ML052650312

Relief Requests - the Previsions of ASME Section XI, IWA-5244, Buried Components, RR-1-26 and RR-2-34

ML052650312
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/27/2005
From:	Chernoff H NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Koehl D Nuclear Management Co
Muniz A, NRR/DLPM, 415-4093
References
TAC MC4543, TAC MC4544
Download: ML052650312 (4)

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September 27, 2005 Mr. Dennis L. Koehl Site Vice President Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516

SUBJECT:

POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - RELIEF REQUEST FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1986 EDITION OF THE ASME CODE, SECTION XI, IWA-5244, "BURIED COMPONENTS," RR-1-26 AND RR-2-34 (TAC NOS. MC4543 AND MC4544)

Dear Mr. Koehl:

Your letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated August 30, 2004 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) No. ML042530042), requested relief from the requirements of the 1986 Edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Code),Section XI, IWA-5244, "Buried Components,"

for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, for the third inservice inspection interval, which ended on June 30, 2002.

On July 1, 2004, NRC inspectors (Inspection Report 0500266/2004004; 05000301/4004; ADAMS No. ML042510353) identified that your staff had not performed the periodic pressure drop test or change in flow rate test to confirm the integrity of the buried service water headers as required by the 1986 Edition of the ASME Code,Section XI, IWA-5244. As discussed above, the ASME Code required inspections were not completed within the third interval and relief was not requested within the appropriate time frame. This finding was treated as a non-cited violation, consistent with Section VI.A.1 of the Enforcement Policy.

Since this compliance issue was identified by NRC inspectors and you requested relief well after (more than two years) the end of the third interval, the NRC staff will not take action on this relief request. TAC Nos. MC4543 and MC4544 have been closed.

D. Koehl If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-4018.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Harold K. Chernoff, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 cc: See next page

D. Koehl If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-4018.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Harold K. Chernoff, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Mr. Jeffery Kitsembel Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Electric Division Nuclear Management Company, LLC Public Service Commission of Wisconsin 700 First Street P.O. Box 7854 Hudson, WI 54016 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Mr. F. D. Kuester Nuclear Asset Manager President & Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Electric Power Company WE Generation 231 West Michigan Street 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 Milwaukee, WI 53201 John Paul Cowan Regulatory Affairs Manager Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Point Beach Nuclear Plant Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road 700 First Street Two Rivers, WI 54241 Hudson, WI 54016 Mr. Ken Duveneck Douglas E. Cooper Town Chairman Senior Vice President - Group Operations Town of Two Creeks Palisades Nuclear Plant 13017 State Highway 42 Nuclear Management Company, LLC Mishicot, WI 54228 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Chairman Public Service Commission Site Director of Operations of Wisconsin Nuclear Management Company, LLC P.O. Box 7854 6610 Nuclear Road Madison, WI 53707-7854 Two Rivers, WI 54241 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Resident Inspector's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6612 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241