for relaxation. Therefore, I&M withdraws the request for relaxation of inspection requirements for Unit 1, and the associated commitment. If a relaxation of inspection requirements is needed for Unit 1, I&M intends to request the relaxation via separate correspondence, including the necessary supporting information.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments.

Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Brian A. McIntyre, Manager of Regulatory Affairs, at (269) 697-5806.

Sincerely, A. C. Bakken III Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations JW/rdw

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AEP:NRC:3054-11 Page 3 c: Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation J. L. Caldwell, NRC Region III K. D. Curry, Ft. Wayne AEP J. T. King, MPSC MDEQ - WHMD/HWRPS NRC Resident Inspector M. A. Shuaibi, NRC Washington DC

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 4 AEP:NRC:3054-1 1 AFFIRMATION I, A. Christopher Bakken III, being duly sworn, state that I am Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations of American Electric Power Service Corporation and Vice President of Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), that I am authorized to sign and file this request with the Nuclear Regulatory Comrnmission on behalf of I&M, and that the statements made and the matters set forth herein pertaining to I&M are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

American Electric Power Service A. C. Bakken III Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations

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DANIELLE M. SCHRADER Notawy Public, Benren County, Ml My Commissin Wxires Apr 4, 2004