ML20135D461

Forwards SE Granting Relief Request RP-01 & Alternative Testing Imposed Per 10CFR50.55a(f)(6)(i) Based on Impracticality of Performing Required Testing

ML20135D461
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	12/06/1996
From:	Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Johnson I COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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TAC-M96955, NUDOCS 9612090389
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'+9 ,,,,, December 6, 1996 Ms. Irene Johnson, Acting Manager Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III ,

1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove, IL 60515

SUBJECT:

EVALUATION OF REQUEST FOR RELIEF R0-01 FOR THE PUMP AND VALVE INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM - LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. M96955 AND M96956)

Dear Ms. Johnson:

j By letter dated October 24, 1996, Commonwealth Edison Company submitted Relief i Request RP-01 proposing an alternate testing method for the emergency core ,

cooling system water leg pumps at LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2. This i relief request was previously granted on an interim basis in a safety evaluation (SE) dated December 8,1995. The. staff has reviewed the proposed alternative referenced above against the requirements of Section XI of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel 1 C.gda pursuant to caragraph 50.55a of Part 50 to Title 10 of the Code of  !

Federal Reaulatio%. The basis for the staff's conclu'sions are contained in the enclosed safety evaluation. The staff has concluded that relief request RP-01 is granted and the alternative testing imposed pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(f)(6)(1) based on the impracticality of performing the required testing and in consideration of the burden on the licensee if the Code requirements were imposed. The alternative testing will provide adequate assurance of operational readiness of these pumps.

Sincerely, 3 0. . / d .

Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV l Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  !

Docket Nos. 50-373, 50-374

Enclosure:

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Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire Robert Cushing Sidley and Austin Chief, Public Utilities Division One First National Plaza Illinois Attorney General's Office Chicago, Illinois 60603 100 West Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 Assistant Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street Michael I. Miller, Esquire Suite 12 Sidley and Austin Chicago, Illinois 60601 One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Resident Inspectors Office LaSalle Station Document Control Desk-Licensing 2605 N. 21st Road Comonwealth Edison Company Marseilles, Illinois 61341-9756 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 4

Chairman LaSalle County Board of Supervisors LaSalle County Courthouse Ottawa, Illinois 61350 Attorney General 500 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 Chairman Illinois comerce Comission Leland Building 527 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, Illinois 62706 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 LaSalle Station Manager LaSalle County Station Rural Route 1 P.O. Box 220 Marseilles, Illinois 61341 1

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