ML14234A385
| ML14234A385 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 08/27/2014 |
| From: | Martha Barillas Plant Licensing Branch II |
| To: | Kapopoulos E Carolina Power & Light Co |
| Barillas M DORL/LPL2-2 301-415-2760 | |
| References | |
| TAC MF4113 | |
| Download: ML14234A385 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Ernest Kapopolous, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
5413 Shearon Harris Road New Hill, NC 27562 August 27, 2014
SUBJECT:
SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RELIEF REQUEST 13R-14, DEFERRAL OF REACTOR VESSEL INSPECTIONS, INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM-THIRD 10-YEAR INTERVAL (TAC NO. MF4113)
Dear Mr. Kapopolous:
By letter dated April 25, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Number ML14115A419), Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (the licensee) submitted a relief request for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 (HNP). The proposed relief request would defer the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section XI required volumetric examination of the HNP reactor vessel full penetration pressure retaining Category B-A and B-D welds for the third lnservice Inspection (lSI) interval, currently scheduled for 2015, until the fourth lSI interval, and to perform the required examinations in 2024, plus or minus one refueling outage. The provisions of this relief are applicable to the third 10-year lSI interval for HNP, which commenced on May 2, 2007, and will end on May 1, 2017.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the licensee's submittal and determined that additional information is needed in order to complete our review. The enclosed document describes this request for additional information (RAI). The RAI was e-mailed to the licensee in draft form on August 19, 2014, with a response requested by September 22, 2014.
If you have any questions, please call me at 301-415-2760.
Docket No. 50-400
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv Sincerely, IRA/
Martha Barillas, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 RELIEF REQUEST 13R-14 DEFERRAL OF REACTOR VESSEL INSPECTIONS INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM THIRD 10-YEAR INTERVAL DOCKET NO. 50-400 By letter dated April 25, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Number ML14115A419), Duke Energy Progress, Inc. submitted a relief request for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 (HNP) requesting to defer the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section XI required volumetric examination of the HNP reactor vessel full penetration pressure retaining Category B-A and B-D welds for the third lnservice Inspection (lSI) interval, currently scheduled for 2015, until the fourth lSI interval, and to perform the required examinations in 2024, plus or minus one refueling outage.
To complete its review, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff requests the following additional information:
Regarding evaluation of indications identified in past lSI examinations, Table 2 of Relief Request 13R-14 states that both of the indications found were acceptable per Table IWB-3510-1 of Section XI of the ASME Code. Please provide the information used to support this conclusion.
Enclosure
- via e-mail OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA NRRIDE/EVIB (A)*
LPL2-2/BC (A)
LPL2-2/PM NAME MBarillas BCiayton SSheng LRegner MBarillas DATE 8/25/14 8/22/14 8/15/14 8/26/14 8/27/14