ML19322B452
| ML19322B452 | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1978 |
| From: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER |
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| NUDOCS 7912030291 | |
| Download: ML19322B452 (1) | |
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Director Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Service Washington,. D.C.
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Dear Sir:
Enclosed for publication in the Federal Register are an original and two certified copies of a document entitled:
DUKE POWER COMPANY Docket No. 50-269 NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTION (TESTING)l REQUIRDfENTS Publication of the abcve docurtent at the earliest possible date would be ancreciated.
This material is to be charged to requisition numcer D-149.
Sincerely, Samuel J. Chilk Secretary of the Ccm ission
Enclosures:
Original and 2 certified copies bec:
gccrds Facility Branch Puct. ATair:
Fxecutive Legal Director Office of Congressional Affairs Office of the General Counsel SECY - C&R Branch p Y
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7590 01 UNITED STATES ?:UCLEAR REGULATORY C0!1ilSSION Docket No. 50-269 DUKE POWER CC"PANY~
NOTICE OF GRANTIhG OF RELIEF FR0!i ASI'E SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTI0rl (TESTING) REOUIREi'ENTS I-The U. S. t;uclear Regulatory Commission (the Coniaission) has granted relief from certain requiremer ts of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Pcwer Plant Components" to Duke Power Company.
The relief relates to the inservice inspection (testing) program for the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, located in Oconee County, South Carolina.
The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by j
reference into the Commission's rules and regulations ~ in 10 CFR Part 50.
The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
j The relief'is granted,' on an interim basis, pending completion of our 1-detailed review, froa those inservice inspection and testing. requirgnents of the ASME Code that the licensee has determined to be impractical within the limitations of design, geometry and materials of construction of ccmponents, t
because compliance would result in hardships and unusual difficulties without a ' concensating increase in the level of quality or. safety, t
the request for relief ccmplies with the standards and recuireTents l
of the. Atomic Energy Act of_1954, as amended (tne Act), and the Cenmission's 1
rules and regulations. The Comission has made appropriate findings as requirea by the Act and the Connission's rules and' regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the letter granting relief.
Prior f.ublic notice of this action was not required since the granting of this relief from AS' E Code requirements does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
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. The Commission has d. ermined that the granting of this relief will not result in any significant environnental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR sl.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 request for relief dated October 1,1976, and (2) the Com.m.ission's letter to the licensee dated January 18, 1978 These items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. and at the Oconee County Library, 201 South Spring, Walhaila, South Carolina 29691.
A copy of iten (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
Director, Division of Operating Reactors.
Datad at Bethesda, Maryland, this 18th day of January 1978.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0tu!ISSICtl
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A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactors Br9nch el Division of Operating Reactors
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