ML17275A615
| ML17275A615 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 09/23/1980 |
| From: | Deubert J FOX INDUSTRIES |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8009300394 | |
| Download: ML17275A615 (4) | |
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Fox Industries RECIP ~ NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION DENTONgH ~ RE Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulationg Director
SUBJECT:
Requests reply to'00221 8
0625 ltrs re status of technical review of topical'ept on Fox-Howlett rebar couplers.
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(415) 843 3123 FOX INDUSTRIES 722 FOLGER AVENUE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94710 September 23, 1980 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C 20555
Subject:
Topical Report on Pox-Howlett Rebar Couplers-Status Dear Mr. Denton; As of this date we have not received an answer to our letters of Peb.
21, and June 25, 1980 (copies enclosed),
inquiring into the status of the technical review of our topical report.
We continue to receive inquiries from contractors on the status of our topical report, most',recently from a reinforcing steel placing contractor on a nuclear power plant, for WPPSS in the Northwest.
This contractor is anxious to use the Pox-Howlett Coupler 'in place of the specified '.filler'etal connector because of his many problems encountered during inclement weather.
Also, the Pox-Howlett Coupler is at least foun (4) times faster to install in the field and requires considerably less testing.
The time-saving effect on,job, completion alone would be substantial, resul-ting in savings to the utility of many millions of dollars'owever, without NRC staff approval of our topical report the taper threaded connector can not be &ferenced in specific nuclear power plant applications'ithout such an approval utilities, architect-engineering firms and contractors are reluctant to initiate the use of Pox-Howlett Couplers fearing a slow NRC review process and resulting construction delays.
Would you kindly ask your technical staff to let us know when the review of our topical report was rescheduled, as indicated in your letter of March 8,1979, last paragraph, how the technical review is progressing and when we can expect taper threaded splices to be referenced in nuclear power plant applications.
Any effort on your part to help us gain this information much appreciated.
Thank you.
Very Truly Yours POX INDUSTRIES John R. Deubert
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