ML19209C433
| ML19209C433 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 09/21/1979 |
| From: | Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19209C423 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910150561 | |
| Download: ML19209C433 (2) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, DOCKET NO. 50-368 ARXANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE TESTING REQUIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (tne 20mmission) has granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to the Arkansas Power and Light Company (the licensee). The relief relates to the inservice testing program for the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit No. 2, located in Pope County, Arkansas. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR Part 50. The relf?f is effective
. as of its date of issuance.
The relief is granted, on an interim basis, pending* completion of our detailed review, from those inservice testing requirements of the ASME Code that the licensee has determined to be impractical within the limitations of design, geometry, and materials of constructicn of components, because compliance would result in hardships and unusual difficulties without a com-pensating increase in the level of quality or safety.
The request fer relief complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commis; ion's regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the letter granting relief.
Prior public notice of this action was not required since the granting of tnis relief from ASME Code reanirements does not involve a signi-
- icant hazards consideration.
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- The Comission has determined that the grantjng of this relief will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negatia declaration and environmental impact. appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
For further details with respect te this action, see (1) the licensee's requests for relief contained in the submittal to thc Comission dated June 15, 1978, and (2) the Commission's let er to thc. licensee dated September 21, 1979.
These items are available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.
W., Washington, D. C. and at the Arkansas Polytechnic College, Russellville, Arkansas 72801.
A copy of item (2) iaay be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regujatory Comission, Washington, D. C. 20555, Attention: Direc.or, Division of Operating Reactors.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 21st day of September 1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CDP. MISSION bl Robert W. Reid, Chief
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Operating Reactors Branch #4 Division of Operating Reactors t
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