ML20062A189
| ML20062A189 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 10/16/1990 |
| From: | Quay T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Cottle W ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. |
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| ML20062A191 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-77071, NUDOCS 9010190191 | |
| Download: ML20062A189 (3) | |
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q October 16,'1990
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Docket No; 50-416' j
Mr. William T. Cottle Vice President. Operations GGNS Entergy Operations, Inc.
Post Office Box 756 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150
Dear Mr. Cottle:
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - INSERVICE INSPECTION RELIEF REQUEST NO. 1 00010, REVISION 3REGARDINGPIPINGWELDS(TACNO.77071)
By-letter dated June 28, 1990, EntergyOperations,Inc.(thelicensee) requested relief from certain Section XI ASME Code requirements in the Inservice Inspection Program.for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1.
The NRC staff has evaluated the information provided by the licensee in support of the relief requests.
Enclosed is the staff's related Safety Evaluation.
The staff concludes from its evaluation of the licensee's submittal that the examination requirements identified therein are impractical to perform at the Grand Gulf Nuclear-Station, Unit 1.
We further conclude that for the components for which relief was requested, the proposed alternativeiexaminations identified in this Safety Evaluation give reasonable assurance of the piping and component and component su) port structural integrity. Pursuant to pressure boundary (6)(i), the-staff1as determined that the granting of the relief 10 CFR 50.55a(g) requested is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. The staff _has given due consideration to the burden upon the licensee that could
- result if the requirements were imposed on the facility. Accordingly, rel Hf is granted for Relief Request No. I-00010, Revision 3.
The relief grantee is
- conditioned on the proposed alternative examinations.
Sincerely,
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t Theodore R. Quay, Acting Director Project Directorate !Y-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects a.JJ Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
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of wAssiNoTow,o c ror.bs y%.....j October 16, 1990 Docket No. 50-416 Mr. W1111am'T. Cottle Vice President, Operations GGNS Entergy W rations, Inc.
Post 0 N Sox 756 Port G W.c Mississippi 39150
Dear Mr. Cottle:
SUBJECT:
GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - INSERVICE INSPECTION REllEF REQUEST NO. 1-00010 REVISION 3 REGARDING PIPING WELDS (TAC NO. 77071)
By letter dated June 28, 1990, EntergyOperations,Inc.(thelicensee) requested relief from certain Section XI ASME Code requirements in the Inservice Inspection Program for the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1.
The NRC staff has evaluated the information provided by the licensee in support' of the relief requests. Enclosed is the staff's related Safety Evaluation.
The staff concludes from its evaluation of the licensee's submittal that the
. examination requirements identified therein are impractical to perform at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Unit 1.
We further conclude that for the components for which relief was requested, the proposed alternative examinations identified in this Safety Evaluation give reasonable assurance of the piping and component pressure boundar and component support structural integrity. Pursuant to 10CFR50.55a(g)y(6)(1),thestaffhasdeterminedthatthegrantingoftherelief requested is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or _the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. The staff has given due consideration to the burden upon the licensee that could result if the requirements were imposed on-the facility. Accordingly, relief is granted for Relief Request No. I-00010 Revision 3.
The relief granted is conditioned on the proposed alternative examinations.
Sincerely,
})W & by Theodore R. Quay, Acting Director Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 111, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/ enclosure:
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Mr. Ted H. Cloninger Mr. C. R. Hutchinson Vice President, Engineering GGNS General Manager Entergy Operations Inc.
Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 31995 P. O. Box 756 Jackson, Micsissippi 39286-1995 Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Mr. Robert B. McGehee The Honorable William J. Guste, Jr.
Wise, Carter, Child, & Caraway Attorney General P. O. Box 651 Department of Justice Jackson, Mississippi 39205 State of Louisiana P. O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9005 Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire Bishop Cook, Purcell Alton B. Cobb, M.D.
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State of Mississippi P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39201 i
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Mr. Michael J. Meisner
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Director, Nuclear Licensing Mike Morre, Attorney General l
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Frank Spencer, Asst. Attorney General P. O. Box 756 State of Mississippi Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Post Office Box 22947 l
Jackson, Mississippi 39225 i
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Bechtel Power Corporation Mr. Gerald W. Muench P. O. Box 2166 Vice President, Operations Support Houston, Texas 77252-2166 Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 31995 Mr. H. O. Christensen Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Senior Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Donald C. Hintz, Executive Vice i
Route 2, Box 399 President & Chief Operating Officer Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 Entergy Operations, Inc.
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