ML20148H231

Forwards SE & Technical Ltr Granting Licensee Relief Requests for 10-yr Interval Inservice Insp Program Plan for Plant,Unit 1

ML20148H231
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	06/06/1997
From:	Beckner W NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Horn G NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
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TAC-M95833, NUDOCS 9706090289
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Mr.;G. R. Horn Juns 6, 1997 l

Sr. Vice Presid:nt.of Energy Supply Nebraska Public Power District

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l 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 l

SUBJECT:

. COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - SECOND TEN-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE l

INSPECTION. PROGRAM PLAN RELIEF REQUESTS (TAC NO. M95833)

Dear Mr.' Horn:

By letter dated June 20, 1996, the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) i submitted Amendment 4.1 to the second. ten-year interval. inservice inspection program for the Cooper Nuclear Station. Amendment.4'.1 included Revision 2 to i

Request for Relief RI-06, and four new relief requests: Requests for Relief l

RI-20, RI-21, RI-22, and RI-23. By letter dated December 31, 1996, NPPD l

provided additional information in response.to a request from the Nuclear i

Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, dated October 24, 1996.

l The NRC staff, with technical assistance from its contractor, the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), has reviewed and evaluated the information provided by NPPD. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are-i contained in Enclosure 1. is the INEL Technical Letter Report.

j In summary, the staff concludes that the relief granted for Request for Relief 4

RI-06'is continued for Request for Relief RI-06, Revision 2, and that relief is also granted for Raquests for Relief RI-20,' RI-21, and RI-22, pursuant to l

10.CFR50.55a(g)(6)(1).. NPPD withdrew Request for Relief RI-23 in its letter dated December 31, 1996; therefore, the request was not evaluated by the staff.

This completes the NRC staff review of the subject relief requests and closes TAC No. M95833.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please call l

me.at (301) 415-1336.

Sincerely,.

ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

J. Hall for William D. Beckner, Director.

Project Directorato IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298 j

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i June 6, 1997 Mr. G. R. Horn Sr. Vice President of Energy Supply Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 i

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - SECOND TEN-YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM PLAN RELIEF REQUESTS (TAC NO. M95833) i

Dear Mr. Horn:

By-letter dated June 20, 1996, the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) submitted Amendment 4.1 to the second ten-year interval inservice inspection i

progr.Ma for the Cooper Nuclear Station. Amendment 4.1 included Revision 2 to Request for Relief RI-06, and four new relief requests:

Requests for Relief RI-20, RI-21, RI-22, and RI-23. By letter dated December 31, 1996, NPPD provided additional information in response to a request from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, dated October 24, 1996.

The NRC staff, with technical assistance from its contractor, the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), has reviewed and evaluated the information provided by NPPD. The staff's evaluation and conclusions are contained in Enclosure 1. is the INEL Technical Letter Report.

In summary, the staff concludes that the relief granted for Request for Relief RI-06 is continued for Request for Relief RI-06, Revision 2, and that relief is also granted for Requests for Relief RI-20, RI-21, and RI-22, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(1). NPPD withdrew Request for Relief RI-23 in its letter i

dated December 31, 1996; therefore, the request was not evaluated by the staff.

This completes the NRC staff review of the subject relief requests and closes TAC No. M95833.

If 'you have any questions regarding this letter, please call 1-me at (301) 415-1336.

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Sincerely, f

W lliam D. Beckner, Director roject Directorate IV-1 l

Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation

2. INEL Technical Letter Report cc w/encis: See next page i

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Nebraska Public Power Company Cooper Nuclear Station cc:

l Mr. John R McPhail, General Counsel Lincoln Electric System l

l Nebraska Public Power District ATTN: Mr. Ron Stoddard i

l P. O. Box 499 lith & 0 Streets i

l Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Lincoln, NE 68508 l

l Nebraska Public Power District Midwest Power ATTN: Mr. P. D. Graham ATTN: Richard J. Singer, Manager-Nuclear Vice President of Nuclear Energy 907 Walnut Street P. O. Box 98 P. O. Box 657 l

Brownville, NE 68321 Des Moines, IA 50303 Randolph Wood, Director l

Nebraska Department of Environmental Nebraska Public Power District i

Control ATTN: Mr. B. L. Houston, Nuclear l

P. O. Box 98922 Licensing & Safety Manager Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 P. O. Box 98 l

Brownville, NE 68321 l

Mr. Larry Bohlken, Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn,-NE 68305 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 218 Brownville, NE 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, TX 76011 Ms. Cheryl Rogers, LLRW Program Manager Division of Radiological Health Nebraska Department of Health 301 Centennial Mall, South P. O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Mr. Ronald A. Kucera, Department Director of Intergovernmental Cooperation Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 l

Jefferson City, MO 65102 l

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