ML18152B053

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Forwards Safety Evaluation Supporting Util 871006 Request for Relief from ASME Section XI Hydrostatic Test Requirements for 4-inch Isolation Valve Replacement
ML18152B053
Person / Time
Site: Surry 
Issue date: 07/08/1988
From: Berkow H
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Cruden D
VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.)
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TAC-66449, NUDOCS 8807190292
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Docket No. 50-280 Mr. D. S. Cruden Vice President - Nuclear July 8, 1 988 Virginia Electric and Power Company Post Office Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261

Dear Mr. Cruden:

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SUBJECT:

H. Berkow REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM HYDROSTATIC TEST REQUIRED BY ASME SECTION XI REQUIREMENTS, SURRY POWER STATION UNIT 1 (TAC NO. 66449)

D. Miller C. Patel E. Jordan B. Grimes SniezekT. Barnhart ACRS (10)

GPA/PA ARM/LFMB Gray Fi le By letter dated October 6, 1987, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a, paragraph (g)(5),

you requested relief from a hydrostatic test required by Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code) for Surry Unit 1.

We have reviewed your request and based on our review we have concluded that the relief may be granted as requested.

The enclosed Safety Evaluation provides the de-tails and conclusions of our review.

For the relief that has been granted, we have determined that the ASME Code Section XI requirements ara,impractical to.perform and that-pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(i), the relief is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise. in the public interest, giving due consideration to the burden upon the licensee that could result if the requirements were imposed on the facility.

The request for relief complies with the standards and requirements of, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (the Act), as amended and the Commission's rules and regulations. Thus, the Commission, having made the appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, approves your request for relief.

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/enclosure:

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I Mr. D.S. Cruden Virginia Electric and Power Company cc:

Mr. Michael W. Maupin Hunton and Williams Post Office Box 1535 Richmond, Virginia 23212 Mr. David L. Benson, Manager Surry Power Station Post Office Box 315 Surry, Virginia 23883 Resident Inspector Surry Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 166, Route 1 Surry, Virginia 23883 Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Chairman Board of Supervisors of Surry County Surry County Courthouse Surry, Virginia 23683 W. T. Lough Virginia Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation Post Office Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23209 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 James B. Kenley, M.D., Commissioner Department of Health 109 Governor Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Surry Power Station Attorney General Supreme Court Building 101 North 8th Street Richmond, Virginia 23219