ML20070U524

Advises That Util Able to Fulfill Commitment to Implement Rev 2 to Inservice Testing Program W/Listed Exceptions

ML20070U524
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/01/1991
From:	Labruna S Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NLR-N91044, NUDOCS 9104090132
Download: ML20070U524 (2)

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Puthe Sevice Doctnc and Gas Company Stanley LaDruna Put6c Service Electnc and Gas Company P O 8/n 236 Hancocks Dndge, NJ 08038 609 3344800 va me u* c= m' APR o g 1991 NLR-N91044 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

IN-SERVICE TESTING REQUIREMENTS HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 On January 29, 1991, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) submitted a commitment to NRC to implement Revision 2 of the In-Service Testing (IST) program as approved in Safety Evaluation Report transmitted on September 27, 1990. The majority of program elements become due on April 1, 1991, with the balance requiring implementation by September 1, 1991. PSE&G is able to fulfil that commitment with exceptions listed below.

1. Generic Pump Relief - I, (Section 3.1.1 of TER and Item 11 of Appendix-C), allows interim relief from the requirements of IWP-4110 & 4120 for six months to obtain specific systems' permanently installed instrument ranges and

-accuracy data for resubmittal and NRC evaluation.

PSE&G requests that_this' Relief Request be withdrawn, and resubmitted on a case by case basic as scheduled plant modifications'are implemented. The modifications include changes to the affected systems' instrumentation and subsecuently any evaluation used to support this Relief Request.

To fulfill the requirements of IWP-4110 & 4120, PSE&G will continue to utilize appropriate portable measuring and test equipment (M&TE). This equipment will include the necessary accuracy and ranges specified by the code.

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2. Category B, Category B/C, and Rapid Acting Valves (Sections 4.4.1.1, 4.3.3.1, and 4.1.6.1 of TER and Items 5, 7, and 6 of Appendix C), are allowed a one year relief to develop a suitable method for solenoid valve actuation testing.

The primary method under investigation includes the use of acoustic monitoring. Preliminary results of this testing has not been encouraging. Based on this, it is expected that another method neede to be determined and the one year relief extended. If extension of the one year relief is necessary, a revised Relief Request will be provided at that time.

3. Compliance with relief requests V-03 (TER 4.1.3.1), V-04 (TER 4.1.3.2), and V-07 (TER 4.1.5.1) requires the revision of one Hope Creek ISI procedure, M9-ILP-03H, " Local Leak Rate Testing". Due to back-to-back refueling outages at Hope Crook and Salem Unit 1, this procedure will not be able to be revised until June 1, 1991.

This procedure applies to tests that are performed on an 18 month interval. Since these tests were performed during the recent refueling outage, the procedure will not be utilized again until the next refueling outage, scheduled for mid-1992.

If you have any questions regarding this transmittal, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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C Mr. T. T. Martin, Administrator USNRC Region 1 Mr. S. Dembek USNRC Licensing Project Manager Mr. T. P. Johnson USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. K. Tosch, Chief, Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey Department of Environnental Protection

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