ML082480063

Request for Additional Information the 2006 Steam Generator Inspection Report

ML082480063
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	09/11/2008
From:	Nadiyah Morgan Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Sena P FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Morgan N, NRR/DORL, 415-1016
References
TAC MD8392
Download: ML082480063 (5)

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September 11, 2008 Mr. Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: THE 2006 STEAM GENERATOR INSPECTION REPORT (TAC NO. MD8392)

Dear Mr. Sena:

By letter dated March 18, 2008, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company submitted information summarizing the results of the 2007 steam generator (SG) tube inspections for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 2 performed during the eighteenth refueling outage.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing the submittal and has determined that additional information is needed to complete its review. The specific questions are found in the enclosed request for additional information (RAI). The NRC staff is requesting a response to the RAI within 30 days of receipt.

Please contact me at (301) 415-1016, if you have any questions of this issue.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Nadiyah S. Morgan, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-334

Enclosure:

RAI cc w/encl: See next page

ML082480063 *See memo dated August 1, 2008 OFFICE LPLI-1/PM LPLI-1/LA DCI/CSGB/BC DORL/LPLI-1/BC NAME NMorgan SLittle AHiser* MKowal DATE 9/10/08 9/10/08 08/01/2008 9/11/08 Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Joseph J. Hagan Mail Stop A-GO-2 President and Chief Operating Officer 76 South Main Street FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Akron, Ohio 44333 Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance Akron, OH 44308 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station James H. Lash Mail Stop A-BV-A Senior Vice President of Operations P.O. Box 4, Route 168 and Chief Operating Officer Shippingport, PA 15077 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 Commissioner James R. Lewis 76 South Main Street West Virginia Division of Labor Akron, OH 44308 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Danny L. Pace Charleston, WV 25305 Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Director, Utilities Department Mail Stop A-GO-14 Public Utilities Commission 76 South Main Street 180 East Broad Street Akron, OH 44308 Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Jeannie M. Rinckel Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Vice President, Fleet Oversight Management Agency FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 2605 Interstate Dr.

Mail Stop A-GO-14 Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Corporation Mail Stop A-GO-18 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44333 Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (continued) cc:

Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 150

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2007 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTIONS FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION CORP.

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NUMBER 50-334 By letter dated March 18, 2008, (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML080800448), FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (licensee) submitted information summarizing the results of the 2007 steam generator (SG) tube inspections at Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 (BVPS-1). These inspections were performed during the eighteenth refueling outage (1R18). In order to complete the review of the document listed above, the NRC staff needs the following additional information:

1. Please provide the following design information on the BVPS-1 SGs:

a. Whether the u-bends were stress relieved after bending

b. The smallest u-bend radius (typically row 1)

c. A tubesheet map

d. The SG tube support plate naming convention used

e. The tubing manufacturer

f. Whether the SGs have a flow distribution baffle plate, and if so, a description of the plate

2. Please provide the cumulative effective full power months of operation that the SGs had accumulated at the first inservice inspection.

3. Please clarify whether any secondary side inspections (other than the secondary side visual inspection of the top of the tubesheet and in-bundle inspections of possible loose part locations) were performed. Please discuss the results of any secondary side inspections, including the visual inspection of the top of the tubesheet and the in-bundle inspections of possible loose part locations.

Enclosure