ML16141A905
| ML16141A905 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1995 |
| From: | Berkow H NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Hampton J DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML16141A906 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-M91657, TAC-M91658, TAC-M91659, NUDOCS 9504280162 | |
| Download: ML16141A905 (3) | |
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April 21, 1995 Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, South Carolina 29679
SUBJECT:
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM, REVISION 22 - ACTION ITEMS AND REVISED RELIEF REQUESTS (TAC NOS. M91657, M91658, AND M91659)
Dear Mr. Hampton:
In your letter dated February 21, 1995, you responded to the NRC's Safety Evaluation (SE) dated November 23, 1994, for the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Inservice Testing (IST) Program. This response was supplemented with a submittal dated March 9, 1995. Your response included a description of the actions taken for each of the items identified in the SE and previously approved relief requests which required a revision due to the actions taken in response to the SE.
The staff has reviewed the revised relief requests in the Revision 22 submittals. Our Safety Evaluation is enclosed. The staff has determined that the bases for approval of those relief requests previously approved remain valid. Relief Request VLV-11, which had not been previously approved, was determined to be acceptable for an interim period until the valves could be replaced. The staff found that it was impractical to test the valves in accordance with the Code requirements due to the current system design and the burden which would result if the requirements were immediately imposed. The schedule for valve replacement (Unit 1 by 12/95, Unit 2 by 05/96, and Unit 3 by 07/95) is acceptable. This relief is granted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(f)(6)(i)'and 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, Original signed by:
Herbert N. Berkow, Director Project Directorate 11-2 Division of Reactor Projects -
I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 21, 1995 Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, South Carolina 29679
SUBJECT:
OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM, REVISION 22 - ACTION ITEMS AND REVISED RELIEF REQUESTS (TAC NOS. M91657, M91658, AND M91659)
Dear Mr. Hampton:
In your letter dated February 21, 1995, you responded to the NRC's Safety Evaluation (SE) dated November 23, 1994, for the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Inservice Testing (IST) Program. This response was supplemented with a submittal dated March 9, 1995. Your response included a description of the actions taken for each of the items identified in the SE and previously approved relief requests which required a revision due to the actions taken in response to the SE.
The staff has reviewed the revised relief requests in the Revision 22 submittals. Our Safety Evaluation is enclosed. The staff has determined that the bases for approval of those relief requests previously approved remain valid. Relief Request VLV-11, which had not been previously approved, was determined to be acceptable for an interim period until the valves could be replaced. The staff found that it was impractical to test the valves in accordance with the Code requirements due to the current system design and the burden which would result if the requirements were immediately imposed. The schedule for valve replacement (Unit 1 by 12/95, Unit 2 by 05/96, and Unit 3 by 07/95) is acceptable. This relief is granted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55a(f)(6)(i) and 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, Herbert N. Berkow, Director Project Directorate 11-2 Division of Reactor Projects -
I/Il Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure: See next page
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