ML051050201

E-mail from J. Petrosino, NRR, to D. Hills, Riii, NRR-2004-A-0026, TAC No 3234, Point Beach

ML051050201
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	06/02/2004
From:	Petrosino J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Dave Hills NRC/RGN-III
References
FOIA/PA-2004-0282, NRR-2004-A-0026, TAC MC3234
Download: ML051050201 (2)

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fJoseph F'etrosino - Re: NRR-2004-A-00d -AC#3234 Point Beach .

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To: Hills, David Date: 6/2/04 3:25PM

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Re:'NRR-2004-A-0026 TAC#3234 Point Beach Thank You David 11 I appreciate the com'prehensiveness of your reply and discussion of the difficult considerations which staff will need to ensure are appropriately dispositioned during our review of the Ci's concerns..

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Thank You Mel.

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Will you, or other Rill staff, continue your dialogue with NMC to resolve these specific concerns that you Identified or are your specific concerns In'the NRR Division of Engineering review responsibility?

You also concluded that "lthe facts suggest that the licensee may have undetected cracks In other J-groove welds. If these cracks are acceptable from a leakage Integrity standpoint, the Region Ill Inspector has not been provided a reference to any deterministic analysis that demonstrates this cracking cannot grow through the J-groove weldpriorto the next Unit 1 outage.

Would we therefore'have a 1ill startup concern for PBNP Unit I based-on Mel'sfindins,-or Is NRR-DE indicating that we do not have a safety or'compliance issue if PBNP performed Its inspection In IAW the Order 03-009???

Thanks, Joe

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.4> Joseph Petrosino 06/01/04 02:43PM >>>

Mel: V Regarding the May 27, 2004, NMC response letter to Rll of the penetration 26 groove welds, I would UJS like to ask you whether there was any parts or aspects of the licensees's response that were not adequate.

We are taking this to an ARB on June 3rd and would like to know what your position Is before Thursday so we can ensure we have' a complete story and a recommended position BEFORE-we go Into the .ARB for its members.

Thanks for Your Help, Joe (Frank.Talbot is our Technical lead for DIPM) '

CC: Caniario, Roy; Chan, Terence; Chemoff,.Harold; Cwalina, Gregory; Heller, Jarnms; Holmberg, Melvin; Louden, Patrick;. Morris, R. Michael; 'Pederson, Cynthia; Quay, Theodore; Reynolds, Steven; Talbot, Frank; Thatcher, Dale

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