ML16152A793

Advises That 880523 & 0801 Responses to Generic Ltr 88-05, Boric Acid Corrosion of Carbon Steel Reactor Boundary Components in PWR Plants, Fulfills Requirement

ML16152A793
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee, Mcguire, McGuire, 05000000
Issue date:	04/05/1989
From:	Hood D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Tucker H DUKE POWER CO.
References
GL-88-05, GL-88-5, TAC-68327, TAC-68328, TAC-68931, TAC-68932, TAC-68933, NUDOCS 8904130362
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April 5, 1989 Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 DASTRIBUTION:_

D. Hood 50-369, and 50-370 Docket FIle OGC 15-B-18 NRC PDR E. Jordan MNBB-3302 Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Local PDR B.

9rimes 9-A-2 Nuclear Production Department S. Varga 14-E-4 ACRS (10)

Duke Power Company G. Lainas 14-H-3 Oconee File 422 South Church Street D. Matthews McGUire File Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 M. Rood

SUBJECT:

• RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 88-05 FOR OCONEE AND MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION.(TAO NOs. 68931, 68932, 68933, 68327, AND 68328)

On March 17, 1988, the NRC staff issued Generic Letter 88-05 "Boric Acid Corrosion of Carbon Steel Reactor Boundary Components in PWR Plants."

In this letter we requested that you provide assurances that programs have been implemented at your stations that address the corrosive effects of reactor coolant system leakage at less than technical specification limits.

The generic letter identified four considerations which your programs should iGn.cLisu1de.

In letters dated May 23 and August 1, 1988, you responded to Generic Letter 88-05, describing your commnitments to boric acid leakage monitoring and preventive programs at your stations.

By subsequent letter of March1, 1989, you deferred the scheduled program implementation date of March 1, 1989 for Catawba until June 1, 1989.

We understand from these submittals and from discussions with your staff that the programs for Oconee and McGuire are now in place dealing with boric acid leakage that pote'ntially could affect the integrity of the reactor coolant pressure boundary.

This fulfills your requirement in responding to Generic Letter 88-05 for Oconee and McGuire.

As discussed in Generic Letter 88-05, you should maintain, in auditable form, records of the program and results obtained from implementation of the programs. These records may be subject to future auditing.

This completes our effort under the subject TAC numbers for Oconee and McGuire Nuclear Stations.

Sincerely,

/S/

Darl S. Hood, Project Manager Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects -

I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:

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50-269, 50-270, 50-287 50-369, and 50-370 Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER 88-05 FOR OCONEE AND MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION (TAC NOs. 68931, 68932, 68933, 68327, AND 68328)

On March 17, 1988, the NRC staff issued Generic Letter 88-05 "Boric Acid Corrosion of Carbon Steel Reactor Boundary Components in PWR Plants." In this letter we requested that you provide assurances that programs have been implemented at your stations that address the corrosive effects of reactor coolant system leakage at less than technical specification limits.

The generic letter identified four considerations which your programs should include.

In letters dated May 23 and August 1, 1988, you responded to Generic Letter 88-05, describing your commitments to boric acid leakage monitoring and preventive programs at your stations. By subsequent letter of March 1, 1989, you deferred the scheduled program implementation date of March 1, 1989 for Catawba until June 1, 1989. We understand from these submittals and from discussions with your staff that the programs for Oconee and McGuire are now in place dealing with boric acid leakage that potentially could affect the integrity of the reactor coolant pressure boundary. This fulfills your requirement in responding to Generic Letter 88-05 for Oconee and McGuire.

As discussed in Generic Letter 88-05, you should maintain, in auditable form, records of the program and results obtained from implementation of the programs. These records may be subject to future auditing.

This completes our effort under the subject TAC numbers for Oconee and McGuire Nuclear Stations.

Sincerely, Darl S. Hood, Project Manager Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:

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Mr. H. B. Tucker Duke Power Company McGuire Nuclear Station cc:

Mr. A.V. Carr, Esq.

Dr. John M. Barry Duke Power Company Department of Environmental Health P. 0. Box 33189 Mecklenburg County 422 South Church Street 1200 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 County Manager of Mecklenburg County Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief 720 East Fourth Street Radiation Protection Branch Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Division of Facility Services Department of Human Resources 701 Barbour Drive Mr. J. S. Warren Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-2008 Duke Power Company Nuclear Production Department Mr. Alan R. Herdt, Chief P. 0. Box 33189 Project Branch #3 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.

Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20005 Senior Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission' Route 4, Box 529 Hunterville, North Carolina 28078 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 S. S. Kilborn Area Manager, Mid-South Area ESSD Projects Westinghouse Electric Corporation MNC West Tower -

Bay 239 P. 0. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230

Mr. H. B. Tucker Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company Units Nos. 1, 2 and 3 cc:

Mr. A. V. Carr, Esq.

Mr. Paul Guill Duke Power Company Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 33189 Post Office Box 33189 422 South Church Street 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.

Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell & Reynolds Mr. Alan R. Herdt, Chief 1400 L Street, N.W.

Project Branch #3 Washington, D.C. 20005 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Division Suite 525 1700 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Manager, LIS NUS Corporation 2536 Countryside Boulevard Clearwater, Florida 33515 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 2, Box 610 Seneca, South Carolina 29678 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. Heyward G. Shealy, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 Honorable James M. Phinney County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, South Carolina 29621