ML20148F415

Requests Submittal,Within 14 Days,Of Schedule & Commitment to Onsite Emergency Program to Confirm Presence of Boral, Prior to Use of New Storage Racks

ML20148F415
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	08/25/1976
From:	Goller K Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Vandenburgh D YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 8011050624
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ATTil: Mr. D.:E. Vandenburgh

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Gentlemen:

• During recent telephone discussions our staffs focussed on matters relating to our review of your September 25, 1975, proposal to increase t the spent fuel storage capacity in the spent fuel storage pool at Yankee- E Rowe. Your proposal involves replacement of two existing storage racks .

with anodized aluminum fixed poison (Boral) curtain racks with a reduced R '

center-to-center spacing. Specifically, our staff requested that you submit for our review and approval _ a program for performing onsite masurements to confirm the presence of the Boral prior to the use of the new storage racks for the intended purpose. Your staff stated that =

Yankee believes that such an onsite measurement program is not necessary because of the extensive quality assurance (QA) measures being carried out at the fabricator's shop as outlined in your letter dated April 2, 1970. Your staff asked for a meeting with our staff to discuss Yankee's position on this matter and to present the details of the offsite QA z=

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'As I am sure you are aware, there have been instances where material as d delivered to reactor facilities did not conform to design requirements even though it had been subjected to pre-shipment QA. An example of this would be the upside down insertion of the poison rods in certain BWR control rod assemblies.

We believe that you should demonstrate that the safety consequences of Boral omission are negligible or that the time and effort required for E an onsite program to verify the presence of Doral are excessive. Other-9 wise, since you are incorporating a strong neutron absorber (Boral) into M the structure of the new racks and are taking credit for it in your

-criticality analyses, we will require that the presence and distribution . . .

G Q of this poison material be confirmed by onsite testing. M

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If,you desire a neeting to discuss the above matters, please contact. A fir. Alfred Burger, Yankee-Rowe Project Manager.

that you advise us within 14 days from date of this letter of your Otherwise we request ls.

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