ML16266A154
| ML16266A154 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 08/28/1992 |
| From: | Matthews D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Hampton J DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML16131A398 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-M83556, TAC-M83557, TAC-M83558, NUDOCS 9209040063 | |
| Download: ML16266A154 (3) | |
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August 28, 1992 0
Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 Mr. J. W. Hampton Vice President, Oconee Site Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 1439 Seneca, South Carolina 29679
Dear Mr. Hampton:
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM SECTION XI ASME CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR OCONEE UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 (TAC NOS. M83556/M83557/M83558)
By a letter dated May 13, 1992, you submitted to the NRC a request for relief (RR-92-09) from certain Section XI ASME Code requirements for Oconee Units 1, 2, and 3. Specifically, relief was requested from the hydrostatic testing requirements of the Borated Water Storage Tank suction piping to the High Pressure Injection pumps. You indicated that it would be impractical to isolate this piping from other lower pressure portions of this system in order to conduct the required testing.
The NRC staff has reviewed your request and evaluation which were made in support of your request. Enclosed is our Safety Evaluation. Based upon the Safety Evaluation, we conclude that the required hydrostatic testing requirements of the subject piping are impractical to perform at this time for Oconee Units 1, 2, and 3. Therefore, relief from the hydrostatic testing requirements is granted as requested, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(i).
The required testing should be performed at the next outage for each unit where plant conditions permit disassembly of HP-101 and HP-102, but no later than the end of the third period of the second inspection interval.
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, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY David B. Matthews, Director Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects -
I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure:
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Mr. J. W. Hampton Duke Power Company Oconee Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. A. V. Carr, Esquire Mr. M. E. Patrick 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.
Mr. Alan R. Herdt, Chief Washington, DC 20005 Project Branch #3 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Robert B. Borsum 101 Marietta Street, NW. Suite 2900 Babcock & Wilcox Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Nuclear Power Division Suite 525 Ms. Karen E. Long 1700 Rockville Pike Assistant Attorney General Rockville, Maryland 20852 North Carolina Department of Justice Manager, LIS P. 0. Box 629 NUS Corporation Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 2650 McCormick Drive, 3rd Floor Clearwater, Florida 34619-1035 Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.
Licensing Senior Resident Inspector Duke Power Company U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0. Box 1007 Route 2, Box 610 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1007 Seneca, South Carolina 29678 Regional Administrator, Region II U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, NW. 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 County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, South Carolina 29621
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