ML080640631

Notification of Deviation from Boiling Water Reactor Vessel Internals Project (BWRVIP) Program Element

ML080640631
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	02/25/2008
From:	Cullen G Energy Northwest
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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G02-08-022
Download: ML080640631 (2)

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Gregory V. Cullen ENERGY Regulatory Programs P.O. Box 968, Mail Drop PE20 NORTHWEST Richland, WA 99352-0968 Ph. 509-377-6105 F. 509-377-4317 gvcullen@energy-northwest.com February 25, 2008 G02-08-022 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Subject:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-397 NOTIFICATION OF DEVIATION FROM BOILING WATER REACTOR VESSEL INTERNALS PROJECT (BWRVIP) PROGRAM ELEMENT

Reference:

Letter dated May 30, 1997, Carl Terry (Chairman, BWRVIP) to Brian Sheron (NRC), "BWR Utility Commitments to the BWRVIP"

Dear Sir or Madam:

This letter notifies the NRC of a deviation from a BWRVIP program element. This is a notification only and no action from the NRC is being requested. This notification is provided pursuant to the utility commitments described in the referenced letter.

The BWRVIP Program implementation guidelines provide guidance to ensure the consistent application of BWRVIP guidelines by member utilities. When Energy Northwest does not implement any portion of an applicable "mandatory" or "needed" BWRVIP guideline that has been approved by the BWRVIP Executive Committee, we will notify the NRC and BWRVIP within 45 days following our approval of the deviation's disposition.

The deviation is from a "needed" element of the BWRVIP program. The needed element is performing examinations in accordance with BWRVIP-42-A "BWR Vessel and Internals Project,LPCI Coupling Inspection and Flaw Examination Guidelines."

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NOTIFICATION OF DEVIATION FROM BOILING WATER REACTOR VESSEL INTERNALS PROJECT (BWRVIP) PROGRAM ELEMENT Page 2 BWRVIP BWRVIP Requirement Exception Alternate in Lieu of Document BWRVIP-42-A At least one third (1/3) Columbia completed its One third of the

'BWR Vessel of all high priority baseline inspections in high priority and Internals locations shall be re- R16 (Spring 2003) locations will be re-Project, LPCI inspected during every which included both low inspected in R19 Coupling LPCI inspection cycle and high priority (Spring 2009).

Inspection and (two refueling outages) locations. One-third of The remaining Flaw after the baseline the high priority inspections will be Examination inspection, with 100% locations were not re- performed in R20 Guidelines" of those locations re- inspected by the end of and R22 per the inspected within 12 R18 (Spring 2007) as original schedule.

years. required.

If you have any questions or require additional information regarding this matter, please contact Mr. MC Humphreys, Licensing Supervisor, at (509) 377-4025.

Respectfully, GV Cullen Manager, Regulatory Programs cc: EE Collins, Jr. - NRC RIV CF Lyon - NRC NRR MA Mitchell - NRC NRR NRC Senior Resident Inspector/988C RN Sherman - BPA/1 399 WA Horin -Winston & Strawn