ML16141A842
| ML16141A842 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee, Mcguire, Catawba, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1994 |
| From: | Berkow H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Tuckman M DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| TAC-M89750, TAC-M89751, TAC-M89752, TAC-M89753, TAC-M89794, TAC-M89795, TAC-M89796, NUDOCS 9410170139 | |
| Download: ML16141A842 (4) | |
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R REGU 01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR-REG U LATORY COMMISSION o
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 October 11, 1994 Mr. M. S. Tuckman Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1006 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201
Dear Mr. Tuckman:
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR RELIEF 94-GO-001, 94-GO-002-OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2 AND 3, McGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; AND CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, (TAC NOS M89794, M89795, M89796, M89752, M89753, M89750 AND M89751)
By letter dated June 22, 1994, the Duke Power Company (DPC) submitted a Request for Relief from ASME Code Section XI.
Request for Relief Serial Number 94-GO-001 requested approval to implement ASME Code Case N-498, Revision 1. This would permit the use of VT-2 visual examinations on Class 3 systems at nominal operating pressure in lieu of hydrostatic pressure tests.
Request for Relief Serial Number 94-GO-002 requested approval to implement ASME Code Case N-522. This would permit the use of 10 CFR 50 Appendix J tests in lieu of interval hydrostatic pressure tests for designated piping and isolation valves. The Relief Requests were submitted in a combined generic application for the Oconee, McGuire, and Catawba Stations. Your letter of June 22, 1994, proposed to incorporate the two code cases into the three stations' Inservice Inspection Programs on an immediate basis with the first implementation to be at Oconee Unit 2 during the end of the cycle 14 outage in October 1994.
We have not completed our review of these Code cases and, accordingly, have not determined whether to include them in our periodic revision to Regulatory Guide 1.147. Due to NRC staff resource limitations and the prioritization of this matter, we also have not completed our review of the specific application of these Code cases to the Oconee, McGuire, and Catawba Stations. Accord ingly, these Code cases are not, at this time, approved for use in the Inservice Inspection Programs for these stations. If a Code-required test for a specific component or system is determined to be impractical prior to resolution of your requests, a specific relief request with appropriate
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Mr. M. October 11, 1994 justification may be submitted for review. This letter is in response to inquiries from your staff and is intended to enable you to plan the outage for Oconee Unit 2 accordingly.
Sincerely, Her ert N. Berkow, Project Director Project Directorate 11-3 Directorate for Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 50-369, 50-370, 50-413 and 50-414 cc w/o enclosure:
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Mr. David L. Rehn Duke Power Company Catawba Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. Z. L. Taylor North Carolina Electric Membership Regulatory Compliance Manager Corporation Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 27306 4800 Concord Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 York, South Carolina 29745 Senior Resident Inspector A. V. Carr, Esquire Route 2, Box 179 N Duke Power Company York, South Carolina 29745 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242-0001 Regional Administrator, Region II U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission J. Michael McGarry, III, Esquire 101 Marietta Street, NW. Suite 2900 Winston and Strawn Atlanta, Georgia 30323 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Max Batavia, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health North Carolina Municipal Power South Carolina Department of Agency Number 1 Health and Environmental Control 1427 Meadowwood Boulevard 2600 Bull Street P. 0. Box 29513 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0513 Mr. G. A. Copp Mr. T. Richard Puryear Licensing -
ECO50 Nuclear Technical Services Manager Duke Power Company Westinghouse Electric Corporation P. 0. Box 1006 Carolinas District Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 2709 Water Ridge Parkway, Suite 430 Charlotte, North Carolina 28217 Saluda River Electric P. 0. Box 929 County Manager of York County Laurens, South Carolina 29360 York County Courthouse York, South Carolina 29745 Ms. Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney General Richard P. Wilson, Esquire North Carolina Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General P. 0. Box 629 South Carolina Attorney General's Raleigh, North Carlina 27602 Office P. 0. Box 11549 Elaine Wathen, Lead REP Planner Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Division of Emergency Management 116 West Jones Street Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1335 121 Village Drive Greer, South Carolina 29651 Dayne H. Brown, Director Division of Radiation.Protection N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources P. 0. Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
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October 11, 1994 justification may be submitted for review. This letter is in response to inquiries from your staff and is intended to enable you to plan the outage for Oconee Unit 2 accordingly.
Si ce ely, He rt N. Berkow, Project Director Project Directorate 11-3 Directorate for Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc w/o enclosure:
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