ML17164A818
| ML17164A818 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 10/05/1998 |
| From: | Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17164A819 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-MA2457, TAC-MA2458, NUDOCS 9810130015 | |
| Download: ML17164A818 (4) | |
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October 1998 lUlr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pennsylvania Power and Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 19101
SUBJECT:
SAFETY EVALUATIONOF REVISION TO INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM FOR PUMPS ANDVALVES FOR SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND2 (TAC NOS. MA2457 AND MA2458)
Dear Mr. Byram:
By letter dated July 27, 1998, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PP8 L) submitted Revision 16 for Unit 1 and Revision 13 for Unit 2 to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Inservice Inspection Program Plan for Pump and Valve Operational Testing. The NRC staff has completed its review of PP8L's submittal and finds there are no new requests for relief from American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, requirements in the submittal, although PP8L has revised several relief requests that had been previously approved by the staff. The revision changed the test intervals for the check valve groupings based on a 24-month refuel cycle versus an 18-month refuel cycle. The staff finds the changes do not affect the validity of the relief requests and alternatives previously granted and authorized by the staff for the current 120-month interval. However, the staff finds that clarification of previously issued safety evaluations is needed to ensure that the change from the 18-month to 24-month refuel cycle has been adequately considered in the staff's evaluation of the relief requests.
This is discussed in detail in the enclosed safety evaluation.
Sincerely, original signed by:
Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate !-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 205554001 October 5, 1998 Mr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pennsylvania Power and Ught Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 19101
SUBJECT:
SAFETY EVALUATIONOF REVISION TO INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM FOR PUMPS ANDVALVES FOR SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND2 (TAC NOS. MA2457 AND MA2458)
Dear Mr. Byram:
By letter dated July 27, 1998, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PP8L) submitted Revision 16 for Unit 1 and Revision 13 for Unit 2 to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Inservice Inspection Program Plan for Pump and Valve Operational Testing. The NRC staff has completed its review of PPBL's submittal and finds there are no new requests for relief from American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, requirements in the submittal, although PP8L has revised several relief requests that had been previously approved by the staff. The revision changed the test intervals for the check valve groupings based on a 24-month refuel cycle versus an 18-month refuel cycle. The staff finds the changes do not affect the validity of the relief requests and alternatives previously granted and authorized by the staff for the current 120-month interval. However, the staff finds that clanfication of previously issued safety evaluations is needed to ensure that the change from the 18-month to 24-month refuel cycle has been adequately considered in the staffs evaluation of the relief requests.
This is discussed in detail in the enclosed safety evaluation.
Sincerely, W~o.Cup Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - Ull Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation ccw/encl: See next page
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Mr. Robert G. Byram Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units1 &2 CC:
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Washington, D.C. 20037 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Assistant Corporate Counsel Pennsylvania Power & Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Licensing 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 Light 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
'ational Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
, Board of Supervisors Salem Township P.O, B'ox 405 Berwick, PA 18603