ML20136D858

Memorandum & Order Granting Util 850930 Request for Extension of 851130 Deadline for Environ Qualification of Electrical Equipment,Until Jan 1986 Refueling Outage.Served on 851120

ML20136D858
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	11/20/1985
From:	Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
To:	CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO.
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CON-#485-258 OL, NUDOCS 8511210381
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 85 NOV 20 P1:25 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION vr 00C ii,'G , d-COMMISSIONERS:

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Lando W. Zech, Jr.

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER By letter dated September 30, 1985, the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company ("CYAPC0") requests that the Commission grant an extension from the November 30, 1985 deadline for environmental qualification of electrical equipment at the Haddam Neck Nuclear Plant. The request covers two types of' equipment for which an extension is sought until the January 1986 plant outage. The Commission has reviewed in detail the licensee's submittal and the staff's analysis and recommendation as set forth in SECY-85-337. Based on this review the Commission finds that the licensee has demonstrated the exceptional nature of its case such that an extension will be granted.

The Comission most recently addressed the environmental qualifica-tion issue in Generic Letter 85-15, issued August 6, 1985. In that letter the Commission stated that extensions from the November 30

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CYAPC0's efforts relating to environmental qualification in general and to the particular pieces of equipment still at issue denote a good faith attempt to achieve compliance with the November 30 deadline. The environmentally qualified replacements for the equipment in question, fourteen valve motor operators and twenty reactor coolant system loop resistence temperature detectors, had been ordered in anticipation of installing them during a scheduled November 1985 outage. In fact, the equipment, which is most safely and efficiently installed while the plant is not operating, currently is available at the site awaiting installation. Unfortunately, a reactor cavity seal failure occurred during the previous refueling outage in the sumer of 1984, which required that the licensee reschedule the November 1985 outage to January 1986. As a result of this unforseen circumstance, the licensee's original intention to qualify the equipment within the deadline has been frustrated. Under these circumstances, the Comission finds that an extension is warranted.

The Comission therefore grants the request of CYAPC0 for an extension on Haddam Neck. The staff has reviewed the justifications f ar

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It is so ORDERED.

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