ML20058F544

Forwards SE Accepting Util 930305 Response to NRC Bulletin 90-01, Loss of Fill-Oil in Transmitters Mfg by Rosemount. TER EGG-RTAP-10864 Also Encl

ML20058F544
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom, Limerick
Issue date:	11/19/1993
From:	Stephen Dembek Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hunger G PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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ML20058F548	List: ML20058F544 ML20058F564 ML20058F962
References
IEB-90-001, IEB-90-1, TAC-M85403, TAC-M85404, TAC-M85424, TAC-M85425, NUDOCS 9312080174
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-November 19. 1993 Docket Nos. 50-277, 50-278, 50-352 i

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-Mr. George A. Hunger, Jr.

Director-Licensing, MC 25A-5 Philadelphia Electric Company Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control Desk P.O. Box No. 195 i

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-0195

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO NRC BULLETIN 90-01, SUPPLEMENT 1, " LOSS OF FILL-0IL IN TRANSMITTERS MANUFACTURED BY ROSEMOUNT," PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, AND LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, (TAC NOS. M85424, M85425, M85403, AND M85404)

This letter forwards the NRC staff's safety evaluation of your March 5,1993, l

response to NRC Bulletin 90-01, Supplement 1 (the Bulletin). The Bulletin was issued on December 22, 1992, to inform addressees of activities taken by the NRC staff and the industry in evaluating Rosemount Transmitters, and to.

d request licensees to take actions to resolve this issue. The Bulletin requested licensees to review the information for applicability to their facilities, perform testing on the transmitter commensurate with its importance to safety and demonstrated failure rate, and modify, as appropriate, their actions and enhanced surveillance programs.

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As documented in the enclosed safety evaluation (Enclosure 1) and technical evaluation report (Enclosure 2), the staff finds your response to the Bulletin to be acceptable.

Should you have any questions on this subject, please contact us.

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Sincerely,

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Frank Rinaldi, Project Manager Stephen Dembek, Project Manage'r l

Project Directorate I-2 Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Offic.e of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO NRC BULLETIN 90-01, SUPPLEMENT 1, " LOSS OF FILL-CIL IN TRANSMITTERS MANUFACTURED BY ROSEMOUNT," PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, AND LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, (TAC NOS. M85424, MS5425, M85403, AND M85404)

This letter forwards the NRC staff's safety evaluation of your March 5,1993, response to NRC Bulletin 90-01, Supplement 1 (the Bulletin).

The Bulletin was issued on December 22, 1992, to inform addressees of activities taken by the NRC staff and the industry in evaluating Rosemount Transmitters, and to i

request licensees to take actions to resolve this issue. The Bulletin requested licensees to review the information for applicability to their facilities, perform testing on the transmitter commensurate with its importance to safety and demonstrated failure rate, and modify, as appropriate, their actions and enhanced surveillance programs.

As documented in the enclosed safety evaluation (Enclosure 1) and +echnical i

evaluation report (Enclosure 2), the staff finds your response to the. Bulletin to be acceptable.

Should you have any questions on this subject, please contact us.

Sincerely, n /Lf ~ dA h

Frank Rinaldi, Project Manager Stephen Dembek, Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures-i 1.

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