ML16141A878
| ML16141A878 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 02/23/1995 |
| From: | Berkow H NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Hampton J DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML16141A879 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-M91170, TAC-M91171, NUDOCS 9502280452 | |
| Download: ML16141A878 (3) | |
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Mr. J. W. Hampton February 23, 1995 Vite President, Oconet ite Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679
SUBJECT:
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - SECOND TEN-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION REQUEST FOR RELIEF NO. 94-04 (TAC NOS. M91170 AND M91171)
Dear Mr. Hampton:
By letter dated June 6, 1994, you submitted Request for Relief No. 94-04 from certain ASME Code requirements that you determined to be impractical to perform at Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, during the second 10-year interval inservice inspection. Relief is requested from the requirements of IWD-2610 to perform a hydrostatic pressure test.once each inspection interval on the portion of the Low Pressure Service Water (LPSW) system shared by Units 1 and 2. Performance of the Code-required testing would require both Oconee Units 1 and 2 to be in Hot Shutdown conditions. As alternative testing, you proposed visual (VT-2) examinations of the LPSW system while at an elevated operating pressure.
The NRC staff has reviewed and evaluated your request and has concluded that compliance with the specified hydrostatic test requirements of Section XI would result in hardship and/or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a (A)(3)(II), (a)(3)(ii), alternatives may be authorized as requested for Request for Relief 94-04. The staff has also concluded that your proposed alternative examination will provide reasonable assurance of the structural reliability of the LPSW system. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in the enclosed Safety Evaluation. This relief is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest, given due consideration to the burden that could result if the requirements were imposed on your facility.
Sincerely,
/s/
Herbert N. Berkow, Director Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects -
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555--0001 February 23, 1995 Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679
SUBJECT:
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - SECOND TEN-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION REQUEST FOR RELIEF NO. 94-04 (TAC NOS. M91170 AND M91171)
Dear Mr. Hampton:
By letter dated June 6, 1994, you submitted Request for Relief No. 94-04 from certain ASME Code requirements that you determined to be impractical to perform at Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, during the second 10-year interval inservice inspection. Relief is requested from the requirements of IWD-2610 to perform a hydrostatic pressure test once each inspection interval on the portion of the Low Pressure Service Water (LPSW) system shared by Units 1 and 2. Performance of the Code-required testing would require both Oconee Units 1 and 2 to be in Hot Shutdown conditions. As alternative testing, you proposed visual (VT-2) examinations of the LPSW system while at an elevated operating pressure.
The NRC staff has reviewed and evaluated your request and has concluded that compliance with the specified hydrostatic test requirements of Section XI would result in hardship and/or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a (a)(3)(ii), alternatives may be authorized as requested for Request for Relief 94-04. The staff has also concluded that your proposed alternative examination will provide reasonable assurance of the structural reliability of the LPSW system. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.
Sincerely, H rbert N. Ber ow, Director Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects -
I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269 and 50-270
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation cc w/encl:
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Mr. J. W. Hampton Duke Power Company Oconee Nuclear Station cc:
A. V. Carr, Esquire Mr. Ed Burchfield Duke Power Company Compliance 422 South Church Street Duke Power Company Charlotte, North Carolina 28242-0001 Oconee Nuclear Site P. 0. Box 1439 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esquire Seneca, South Carolina 29679 Winston and Strawn 1400 L Street, NW.
Ms. Karen E. Long Washington, DC 20005 Assistant Attorney General North Carolina Department of Mr. Robert B. Borsum Justice Babcock & Wilcox P. 0. Box 629 Nuclear Power Division Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Suite 525 1700 Rockville Pike Mr. G. A. Copp Rockville, Maryland 20852 Licensing -
ECO50 Duke Power Company Manager, LIS 526 South Church Street NUS Corporation Charlotte,-North Carolina 28242-0001 2650 McCormick Drive, 3rd Floor Clearwater, Florida 34619-1035 Dayne H. Brown, Director Division of Radiation Protection Senior Resident Inspector North Carolina Department of U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environment, Health and Route 2, Box 610 Natural Resources Seneca, South Carolina 29678 P. 0. Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Regional Administrator, Region II U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, NW. Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Max Batavia, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health and.Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, South Carolina 29621