ML20059F535

Advises That Request to Extend Date to Submit Response to Generic Ltr 89-10, Safety-Related Motor-Operated Valve Testing & Surveillance, Denied Due to Safety Significance of Issue

ML20059F535
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	09/06/1990
From:	Martin R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Burkhardt L NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
References
GL-89-10, IEB-85-003, IEB-85-3, TAC-75686, TAC-75687, NUDOCS 9009110244
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WASHIMTON, D. C 70666 1,,**..+ September 6, 1990 i

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' Mr.. Lawrence Burkhardt III I Executive Vice President, 'I Nuclear Operation Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation j

301 Plainfield Road l Syracuse, New York 13212 l Dear Mr. Burkhardt.

1 SUBJECTi RESPONSE 70 GENERIC LETTER 89-10. " SAFETY-RELATED MOTOR-OPERATE 0 VALVE (MOV) TESTING AND SURVEILLANCE " NINE MILE 1 P0lNT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NOS.1 AND 2  ;

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I OnJune28,:1989,'theNRCissuedGenericLetter(GL)89-10requestingthe= 1 establishment of a program to ensure the operability of all safety-related MOVs under design basis conditions. The program in GL 89-10 significantly

' expands the scope of the program outlined in NRC Bulletin 85-03 and its supplement.-

On December 28, 1989, you submitted a letter in response to GL 89-10 for. Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2. Therein, you state that the BWR Owners' Group (BWROG) isdevelopingagenericpositionformeetingtheprovisionsoftheGL. The NRC staff was in onned that the BWROG was undertaking-the task of developing a generic BWR position for implementing GL 89-10 in a letter dated October 30, 1989. from S. D.' Floyd, Chairman of the BWROG. The efforts of the BWROG were acknowledged .in a letter dated January 3,1990, from F. J. Miraglia, Jr., NRC, ,

to S. D. Floyd. During a telephone conversation on February 14, 1990, with:

15. D. Floyd, the staff learned that the scope of the efforts by the BWROG is limited to assisting utilities in determining the design-basir conditions for motor-operated valves at BWR plants. Consequently, the staff ;oes not expect changes regarding your commitment to the GL will be necessary as a result of efforts by the BWROG.

In your submittal you have requested an extension until six months after

issuance of the NRC's appraisal of that generic position (currently scheduled  ;

forNovember1990)tosu>mitaresponsetothegenericletter. The staff-believes that the safety significance of this issue warrants a timely response to the GL,'hence your request for. deferral relying on the limited BWROG effort L is denied. l t

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Mr. Lawrence Burkhardt III As discussed in the. reporting requirements of GL 89-10, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), you are required to advise the NRC, in triting, whether the

~ commendations and schedule outlined in the generic letter will be met. You are requested to submit your response (originally requested by December 28, 1989) within thirty days of reccipt of this letter.

The .chedule provided in the generic letter requested that a description of your MOV program be available for review by June 28, 1990, or the first refueling outage after December 28, 1989, whichever was later. Due to delays

, in issuing Supplement 1 of the generic letter, the staff has decided to delay inspections until at least January 1, 1991. Therefore a description of your MOV program should be available for review on site by January 1,1991, for Unit I and by January 1,1991, or by the end of the first refueling outage,.

whichever is later, for Unit 2. Information that should be contained in your program description was discussed during the workshops held in September 1989. Staff positions on questions presented during the workshops are currently available as Supplement I to the generic letter. As your M0V program is developed, justification for any differencer, between your program  ;

and the GL, as clarified by Supplement 1, should be incorporated into your 1 program description, i 1

, Your program ~ description should be retained on-site for possible further NRC l staff review.

l Sincerely, CRIGINAL SICNED BY, Robert E. Martin, Senior Project Manager Project Director 1-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ',

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Mr. Mark J.' Wetterhahn, Esquire Mr. Kim Dahlberg Bishop, Cook,1 Purcell & Reynolds Unit 1 Station Superintendent J 1400 L. Street, N.W. Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Washington, D. C. 20005-3502 Post Office Box 32 l

Lycoming, New York 13093 Supervisor Mr. Richard Abbott Town of Scriba Unit 2 Station Superintendent R. D. #4 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Oswego, New York 13126 Post Office Box 32 )

Lycoming, New York 1309J J

Mr. Joseph F. Firlit Charlie Donaldson, Esquire General Supt.-Nuclear Generation Assistant Attorney General Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation New York Department of Law Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station 120 Broadway Post Office Box 32 New York, New York 10271 Lycoming, New York 13093 1

l Resident Inspector Mr. Paul D. Eddy U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission State of New York Department of -1 Post Office Box 126 Public Service Lycoming, New York 13093 Power Division, System Operations 3 Er.pire State Plaza.

Albany, New York 12223 l

Mr, Gary D. Wilson, Esquire Mr. Peter E. Francisco, Licensing Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 300 Erie Boulevard West 301 Plainfield Road I Syracuse, New York 13202 Syracuse, New York 13212 l Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. Richard Goldsmith l U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Syracuse University j

'475 Allendale Road College of Law King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 E. I. White Halle Campus Syracuse, New York 12223 4

Ms Donna Ross Mr. Richard M. Kessel  !

New York State Energy Office Chair and Executive Director .)

. 2 Empire State Plaza State Consumer Protection Board i 16th Floor 99 Washington Avenue i Albany, New York 12223 Albany, New York 12210 l

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