ML18102A622

Confirms That Util Will Implement Requested MOV Periodic Verification Program at Plant,Units 1 & 2.Summary Description of Program Will Be Submitted on or Before 970313 to Meet Requested 180 Day Response

ML18102A622
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	11/18/1996
From:	Eric Simpson Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LR-N96373, NUDOCS 9611260165
Download: ML18102A622 (3)

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E. C. Simpson Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-1700 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering NOV 18 1996 LR-N96373 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

GENERIC LETTER 96-05 RESPONSE, PERIODIC VERIFICATION OF DESIGN-BASIS CAPABILITY OF SAFETY-RELATED MOTOR-OPERATED VALVES SALEM UNIT 1, SALEM UNIT 2, AND HOPE CREEK GENERA TING STATIONS DOCKET NOS. 50-272, 50-311, AND 50-354 NRC Generic Letter 96-05, "Periodic Verification of Design Basis Capability of Safety-Related Motor Operated Valves", requests that within 60 days the licensee indicate whether or not they will implement a motor operated valve periodic verification program.

This letter confirms that Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) will implement the requested program at the Salem Unit 1, Salem Unit 2 and Hope Creek Generating Stations.

Generic Letter 96-05 also requests a schedule for completing implementation of the motor operated valve periodic verification program. For Hope Creek Generating Station, the implementation of the program will be complete by Hope Creek's seventh refueling outage, which is currently scheduled to begin in September 1997. For Salem Unit 1 and Salem Unit 2, implementation of the program will be complete by the next refueling outage following restart of each of the units (refueling outage 13 and refueling outage 10, respectively).

A summary description of the motor operated valve periodic verification program will be submitted on or before March 13, 1997 to meet the requested 180 day response.

Should there be any questions with regard to this response, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Document Control Desk 2 LR-N96373 C Mr. Hubert J. Miller, Administrator - Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. D. Jaffe, Licensing Project Manager-Hope Creek U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 14E21 Rockville, !\ID 20852 Mr. L. Olshan, Licensing Project Manager - Salem U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 14E21 Rockville, !\ID 20852 Mr. R. Summers (X24)

USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. C. Marschall (X24)

USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering 33 Arctic Parkway CN415 Trenton, NJ 08625

REF: LR-N96373 STATE OF NEW JERSEY )

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COUNTY OF SALEM )

E. C. Simpson, being duly sworn according to law deposes and says:

I am Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and as such, I find the matters set forth in the above referenced letter, concerning Salem Unit 1, Salem Unit 2 and the Hope Creek Generating Station, are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief Subscribed and Sworn to before me this j( day of ~ , 1996 ELIZABETH J. KIDD NOTARY PUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY My Commission Expires April 25, 2000 My Commission expires on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __