NOC-AE-13002973, Withdrawal of Relief Request RR-ENG-3-12

Withdrawal of Relief Request RR-ENG-3-12

ML130720527
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/28/2013
From:	Marc-Anthony Murray South Texas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NOC-AE-13002973, RR-ENG-3-12, TAC MF0644
Download: ML130720527 (3)

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Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Pro/eel ElectricGeneratingStatlon P.O Box 289 Wadsnorth, Texas 77483 -

February 28, 2013 NOC-AE-13002973 10 CFR 50.55a U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 South Texas Project Unit 2 Docket No. STN 50-499 Withdrawal of Relief Request RR-ENG-3-12 (TAC No. MF0644)

References:

1. Letter, D. W. Rencurrel to NRC Document Control Desk, "Request for Relief from ASME Section XI Code Requirements for Periodic Inspection of Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Check Valves with Seal Cap Enclosures (Relief Request RR-ENG-3-12), NOC-AE-12002939, dated February 7, 2013 (ML13045A479)

2. Letter, W. C. Walker to D. Koehl, "South Texas Project Electric Generating Station - NRC Integrated Inspection Report 05000498/2012004 and 05000499/2012004," dated November 8, 2012 (ML12313A345)

3. Letter, D. W. Rencurrel to NRC Document Control Desk, "Response to Requests for Additional Information (RAI) 3.2.2.1-1a for the South Texas Project License Renewal Application (TAC Nos. ME4936 and ME4937),"

NOC-AE-12002855, dated May 14, 2012 (ML12139A131)

By Reference 1, in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii), STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) submitted for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval relief request RR-ENG-3-12 for South Texas Project (STP) Unit 2 from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Section XI Code requirements for periodic inspection of reactor coolant pressure boundary check valves with installed seal cap enclosures. The proposed alternative was to perform the examinations at the seal cap enclosures until their removal as planned for completion during the 2013 refueling outage (2RE16). Conference calls were held between STPNOC and the NRC staff on February 14 and February 26, 2013. It was discussed that the issues in RR-ENG-3-12 are adequately addressed by the regulatory and licensee actions documented in Reference 2 and STPNOC's commitment provided in Reference 3 to permanently remove the remaining seal cap enclosures from the affected components during the Unit 2 refueling outage in 2013. Hence, STPNOC hereby withdraws relief request RR-ENG-3-12.

There are no commitments in this letter.

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Mihe Murravy Manager, Regulatory Affairs ccc

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Regional Administrator, Region IV A. H. Gutterman, Esquire U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Balwant K. Singal U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Balwant K. Singal John Ragan Senior Project Manager Chris O'Hara U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jim von Suskil One White Flint North (MS 8 B1) NRG South Texas LP 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 NRC Resident Inspector Kevin Polio U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Richard Pefia P. O. Box 289, Mail Code: MN116 City Public Service Wadsworth, TX 77483 C. M. Canady Peter Nemeth City of Austin Crain Caton & James, P.C.

Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road C. Mele Austin, TX 78704 City of Austin Richard A. Ratliff Alice Rogers Texas Department of State Health Services