ML041940416
| ML041940416 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 07/12/2004 |
| From: | Tilda Liu NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Stinson L Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| Liu T, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1315 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML041940416 (5) | |
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July 12, 2004 Mr. L. M. Stinson Vice President - Farley Project Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION
Dear Mr. Stinson:
By letter dated September 12, 2003, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC or the applicant) submitted an application pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP), Units 1 and 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application (LRA) and response to the request for additional information (RAI) dated June 18, 2004. The staff has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Specifically, the enclosed RAI is from Section B.5.9, Periodic Surveillance and Preventive Maintenance Activities Program, based on the applicants RAI response dated June 18, 2004.
This RAI, in a draft format, has been provided to Mr. Jan Fridrichsen of your staff on July 1, 2004. The NRC staff has discussed the draft version of this RAI, via a conference call, to provide clarifications to the SNC staff on July 12, 2004. Your response to this RAI is requested within 30 days from the date of this letter. Mr. Fridrichsen has agreed to this request.
If needed, the NRC staff is willing to meet or discuss with SNC again prior to the submittal of the applicants response to provide further clarifications to the staffs RAI.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1315 or e-mail tyl1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Tilda Liu, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364
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DISTRIBUTION: Dated: July 12, 2004 Accession No.: ML041940416 Ltr. to Mr. L.M. Stinson, Re: Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Joseph M.
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Enclosure JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI)
Section B.5.9: Periodic Surveillance and Preventive Maintenance Activities (PSPMA)
Program RAI B.5.9-1 The staff requests the applicant to provide the following information related to PSPMA program:
a.
Explain how inspections for the presence of corrosion products or fluid leakage, wall thickness, pressure, temperature, and flow will be used to detect the presence and extent of aging effects for the internal elastomer tank diaphragms.
b.
State the diaphragm inspection frequency for boric acid tanks, reactor makeup water storage tanks, and condensate storage tanks and the basis for determining this frequency.
c.
Explain how the data collected are evaluated against the acceptance criteria to provide a prediction of the rate of degradation in order to confirm that the timing of the next scheduled inspection will occur before a loss of intended function.
- d.
Provide plant-specific and industry operating experience for degradation of internal elastomer tank diaphragms to support the conclusion that the diaphragms will be adequately managed by the PSPMA or commit to providing operating experience in the future to confirm the effectiveness of the new PSPMA.
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:
Mr. Don E. Grissette General Manager - Plant Farley Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Mr. B. D. McKinney Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Mr. Stanford M. Blanton, esq.
Balch and Bingham Law Firm Post Office Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35201 Mr. J. B. Beasley, Jr.
Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201 Dr. D. E. Williamson State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health The RSA Tower 201 Monroe Street, Suite 1500 Montgomery, AL 36130-1701 Chairman Houston County Commission Post Office Box 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 Mr. William D. Oldfield SAER Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Mr. Charles R. Pierce Manager - License Renewal Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7388 N. State Highway 95 Columbia, AL 36319