ML082070029

Acceptance Review Regarding Third Ten-Year Interval Inservice Inspection Program Relief Request Number I3R-02

ML082070029
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	07/28/2008
From:	Vaaler M NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Burton C Carolina Power & Light Co
Vaaler, Marlayna, NRO/DNRL 415-3178
References
TAC MD8742
Download: ML082070029 (4)

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July 28, 2008 Chris L. Burton, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - ACCEPTANCE REVIEW REGARDING THIRD TEN-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM RELIEF REQUEST NUMBER I3R-02 (TAC NO. MD8742)

Dear Mr. Burton:

By letter dated April 29, 2008 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML081330461), Carolina Power and Light Company, now doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., submitted Relief Request I3R-02 for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 (HNP). The proposed relief request would allow the selection of piping welds based on a risk-informed (RI) selection and examination program as an alternative to a portion of HNPs current inservice inspection (ISI) program.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the final results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed change. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

By letter dated July 14, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081890498), the NRC staff informed HNP that further information was necessary to enable the staff to make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed relief request in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Specifically, the July 14, 2008, letter stated that HNP Relief Request I3R-02 should be supplemented to provide a discussion confirming that Regulatory Guide 1.200 guidelines on probabilistic risk assessment technical adequacy were evaluated and satisfied, or provide and justify an acceptable alternative approach.

The NRC staff requested that HNP supplement the application to address the necessary information by June 20, 2008. HNP fulfilled this request by letter dated June 19, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081760292). The NRC staff has reviewed the supplemental information and found that it adequately addresses the information requested by the July 14, 2008, letter.

Accordingly, the NRC staff has concluded that the relief request, as supplemented, is acceptable

C. Burton for review. If additional information is needed for the staff to complete its technical review, you will be advised by separate correspondence. Should you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-3178.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Marlayna Vaaler, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400 cc: See next page

ML082070029 NRR-106 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA LPL2-2/BC NAME MVaaler CSola TBoyce EB for DATE 7/28/08 7/25/08 7/28/08 Mr. Chris L. Burton Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Carolina Power & Light Company Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. Kelvin Henderson Mr. Robert P. Gruber Plant General Manager Executive Director Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Public Staff NCUC Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. 4326 Mail Service Center Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 3 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Ms. Margaret A. Force Director of Site Operations Assistant Attorney General Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant State of North Carolina Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Post Office Box 629 Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Mr. Tony Gurley, Chair Mr. David H. Corlett, Supervisor Board of County Commissioners Licensing/Regulatory Programs of Wake County Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Post Office Box 550 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Mr. Carl Thompson, Chair Board of County Commissioners Ms. Kimberly A. Harshaw, Manager of Chatham County Support Services Post Office Box 87 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

Post Office Box 165, Mail Zone 1 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street NW.

Resident Inspector / Harris NPS Washington, DC 20037-1128 c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5421 Shearon Harris Road Mr. John D. Runkle New Hill, North Carolina 27562-9998 Attorney at Law Post Office Box 3793 Mr. J. Paul Fulford Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-3793 Manager, Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Mr. Jim Warren Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. NC Waste Awareness & Reduction Network Post Office Box 1551 Post Office Box 61051 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Durham, North Carolina 27715-1051 Mr. David T. Conley Chairman of the North Carolina Associate General Counsel II - Utilities Commission Legal Department Post Office Box 29510 Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0510 Post Office Box 1551 Public Service Commission Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer 11649 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Division of Radiation Protection N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721