ML19270H885
| ML19270H885 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1979 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19270H883 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-4631, NUDOCS 8001040213 | |
| Download: ML19270H885 (2) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-343 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE TESTING REQUIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to the Alabama Power Company (the licensee).
The relief relates to the inservice testing program for the Farley Nuclear Plant Unit No. 1 located in Houston County, Alabama. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR Part 50. The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
The relief consists of the substitution of visua1 or surface examinations for certain Class 1, 2, and 3 component ASME Code examination requirements and the extension intervals for certain components until disassembled for maintenance.
The request for relief complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's regulations. The Comission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Comission'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 this relief from ASME Code requirements doas not involve a significant hazards consideration.
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7590-01 The Comission has detennined that the granting 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 negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the licensee's requests for relief contained in the submittal to the Co:missien dated July 8,1977, supplemented on November 21,1977, March 16 and March 30, 1978, and (2) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated December 7,1979.
These items are available for public inspection at the Ccanission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the George S. Houston Memorial Library, 212 W. Burdeshaw Street, Dothan, Alabama 36303. A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Director, Division of Operating Reactors.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION r
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A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactors 3 ranch #1 Division of Coerating Reactors
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