ML20031H513
| ML20031H513 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 10/08/1981 |
| From: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Clayton F ALABAMA POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8110280030 | |
| Download: ML20031H513 (3) | |
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DISTRIBUTION Docket File NRC PDR NSIC OCT 8 1981 TERA ORB 1 File
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Dear Mr. Clayton:
SUBJECT:
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT NO. 2 REACTOR CONTAINMENT LEAKAGE TESTING This letter is in response to your July 29, 1981 letter concerning 10 CFR 50 Appendix J Type B and Type C Reactor Containment Leakage Testing. Your inter-pretation to Appendix J test intervals is incorrect.. The proper interval is a maximum of two years from test to test. The date of initial fuel loading does not affect the te:t interval. Valve degradation may occur whether fuel is loaded or not.
As you have indicated, the Unit 2 first refueling is scheduled such that the reactor contaiment leakage testing will be done at greater than the maximum allowed time interval. Therefore, you have several options. Yourcould schedule tests during any shutdown of sufficient duration to a? low tests of the valves, or wait until the end of the two year interval, or raquest an official exemption from the Commission's rules. The latter case rerptres extensive evaluation on your part as well as ours.
In closing, the rule is clear that tests should be accomplished at refueling outages, but is also clear that the interval of tests must hot exceed two years.
Please contact the Project Manager (Ed Reeves) if you have further questions.
Sincerely,
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DISTRIBUTION Docket File NRC PDR Local PDR NSIC TERA Docket No. 50-364 ORB 1 File D. Eisenhut J. Heltemes Mr. F. L. Clayton, Jr.
S. Varga Senior Vice President C. Parrish Alabama Power Company E. Reeves i
Post Office. Box 2641 J. Thona i
Birmt gham, Alabama 3 91 OELD I&E (3)
Dear Mr. layton:
ACRS (10) i SURJECT:
M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT NO. 2 REA CONTAINMENT LEAKAGE TESTING I
This letter is in ponse to your July 29, 1981 letter concerning 10 CFR 50 Appendix J Type B an Type C Reactor Containment Leakage Testing. Your interpretation to App 1x J test intervals is incorrect. The proper interval is a maximum nf two yea from test to test. The date of initial fuel loading does not affect the test i erval. Valve degradation may occur whether fuel is loaded or not.
As you have indicated, the Unit first refueling is scheduled suct that the reactor containment leakage testi will be done at greater than tne maximum i
allowed time interval. Therefore, u have several options. You could schedule i
tests duitng any shutdevn of sufficie duration to allow tests of the valver t or wait untii the end of the two year erval, or request an official exemption from the Comission's rules. The latter se requires extensive evaluation on-your part as well as ours. If you elect a le exemption, you should first prepare to conduct containment leakage testin at every opportunity while shutdown for both scheduled and unscheduled sh downs. This would result in a requested exemption for only the few valves not sted. The Comission has in the past approved an exemption for a few valve:, b we hesitate to approve a i
blanket exemption for testing of all containment iscation valves. This would not be in the best interest of safety.
In closing, the rule is clear that tests should be accomp hed at refueling outages, but is also clear that the interval of tests must t excecd two years.
Please contact me if you have further questions.
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Post Office Box 2625 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 George F. Trowbridge, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 1800 M Street, N.W.
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