ML18092A255

Submits Addl Info to Support 840621 Request for Relief from Articles Iwb 5222 & Iwc 5200 of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code,Section Xi.Relief Required Because No Viable Means of Heating Certain Components Exists

ML18092A255
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Site:	Salem
Issue date:	08/15/1984
From:	Liden E Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8408210335
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Nuclear Department August 15, 1984

u. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Off ice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Division of Licensing Washington, D. c. 20555 Attention: Mr. Steven A. Varga, Chief Operating Reactors Branch, No. 1

Dear Mr. Varga:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUEST FOR RELIEF SECTION XI ASME CODE SALEM GENERATING STATION UNITS NO. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 PSE&G hereby provides additional information to support our request, dated June 21, 1984, for relief from certain articles of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI.

This letter supersedes our letter of July 26, 1984.

Our request for relief from Articles IWB 5222 and IWC 5200 is required because there is no viable means of heating certain components, systems, or portions of systems.

Justification for Class 1 austenitic components is based on ASME Code Case N-288, which was endorsed by NRC Regulatory Guide 1.147, Revision 1, and subsequently annulled by incorporation into the 1980 Edition of the ASME Code.

Justification for Class 2 and 3 components, both austenitic and ferritic, is based on the above Code Case and the establishment and use of fracture prevention criteria by PSE&G Engineering as is presently permitted by later editions of the ASME Code,Section XI.

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Mr. Steven A. Varga 8/15/84 Our request for relief from Article IWA 5200, ASME Code, 1974 Edition, stems from the fact that no provision was made in the Code for testing systems not compatible with a liquid test medium or systems normally charged with gas. This section of the code was changed in the 1977 Edition to permit pneumatic testing in lieu of hydrostatic testing for those systems.

PSE&G's requests are consistent with safety standards required by the NRC and are required to perform successfully the Ten-Year System Leakage and Pressure Testing Programs for which the 1974 Edition of the ASME Code is inadequate. We have determined that meeting the requirements of the 1980 Edition of the ASME Code as described above will not have any environmental impact nor will the health or safety of the public be compromised.

In our July 26 letter, PSE&G transmitted a check for $150.00 in payment of fees as set forth in 10 CFR 170.21 for review of this relief request.

Should you have any questions, please contact us.

Sincerely, E. A. Liden Manager - Nuclear Licensing and Regulation C Mr. Donald C. Fischer Licensing Project Manager Mr. James Linville Senior Resident Inspector