ML18139B685
| ML18139B685 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 12/29/1981 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Leasburg R VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8201200088 | |
| Download: ML18139B685 (2) | |
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DISTRIBUTION Docket NRC PDR
.D...fC. 2 s rn 81 L PDR TERA Docket No. 50-281 Mr. R.H. Leasburg, Vice President Nuclear Operations V'lrginia Electric and Power Company Post Office Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261
Dear Mr. Leasburg:
NSIC ORB#l Rdg DEisenhut OELD IE-3 ACRS-10 DNeighbors CParrish SVarga Gray Fi 1 e By letter dated October 29, 1981~ as supplemented November 30, 19819 you requested an exemption from the requirements of Appendix J (III.A.6. 5) for Surry Power Stat ion, Unit No. 2.
These requirements are as follows:
11 If two consecutive periodic Type A tests fail to meet the acc~ptance ci"i teri a, a Type l\\ test sha 11 be performed at each plant shutdown for refueling or approximately every 18 months:, whichever occurs first, until two consecutive Type A tests meet the acceptance criteria."
Your basis for requesting the eixetnptionwas that the 1976 test was classified a failure because the 1971 proposed Appendix J was used and that the 1980 test failure was due to a construction related deficiency.
You believe that these failures were technically insicmificant and that, with an appropriate corrective actipn plan, the containment capability would not be compromised by the one time exemption from the Appendix J requirements.
The purpose of the Appendix J requirement in III.A.6.b is to encour.aqe licensees to demonstrate that conta'tnment integrity is maintained during reactor operation.
By failing to do so, more frequent testing is required.
Based on our review of the 1976 and 1980 Type A tests for Surry Station, Unit Mo. 2, we conclude that both the 1976 and 1980 Type fl. tests should be considered failures. Consequently, your request for exemption is denied.
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See next page Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing NRC FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
.USGPO: 1981-335-960
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Mr. Michael W. Maupin Hunton and Williams Post Office Box 1535 Richmond, Virginia 23213 Mr. J. L. Wilson, Manager P. o. Box 315 Surry, Virginia 23883 Swem Library College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 Donald J. Burke, Resident Inspector Surry Power Station U. s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 166 Route 1 Surry, Virginia 23883 Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Chairman*
Mr. J. H. Ferguson Executive Vice President - Power Virginia Electric and Power Company Post Office.Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261 Board of Supervisors of Surry County Surry County Courthouse, Virginia 23683 Commonwealth of Virginia Council on the Environment 903 Ninth Street Office Building Richmond, Virginia 23219 Attorney General 1101 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Mr. James R. Wittine.
Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Post Office Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23209 Regional Radiation Representative EPA Region n I Curtis Building - 6th Floor.
6th and Walnut Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106