ML20129E067

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Forwards Safety Evaluation on 960415 CP&L Request for Approval to Use Certain Portions of Later Edition of ASME Code for Inservice Leakage Testing of Valves,Brunswick Steam Electric Plants Units 1 & 2.NRC Approved Request
ML20129E067
Person / Time
Site: Brunswick  
Issue date: 09/26/1996
From: Imbro E
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To: Campbell W
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO.
Shared Package
ML20129E073 List:
References
TAC-M95415, TAC-M95416, NUDOCS 9609300282
Download: ML20129E067 (2)


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.Mr. W. R. Campbell, Vice President i-Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant r

Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461 i.

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL OF REQUEST TO USE-CERTAIN PORTIONS OF A LATER EDITION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME) CODE FOR I

INSERVICE LEAKAGE TESTING OF VALVES - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC i

PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. M95415 AND M95416)

Dear Mr. Campbell:

By letter dated May 14, 1996, Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) requested NRC approval of an-alternative to the valve. leakage testing requirements of the 1980 Edition, Winter 1981 Addenda, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (the Code).

The alternative would allow CP&L to use a later edition of the Code for leakage testing of valves, including containment isolation valves.

The results of the NRC's review of this request are provided in the attached Safety Evaluation.

The NRC staff has approved use of portions of the 1989 Edition of'the ASME Code which incorporates the 1988a addenda of the Operations and Maintenance Standards, Part 10 (0M-10) for leakage rate testing of _ valves pursuant to the provisions in 10 CFR 50.55a(f)(4)(iv).

Sincerely, (Original Signed By)

Eugene V. Imbro, Director Project Directorate II-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-325

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Mr. William D. Johnson Ms. Karen E. Long Vice President and Senior Counsel Assistant Attorney General Carolina Power & Light Company State of North Carolina Post Office Box 1551 Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Jerry W. Jones, Chairman Mr. Robert P. Gruber i

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Post Office Box 249 Public Staff - NCUC Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Post Office Box 29520 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0520 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. W. Levis 8470 River Road Director Southport, North Carolina 28461 Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant i

Regional Administrator, Region II Post Office Box 10429 l

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101 Marietta St., N.W., Ste. 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. William H. Crowe, Mayor City of Southport Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Director 201 East Moore Street Division of Radiation Protection Southport, North Carolina 28461 N.C. Department of Environmental, Commerce and Natural Resources Mr. Dan E. Summers Post Office Box 27687 Emergency Management Coordinator Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Mr. R. P. Lopriore Post Office Box 1525 Plant Manager Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Mr. J. Cowan Post Office Box 10429 Vice President Southport, North Carolina 28461 Nuclear Services and Environmental Support Department Public Service Commission Carolina Power & Light Company State of South Carolina Post Office Rox 1551 - Mail OHS 7 Post Office Drawer 11649 Raleigh, North Carolina ~27602 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. Gerald D. Hicks Mr. Milton Shymlock Manager - Regulatory Affairs U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Carolina Power A Light Company 101 Marietta Street, N.W. Suite 2900 Post Office Box 10429 Atlanta, Georgia 30323-0199 Southport, North Carolina 28461 l

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