ML19246A684

Notice Granting Relief from ASME Section XI Inservice Insp & Testing Requirements

ML19246A684
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	05/11/1979
From:	Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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TAC-8320, NUDOCS 7907060241
Download: ML19246A684 (2)

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1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-336 NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CCMPANY, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTION AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS i

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) has i

granted relief from certain requirement; of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nudear Power Plant Components" l

to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company. The relief relates to the inservice inspection and testing program for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 2 (the facility) located in Waterford, Connecticut. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Part 50.

The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.

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Relief is granted, on an interim basis, pending completion of a more detailed review, from compliance with certain inservice inspection and testing requirements determined to be impractical for the facility because compliance would result in hardships and unusual 1

difficulties without a compensating increase in the level or quality of safety.

The request for relief complies with the standards and require-ments of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Comissico has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Comission's 7 9 0 'w 6 o '? z em y V

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rules and 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 this relief from ASME Code re-quirements does not involve a significant hazards consideration.

j The Con 11ssion has determined that the granting of this relief i

will not resalt in any significant environmental impact and that i

pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with tnis action.

For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the l

licensee's proposed Technical Specifications dated October 26, 1978, (2) the program description and request for relief dated January 25, 1979, and (3) the Comr.Tission's letter to the licensee dated MAY 1 1 mg These items are available for public inspection at the Com-mission's public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

and at the Waterford public Library, Rope Ferry Road, Route 156, Waterford, Connecticut. A copy of item (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Ne, sear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

20555, Attention:

Director, Division of Operating Reactors.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this lith day of May 1979.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMSSION 1} h I, ck Robert W. Reid, Chief 1h Operating Reactors Branch #4 Division of Operating Reactors

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