ML18102A878
| ML18102A878 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 02/13/1997 |
| From: | Stolz J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18102A879 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-M97480, TAC-M97481, NUDOCS 9702280158 | |
| Download: ML18102A878 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES
- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555--0001 Mr. Leon R~ Eliason Chief Nuclear Officer & President-Nuclear Business Unit Public Service Electric and Gas Company Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 February 13, 1997
SUBJECT:
EVALUATION OF INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM RELIEF REQUESTS FOR SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. M97480 AND M97481)
Dear Mr. Eliason:
By letter dated December 26, 1996, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) licensee for the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units *l and 2, submitted a proposed revision to the Salem Inservice Testing.(IST) Program containing proposed relief requests V-24 and V-25.
The relief ~equests seek relief from the requirements of Section XI of the American SoGiety of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code) to exercise certain check valves at least every 3 months.
The NRC staff has evaluated the information provided by PSE&G in support of
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their relief requests.
As discussed in our enclosed safety evaluation, the NRC staff has concluded that requiring PSE&G to exercise the subject check valves is impractical and burdensome and would result in a hardship without a compensating increase in quality and safety. Therefore, interim relief of valve relief requests V-24 and V-25 is granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii) from the quarterly exercising requirements of Section XI of the ASME Code as requested, pending completion of the NRC staff's detailed evaluation of PSE&G's exercising methodology.
PSE&G shall amend the Salem IST Program to identify the leak testing of the subject valves during each cold shutdown as a verification of valve closure and document a cold-shutdown justification for this function as an editorial revision to this relief request. This interim relief is granted until the next refueling outage at which time this interim relief ~xpires.
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- L. Eli as on Based on the determination that the Code-required testing is impractical and burdensome, and considering the proposal, interim relief of Valve Relief Requests V-24 and V-25 is granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii) from the exercising requirements of Section XI as requested.
The interim period will conclude prior to the licensee's next refueling outage.
Please contact Leonard N. Olshan, the NRC Project Manager for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, on (301) 415-1419 if you have any questions regarding this issue.
Docket Nos. 50-272/311
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation cc. w/encl:
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DOCUMENT NAME:
SA97480.REL Sincerely, ORIG1NAl SIGNED BY:
John F. Stolz, Project Director
. Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Based on the determination that the Code-required testing is impractical and burdensome, and considering the proposal, interim relief of Valve Relief Requests V-24 and V-25 is granted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a{a){3){ii) from the exercising requirements of Section XI as requested. The interim period will
. conclude prior to the licensee's next refueling outage.
Please contact Leonard N. Olshan, the NRC Project Manager for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, on {301) 415-1419 if you have any questions regarding this issue.
Docket Nos. 50-272/311
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation cc w/encl:
See next page Sincerely,
- :tAt&:t J h F. Stolz, Project ~ctor P ject Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Mr. Leon R. Eliason e Public Service Electric & Gas Company cc:
Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Stre~t NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 Richard Fryling, Jr., Esquire Law Department - Tower SE 80 Park Pl ace
- Newark, NJ 07101 Mr. D. F. Garchow General Manager - Salem Operations Salem Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Louis Storz Sr. Vice President - Nuclear Operations Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Mr. Charles S. Marschall, Senior Resident*Inspector Salem Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Maryland Office of People's Counsel 6 St. Paul Street, 21st Floor Suite 2102 -
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Ms. R. *A. Kankus Joint Owner Affairs PECO Energy Company 965 Chesterbrook Blvd., 63C-5 Wayne, PA 19087 Mr. Elbert Simpson Salem Nuclea~enerating Station, Units 1 and 2 Richard Hartung Electric Service Evaluation Board of Regulatory Commissioners 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Pruss.ia, PA 19406 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Mary 0. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. David R. Powell, Manager Licensing and Regulation Nuclear Business Unit P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. David Wersan Assistant Consumer Advocate Office of Consumer Advocate 1425 Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120 P. M. Goetz MGR. Joint Generation Atlantic Energy 6801 Black Horse Pike Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 08234-4130 Carl D. Schaefer External Operations - Nuclear Delmarva Power & Light Company P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899 Public: Service Commission of Maryl _and.
Engineering Division Chief Engineer 6 St. Paul Centre Baltimore, MD 21202-6806 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038