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Provides Written Approval of Temporary Waiver of Compliance from Tech Specs Re Primary Containment Leak Rate Testing Requirements,Per 900723 Request
ML17202U761
Person / Time
Site: Dresden  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 07/24/1990
From: Zwolinski J
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Kovach T
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
References
NUDOCS 9007260133
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Dear.Mr. Kovach:

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SUBJECT:

TEMPORARY WAIVER.OF COMPLIANCE FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION PRIMARY CONTAINMENT LEAK RATE TESTING REQUIREMENTS.- DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 By 'letter dated July 23, 1990, Commonwealth Edison Company (CECo) requested

. a temporary waiver. of c*ompliance for Dresden Nuclear Pow~r Station, Units 2 and 3. The.waiver excludes one pathway on each unit from the primary containment, leak rate testing requirements.

On July 20~ 1990, ~~te~ dis~ussions with CECo, NRR, and Region III representa~

  • tives, the staff,granted verbal *approval of the request, because we concl~ded that the added ris~ of operating the plants until their next refueling outages (2 months for Unit 2, 1o*months for Unit 3) without performing the leak.rate tests of these* two pathways is insignificant and does not warrant an earlier plant shutdown merely to perform the tests~ The verbal waiver was granted
  • for five pathways-,.the two stated above, and three additional pathways for w~ich a 48-hour waiver of compli.ance* was issued. These three pathw~ys were
  • successfully tested *by July 22, 1990. This letter provides written *approval*

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TEMPORARY WAIVER OF COMPLIANCE FROM TEC ICAL SPECIFICATION -

PRIMARY CONTAINMENT LEAK RATE T~STING QUIREMENTS - DRESDEN.

NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 By letter dated July 23, 1990, Commonwealth Ed son Company (CECo) requested a temporary waiver of compliance for Dresden clear Power Station, Units 2 and 3.

The waiver excludes one pathway on ea h unit from the primary containment leak rate testing requirements.

On July 20, 1990, after discussions with CE o, NRR, and Region III representa-

. tives, the staff granted verbal approval ofi the request, because we concluded that the added risk of operating the plant until their next refueling outages (2 months for Unit 2, 10 months for Unit without performing the leak rate tests of these two pathways is insignific nt and does not warrant an earlier plant shutdown merely to perform the tes * (The verbal waiver was granted for five pathways, but three of these pa hways have already been tested.) This letter provides written approval of the equest for the temporary waiver of compliance. This temporary waiver of c pliance remains in effect until an emergency technical specification is is ued.

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Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249 Mr. Thomas J. Kovach UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 July 24, 1990 Nuclear Licensing Manager Commonwealth Edison Company-Suite 300 OPUS West I II 1400 OPUS Place Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Dear Mr. Kovach:

SUBJECT:

TEMPORARY WAIVER OF COMPLIANCE FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION -

PRIMARY CONTAINMENT LEAK RATE TESTING REQUIREMENTS - DRESDEN NUCLEAR P.OWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 By letter dated July 23, 1990, Commonwealth Edison Company (CECo) requested

  • a temporary waiver of compliance for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3. The waiver excludes one pathway on each unit from the primary containment leak rate testing requirements.

On July 20, 1990, after discussions with CECo, NRR, and Region IIJ representa-tives, the staff granted verbal approval of the request, because we concluded that the added risk of operating the plants until their next refueling outages (2 months for Unit 2, 10 months for Unit 3) without performing the leak rate tests of these two pathways is insignificant and does not warrant an earlier plant shutdown merely to perform the tests. The verbal waiver was granted for five pathways, the two stated above, and three additional pathways for which a 48-hour waiver of compliance was issued. These three pathways were successfully tested by July 22, 1990. This letter provides written approval of the request for the temporary waiver of complianc~. This temporary waiver of compliance remains in effect until an emergency technical specification is issued.

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See next page Sincerely, John A. Zwolinski, Assistant Director for Region III Reactors Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Mr. Thomas J. Kovach Commonwealth Edison Company cc:

Michael I. Miller, Esq.

Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60690 Mr. J. Eenigenburg Plant Superintendent Dresden Nuclear Power Station Rura 1 Route #1 Morris; Illinois 60450 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Dresden Station Rural Route #1

  • Morris, Illinois 6045Q Chairman Board of Supervisors of Grundy County Grundy County Courthouse Morris, Illinois 60450 Regional Administrator Nuclear Regulatory* Commission, Region III 799 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. #4 Glen Ellyn~ Illinois 60137 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety*

1035 Outer Park Drive Spiingfield, Illinois 62704 Robert Neumann Office of Public Counsel State of Illinois Center 100 W. Randolph Suite 11-300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Unit Nos. 2 and 3

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