ML20059H064

Advises That 880729 & 890921 Responses to Generic Ltr 88-01, IGSCC in BWR Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping, Acceptable W/Some Exceptions.Review of Exceptions Requested

ML20059H064
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	08/24/1990
From:	John Hickman Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Spangenberg F ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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References
GL-88-01, GL-88-1, TAC-69130, NUDOCS 9009140217
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- Docket No. 50 461 DISTRIBUTION  ;

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NRC & Local PDRs ACRS(10) l r

Mr. Frank A. Spangenberg PD33 Reading PD33 Gray File Manager . Licensing and Safety DCrutchfield Region III, DRP.  :

.Clinton Power Station JZwolinski P. 0. Box 678 PKreutzer Mail Code V920 JHickman Clinton, Illinois 61727 OGC-0WFN

SUBJECT:

REVIEW OF RESPONSE TO NRC GENERIC LETTER 88 01, "NRC POSITION ON IGSCC  !

IN BWR AUSTENITIC STttNLESS STEEL PIPING," FOR CLINTON POWER STATION, UNIT 1(TACNO.69130) {

i The' NRC staff bas completed its review of your July P9 1988 and September 21 1989submittalsinresponsetoGenericLetter(GL)8801. A copy of the stafbs Safety Evaluation with attached copy of the Technical Evaluation Report prepared

- by the staff's contractor, Viking Systems International, is enclosed. -

t Based on the Safety Evaluation, the staff finds your responses to GL 88 01 is acceptable with some exceptions. You are requested to review these ,

exceptions and notify the staff of actions taken to address them. We note -

that you have submitted a Technical Specification change request in support ,

of the positions in GL 88 01. Our review of those proposed changes will be l conducted separately, t

for Safety Evaluation deficiencies related to welds, categorization of welds, and qualification of personnel, these deficiencies shall be corrected in the ISI program. Since corrosion cracking IGSCC)

(you previously inspection submitted plans, ourintegrated intergranular safety evaluation precludes stress the necessity for you to submit IGSCC. inspection plans for each future outage.

• However, if- flaws are found'that do not meet the criteria of Section XI of the ASME Code for continued operation without evaluation, NRC approval of flaw  :

evaluations or repairs in accordance with IWD 3640 and IWB'T130 is required .

before resumption of operation. Note that weld overlay repair is considered -

as a non. code repair, which requires NRC approval.

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Sincerely, 88 Original signed by John N. Hannon for/

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$8 John B. Hickman, Project Manager Project Directorate - III.3 M Division of Reactor Projects . III, g8 IV, Y and Special Projects

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Mr. Frank A. Spangenberg Clinton Power Station Illinois Power Company Unit 1 l

cc: Mr. J. S. Perry Illinois Department  ;

Vice President of Nuclear Safety l Clinton Power Station Office of Nuclear Facility Safety i P. O. Box 678 1035 Outer Park Drive 1 Clinton, Illinois, 61727 Springfield, Illinois 62704 j Mr. J; A'. Miller Mr. Donald Schopfer Manager Nuclear Station Project Manager  !

Engineering Dept. Sargent & Lundy Engineers ,

Clinton Power Station 55 East Monroe Street J P. O. Box 678 Chicago, Illinois 60603  !

Clinton, Illinois 61727 -

Sheldon Zabel, Esquire i Schiff, Hardin & Waite 7200 Sears Tower 233 Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 i Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission RRf3, Box 229 A Clinton Illinois 61727 J 1

Mr. L.'Larson Project Manager General Electric Company '

175 Curtner Avenue N/C 395 i San Jose, California 95125 Regional Administrator, Region III i 799 Roosevelt Road Bldg. #4 l Glen Ellya, 1111nols60137

. Chairman of DeWitt County c/o County Clerk's Office '

DeWitt County Courthouse l Clinton, Illinois 61727 i Robert Neumann Office of Public Counsel State of Illinois Center ,

100 W. Randol Suite 11-300 ph l

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