ML20136H671

Forwards Safety Evaluation Granting Util 851014 Request for Exemption from Section XI Requirements Re Reactor Vessel Flange Ligaments & Insp of Internal Pressure Boundary Surfaces & Flange Bolts

ML20136H671
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	12/27/1985
From:	Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Mcdonald R ALABAMA POWER CO.
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ML20136H676	List: ML20136H671 ML20136H682
References
TAC-59900, TAC-59901, NUDOCS 8601100436
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December 27, 1985 1

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Dear Mr. Mcdonald:

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SUBJECT:

RELIEF FROM ASME SECTION XI INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN REACTOR VESSEL FLANGE LIGAMENTS; AND REACTOR COOLANT PUMP CASING INTERNAL SURFACES AND FLANGE BOLTS - JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR l

PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 i

By letter dated October 14, 1985, you requested relief from certain test requirements of ASME Code Section XI for Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2.

Your request relates to testing by volumetric inspection of nine of the 58 ligaments between stud holes of the reactor vessel flange and inspection of the internal pressure boundary surfaces and flange bolts requiring disassembly 5

i of the reactor coolant pump.

j We previously granted certain reliefs which you requested pursuant to 10 CFR j

50.55a(g) in our letters dated December 7, 1979, August 24, 1983, February 10 and March 30, 1984 (one-time relief) and January 10, 1985. This request, also i

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pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g), is for three additional reliefs from certain

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i ASME Code requirements as noted above.

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The enclosed Safety Evaluation delineates the three items for which additional i

relief is granted and for which alternate testing is authorized. The staff t

i has determined that where stated the ASME Code requirements are impractical, y

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the alternative methods to be performed will provide adequate assurance of i

i the structural integrity of the components evaluated, and pursuant to

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10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(1) the granting of this relief is authorized by law and

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l will not endanger life or property of the common defense and security, and i

i is otherwise in the public interest.

In making this determination, we have given due consideration of the burden that could result if these requirements l

were imposed on your facility.

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Mr. R. P. Mcdonald A copy of our Safety Evaluation for granting of relief is enclosed.

Sincerely, edglaalt!gned1:/

L. S. Rubcastein Lester S. Rubenstein, Director PWR Project Directorate #2 Division of PWR Licensing-A

Enclosure:

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Mr. R. P. Mcdonald Alabama Power Company Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant CC:

Mr. W. O. Whitt D. Biard MacGuineas. Esquire Executive Vice President Volpe, Boskey and Lyons Alabama Power Company 918 16th Street, N.W.

Post Office Box 2641 Washington, DC 20006 Birmingham, Alabama 35291 Charles R. Lowman Mr. Louis B. Long, General Manager Alabama Electric Corporation Southern Company Services Inc.

Post Office Box 550 i

Post Office Box 2625 Andalusia, Alabama 36420 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region II Houston County Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dothan, Alabama 36301 101 Marietta Street, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 George F. Trowbridge, Esquire Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbriage Ira L. Myers, M.D.

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1800 M Street, N.W.

State Health Officer Washington, DC 20036 State Department of Public Health State Office Building Montgomery Alabama 36130 Robert A. Buettner, Esquire Balch, Bingham, Baker Hawthorne, Mr. J. D. Woodard Williams and Ward General Manager - Nuclear Plant Post Office Box 306 Post Office Box 470 Birmingham, AlaL:ma 35201 Ashford, Alabama 36312 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 24 - Route 2 Columbia, Alabama 36319 State Department of Public Health ATTN: State Health Officer State Office Building Montgomery, Alabama 36104 l

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