ML032770007
| ML032770007 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 10/02/2003 |
| From: | Thadani M NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| To: | Terry C TXU Energy |
| Thadani M, NRR/DLPM, 415-1476 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB7946 | |
| Download: ML032770007 (4) | |
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October 2, 2003 Mr. C. Lance Terry Senior Vice President &
Principal Nuclear Officer TXU Energy Attn: Regulatory Affairs Department P. O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION (CPSES), UNIT 2 -
RE: CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF RELIEF REQUEST A-9 FOR INSERVICE INSPECTION (ISI) OF CPSES, UNIT 2 (TAC NO. MB7946)
Dear Mr. Terry:
I am responding to your [[letter::CPSES-200300136, Relief Request A-9 to the Unit 2 Inservice Inspection (ISI) from 1986 Edition of ASME Code, Section XI, No Addenda (First Interval End Date: August 2004), Extension of ISI and Inservice Testing (IST) Programs|letter dated September 11, 2003]], requesting clarification that Relief A-9 for the second ten-year ISI interval is applicable to the first ten-year ISI interval.
By application dated March 6, 2003, as supplemented by letter dated July 1, 2003, TXU Energy (the licensee) submitted Relief Request A-9 for CPSES, Unit 2, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(g) (4)(iv), from the requirements of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Code), 1986 Edition with no Addenda, Table IWB-2500-1. The relief was requested for the second ten-year ISI interval.
By letter dated September 3, 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) authorized Relief A-9 for the second ten-year ISI, as requested by the licensee.
In the [[letter::CPSES-200300136, Relief Request A-9 to the Unit 2 Inservice Inspection (ISI) from 1986 Edition of ASME Code, Section XI, No Addenda (First Interval End Date: August 2004), Extension of ISI and Inservice Testing (IST) Programs|September 11, 2003, letter]], the licensee requested revision of the applicability of Relief A-9 to the first ten-year ISI interval. The licensee explained that, in its July 1, 2003, supplemental letter, it had inappropriately requested the applicability of Relief A-9 to the second ten-year ISI interval instead of the first interval, and the interval change was not brought to the NRC staffs attention.
The staff has reviewed the licensees request to revise the applicability of Relief A-9 to the first ten-year ISI interval, and finds that the staffs September 3, 2003, approval of Relief Request A-9 is applicable to the first ten-year ISI interval. Accordingly, Relief A-9 for the first
C. Lance Terry ten-year ISI interval is authorized for CPSES, Unit 2. All other requirements of the ASME Code, Sections III and XI, for which relief has not been specifically requested, remain applicable, including third party review by Authorized Nuclear Inservice Inspector.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mohan C. Thadani, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-446 cc: See next page
ML032770007 OFFICE PDIV-1/PM PDIV-1/LA EMCB/SC PDIV-1/SC NAME MThadani DJohnson SCoffin RGramm DATE 9/24/03 9/24/03 10/2/03 10/2/0
March 2003 Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station cc:
Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 2159 Glen Rose, TX 76403-2159 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011 Mr. Roger D. Walker Regulatory Affairs Manager TXU Generation Company LP P. O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043 George L. Edgar, Esq.
Morgan Lewis 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 County Judge P. O. Box 851 Glen Rose, TX 76043 Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director Office of the Governor P. O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Mr. Richard A. Ratliff, Chief Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3189 Mr. Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P. O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Ms. Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122 P. O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 G. R. Bynog, Program Manager/
Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division P. O. Box 12157, Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711