ML20195J851
| ML20195J851 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/1988 |
| From: | Matthews D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Tucker H DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| TAC-66790, TAC-66791, NUDOCS 8812050076 | |
| Download: ML20195J851 (3) | |
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Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department t
Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242
Dear Mr. Tucker:
SUBJECT:
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGES REGARDING SNUBBERS - CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TACS 66790/66791) 4 By letter dated Decerber 15, 1987, and supplemented April 15,1988, you proposed five changes to Catawba Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.7.8 regarding snubbers. These are:
Change 1 would delete an optional sampling plan for snubber inspection (Surveillance Requirement 4.7.8e.3)--the "55" snubber plan) which has never been used at Catawba; Change 2 would allow deletion of the "REJECT" line from Figure 4.7-1 and in the "37" functional test plan (Surveillance Requirement 4.7.8e.2)); Change 3 propo',es an alternate sampling plan, not yet approved by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), involving grouping of snubber failure modes; Change 4 would allow deletion of the phrase "of a type" from Surveillance etequirement 4.7.8e; and Change 5 would delete the requirement to inspect snubber attachment hardware i
l (Surveillance Requirement 4.7.Bc.--Visual Inspection Acc<eptance Criteria) because this inspection is already under the requirements of AS'iE Code,Section XI.
i TS changes 2 and 5 were approved by the issuance, on September 26, 1988, of license amendments 52 and 45 for Catawba Units 1 and 2, respectively.
For changes 1, 3, and 4, you state, among other things, that these are proposed to l
implement the recomendations contained in the most recent draft document (i.e., draft 6, revision 2) issued by the ASME Operating and Maintenance (OM-4)
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Mr. H. B. Tucker The NRC staff plans to provide guidance on snubbers by the issuance of the approved Standard Technical Specifications in the latter part of 1989.
Staff positions on several matters, including your proposed changes 1, 3, and 4, would be addressed at that time. Therefore, we plan to take no further action on these changes.
If you have questions regarding this denial, please contact Kahtan Jabbour at (301)492-1496.
Sincerely, F/ Lawrence P.
Crocker David B. Matthews, Director Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc:
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A.V. Carr, Esq.
North Carolina Electi ic Membership Duke Power Company Corp.
422 South Church Street 3400 Sumner Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 P.O. Box 27306 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
Bishop. Liberman, Cook, Purcell Saluda River Electric Cooperative, and Reynolds Inc.
1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
P.O. Box 929 Washington, D. C.
20036 Laurens, South Carolina 29360 North Carolina MPA-1 Senior Jesident Inspector Suite 600 Route 2, Box 179N 3100 Smoketree Ct.
York, South Carolina 29745 P.O. Box 29513 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0513 Regional Administrator, Region 11 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission S. S. Kilborn 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Area Manager, Mid-South Area Atlanta, Georgia 30323 ESSO Projects Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Mr. Heyward G. Shealy, Chief MNC West Tower - Bay 239 Bureau of Radiological Health P.O. Box 355 South Carolina Department of Health Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street County Manager of York County Columbia, South Carolina 29201 York County Courthouse York, South Carolina 29745 Karen E. Long Assistant Attorney Ger.eral Richard P. Wilson, Esq.
N.C. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General F.O. Box 629 S.C. Attorney General's Office Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 P.O. Box 11549 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. Peter G. LeRoy Nuclear Production Department Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Duke Power Company 100 Memorial Drive P.O. Box 33189 Greer, South Carolina 29651 Charlotte, North Carolina 28241 Mr. Michael Hirsch Federal Emergency Management Agency Office of the General Counsel Room 840 500 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D. C.
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