ML20135E472

Forwards Safety Evaluation Accepting Relief Request from Implementation of 10CFR50.55a Requirements Related to Repair & Replacement Activities for Containment at Plant

ML20135E472
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	03/04/1997
From:	Berkow H NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Dennis Morey SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.
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ML20135E476	List: ML20135E472 ML20135E481
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TAC-M97452, TAC-M97453, NUDOCS 9703070086
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m March 4, 1997 Mr. D. N. Morey Vice President - Farley Project Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Post Office Box 1295 j

Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295 i

SUBJECT:

RELIEF REQUEST FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 10 CFR 50.55a REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE REPAIR AND' REPLACEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR CONTAINMENT JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. M97452 AND M97453)

Dear Mr. Morey:

By letter dated December 4, 1996, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

J (SNC), requested relief from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(4)(v)

(61 FR 41303) for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley).

Specifically, you i

requested relief from the implementation of 10 CFR 50.55a related to the j

repair and replacement activities for containments for Farley Units 1 and 2.

The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in your relief request.

Based on the information provided, the plant's technical specification

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requirement to periodically assure the integrity of its prestressed concrete containments, and the short-term associated with.the relief request, the staff finds that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and safety. The alternative of delaying implementation until March 15, 1997, is authorized under 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii), at which time you will begin the implementation of the repair and replacement requirements' of the rule for both units.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

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1 March 4, 1997 Mr. D. N. Morey Vice President - Farley Project Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

4 Post Office Box 1295 i

Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

RELIEF REQUEST FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 10 CFR 50.55a REQUIREMENTS l

RELATED TO THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR CONTAINMENT JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 i

l (TAC NOS. M97452 AND M97453)

Dear Mr. Morey:

By letter dated December 4,1996, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

(SNC), requested relief from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(4)(v)

(61 FR 41303) for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (Farley).

Specifically, you requested relief from the implementation of 10 CFR 50.55a related to the repair and replacement activities for containments for Farley Units I and 2.

The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in your relief request.

Based on the information provided, the plant's technical-specification requirement to periodically assure the integrity of its prestressed concrete containments, and the short-term associated with the relief request, the staff finds that compliance with the Code requirements would result in hardship or unusual difficulty without a compensating increase in the level of quality and

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safety. The alternative of delaying implementation until March 15, 1997, is authorized under 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3)(ii), at which time you will begin the implementation of the repair and replacement requirements of the rule for both units.

Sincerely, I rbert N. Berk w, Director roject Directorate II-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364

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Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 l

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