ML20039G327
| ML20039G327 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 12/17/1981 |
| From: | Clark R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20039G321 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8201180060 | |
| Download: ML20039G327 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-309 MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER STATION NOTICE OF GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM ASME CODE SECTION XI INSERV!CE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commi,ssion).has granted relief from certain requirements of the ASME Code,Section XI, " Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components," to Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (the licensee), which revised the inservice inspection program for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station, located in Lincoln l
County, Maine. The ASME Code requirements are incorporated by Technical Specification 4.7.
The relief is effective as of its date of issuance.
The relief consists of exemption from performing hydrostatic pressure
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tests of modification weld repairs to piping and components which are 1 inch nominal pipe size and smaller.
In lieu of this the licensee will perform a visual, liquid penetrant inspection and an inservice leak check after the modification weld repair and the welds will not be performed using a half bead welding technique in lieu of post weld heat treatment.
The request for relief complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate finding as i
l required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the letter granting relief and related Safety Evaluation.
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2-The Commission has determined 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 request for relief dated November 4,1981,(2) the letter to the licensee dated November 4, 1981, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washingten, D. C.
20555, and at the Wiscasset Public Library, High Street, Wiscasset, Maine 04578. A copy of items (2) and (3) may be ob'tained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulat6ry Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
Director, Division of Licensing.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this.17th day of December,1981.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Ou
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o Robert A4 Clark, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Licensing l
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