ML19343D562
| ML19343D562 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/27/1981 |
| From: | Synder B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8105050230 | |
| Download: ML19343D562 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-320 METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY GR'ATING OF RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSERVICE INSPECTION (TESTING) REQUIREMENTS The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted relief i
from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components" to Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power and Light Company, and Pennsylvania Electric Company in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 150.55a. The relief relates to the revised inservice testing program for pumps and valves for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2, located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by reference into the Commission's rules and regu-lations in 10 CFR Part 50. The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
The relief consists of exemption from the requirements for measuring certain parameters in the Pump Testing Program and revised schedules for conducting valve stroking tests in the Valve Testing Program. Relief was also granted from the t
requirement for inservice inspection of Class I, II, and III components for a period equivalent to the length of the TMI 2 shutdown.
The request for relief complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Connission's rules and i
regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulation in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth f
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7590-01 2-in the letter granting relief. Prior public notice of this action was not required since the granting of this relief from ASME Code requirements does not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has determined that the granting of this relief will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFP 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 request for relief (2) dated April 18, 1980, and (2) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated April 27, 1981.
These items are available for public inspection at the Connission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555 and at the Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, Education Building, Connonwealth and Walnut Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126 A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20B55, Attention: Director, TMI Program Office.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 27th day of April,1981.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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r Bernard J. Snyde, Program Director Three Mile Island Program Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation t
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