ML18157A167
| ML18157A167 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 02/27/1987 |
| From: | Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| TAC-43113, TAC-43114, NUDOCS 8703090450 | |
| Download: ML18157A167 (3) | |
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!Jiox J.l- "" <{) 1 14l If 31 t3) ~J l l lf 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DENIAL OF. AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-280 AND 50-281 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied a request by Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee) for amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37, issued to the licensee for operation of the Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (the facilities) located in Surry County, Virginia.
The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical Specifications (TS) to delete TS 4.15, which pertains to *the High Energy Pipe Break Inspection Program.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of these amendments was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on June 4, 1~85 (50 FR 23554). The licensee's application for the amendments was dated October 28, 1980, as supplemented ~eptember 21, 1983 and April 12~ 1985.
The request was found unacceptable due to the fact that the basis for the augmented examinations of the welds cited in TS 4.15 is to reduce the pro.babil ity of failure of the high and moderate energy fluid systems piping located outside containment. The licensee proposed the deletion of TS 4.15 on the basis that examinations under the rules of Section XI of the ASME Code are acceptable and that "continuation of the Technical Specification 4.15 represents impractical duplication." However, the staff has determined that although the sampling plan of Section XI for class 2 piping welds might
1 e include the welds required to be examined by TS 4.15, the frequency of examination would only be one-fourth that of the TS.
Therefore, in order to preserve _the capability of timely detection of incipient cracks and thus the structural reliability of the high and moderate energy fluid systems piping, the proposed deletion of TS 4.15 is denied.
The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of this request by letter dated February 27, 1987.
By
, the licensee may demand a hearing with respect to the denial described above and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a written petition for leave to intervene.
A request for a hearing or leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regul~tory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. by the above date.
A copy of any petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel-Bethesda, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Mr. Michael W. Maupin, Esq., Hunton and Williams, Post Office Rox 1535, Richmond, Virginia 23213.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendments dated October 28, 1980, as supplemented September 21, 1983, and April 12, 1985, and (2) the Commission's letter to Virginia Electric and Power company dated February 27, 1987, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and
- at the Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185.
A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Director, Division of PWR Licensing-A.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this ?.7th day of February, 1987.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION