ML20127N180

Forwards SE Accepting Inservice Testing Program for Valves, Relief Request VR-4

ML20127N180
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	01/25/1993
From:	Dyer J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Kovach T COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
Shared Package
ML20127N182	List: ML20127N180 ML20127N185
References
TAC-M84728, TAC-M84729, NUDOCS 9301290120
Download: ML20127N180 (3)

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!. Mr. Thomas J. Kovach a

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Dear Mr. Kovach:

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SAFETY EVALVATION'0F.THE INSERVICE TESTING PF,0 GRAM RELIEF REQUEST j VR-4, BYRON STATION, UNITS 1 AND-2 (TAC-NOS. M84728 AND M84729) 4 1 The staff has' completed!a review of Byron Station, Units 1'and 2,; inservice .

[ testing program for valves, relief request VR-4, contained in-a submittal' by -

- Commonwealth Edison Company dated July 1,1991.. Our evaluation of.'these-relief requests' is provided in the enclosed Safety. Evaluation .(SE).

The Code of Federal X ulations, 10 CFR 50.55a, requires.that inservice; L testing of certain American Society of Mechanical. Engineers (ASME) Boiler and:-

Pressure vessel Code -(Code) Class 1, 2, and 3 pumps and valves- be performed'in i accordance with Section XI of the ASME Code and applicable

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! where specific written relief has been requested by the licensee and" granted

by the Commission pursuant to Sections-(a)(3)(i), (a)(3)(ii), or (f)(6)(i).of

! 10 CFR 50.55a. In requesting relief, the licensee must. demonstrate-that: (1)

the proposed alternatives provide-an acceptable level. of quality- and' safety; .

! or (2) compliance would result in-hardship.or unusual difficulty without a compensating ' increase ~1n the : level of quality and. safety;ior.-(3) conformance I. is impractical for its facility. Generic Letter 89-04,1" Guidance on-Developing Acceptable Inservice Testing. Programs," provided alternatives to-the Section XI requirements determined to b_e acceptable to_the staff. The 5E provides the-basis by which thel Commission-grants relief from the. testing; I requirements which we have determined would be impractical' to perform or where

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