ML051780266
| ML051780266 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  (NPF-002) |
| Issue date: | 07/05/2005 |
| From: | Martin R NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2 |
| To: | Stinson L Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| Martin R, NRR/DLPM, 415-1493 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC3056, WCAP-16221-NP WCAP-16221-NP | |
| Download: ML051780266 (4) | |
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July 5, 2005 Mr. L. M. Stinson Vice President - Farley Project Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295
SUBJECT:
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT (FNP), UNIT 1 - 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX H, TEST REPORT REQUIREMENTS: REVIEW OF TOPICAL REPORT WCAP-16221-NP, ANALYSIS OF CAPSULE V FROM SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, JOSEPH M. FARLEY, UNIT 1 REACTOR VESSEL RADIATION SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM (TAC NO. MC3056)
Dear Mr. Stinson:
By letter dated April 16, 2004, Southern Nuclear Operating Company (the licensee) submitted report number WCAP-16221-NP, Analysis of Capsule V from the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Joseph M. Farley, Unit 1 Reactor Vessel Radiation Surveillance Program. The report is applicable to the evaluation of the reactor vessel (RV) at FNP, Unit 1, and provides the applicable fracture toughness test data for surveillance capsule V which was removed from FNP, Unit 1, at 20.16 effective full power years of plant operation.
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix H, Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Program Requirements (the rule), provides the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) surveillance and testing requirements for ferritic components in the RVs of operating domestic light-water reactors. The rule requires licensed owners of domestic light-water reactor facilities to install a number of surveillance capsules within the cavities of their RVs and to remove capsules and test the capsule materials in accordance with the withdrawal schedule and testing requirements of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Standard Practice E185-82. Paragraph IV.A. of the rule requires the RV material surveillance capsule test results to be the subject of a summary technical report that is required to be submitted to the NRC within one year of the capsule withdrawal date. Paragraph IV.B. of the rule specifies that these topical reports shall include all data required by ASTM Standard Practice E185 and the results of all fracture toughness tests conducted on the RV beltline materials in both the unirradiated and irradiated condition.
The NRC staff has performed a preliminary review of report number WCAP-16221-NP and has confirmed that the report includes all of the data and test results that are required by Paragraph IV.B of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix H and by ASTM Standard Practice E185-82. Furthermore, based on this preliminary review, the NRC staff has not identified any immediate safety issues associated with the information provided in report number WCAP-16221-NP. Therefore, the NRC staff intends to forward this report to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the purpose of officially updating the surveillance data in the NRC staffs Reactor Vessel Integrity Database. The licensee will be expected to incorporate the updated surveillance data into the next revision of the plants pressure-temperature limits, as required by 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G.
This completes the NRC staffs activities under TAC No. MC5068. Please contact me at (301) 415-1493, if you have any other questions on these issues.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Robert E. Martin, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-348 cc: See next page
ML051780266 NRR-106 OFFICE PDII-1/PM PDII-1/LA PDII-1/SC NAME RMartin CHawes EMarinos DATE 06/ 05 /05 06/ 30/ 05 07/05/05
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 cc:
Mr. J. R. Johnson General Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Mr. B. D. McKinney, Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Mr. M. Stanford Blanton Balch and Bingham Law Firm P.O. Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35201 Mr. J. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201 State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health 434 Monroe St.
Montgomery, AL 36130-1701 Chairman Houston County Commission P.O. Box 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7388 N. State Highway 95 Columbia, AL 36319 William D. Oldfield SAER Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312