ML17164A991
| ML17164A991 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 03/25/1999 |
| From: | Bajwa S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Byram R PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| TAC-MA2481, TAC-MA2482, TAC-MA2483, TAC-MA2484, TAC-MA2485, TAC-MA2486, TAC-MA2487, TAC-MA2488, NUDOCS 9903310194 | |
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Mr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Ge~tion and Chief Nuclear Officer PP8L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101 March 25, 1999
SUBJECT:
EVALUATIONOF FIRST CONTAINMENTINSPECTION INTERVALIWE/IWL PROGRAM REQUESTS FOR RELIEF AT SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MA2481, MA2482, MA2483, MA2484, MA2485, MA2486, MA2487 AND MA2488)
Dear Mr. Byram:
By letters dated August 4, 1998, (4 letters) PP8L', Inc., submitted requests for relief Nos.
RR-14, RR-15, RR-16, and RR-17, seeking relief from certain requirements of Section XI of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (the Code), for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. As described in the enclosed Safety Evaluation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has authorized the alternatives in Relief Request Nos. RR-14, RR-15, and RR-16 for the first 10-year primary containment inservice inspection program interval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii) based on a determination that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficultywithout a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety.
However, as noted in the staff's safety evaluation for Relief,Request No. RR-17, the staff found that the relief request is'technically inadequate to support your request.
Therefore, relief request No. RR-17 is denied.
Ifyou have any questions regarding this evaluation, please contact the Susquehanna Project Manager, Victor Nerses, at (301) 415-1484.
Sincerely, Original signed by:
S. Singh Bajwa, Director Project Directorate l-1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
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Mr. Robert G. Byram Senior Vice President-Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer PP8L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 25, 1999
SUBJECT:
EVALUATIONOF FIRST CONTAINMENTINSPECTION INTERVALIWE/IWL PROGRAM REQUESTS FOR RELIEF AT SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MA2481, MA2482, MA2483, MA2484, MA2485, MA2486, MA2487 AND MA2488)
Dear Mr. Byram:
By letters dated August 4, 1998, (4 letters) PP8L, Inc., submitted requests for relief Nos.
RR-14, RR-15, RR-16, and RR-17, seeking relief from certain requirements of Section XI of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (the Code), for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. As described in the enclosed Safety Evaluation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has authorized the alternatives in Relief Request Nos. RR-14, RR-15, and RR-16 for the first 10-year primary containment inservice inspection program interval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii) based on a determination that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficultywithout a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety.
Ifyou have any questions regarding this evaluation, please contact the Susquehanna Project Manager, Victor Nerses, at (301) 415-1484.
Sincerely, However, as noted in the staffs safety evaluation for Relief Request No. RR-17, the staff found that the relief request is technically inadequate to support your request.
Therefore, relief request No. RR-17 is denied.
Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation ccw/encl: See next page S. Singh Bajwa, Director Project Directorate I-1 Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
EVALUATIONOF FIRST CONTAINMENTINSPECTION INTERVALIWE/IWLPROGRAM REQUESTS FOR RELIEF AT SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MA2481, MA2482, MA2483, MA2484, MA2485, MA2486, MA2487 AND MA2488)
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Mr. Robert G. Byram PP&L, Inc.
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units1 &2 CC:
Jay Silberg, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts &Trowbridge 2300 N Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037 Regional Administrator, Region I
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Assistant Corporate Counsel PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 General Manager Susquehanna Steam Electric Station PP&L, Inc.
Box 467 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Licensing Group Supervisor PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18I01 Mr. Herbert D. Woodeshick Special Office of the President PP&L, Inc.
Rural Route 1, Box 1797 Berwick, Pennsylvania 18603 Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissiori P.O. Box 35 Beiwick, Pennsylvania 18603-0035 Director-Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources P. O. Box,8469 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8469 George T. Jones Vice President-Nuclear Operations PP&L, Inc.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Mr. Jesse C. Tilton, III Allegheny Elec. Cooperative, Inc.
212 Locust Street P.O. Box 1266 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1266 Board of Supervisors Salem Township P.O. Box 405 Berwick, PA 18603
EVALUATIONOF FIRST CONTAINMENTINSPECTION INTERVALIWE/IWLPROGRAM REQUESTS FOR RELIEF AT SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MA2481, MA2482, MA2483, MA2484, MA2485, MA2486, MA2487 AND MA2488)
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