CNRO-2004-00078, Supplement to Request No. CEP-IWE/IWL-001 Use of Subsequent ASME Code Edition and Addenda for Visual Containment Examinations
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| Site: | Grand Gulf, Arkansas Nuclear, River Bend, Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 12/07/2004 |
| From: | Burford F Entergy Operations |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| CEP-IWE/IWL-001, CNRO-2004-00078 | |
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-- Entergy Entergy Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, Mississippi 39213-8298 Tel 601-368-5758 F. G. Burford Acting Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing CNRO-2004-00078 December 7, 2004 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn.: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001
SUBJECT:
Supplement to Request No. CEP-IWE/IWL-001 Use of Subsequent ASME Code Edition and Addenda for Visual Containment Examinations River Bend Station Docket No. 50-458 License No. NPF-47 Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-313 & 50-368 License Nos. DPR-51 & NPF-6 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Docket No. 50-416 License No. NPF-29 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Docket No. 50-382 License No. NPF-38
Dear Sir or Madam:
By letter dated October 27, 2004, Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy) requested permission to use portions of the 1998 edition with 1999 and 2000 addenda of ASME Section Xl for the conduct of visual containment examinations. Request CEP-IWE/IWL-001 applies to Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 and 2, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, River Bend Station, and Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station. The request was based on recent guidance provided in Regulatory Information Summary 2004-12.
Entergy asked for approval of the request by January 15, 2005 in order to support the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 and Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3 outages scheduled for spring of 2005. During several phone calls it was determined that two clarifications would be necessary to assist the Staff in the approval process. The Enclosure provides those clarifications.
Should you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Bill Brice at (601) 368-5076.
This letter contains no commitments.
Very truly yours, FB BB/b
Enclosure:
Supplement to Request No. CEP-IWE/IWL-001 cc:
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CNRO-2004-00078 Page 2 of 3 cc:
Mr. W. A. Eaton (ECH)
Mr. J. P. DeRoy (ECH)
Mr. J. S. Forbes (ANO)
Mr. P. D. Hinnenkamp (RBS)
Mr. J. E. Venable Mr. G. A. Williams Dr. Bruce S. Mallett U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011 NRC Senior Resident Inspector P. O. Box 1050 St. Francisville, LA 70775 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Michael K. Webb MS O-7D1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Bhalchandra Vaidya MS O-7D1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mr. Brian W. Amy, MD, MHA, MPH Mississippi Department of Health P. 0. Box 1700 Jackson, MS 39215-1700 Mr. T. L. Hoeg, GGNS Senior Resident Mr. D. E. Levanway (Wise Carter)
Mr. H. L. Thomas NRC Senior Resident Inspector Arkansas Nuclear One P.O. Box310 London, AR 72847 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Thomas W. Alexion MS 0-7 Dl Washington, DC 20555-0001 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Drew Holland MS 0-7 DI Washington, DC 20555-0001
CNRO-2004-00078 Page 3 of 3 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Waterford 3 P.O. Box 822 Killona, LA 70066-0751 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Mr. Nageswaran Kalyanam MS O-7D1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway Attn: J. Smith P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 Winston & Strawn Attn: N.S. Reynolds 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 American Nuclear Insurers Attn: Library Town Center Suite 300S 29th S. Main Street West Hartford, CT 06107-2445 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Compliance Surveillance Division P. 0. Box 4312 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312
ENCLOSURE CNRO-2004-00078 CEP-IWEllWL-OO1 CNRO-2004-00078 Page 1 of 1 Supplement to 10 CFR 50.55a Request Number CEP-IWE/IWL-001 The following provides clarification to items discussed on the phone call of November 23, 2004.
The table in section 3 of the previously submitted request (letter from F. G. Burford to the USNRC dated October 27, 2004), contains primary paragraphs and all related requirements necessary to implement the primary paragraphs. Section 4 of the submittal indicates the modifications and limitations required by 10 CFR 50.55a to implement the paragraphs requested.
This request is limited to portions of the later edition and addenda of code as approved by 10 CFR 50.55a with applicable modifications and limitations set forth in 10 CFR 50.55a.
Existing requests for relief or alternatives applicable to the Containment Inservice Inspection Programs are limited to the 1992 code with 1992 addenda and will not be used for the portions of the later edition and addenda of code submitted in this request.
Examples follow:
- 1. Existing relief requests regarding minimum illumination requirements for concrete examinations will not be required for inspections conducted under the later edition and addenda of the code since the provisions of the relief are nearly identical to the newer code provisions.
- 2. Since Category E-D (seals, gaskets, and moisture barriers) will continue to be examined under the provisions of the 1992 code with 1992 addenda, approved alternatives to seals and gasket inspections are not impacted by this request and will continue to be performed as is.
In the event requests for relief or alternative are required for the later portions of the code, Entergy will submit these requests separately.