ML20151U373

Advises That No Further plant-specific Action Required Re Util 870912 Response to NRC Bulletin 87-001, Thinning of Pipe Walls at Nuclear Power Plants

ML20151U373
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	04/21/1988
From:	Quay T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Sylvia B DETROIT EDISON CO.
References
IEB-87-001, IEB-87-1, NUDOCS 8805020041
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p April 21, 1988 Docket No. 50-341 DISTRIBUTION 4OcediMNN) JPart1ow Mr. B. Ralph Sylvia NRC & Local PDRs ACRS (10)

Group Vice President - Nuclear PD31 Plant Gray Operations- GHolahan

, ' Detroit Edison ~ Company TQuay 6400 North Dixie Highway RIngram Newport, Michigan 48166 OGC EJordan

SUBJECT:

NRC BULLETIN-87-01, "THINNING OF PIPE WALLS AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS" On July 9, 1987, NRC Bulletin 87-01 was issued and requested that 1icensees submit information concerning their programs for monitoring the thickness of pipe walls in high-energy single phase and two phase carbon steel piping systems. Detroit Edison Company provided its response to the Bulletin in a letter dated September 12, 1987 (NRC-87-166).

The information that you provided is being used to determine.the extent of industry participation and implementation of erosion / corrosion inspection programs, and to obtain data on observed pipe wall thinning. The NRC staff does not plan to determine the adequacy or the acceptability of your current program at this time. As such, no further plant specific action with respect to NRC Bulletin 87-01 is required.

You will be notified should there be any future action that may be required regarding the subject of pipe wall thinning. l Sincerely, I

Wb . 9 Theodore R. Quay, Project Manager l Project Directorate III-1 i Division of Reactor Projects - III, l IV, V & Special Projects l 4

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Docket No. 0-341 j Mr. B. Ralph Sylvia l Group Vice President - Nuclear Operations Detroit Edison Company 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Michigan 48166

SUBJECT:

NRC BULLETIN 87-01, "THINNING OF PIPE WALLS AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS" On July 9,1987, NRC Bulletin 87-01 was issued and requested that licensees submit information concerning their programs for monitoring the thickness of pipe walls in high-energy single phase and two phase carbon steel piping systems. Detroit Edison Company provided ite esponse to the Bulletin in a letter dated September 12, 1987 (NRC-87-166).

The information that you provided is being used to determine the extent of industry participation and implementation of erosion / corrosion inspection programs, and to obtain data on observed pipe wall thinning. The NRC staff does not plan to determine the adequacy or the acceptability of your current program at this time. As such, no further plant specific action with respect to NRC Bulletin 87-01 is required.

You will be notified should there be any future action that may be required regarding the subject of pipe wall thinning.

Sincerely, 1

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Theodore R. Quay, Projec' Manager l Project Directorate In-; l Oivision of Reactor Projs. cts - III, IV, V & Special Projects cc: See next page  ;

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Mr. B. Ralph Sylvia Detroit Edison Company Fermi-2 Facility cc: .

Mr. Ronald G. Callen Ms. Lynn Goodman Adv. Planning Review Section Sepervisor - Licensing Michigan Public Service Commission Detroit Edison Company 6545 Mercantile Way Fermi Unit 2  ;

P. O. Box 30221 6400 North Dixie Highway Lansing, Michigan 48909 Newport, Michigan 48166 John Flynn, Esq.

Senior Attorney Detroit Edison Company 2000 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48226 Nuclear Facilities and Environmental Monitoring Section Office Division of Radiological Health P. O. Box 30035 Lansing, Michigan 48909 _

Mr. Thomas Randazzo Director, Regulatory Affairs Detroit Edison Company Fermi Unit 2 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, Michigan 48166 Mr. Walt Rogers U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 6450 W. Dixie Highway Newport, Michigan 48166 Monroe County Office of Civil Preparedness 963 South Raisinville Monroe, Michigan 48161 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137