ML19208A890
| ML19208A890 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Herbein J METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 7909180207 | |
| Download: ML19208A890 (1) | |
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'D KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 go AUG 2 01373 Docket Nos. 50-289 50-320 Metropolitan Edison Company ATTN:
Mr. J. G. Herbein Vice President P. O. Box 542 Reading, Pennsylvania 19640 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 79-02, Revision 1, Supplement No.1, which clarifies NRC positions on actions requested with regard to your power reactor facility (ies) with an operating license.
Should you have any questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required by you, please contact this office.
Sincerely, sw.n%y Boyce H. Grier Director
Enclosures:
1.
IE Bulletin No. 79-02, Revision No.1 (Supplement No. 1) 2.
List of IE Bulletins Issued in Last Six Months cc w/encls:
E. G. Wallace, Licensing Manager J. J. Barton, Project Manager R. C. Arnold, Vice President - Generation L. L. Lawyer, Manager - Generation Operations G. P. Miller, Manager - Generating Station - Nuclear J. L. Seelinger, Unit 1 Superintendent W. E. Potts, Unit 1 Superintendent - Technical Support J. B. Logan, Unit 2 Superintendent W2.010 G. A. Kunder, Unit 2 Superintendent - Technical Support
- I. R. Finfrock, Jr.
Mr. R. Conrad G. F. Trowbridge, Esquire J. Lieberman, Esquire Miss Mary V. Southard, Chairman, Citizens for a Safe Environment 7900180%01
ENCLOSL'RE 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-02 Revision No. 1 (Supplement No. 1)
Date:
August 20, 1979 Page 1 of 2 PIPE SUPPORT BASE PLATE DESIGNS USING CONCRETE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLTS Descriptiori of Circumstances:
The supplement to IE Bulletin No. 79-02 is intended to esta!.lish criteria for the evaluation of interim acceptability of plant operation uth less than the design factors of safety for piping supports due to as-built problems, under design, base plate flexibility, or anchor bolt deficiencies.
In the reviews for system operability of the Duane Arnold and Crystal River facilities, criteria have been developed by the NRC staff that define pipe support operability.
The criteria have been applied in lieu of other analysis or evaluation.
Specifically, the licensees identified problems with pipe supports in which the original design factors of safety were not met but some lesser margin was available. The design margins of four or five are intended to be final design and installation objectives but systems may be classed as operable on an interim basis with some losser margin providing a program of restoration to at least the Bulletin factors of safety has been developed.
Facilities which fall outside the operability criteria are considered to probably require a Technical Specification exception and will require review on a case by case basis.
Action to be Taken by Licensees:
F'r the following two cases, plant operation may continue or may begin.
a.
For the support as a unit, the factor of safety compared to ultimate strengths is less than the original design but equal to or greater than two.
b.
For the anchor bolts the factor of safety is equal to or greater than two and for the support steel the original design factor of safety compared to ultimate strengths is met.
The above criteria may be applied provided that the affected s stems are u -
graded to design margins of safety expe.
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