ML17159A387
| ML17159A387 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1998 |
| From: | Nerses V NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| IEB-96-003, IEB-96-3, TAC-M96172, TAC-M96173, NUDOCS 9806190283 | |
| Download: ML17159A387 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 16, 1998 Mr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101
SUBJECT:
NRC BULLETIN96-03, "POTENTIALPLUGGING ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS,"
SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND2 (TAC NOS. M96172 AND M96173)
Dear Mr. Byram:
We have received and reviewed your April24, 1998 letter. You stated that this letter has three purposes.
These are:
To provide an update on PP8L actions in response to NRC Bulletin 96-03, To request NRC action to revise the schedule for the final compliance with NRC Bulletin 96-03, and To request NRC approval for deferral of the Unit 2 strainer installation until Spring 1999 Unit 2 refueling outage.
Your letter also stated that Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PP8L) willinstall new, larger passive strainers in Unit 1 during the ongoing Spring 1998 refueling outage.
The NRC staff has no comment by means of this letter on the update you have provided on PP8L actions in response to NRC Bulletin 96-03.
Your April24, 1998, letter proposed the following approach for final compliance with NRC Bulletin 96-03.
PP8L will provide a report to the NRC confirming installation of replacement strainers within 30 days of the modification being determined operational for each unit.
Within 30 days of the availability of the final NRC-approved basis for demonstrating compliance with the requirements of Bulletin 96-03, PP8L will submit a letter which willprovide the plan and schedule for full compliance with NRC Bulletin 96-03. This letter willinclude the final disposition of the interim commitments made in response to NRC Bulletins 93-02, 95-02, and 96-03, based on the final suction strainer design requirements.
We agree with this approach with the condition that the 30-day reports be written reports.
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R. Byram Finally, your April 24, 1998, letter requested a deferral of strainer installation for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, until the ninth refueling outage currently scheduled to commence in March 1999.
Based on the discussion provided in Attachment 2 to your April24, 1998, letter, we find your,request to be acceptable.
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R. Byram Finally, your April24, 1998, letter requested a deferral of strainer installation for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, until the ninth refueling outage currently scheduled to commence in March 1999.
Based on the discussion provided in Attachment 2 to your April 24, 1998, letter, we find your request to be acceptable.
Sincerely, Victor Nerses, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - l/ll Office of Nuclear'Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387/50-388 cc: See next page
Mr. Robert G. Byram Pennsylvania Power & Ught Company Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 &2 CC:
Jay Silberg, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts &Trowbridge 2300 N Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Assistant Corporate Counsel Pennsylvania Power & Ught Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Ucensing Group Supervisor Pennsylvania Power & Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania I8I01 Senior Resident Inspector U, S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 35 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603-0035 Director-Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources P. O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8469 Mr. Jesse C. Tilton, III Allegheny Elec. Cooperative, Inc.
212 Locust Street P.O. Box 1266 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1266 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 General Manager Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Pennsylvania Power and Ught Company Box 467 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Mr. Herbert D. Woodeshick Special Office of the President Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Rural Route 1, Box 1797 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 George T. Jones Vice President-Nuclear Operations Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Chairman Board of Supervisors 738 East Third Street Berwick, PA 18603