ML20148J702

Forwards SER Re First 10-yr Inservice Testing Program Plan & Requests for Relief from Requirements.Program as Modified by SER Provides Reasonable Assurance of Operational Readiness of safety-related Pumps.Technical Evaluation Rept Also Encl

ML20148J702
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Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	01/15/1988
From:	Calvo J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
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ML20148J705	List: ML20148J702 ML20148J735 ML20148J809
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TAC-57359, NUDOCS 8801270465
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{hl NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION W ASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 j t \ ,/ Janucry 15, 1988

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Docket No. 50-482 Mr. Bart D. Withers President and Chief Executive Officer l Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation  !

Post Office Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 l

Dear Mr. Withers:

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SUBJECT:

FIRST TEN YEAR INTERVAL INSERVICE TESTING PROGRAM AND REQUESTS FOR RELIEF FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (TAC N0. 57359) i By letter dated September 5 and September 18, 1981 and supplements thereto i dated July 31, 1984, February 25,1985, July 29,1985, June 10,1986, March 2, l 1987, April 24, 1987 and September 11, 1987, Kansas Gas and Electric Company I (the licensee, presently Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation) submitted .

the Wolf Creek Generating Station first 10 year Interval Inservice Testing I (IST) Program Plan to the NRC for review and evaluation of its compliance with i the requirements of Section XI of the ASME Code,10 CFR 50.55 and additional informrtion related to requests for relief from certain code requirements determ,ned to be impractical to perform on the Wolf Creek Generating Station.

The NRC staff with technical assistance from the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), has reviewed and evaluated the program and additional information provided by the licensee.

Certain relief requests have been denied where proposed alternative testing is unacceptable or where adequate basis for the request has not been provided.

Also, certain omissions and inconsistencies, that were identified during the review, are identified in Appendix C of the TER. These items should be addressed within 90 days by either correcting the IST program or submitting additional relief requests, if appropriate.

Based upon the NRC staff's review of your IST program and relief requests we conclude that the program as evalua'.ed and modified by this SER will provide reasonable assurance of the operational readiness of safety-related pumps and valves to perform their safety-related functions and the program for Wolf Creek Generating Station through the submittal of March 2,1987 is acceptable for implementation provided that the items noted above are corrected promptly.

Relief requests contained in any subsequent revisions may not be implemented without prior approval by NRC.

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.9 Mr. Bart D. Withers January 15_,'1988' )

.The staff's safety evaluation and the INEL Technical Evaluation Report are enclosed. A summary of the relief requests evaluated and the determinations-made by the staff is. shown in Table 1 of the enclosed safety evaluation.

Sincerely, is Jose A. Calvo, Director Project Directorate - IV  ;

Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

As stated cc w/ enclosures:

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Mr. Bart O. Withers Wolf Creek Generating Station Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Unit No. 1 cc:

Jay Silberg, Esq. Mr. Gerald Allen Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Public Health Physicist 1800 M Street, NV Bureau of Air Quality & Radiation Washington, D.C. 20036 Control Division of Environment Chris R. Rogers, P.E.

Kansas Department of Hesith Manager, Electric Department and Environment Public Service Commission Forbes Field Building 321 P. O. Box 360 Topeka, Kansas 66620 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Mr. Gary Boyer, Plant Manager Regional Administrator, Region III Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 411 i 799 Roosevelt Road Burlington, Kansas 66839 j Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 i Regional Administrator, Region IV Senior Resident Inspector / Wolf Creek U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,

c/o V. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director 1 P. O. Box 311 for Operations Burlington, Kansas 66839 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 ,

Mr. Robert Elliot, Chief Engineer l Utilities Division Mr. Otto Maynard, Manager Licensing Kansas Corporation Commission Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.  !

4th Floor - State Office Building P. O. Box 411 l Topeka, Kansas 66612-1571 Burlington, Kansas 66839  !

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