ML19220B858
| ML19220B858 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1978 |
| From: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 7904270477 | |
| Download: ML19220B858 (3) | |
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UdITED STATES NUCLEAR REGL*LUCRY CCt?.ISSION DOCKET NO. 50-320 METaCPOLITAN EDISCU CCiGRTI JERSEY CENTPAL IGER & LIGHT CCtGRTf PENNSYLVANIA ELECT?lC CCtG MTi NOTICE OF GRAdTING OF RELIEF FDi ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE Id5PECI'IOd (TESTING) RECCIf@ M TS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comissicn (the Comission) has granted relief from certain recuire ents of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to the Metropolitan Edison Cctmy. The relief relates to the inservice testing program for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (the facility), located in Daupnin County, Pennsylvania. The ASiE Ccde requirements are incorporated by reference inw tne Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Part
- 50. The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
Relief is granted until tne start of commercial operation from compliance with certain inservice testing requirements determined to be impractical for the facility because compliance would result in hardships and unusual difficulties without a compensating increase in the level of quality or safety.
Ine request for relief ccmplies with the standards and requiremnts of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Corimission has made appropriate findings as required by tne Act and the Conmission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the letter granting relief. Prior puclic notice of this action was not required since the granting of this relief 7 9 0 4 '27 0 4H 8,3 _,.,
. from ASME Coce rec.c; cements does not involve a significant hazards censideration.
The Commission nas cetermined that the granting of tnis relief will not result in any significant environmental i. cact and that oursuant to 10 CFR 351.3(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declara-tion anc environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection witn tnis action.
For further details witn respect to this action, see (1) the letter from tne Metropolitan Edison Comcany dated January 3,1978, and (2) the corrission's letter to tne Metropolitan Edison Company dated April 21, 1978.
These items are availacle for puolic inspection at th Commission's Puclic Docrent ibom,1717 H street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the State Liorary of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth and Walnut Streets, Harriscurg, Pennsylvania 17126.
Catec at Sethesda, Marylano tnis 21th day of April 1978.
FOR ' HIE NUCLEAR RS3ULATCRY CCMMISSICN Orfgini L'gned by e...,.....
Steven A. Varga, Chief Light Water Reactors Branch 4 Division of Project Management
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