ML17222A681

Advises That Granting of Interim Relief from Parts of ASME Boiler,Pressure & Vessel Code,Section XI Will Continue,Until NRC Review of Issue Complete

ML17222A681
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	02/09/1989
From:	Berkow H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Conway W FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
References
TAC-64819, NUDOCS 8902130036
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UCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSI WASHINGTON. D. C. 20555 February 9, 1989 0 N.*y4 Docket No.

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Conway Senior Vice President-Nuclear Nuclear Energy Department Florida Power and Light Company Post Office Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

ST.

LUCIE UNIT 2 - RELIEF FROM PARTS OF ASME BSPV

CODE, SECTION XI (TAC NO. 64819)

By letter dated January 13, 1986, the NRC denied your relief request from the requirements of IWP-4600 of ASME Section XI regarding flow measurements.

Qn October 13, 1986, you submitted a revised request for relief from performing quarterly flow measurements for certain pumps as specified in the 1980 Edition through the Minter 1980 Addenda of Section XI.

The subject pumps are identified in the enclosure.

We denied that request by our letter dated February 10, 1987 and directed Florida Power 5 Light (FPSL) to install cer tain flow measurement devices for the pumps by the next refueling outage of St.

Lucie Unit 2.

The same letter granted FPSL an interim relief for the balance of that fuel cycle to test, the pumps as proposed by FP8L and also gave an opportunity to request an appeal meeting.

On March 4, 1987, the appeal meeting took place.

At this meeting, FP8L restated its position and reasons for need of the relief.

The NRC staff requested that FPSL provide NRC with an enhanced technical evaluation addressing the impracticality of performing flow measurements specified in Section XI of the ASHE Code.

By letter dated July 31,

1987, FPKL provided the enhanced technical evaluation.

Subsequently, by letters dated December 14, 1987 and April 5, 1988, we requested additional information.

FP&L furnished that information by letters dated January 28, March 23, and May 13, 1988.

During the Harch 4, 1987 appeal

meeting, the NRC staff agreed to grant an interim relief until the 1989 refueling outage, provided that FP5L would revert to the original ASHE Code requirements for the near term.

This entailed performing monthly differential pressure testing dur ing the period of the interim relief.

By letter, dated June 4, 1987 FP8L comnitted to perform this monthly testing.

Your November 2, 1988 letter informed us that the upcoming refueling outage may start as early as January 1989 and requested that the staff complete its review prior to the upcoming outage, or extend the interim'relief unti 1 the issues are resolved.

You restated FPKL commitment to continue monthly differential pressure testing until such time.

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Conway February 9, 1989 The staff review of this St. Lucie Unit 2 issue is continuing.'t is also being performed on a generic basis and may be addressed in a future generic communication.

We will continue to grant you interim relief until the staff completes its review of this issue.

Sincerely,

Enclosure:

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See next page Original signed by Herbert N. Berkow, Director Project Directorate II-2 Division of Reactor Projects-I/II

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Mr. Jack Shreve Office of the Public Counsel Room 4, Holland Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Resident Inspector c/o U.S.

NRC 7585 S.

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Beach, Florida 34957 State Planning

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Steel, Hector and Davis 4000 Southeast Financial Center

Miami, F 1ori da 33131-2398 Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant Siting Section State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Mr. Weldon B. Lewis, County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue, Room 104 Fort Pierce, Florida 33450 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations Combustion Engineering, Inc.

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ENCLOSURE COMPONENTS SUBJECT TO THE REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION XI OF THE ASME CODE Boric Acid makeup Pump No. 2A Boric Acid Makeup Pump No. 28 Containment Spray Pump No.

2A Containment Spray Pump No. 2B Auxiliary Feedwater Pump No.

2A Auxiliary Feedwater Pump No.

2B Auxiliary Feedwater Pump No.

2C Low Pressure Safety Injection Pump No.

2A Low Pressure Safety Injection Pump No.

2B High Pressure Safety Injection Pump No.

2A High Pressure Safety Injection Pump N.

2B Diesel Oil Transfer Pump No.

2A Diesel Oil Transfer Pump No.

2B