ML20043B281
| ML20043B281 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1990 |
| From: | Zwolinski J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kovach T COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9005250198 | |
| Download: ML20043B281 (3) | |
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May 22, 1990 Docket No. 50-254 DISTRIBUTION:
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Dear Mr. Kovach:
SUBJECT:
TEMPORARY WAIVER OF COMPLIANCE FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO EXCLUDE EIGHT CONTAINMENT PATHWAYS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM APPENDIX J TYPE C TEST AT QUAD CITIES STATION, UNIT 1 By letter dated May 19, 1990, Commonwealth Edison Company (CECO) requested a temporary waiver of compliance and an emergency Technical Specification change for Quad Cities, Unit 1.
The proposed change to Technical Speci-fication Section 3.7/4.7. A.2 excludes eight containment pathways from the requirement to perform local leak rate tests until the next refueling outage, scheduled for October 1990.
On May 18, 1990, after meetings and telephone conferences with Ceco, NRR, and Region 111 representatives, the staff granted verbal approval of the request, because we concluded that the added risk of operating the plant until October 1990 without performing the Type C tests of the eight pathways is insignificant and does not warrant an earlier plant shutdown merely to perform the tests.
(The verbal waiver was granted for ? pathways, but all 21 pathways, which could be tested during plant operat cy, were subsequently tested by May 19,1990.) This letter provides written approval of the request for the temporary waiver of compliance.
This temporary waiver of compliance remains in effect until an emergency technical specification change is issued.
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Dear Mr. Kovach:
SUBJECT:
TEMPORARY WAIVER OF COMPLIANCE FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO EXCLUDE EIGHT CONTAINMENT PATHWAYS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM APPENDIX J TYPE C TEST AT QUAD CITIES STATION, UNIT 1 By letter dated May 19, 1990, Commonwealth Edison Company (CECO) requested a temporary waiver of compliance and an emergency Technical Specification change for Quad Cities, Unit 1.
The proposed change to Technical Speci-fication Section 3.7/4.7.A.2 excludes eight containment pathways from the requirement to perform local leak rate tests until the next refueling outage, scheduled for October 1990.
On May 18, 1990, after meetings and telephone conferences with CECO, NRR, and Region 111 representatives, the staff granted verbal approval of the request, because we concluded that the added risk of operating the plant until October 1990 without performing the Type C tests of the eight pathways is insignificant and does not warrant an earlier plant shutdown merely to perform the tests.
(The verbal waiver was granted for 29 pathways, but all 21 pathways, which could be tested during plant operation, were subsequently tested by May 19,1990.) This letter provides written approval of the request for the temporary waiver of compliance. This temporary wa4ver of compliance remains in effect until an emergency technical specification change is issued.
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. Zwolinski, Assistant Director for Region 111 Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page
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