ML20141F601

Forwards Safety Evaluation & Technical Evaluation Rept Granting Relief from ASME Code,Section XI Inservice Insp Program Requirements Determined to Be Impractical

ML20141F601
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Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	04/08/1986
From:	Muller D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Bauer E PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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Docket Nos. 50-277/278 APRO B M DISTIRUTI0h ELJordan E6, BGrimes NRC PDR JPartlow Local PDR ACRS (10)

PD#2 Reeding OELD Mr. Edward G. Bauer, Jr. RBernero Gray File Vice President and General Counsel SNorris GJohnson Philadelphia Electric Company GGears Slee 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101

Dear Mr. Bauer:

Re: Peach Bettom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 10 CFR 50.55a(g) requires that applicable ASME Code components of a boiling water-cooled nuclear power facility meet the requirements set forth in Section XI, Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components, of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Each facility is required to have an inspection program plan which is updated every 10 years to meet the requirements of the latest approved applicable edition and addenda of Section XI. ,

By letters dated June 28, 1984, December 21, 1984, January 31, 1985, February 1, 1985 and March 6, 1985, the Philadelphia Electric Company (PEco) submitted to the NRC the Inservice Inspection (ISI) Plan and additional information for the second 10-year interval (July 6, 1984 to July 6, 1994 for Unit 2 and December 13, 1984 to December 13, 1994 for Unit

3) for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3. The above cited submittals also requested relief for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3, from certain of the Section XI Code requirements.

As indicated in the enclosed Safety Evaluation (SE) and the supporting Technical Evaluation Report (TER) prepared by our contractor, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), we have concluded that relief should be granted from the examination requirements which we have determined to be impractical to perform and, by granting relief, would not compromise the safety of the facility. The enclosed SE and TER provide the details of our review, and Attachment 1 to the SE provides a summary tabulation of our conclusions concerning each request.

We have determined pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50.55a(g)(6)(i), that the items

for which relief is requested are impractical and that the granting of this relief is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the 8604230095 86040s PDR ADOCK 05000277 G PDR j

common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest. In making this determination, we have given due consideration to the burden that could result if these requirements were imposed on your facility.

Accardingly, relief from certain requirements of Section XI of the ASME Code-is hereby granted, as described in the enclosed Safety Evaluation.

In addition, we are in the process of reviewing your proposed Amendment request concerning the inservice inspection requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.55a. From our review, we find that the proposed Section 4.6.1 (Structural Inte 10 CFR 50.55a(g)grity) does notwe (6)(1). Therefore, specificallywish to further conform to thethis discuss requirements issue of with your staff as soon as possible.

Sincerely, Crignt sige.-d by' pu.121 R. I.tul'.sr ;

Daniel R. Muller, Director BWR Project Directorate #2 Division of BWR Licensing

Enclosure:

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Mr. E. G. Bauer, Jr. Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Philadelphia Electric Company Units 2 and 3 cc:

Mr. Eugene J. Bradley Mr. R. A. Heiss, Coordinator

Assistant General Counsel Pennsylvania State Clearinghouse Philadelphia Electric Company Governor's Office of State Planning 2301 Market Street and Development Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 P.O. Box 1323 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 l Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq. l 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. .

Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky, Director l Washington, D.C. 20006 Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Thomas A. Deming, Esq. Environmental Resources Assistant Attorney General P.O. Bo'x 2063 Department of Natural Resources Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120

, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 , ,

Mr. Albert R. Steel, Chairman Philadelphia Electric Company Board of Supervisors ATTN: Mr. R. Fleishmann Peach Bottom Township Peach Bottom Atomic R. D. #1 Power Station Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 Mr. M. J. Cooney, Superintendent Generation Division - Nuclear Philadelphia Electric Company 2301 Market Street t

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Mr. Anthony J. Pietrofitta, General Manager Power Production Engineering Atlantic Electric P. O. Box 1500 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station -

P.O. Box 399 Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406

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