ML20059N772

Forwards Safety Evaluation Accepting Util First 10-yr Interval Inservice Insp Program Plan

ML20059N772
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	09/24/1990
From:	Charemagne Grimes Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Hall D HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
Shared Package
ML20059N773	List: ML20059N772 ML20059N788 ML20059N794
References
TAC-73433, NUDOCS 9010170285
Download: ML20059N772 (3)

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% September 24,;1990- .

Docket No. 50-499'

• A Mr. Donald P. Hall Group Vice-President, Nuclear  !

Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas '77251

Dear Mr. Hall:

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SUBJECT:

STAFF REVIEW 0F THE FIRST TEN-YEAR INTERVAL-INSERVICE INSPECTION-  :

PROGRAM PLAN, SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNIT-2 (TAC NO. 73433):

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By letters dated May 11 and June 15. ,1989,- Houston Lighting Lan'd Power Company -

d (HL&P) submitted to the NRC, the First Ten-Year Interval: Inservice' Inspection Program: Plan and Requests for Relief RR-ENG-08 and RR-ENG-09 for the South: i Texas Project, Unit 2. -The program plan was' submitted for review,and evaluation ~ l of its compliance with the requirements of'the 1983 Edition,' including-Addenda .

-i through Summer 1983, of Section XI of the ASMEiBoileriand Pressure. Vessel Code, regulations, and plant Technical Specifications. ,

1 We have determined that the South Texas' Project -Unit'2, FirstLfen-Year. Interval j Inservice-Inspection Program is in compliance with the requirements cited above '

and is acceptable.

We have also determined that Section XI' Code requirements ~

for examination of the steam generator main steam nozzle and pressurizer support 1 skirt cited by the licensee are: impractical to: perform at South: Texas Project.  ;

Electric Generating Station, Unit 2 and pursuant to 10;CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(i)'. ,

. granting relief is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property;or'- 1 the common defense and. security, and is ~otherwise in the publiciinterest. In: j making this determination, we have given due consideration to theLburden that '

could result if those requirements'are~ imposed on your facility.s This letter grants the relief.

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In its letter of June 20', 1989, HL&P requested approvd1 for use'of ASME; Code.

Case N-460.

ASME Code Case N-460 Alternative Examination Coverage for.

a Class 1 and Class 2 Welds, hgs been reviewed by the; staff and:is: considered?

H acceptable'for use.- This code case willlbe included,-withouticonditions, in:

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_Mr.-DonaldiP.' Hall:- ~- '

,:I A summary of the req'uirements and bases for our conclusions:are contained in' the staff's' Safety Evaluation with the attached supporting Technical Evaluation

- Report prepared by our contractor,1 1daho National Engineering Laboratory.-

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IV,' V and,Special: Projects' Office _of Nuclear Reactor Regulation :

Enclosure:

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Document Name: SOUTH TEXAS UNIT 2/ISIP-

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l ' Senior Resident-Inspector Jack R.' Newman, Esq. '

U.S. . Nuclear Regulatory Commission Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.

P. 0. Box 910 1615 L' Street, N.W. '

Bay City Texas 77414 Washington D.C. 20036

• Mr. J. C. Lanier - Licensing Representative' Director of Generation Houston Lighting and Power Company City of Austin Electric Utility Suite 610  ;

721'Barton Springs Road; Three Metro: Center Austin, Texas 78704 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 j Mr. R. J. Costello '

Bureau of Radiation ~ Control-Mr. M. T. Hardt . State-of Texas.

i City Public Service Board . 1101 West'49th Street P. O. Box 1771 Austin Texas 78756 San Antonio, Texas 78296 Rufus S. Scott

'Mr. R. P. Verret Associate General Counsel '

Mr. D. E. Ward Houston; Lighting & Power. Company Central Power and Light Company -

P. 0. Box 61867 P. O. Box 2121 Houston, Texas -77208 Corpus Christi. Texas 78403 INPO Records Center-1100 Circle 75 Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3064 Regional Administrator, Region IV ,

-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission '

l 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 s 1 Arlington, Texas 76011- ,'

Mr. ; Joseph M. Hendrie .

50 Be11 port Lane

.Bellport, New York 11713

l. Judge, Matagorda County

.Matagorda County Courthouse (

1700 Seventh Street Bay City, Texas 77414--  !

Mr. M. A. McBurnett'  ;

Manager, Operations Support Licensing Houston Lighting & Power Company P. 0. Box 280 '

Wadsworth, Texas 77483 '

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