ML093270329

Draft Request for Additional Information.

ML093270329
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	11/23/2009
From:	Richard Ennis Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Chernoff H Plant Licensing Branch 1
Ennis R, NRR/DORL, 415-1420
References
TAC ME1478, TAC ME1479, TAC ME1480, TAC ME1481
Download: ML093270329 (3)

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November 23, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Harold K. Chernoff, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Richard B. Ennis, Senior Project Manager /ra/

Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2, DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. ME1478, ME1479, ME1480 AND ME1481)

The attached draft request for information (RAI) was transmitted on November 23, 2009, to Mr. Jeff Keenan of PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee). This information was transmitted to facilitate an upcoming conference call in order to clarify the licensee=s letter dated June 11, 2009, which submitted relief requests S1-I3R-93, S2-I3R-94, and SC-I3R-95 for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.

This memorandum and the attachment do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the licensees request.

Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311

Attachment:

Draft RAI

November 23, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Harold K. Chernoff, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Richard B. Ennis, Senior Project Manager /ra/

Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2, DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. ME1478, ME1479, ME1480 AND ME1481)

The attached draft request for information (RAI) was transmitted on November 23, 2009, to Mr. Jeff Keenan of PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee). This information was transmitted to facilitate an upcoming conference call in order to clarify the licensee=s letter dated June 11, 2009, which submitted relief requests S1-I3R-93, S2-I3R-94, and SC-I3R-95 for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.

This memorandum and the attachment do not convey or represent an NRC staff position regarding the licensee's request.

Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311

Attachment:

Draft RAI DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC PDI-2 Reading RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource RidsNrrDorlDpr Resource RidsNrrPMSalem Resource CFairbanks, NRR/DCI/CVIB ACCESSION NO.: ML093270329 OFFICE PDI-2/PM NAME REnnis DATE 11/23/09 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO RELIEF REQUESTS S1-I3R-93, S2-I3R-94, AND SC-I3R-95 SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 By letter dated June 11, 2009 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML091740140), PSEG Nuclear LLC submitted relief requests S1-I3R-93, S2-I3R-94, and SC-I3R-95 as alternatives to certain requirements specified in Section XI of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Unit Nos. 1 and 2.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the information the licensee provided that supports the proposed relief requests and would like to discuss the following issues to clarify the submittal.

1. Table 3, Details of TWCF [through-wall cracking frequency] Calculation for 42 EFPY

[effective full power years] of Operation, of Relief Request S1-I3R-93 for Salem Unit No. 1 and Table 3, Details of TWCF Calculation for 50 EFPY of Operation, of Relief Request S2-I3R-94 for Salem Unit No. 2 contain values for copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and chemistry factor (CF). These compositions are not all consistent with docketed NRC records. Identify a docketed reference containing these values, or provide a technical basis for the change from previous composition values.

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