ML17258B081

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Notice of Granting of Relief from Certain Requirements of ASME Code Section XI Inservice Insp Testing Requirements
ML17258B081
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Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/26/1981
From: Crutchfield D
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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- 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-244 ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM CERTAIN RE UIREMENTS OF ASME CODE SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTION TESTING RE UIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has'granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, "Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to the Rochester I'as and Electric Corporation.

The relief relates to the valve testing program for the Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (the facility) located in Wayne County,,

New York.

The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Coranission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Part 50.

The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.

The relief allows postponement of certain examinations and imposes alter-native examinations, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g}(6)(i} of the Commission's regulations.

The requests for relief comply with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations.

The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter.I, which are set forth in the letter granting relief.

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7590-01 The Commission has determined that the granting of relief will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with issuance of the action.

For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the licensee's submittals dated April 6, 1977, August 4, 1977, October 31, 1977, November 30,

1978, November 15, 1979, September 4, 1980, January 30, 1981, and March 2, 1981, (2) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated May 26, 1981

, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation.

All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document

Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D.

C.

20555 and at the Ginna LPDR.

A copy of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.

20555, Attention:

Director, Division of Licensing.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 26th day of May, 1981.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dennis M. Crutchfield, Ch'perating Reactors Branch 85 Division of Licensing